Want to start learning the basics of how to use logic as well as rules to assemble a strong online family tree? It’s all happening! Starting April 7th at 7pm Eastern Time, I’m teaching a new series: How to Think About Genealogy. Collectively, we’ll examine problems and solutions in Ancestry and FamilySearch. Maybe we’ll work … Read More “NEW: Weekly Lessons on Sundays via Zoom!” »
Hi all! I am inching my way toward new podcast episodes, but in the meantime, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. You’ll find all of my podcast episodes, with captioned for the hearing impaired. If you find a video that ISN’T captioned, let me know and you’ll get a surprise from my Zazzle shop! My … Read More “YouTube: Please Subscribe!” »
The exploitation of murdered adults and children for personal glorification by “grave collectors” (or ghouls) in the Buffalo and Uvalde shooting massacres are the tip of a very ugly iceberg in today’s genealogical circles. Find-a-Grave is haunted with ghouls. These ghouls are breaking multiple guidelines AND Federal copyright law, but Find-a-Grave and parent company Ancestry … Read More “The Uvalde and Buffalo Victims Were EXPLOITED on Find-a-Grave. Please Sign the Petition” »
Today’s episode is a Family Cookbook episode that I’ve wanted to make for quite a while. It features two of my favorite foods from the area where I went to college (and where MANY of my ancestors lived for over a century) – Deep Fried Biscuits and Homemade Apple Butter, from Indiana. See the below … Read More “PODCAST Ep 505: Family Cookbook – Deep Fried Biscuits and Homemade Apple Butter (transcribed)” »
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Family Games by FPPPPodcast Help me to promote my YouTube channel, enter to win a deck of playing cards from my Zazzle shop. There are over 60 styles to choose from so far, and more coming!!! See bit.ly36RlbR9 (or the graphic above) for the growing number of designs. To enter: 1. Type “Happy Birthday to … Read More “Birthday Fun: promote my YouTube channel! You could win groovy playing cards.” »
Here’s another biography I developed on my quest to achieve one biography per day on my platform of choice, FamilySearch. With each ancestor, I always start with the auto-generated Life Story on Ancestry, copy it and paste it in the LifeStory field on FamilySearch. Then, I augment it with facts from census, vital, and other … Read More “PODCAST Ep 504: BioADay2022 – Wiley Franklin Odom” »
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This February is going to be on fire with four Saturday Zoom seminars, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE: Dr Shelley Viola Murphy’s “African American Genealogy Challenges,” Angela Y Walton-Raji’s “Researching African/Native American Genealogy,” “African American Genealogy Research in the North Carolina Portion of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor” with Renate Yarborough-Sanders, and finally, a preview … Read More “PODCAST Ep 503 – News Bulletin! 4 Free African American Genealogy Seminars in February!” »
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