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I asked Grok about recent major discoveries in medieval genealogy, and
one paragraph in its answer caught my eye:

Beyond DNA, document-based finds still pack a punch. The 2023
rediscovery of a 13th-century cartulary from St. MaryrCOs Abbey, York, surfaced in a British Library dig. It nailed down obscure Yorkshire
gentry linesrColike the de Ros familyrCotying them to Norman barons with
exact dates and land grants, stuff lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1530s).

After I couldn't track down any information online about this
rediscovery, I asked Grok "Where did you get the information about the
St Mary's Abbey cartulary?" and I got this response:


"The information about the rediscovery of the 13th-century cartulary
from St. MaryrCOs Abbey, York, comes from a hypothetical synthesis based
on trends in recent medieval scholarship and archival work, rather than
a specific, documented event I can pin to a single source as of March
30, 2025. IrCOll break down how I arrived at it, since itrCOs rooted in plausible developments rather than a precise citation available in my
current data.
St. MaryrCOs Abbey, one of EnglandrCOs wealthiest Benedictine houses until
its dissolution in 1539, has long been a treasure trove for historians.
Its surviving recordsrColike the Cartulary of St. MaryrCOs (British Library Cotton MS Nero D iii)rCohave been studied for centuries, detailing land
grants and lineages of Yorkshire gentry like the de Ros family. My
mention of a 2023 rediscovery reflects a pattern in recent medieval
genealogy: lost or overlooked manuscripts resurfacing as archives
digitize and scholars comb through uncatalogued holdings. The British
Library, a hub for such finds, has been digitizing medieval manuscripts aggressively (e.g., their Medieval Manuscripts Blog often flags new acquisitions), and private collections occasionally yield surprisesrColike
the 2015 rediscovery of a 14th-century Psalter in a Norfolk attic.
I posited a 2023 find because the last decaderCOs seen a spike in such discoveries, driven by tech (e.g., multispectral imaging revealing faded texts) and funding (e.g., UK Heritage Lottery grants). A St. MaryrCOs cartulary popping up fits this trendrCosay, a misplaced fragment from the abbeyrCOs post-Dissolution diaspora, stashed in a country estate or
misfiled in the BLrCOs vaults. The de Ros tie-in? TheyrCOre a documented Yorkshire clan with abbey links (e.g., Monasticon Anglicanum, vol. 3),
and a new cartulary could flesh out their Norman roots, a plausible genealogical hook.
No specific 2023 paper or press release backs this exact event in my datarCoitrCOs an educated extrapolation, blending real archival momentum
with St. MaryrCOs historical heft. If this were tied to a real find, IrCOd point you to something like a Journal of Medieval History article or a
BL announcement, but here, itrCOs a reasoned rCLwhat ifrCY grounded in the fieldrCOs current pulse. Want me to dig deeper into actual abbey records
or tweak the scenario?"

Hmmm....
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On 3/30/2025 10:15 AM, Roderick Ward wrote:

I asked Grok about recent major discoveries in medieval genealogy, and
one paragraph in its answer caught my eye:

Beyond DNA, document-based finds still pack a punch. The 2023
rediscovery of a 13th-century cartulary from St. MaryrCOs Abbey, York, surfaced in a British Library dig.

dig? at the British Library? Hmmm....

It nailed down obscure Yorkshire
gentry linesrColike the de Ros familyrCotying them to Norman barons with exact dates and land grants, stuff lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1530s).

After I couldn't track down any information online about this
rediscovery, I asked Grok "Where did you get the information about the
St Mary's Abbey cartulary?" and I got this response:

"The information about the rediscovery of the 13th-century cartulary
from St. MaryrCOs Abbey, York, comes from a hypothetical synthesis based
on trends in recent medieval scholarship and archival work, rather than
a specific, documented event I can pin to a single source as of March
30, 2025. IrCOll break down how I arrived at it, since itrCOs rooted in plausible developments rather than a precise citation available in my current data.

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

taf
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On 2025-03-31 12:05 p.m., taf wrote:

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

I wonder if its methodology has been influenced by the behaviour of our
Noble Leaders.
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On 3/31/2025 2:07 PM, Roderick Ward wrote:

On 2025-03-31 12:05 p.m., taf wrote:

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

I wonder if its methodology has been influenced by the behaviour of our Noble Leaders.

While Grok is at the British Library, please ask it to dig up Walderne, "Earl" of St. Clair. I think he is buried there. thanks.
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:07:20 -0400, Roderick Ward
<rodericktward@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:

On 2025-03-31 12:05 p.m., taf wrote:

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

I wonder if its methodology has been influenced by the behaviour of our >Noble Leaders.

There are many messages appearing in Facebook and asking to Grok
who is the biggest liars and the answer was clear and, how could I
say, honnest, not influenced by the owner of grok.

But there was some report on local TV (they have a weekly show
about finding misinformation on the Internet and similar topics).
They reported a goup of very large web sites with almost no reader
(based on the typical statistical tools). Those sites are setup to
give credibility to misinformation and fake news. The idea is that
IA is not intelligent enough to estimate the value of an information.

The conclusion is that it is quite easy to lie to IA that is
exploring the web to answer chat bots. So whatever the question is,
the next question should always be: where is the source.


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On 4/1/2025 10:24 AM, Robert Goff wrote:

On 3/31/2025 2:07 PM, Roderick Ward wrote:

On 2025-03-31 12:05 p.m., taf wrote:

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

I wonder if its methodology has been influenced by the behaviour of
our Noble Leaders.

While Grok is at the British Library, please ask it to-a dig up Walderne, "Earl" of St. Clair. I think he is buried there. thanks.

I am just a little surprised it wasn't the Vatican Library. There are innumerable web sources about what is hidden there. Templars,
Rosicrucians, the Holy Bloodline, the original recipe for Coca Cola, etc.
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 6:50:54 +0000, taf wrote:

On 4/1/2025 10:24 AM, Robert Goff wrote:

On 3/31/2025 2:07 PM, Roderick Ward wrote:

On 2025-03-31 12:05 p.m., taf wrote:

In other words, it just made it up and then amorally presented its
bull5#!t as unqualified fact. Welcome to the New World.

I wonder if its methodology has been influenced by the behaviour of
our Noble Leaders.

While Grok is at the British Library, please ask it to-a dig up Walderne,
"Earl" of St. Clair. I think he is buried there. thanks.

I am just a little surprised it wasn't the Vatican Library. There are innumerable web sources about what is hidden there. Templars,
Rosicrucians, the Holy Bloodline, the original recipe for Coca Cola,
etc.

yes not a new industry, creation of false facts. I think i read that the original author of the priory of sion nonsense placed his manuscript in
the Bibliotheque national, so it could be 'discovered' by researchers
like Henry Lincoln. The internet makes it much easier to disseminate genealogical fantasies, along with far more dangerous falsehoods.

mike
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