Winnie Currey’s Life in Song and Video

While Winifred Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey’s story can certainly be told through a genealogy report or an ABC Biography, it takes on a different kind of life when shared through sound and images. AI tools make it possible to experience her story in new ways—ways that feel more personal and more accessible to family members who may never read a traditional narrative.

Below is a video created from a song generated on Suno.com, using lyrics written with the help of ChatGPT and grounded in Winnie’s documented life. Following the song is a second video created from an audio overview and infographic generated from her genealogy report, offering a conversational walk-through of her life, family, and historical context.

While the song captures the emotional arc of Winnie’s life, the video below steps back into the records, walking through her story using the details found in her genealogy report.

Creating multiple versions of Winnie Hutchinson Currey’s story—through an ABC Biography, a narrative report, a song, and an audio overview—has reinforced for me that records are only the beginning. The documents give us dates, places, and relationships, but it takes interpretation and storytelling to help those details resonate with family members.

AI tools don’t replace careful research or source-based genealogy. Instead, they offer new ways to share what we’ve already documented—turning reports into music, timelines into conversations, and research into something people can listen to and experience. For me, the ABC Biography remains the foundation, while tools like ChatGPT, Suno, and NotebookLM help extend that work beyond the written page. If these formats encourage even one person to pause, listen, and connect with an ancestor’s life, then they’ve done exactly what I hoped they would.