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Tree has grown significantly since initial README: 1,311→1,561 people,
222→3,727 sources, 1,016→2,034 citations. Corrected Simon I's wife from
Minnie Grunwald to Minnie Adler per research. Added browser automation
tools (FamilySearch, Newspapers.com, Ancestry) to capabilities.

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# Simon # Simon
**Simon** is the Freiberg family's AI historian — a conversational interface to a genealogical database of 1,311 people spanning three centuries, from 18th-century Palatinate Germany to present-day America. **Simon** is the Freiberg family's AI historian — a conversational interface to a genealogical database of over 1,500 people spanning four centuries, from 18th-century Palatinate Germany to present-day America.
He's named after **Simon Freiberg I** (1782–1864), the patriarch who was born Sedrel Moses in Steinbach am Donnersberg and adopted the surname Freiberg during the Napoleonic decrees. Ask Simon who he is, and he'll tell you about the man, not the chatbot. He's named after **Simon Freiberg I** (1782–1864), the patriarch who was born Sedrel Moses in Steinbach am Donnersberg and adopted the surname Freiberg during the Napoleonic decrees. Ask Simon who he is, and he'll tell you about the man, not the chatbot.
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In March 2026, Andy's son **Seth** used AI to reverse-engineer the original executable — pulling strings from the 16-bit binary, decoding the custom CSV format, reconstructing the navigation logic — and built a faithful web recreation. Same interface, same behavior, running in a browser. When Andy saw it, he said *"I thought I was dreaming."* He immediately started adding new family members. In March 2026, Andy's son **Seth** used AI to reverse-engineer the original executable — pulling strings from the 16-bit binary, decoding the custom CSV format, reconstructing the navigation logic — and built a faithful web recreation. Same interface, same behavior, running in a browser. When Andy saw it, he said *"I thought I was dreaming."* He immediately started adding new family members.
Seth kept building. The flat CSV became a GEDCOM-standard database backed by a REST API designed from the ground up for AI collaboration. He built an agent infrastructure where AI researchers — Claude, Gemini, Codex — can register themselves, claim tasks from a work queue, conduct research against public historical records, and generate new tasks for future agents. Each agent session picks up where the last one left off. Seth kept building. The flat CSV became a GEDCOM-standard database backed by a REST API designed from the ground up for AI collaboration. He built an agent infrastructure where AI researchers — Claude, Gemini, Codex — can register themselves, claim tasks from a work queue, conduct research against public historical records, and generate new tasks for future agents. Each agent session picks up where the last one left off. Automated browser tools crawl FamilySearch, Newspapers.com, and Ancestry.com — fetching records, extracting structured data, and feeding it into the ingest pipeline for deduplication and review.
Discoveries don't go straight into the family tree. The system uses a tiered fact promotion model: AI agents submit findings as unverified research facts, tagged with sources and confidence scores. A **SourceRank** algorithm weighs the reliability of each source — a census record ranks higher than a newspaper mention, which ranks higher than an AI inference. Facts move through tiers: *AI-inferred → AI-sourced → human-entered → human-reviewed → verified*. Nothing reaches the curated tree without evidence and review. The goal isn't just to grow the tree — it's to know how much to trust each piece of it. Discoveries don't go straight into the family tree. The system uses a tiered fact promotion model: AI agents submit findings as unverified research facts, tagged with sources and confidence scores. A **SourceRank** algorithm weighs the reliability of each source — a census record ranks higher than a newspaper mention, which ranks higher than an AI inference. Facts move through tiers: *AI-inferred → AI-sourced → human-entered → human-reviewed → verified*. Nothing reaches the curated tree without evidence and review. The goal isn't just to grow the tree — it's to know how much to trust each piece of it.
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The Freibergs arrived in Cincinnati in the 1840s from the Palatinate region of what is now southwestern Germany. What followed is a distinctly American story: The Freibergs arrived in Cincinnati in the 1840s from the Palatinate region of what is now southwestern Germany. What followed is a distinctly American story:
- **Simon Freiberg I** and his wife Minnie Grunwald had twelve children. Their sons built a whiskey empire — eleven distillery companies operating across Ohio and Kentucky before Prohibition. - **Simon Freiberg I** and his wife Minnie Adler had twelve children. Their sons built a whiskey empire — eleven distillery companies operating across Ohio and Kentucky before Prohibition.
- **Judah (Julius) Freiberg** became one of Cincinnati's most prominent citizens: president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, trustee of Hebrew Union College, and a leader of Congregation Bene Israel, one of the oldest Jewish congregations west of the Alleghenies. - **Judah (Julius) Freiberg** became one of Cincinnati's most prominent citizens: president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, trustee of Hebrew Union College, and a leader of Congregation Bene Israel, one of the oldest Jewish congregations west of the Alleghenies.
- **J. Walter Freiberg** succeeded his father at the helm of UAHC and became a major philanthropist, helping shape Reform Judaism in America during the early 20th century. - **J. Walter Freiberg** succeeded his father at the helm of UAHC and became a major philanthropist, helping shape Reform Judaism in America during the early 20th century.
- **Dr. Albert Freiberg** was a pioneering orthopedic surgeon at the University of Cincinnati — Freiberg Disease (infraction of the second metatarsal) bears his name. - **Dr. Albert Freiberg** was a pioneering orthopedic surgeon at the University of Cincinnati — Freiberg Disease (infraction of the second metatarsal) bears his name.
- **Stella Freiberg** was a founding leader of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and a pillar of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. - **Stella Freiberg** was a founding leader of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and a pillar of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
- **David Shire**, connected through the Scheuer/Shire branch, won an Academy Award for the song *"It Goes Like It Goes"* from the film *Norma Rae*. - **David Shire**, connected through the Scheuer/Shire branch, won an Academy Award for the song *"It Goes Like It Goes"* from the film *Norma Rae*.
The tree today includes 1,311 people, 2,198 relationships, 222 sources, and 1,016 citations across more than a dozen interconnected families. The tree today includes 1,561 people, 2,610 relationships, 3,727 sources, 2,034 citations, and 1,527 documented facts across more than twenty interconnected families — the largest being Loeser (147 people), Freiberg (137), Shire (26), Bing (24), and Mooring (24).
## Origins ## Origins