Trace a family tree from half-remembered details with ChatGPT (partial)

Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Start my family tree from what I half-remember, and show which findings are sourced and which are guesses.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which side of the family should we start with?
- What names, places and rough dates do I know, and which am I unsure of?
- Is anyone living I should keep private?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- What I know, with my confidence for each: [NAMES, PLACES, DATES, STORIES]
- Spelling variants I've heard: [VARIANTS]
- Living relatives to keep private: [PRIVATE]

Rules:
- Give a link or citation for every person, date and relationship you add.
- Mark each finding as confirmed (a record directly says it), likely, or a guess.
- Try spelling variants of surnames and places.
- Don't share or search for details about living people beyond what I give you.
- Never invent people, records or links.

Checkpoint: After the first two generations, show me what you've found and wait for me to confirm it before going further back.

If you get stuck: If a line goes cold, say where and why, and list the records (obituaries, census, marriage or church records) that could pick it up.

Verify before you finish: Open or re-check every link you cite and remove anything you can't confirm.

Output: A simple tree (person, dates, places, source, confidence) plus a list of dead ends and next records to look for.

Done when: Every person in the tree has a source or is clearly marked as a guess.