I needed 20+ years of address history. Gemini found it for me in minutes

Filing out all the paperwork for a new apartment or home mortgage can be tough enough, but there’s one gotcha that can be particularly annoying: detailing the past addresses where you’ve lived over the past five, 10, or even 20 years, including dates for when you moved in and out.

That tripped me up last year as I was completing a co-op application, leaving me to dig through my files for leases dating back a decade or longer. When did I move into that Brooklyn apartment on Henry Street, and what was the apartment number again?

I got my address history ducks in a row eventually, but there’s an easier way to accomplish it—with the help of an AI agent.

For this task, we’ll be using Gemini’s Spark agent and its Gmail connector. (Yes, you’ll need to allow Spark to comb through your Gmail inbox.) If you’re not comfortable with that, no problem—feel free to skip this tip. If you’re new to Gemini’s Gmail connector, see this article first for details about the best configuration settings and what you need to know about privacy.

Once you have Spark’s Gmail connector configured, start a new thread and give it this prompt (which was crafted by Claude Opus 5.5):