Category: Podcast episode

PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck

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PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck
#BioADay2022, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Biography, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Google Maps, How To, How to Think, Names, Newspapers.com, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Research

First off, welcome back – to us all! Glad to be recording again. This season will be all about confirmation bias and the many ways it can get in the way of writing accurate life stories. My focus has been on FamilySearch in the past few years, so we’ll be talking about writing those Brief … Read More “PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck” »

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PODCAST Ep 505: Family Cookbook – Deep Fried Biscuits and Homemade Apple Butter (transcribed)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 505: Family Cookbook – Deep Fried Biscuits and Homemade Apple Butter (transcribed)
Family Cookbook, Podcast, Podcast episode, YouTube

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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PODCAST Ep 504: BioADay2022 – Wiley Franklin Odom

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PODCAST Ep 504: BioADay2022 – Wiley Franklin Odom
#BioADay2022, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Biography, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, DNA, Family Lore, Folklore, Marriage Records, My Discoveries, Names, Podcast episode, Research, YouTube

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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PODCAST Ep 503 – News Bulletin! 4 Free African American Genealogy Seminars in February!

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PODCAST Ep 503 – News Bulletin! 4 Free African American Genealogy Seminars in February!
Bonus, How To, Learning, News Bulletin, Podcast episode, Social Justice Saturdays, Zoom

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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PODCAST Ep 502: BioADay2022 – Calvin Walker

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PODCAST Ep 502: BioADay2022 – Calvin Walker
#BioADay2022, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Blogging, Census, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, How To, Marriage Records, Names, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research

Have you ever set a goal or {shudder} made a New Year’s Resolution, and then not kept it? Yeah, you’re allowed to look at me and point on that one. I am a terrible offender. But this year, I don’t have a goal, or a resolution, I just have a hashtag. A THING, if you … Read More “PODCAST Ep 502: BioADay2022 – Calvin Walker” »

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PODCAST Ep 501: Family Cookbook – Cheesecake Past, Cheesecake Present, Cheesecake Future

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PODCAST Ep 501: Family Cookbook – Cheesecake Past, Cheesecake Present, Cheesecake Future
Family Cookbook, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

Happy New Year, and welcome back to the post-champagne life! I have three recipes for you today, and each will appease your cheesecake cravings in different ways. The first is a traditional recipe from my mother’s mother. The second is a Ricotta Cheesecake (or Ricotta Pie) from a local real estate agent, AnnaLisa Bossio. The … Read More “PODCAST Ep 501: Family Cookbook – Cheesecake Past, Cheesecake Present, Cheesecake Future” »

PODCAST Ep 410: Get Lost, 2021 – Hello, #BioADay2022!

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 410: Get Lost, 2021 – Hello, #BioADay2022!
#BioADay2022, Ancestry, Biography, Clubhouse, Facebook group, Family Cookbook, FamilySearch, History, How To, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Research, Social Justice Saturdays, Teaching, Twitter, Zoom

2021 is definitely in the running for my least favorite year EVER! It has given me reason to reexamine what I’m doing, however, both with the podcast and with my own work. Join me for a list of thank-you’s, and for an introduction of the quickest, easiest solution I’ve found so far to distractions, brick … Read More “PODCAST Ep 410: Get Lost, 2021 – Hello, #BioADay2022!” »

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PODCAST Ep 409: Skelly Rellies 2021 – Bad to the Bone (partial transcription)

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PODCAST Ep 409: Skelly Rellies 2021 – Bad to the Bone (partial transcription)
Family Cookbook, Family Lore, Folklore, History, Holidays, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

It’s that time of year again – Happy Halloween, and Happy All Saints’ Day too! This episode is full of delicious stories and delicious recipes. Dai Davies of GenealCymru and Andrew Martin of Family Histories Podcast contributed their own stories to the episode, as have I. I’m also providing you family and historical recipes for … Read More “PODCAST Ep 409: Skelly Rellies 2021 – Bad to the Bone (partial transcription)” »

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PODCAST Ep 408: Skelly Rellies, Jeffreys and Consecration, Oh My!

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 408: Skelly Rellies, Jeffreys and Consecration, Oh My!
Ancestry, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Clubhouse, Consecration, Courtesy, FamilySearch, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Zoom

  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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