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!” »
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I have three things on my mind today, and all opportunities for sharing and growth: Share an mp3 recording of an ancestor’s story that you think is interesting, unique, creepy, or fun! I will edit it into the Halloween, Skelly Rellies episode of the podcast. Soft deadline is October 15, hard deadline is October … Read More “PODCAST Ep 408: Skelly Rellies, Jeffreys and Consecration, Oh My!” »
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It’s July 4th, and I’m feeling reflective about what patriotism means to me. I’m discussing my Patriot ancestors, the 29 (or so) men who participated in, or supported, the American Revolution. What I’ve found is that patriotism isn’t as simple as it seems. Please join me. Hey everybody, and welcome to episode 406 of From … Read More “PODCAST Ep 406: My DAR Patriots, July 4th and Me” »
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to have a genealogy blog? Whether amateur or professional, blogging is a great way not only to publish family information, but to find information from others. Lisa Lisson, author of the “Are You My Cousin?” blog, stopped by for a chat last year and told me all about … Read More “PODCAST Ep 405: All About Blogs with Lisa Lisson” »
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First, a big welcome and thank you to Lorraine Anderson, Jenna Robertson, Jeanne Arp, Margaret Eves, and Charles Andrews! Some things are changing at my Patreon – there are new quarterly loyalty rewards in some categories, and I am dropping the $1 and $2/mo support levels. From June 1 on, the lowest support level for … Read More “PODCAST EXTRA: Patreon Updates Announcement” »
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This episode is super-sized, because the topic is that important: racism in genealogy and the new AncestryDNA policy that will eliminate all matches below 8cM for all users. I mention the multiple hacks and security breaches on genealogy and DNA websites within the past week, too. But more than anything, this episode allows my cousin, … Read More “PODCAST Episode 308: Interview with Brian Sheffey about AncestryDNA” »
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This is the soundtrack of the YouTube video I released on June 10th, combined with some further explanations and discourse in reference to Reparational Genealogy. It contains challenges to White American genealogists to use social media platforms to start to publicize the facts about their slaveholding ancestors. For those White American genealogists whose ancestors didn’t … Read More “PODCAST Episode 307: The Conversation in Specifics – Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, Too (with transcript)” »
This is about what I’m doing right now in Reparational Genealogy, what you can do, and how you can help me help others. As white genealogists, we have a better opportunity than any in history to get honest about how we and our ancestors benefited from black chattel slavery in the United States. We have … Read More “Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, too – let’s do the work, my white genealogy family (YouTube video)” »
The world is upside down, and even those of us who work from home are a bit, shall we say, off. I know that I am having trouble with concentrating. Are you? Today is an off-the-cuff episode. I’m discussing my solutions for the problem of being distracted and worried while needing to stay involved with … Read More “PODCAST Episode 306: Hygienealogy and Scaffolding in the Time of COVID” »
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