Category: Podcast episode

PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 2 – Halloween Candy, Cookies and a DRAGON, 1904

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 2 – Halloween Candy, Cookies and a DRAGON, 1904
Family Cookbook, History, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

It’s Episode 2 in our bonus series for Fall – vintage recipes, foodways, social and cultural history culled from early- to mid-20th century newspapers. We’re hitting all the holidays that fall in October, November, and December, including Kwanzaa – but I may need your help with that. The recipes I’ve found in newspapers so far … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 2 – Halloween Candy, Cookies and a DRAGON, 1904” »

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PODCAST Episode 30: Come, Come, Ye Saints – Cross Over From Ancestry To FamilySearch! (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 30: Come, Come, Ye Saints – Cross Over From Ancestry To FamilySearch! (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Find-a-Grave, How To, Latter-Day Saints, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Show Notes

So, Latter-Day Saints, your family history is all done, right? WRONG!!! Not only can you work on your tree more (another nag for another day), you can use your special powers in Ancestry to benefit non-Church researchers. You can transfer their ancestors, and all of the research attached to them, from Ancestry to FamilySearch using … Read More “PODCAST Episode 30: Come, Come, Ye Saints – Cross Over From Ancestry To FamilySearch! (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 1 – Homemade Halloween Candy, 1913 (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 1 – Homemade Halloween Candy, 1913 (with transcript)
Accessible, Bonus, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Show Notes

Welcome to a new feature for Fall – a bonus series in addition to regular episodes, a jump backward in cooking and cultural history. Since October, November, and December all contain holidays celebrated with food, I will be digging into newspaper archives and giving you recipes from early- to mid-20th century newspapers every week, or … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 1 – Homemade Halloween Candy, 1913 (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 29: The Family Cookbook – Gingerbread Waffles

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 29: The Family Cookbook – Gingerbread Waffles
Ancestry, Family Cookbook, Family Lore, Folklore, Interview, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

It’s Autumn, but who needs Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING when you can join me and our Midwest Food Correspondent, Rick Leonard of An American Genealogy for an old family recipe – Gingerbread Waffles. And because they’re homemade, YOU control the spice! We talk a bit about the value of food in the Progressive movement of the … Read More “PODCAST Episode 29: The Family Cookbook – Gingerbread Waffles” »

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PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration
Arbitration, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Indexing, Ko-Fi, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reclaim the Records

Have you ever wondered where all of those digitized versions of birth records, census pages, or city directories come from? Well, there is no Genealogy Stork. While quite a few organizations provide opportunities and services, the primary way that records are turned from physical page to scanned image to searchable electronic data is a process … Read More “PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration” »

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PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Census, DNA, Federal Census, GEDmatch.com, How To, Ko-Fi, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Possible Parents, Research, Show Notes

Ancestry’s Summer of Pain seems to have ended, but what does Autumn look like? And have they left us in the Winter of our discontent? They’re answering their phones again, the screens seem more stable, but their primary new feature, Potential Parents, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing for any genealogist who wants to use … Read More “PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole
Biography, Documents, Family Cookbook, Family Lore, Folklore, Interview, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

Family ties, a slight genealogical mystery, a discussion of privilege, 19th and 20th-century classism in Midwestern America, and the value of comfort food all converge in this week’s episode of The Family Cookbook. And, we welcome our new Food Correspondent, Rick Leonard of An American Genealogy! Rick shares with us the backstory of a family … Read More “PODCAST Episode 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole” »

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PODCAST Episode 25: Interview with Joseph McGill, The Slave Dwelling Project

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PODCAST Episode 25: Interview with Joseph McGill, The Slave Dwelling Project
Family Lore, Folklore, Gravestones, Historic Preservation, History, Interview, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy

This episode is a special treat, an interview with Joseph McGill (shown in a photo by Crystal Kornickey) about his incredible labor of love, The Slave Dwelling Project. He shares with us his background, his motivations, and what it’s really like to encounter children and adults as an educator and historic preservationist in the rarefied … Read More “PODCAST Episode 25: Interview with Joseph McGill, The Slave Dwelling Project” »

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PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, BeenVerified, How To, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Show Notes, Shrubbing

Have you ever looked someone up on one of those reverse-phone-number sites to see who the heck is calling you at 2am? Did you know that those sites, and the apps that go with them, are great for genealogy? In this episode I’ll discuss my favorite, BeenVerified, and how I use it to find generations … Read More “PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)” »

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