Category: Research

Social Justice Sunday, 3 October – free class

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
Social Justice Sunday, 3 October – free class
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Birth Records, Census, Clubhouse, Consecration, Death Records, DNA, Documents, Enslaving Ancestors, Family Cookbook, Family Lore, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Folklore, History, How To, Join the Conversation, Keys to Genealogy, Latter-Day Saints, Learning, Marriage Records, Names, Q&A, Recipe, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Shrubbing, Teaching, Tips and Tricks, Zoom

This week, we’re working on the personal tree of Roneisha Gale. Roneisha’s cousin will be there, too!! The REAL WORK will be on Zoom – we’re researching, discussing, and transferring this tree together as an act of consecration. Message me on Twitter or Clubhouse for the private Zoom meeting room and passcode. Topic: Social Justice … Read More “Social Justice Sunday, 3 October – free class” »

Social Justice Sunday, September 12 – free class

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
Social Justice Sunday, September 12 – free class
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Enslaving Ancestors, FamilySearch, History, How To, Join the Conversation, Learning, Names, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Teaching, Tips and Tricks, Zoom

This week, we’re working on the Nomini Hall Tree with LaTonya Lawson Jones. The audio simulcast will be on Clubhouse, but you really need to see what we’re doing to get it all. Here’s how to join on Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/join/reparational-genealogy/FQ43YoqA/M8B8vayJ

PODCAST Ep 406: My DAR Patriots, July 4th and Me

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 406: My DAR Patriots, July 4th and Me
Accessible, DAR, Enslaving Ancestors, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Show Notes

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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PODCAST Ep 402: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part one

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 402: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part one
Ancestry, Enslaving Ancestors, Family Lore, Folklore, Historic Preservation, Interview, Names, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Reparational Genealogy, Research

I don’t know how to introduce this – I GOT TO INTERVIEW MICHAEL TWITTY!!! We talked for so long that I was able to break the discussion into two episodes. This is part one, in which we talk DNA and how it doesn’t serve Black researchers, writing as a protection of memory the ultimate smallness … Read More “PODCAST Ep 402: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part one” »

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PODCAST Episode 308: Interview with Brian Sheffey about AncestryDNA

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 308: Interview with Brian Sheffey about AncestryDNA
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, DNA, Enslaving Ancestors, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Research

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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PODCAST Episode 307: The Conversation in Specifics – Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, Too (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 307: The Conversation in Specifics – Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, Too (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Biography, Blogging, DAR, Enslaving Ancestors, Facebook group, History, How To, Join the Conversation, Learning, My Discoveries, Names, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Show Notes, YouTube

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)” »

Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, too – let’s do the work, my white genealogy family (YouTube video)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
Black Lives Matter in Genealogy, too – let’s do the work, my white genealogy family (YouTube video)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, DNA, Enslaving Ancestors, FamilySearch, Join the Conversation, Patreon, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Twitter, YouTube

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)” »

VIDEO – How to use “My Contributions” in the FamilySearch Family Tree app (captioned in English)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
VIDEO – How to use “My Contributions” in the FamilySearch Family Tree app (captioned in English)
Accessible, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, Family Lore, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, History, How To, Latter-Day Saints, Learning, Names, Patreon, Public Records, Research, Teaching, Tips and Tricks, YouTube

You can watch this video with captions in English, so it’s full accessible to English-speakers! It’s about a new feature of FamilySearch’s Family Tree app, called My Contributions. It allows you to track a number of metrics on a year-by-year basis. It’s helping me to see what I’ve done so far in the one-word family … Read More “VIDEO – How to use “My Contributions” in the FamilySearch Family Tree app (captioned in English)” »

PODCAST Episode 217: Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020! (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 217: Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020! (with transcript)
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It’s been a year, you know? Like, a YEAR. In fact, this has been Year 2 of From Paper To People, and it saw some successes as well as some…shortcomings. This is my chance to mull over what worked and where I fell short, and to thank all of the people who have supported the … Read More “PODCAST Episode 217: Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020! (with transcript)” »

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