An AI companion to the books
Talk with AI Kevin
An AI version of family historian Kevin Bearden, built from his books and his own voice.
Start a conversationOpens in a new window. Allow your microphone when asked, then simply speak.
What you can ask about
AI Kevin speaks from the published work: the first book, the podcast, and the method behind them.
The Bearden Family
From Hancock County, Georgia, to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Who was Aaron Bearden?
Ask the Griot
The podcast with Jeliba and Nia, and the stories behind each episode.
What was the Chicken Bone Express?
The maternal line
Newberry and Saluda Counties, South Carolina, and the road to Norristown.
What did the WPA narrators remember?
Your own family
Where to begin, which records to search, and how to read them.
How do I start tracing my family?
The three baskets
Every answer keeps three kinds of knowledge apart. It is the discipline at the heart of the work.
Documented
What a record actually shows: a census, a deed, a draft card, a will.
Inferred
What DNA or careful reasoning suggests, always named as inference: the evidence points toward.
Hoped
Family memory and possibility, held with care and never passed off as proof.
An honest note
This is an AI, not Kevin himself. It was built to be useful and truthful, and it can still make mistakes. When the record is silent, it is meant to say so: the paper stops there.
- It speaks only from Kevin's published work and well-established history.
- It never shares private details about living family members.
- It does not give legal, medical, or financial advice.
- To reach the real Kevin, visit keeperoftheline.com.