Tag: American history

PODCAST Episode 205: An Interview with Melanie McComb

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 205: An Interview with Melanie McComb
American Ancestors, Interview, NextGen, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Teaching, Tips and Tricks

While I truly enjoy meeting my ancestors, I have learned that the greatest joy in genealogy and family history work is the live people I meet and get to know. Melanie McComb is one of those people. I met her first on Twitter, and she taught me by example how to encounter and engage in … Read More “PODCAST Episode 205: An Interview with Melanie McComb” »

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 6: Cookies of Christmas Past

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 6: Cookies of Christmas Past
Family Cookbook, Holidays, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

In Western culture, what’s the most important Christmas food? The Christmas cookie! There are entire baking competition TV series about the creation and decoration of Christmas cookies. There are entire family traditions about families baking and distributing Christmas cookies. There are secret recipes, national recipes, traditional recipes. In fact, it’s become kind-of an obsession in … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 6: Cookies of Christmas Past” »

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 5: A Yankee Thanksgiving, 1895

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 5: A Yankee Thanksgiving, 1895
Facebook group, Family Cookbook, Holidays, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Show Notes

Have you ever wondered what an old-fashioned, 19th-century, British-traditioned Yankee Thanksgiving was like? In the land of the original Pilgrims, did they really eat turkey? This episode draws on recipes from a November, 1895 issue of The Boston Globe and in it we’ll explore recipes that go all the way back to the 16th century … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 5: A Yankee Thanksgiving, 1895” »

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 3 – Depression-Era Halloween in Miami with Colonel Goodbody, 1932

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 3 – Depression-Era Halloween in Miami with Colonel Goodbody, 1932
Family Cookbook, History, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

It’s Episode 3 in our bonus series for Fall – vintage recipes mix with straight-up US history this week as we talk about how the Great Depression changed what newspapers did to extend assistance to housewives at the holidays. I’ll be doing this throughout October, November, and December, for all of the seasonal holidays. Today’s … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 3 – Depression-Era Halloween in Miami with Colonel Goodbody, 1932” »

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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 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole

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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 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?
Family Cookbook, Family Lore, History, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Research

Did you know that family recipes have their own genealogy? I thought I was skimming yet another back-of-the-magazine recipe in a special family cookbook when I Googled Johnny Mazetti, and then one of its key ingredients, Sauce Arturo. It wasn’t as simple as I thought. And it made me wonder: did my grandmother pick this … Read More “PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?” »

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PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Biography, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, Family Lore, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Folklore, History, How To, Marriage Records, My Discoveries, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Show Notes

I talk a lot about component parts, or the basic how-to’s of handling records, but what about the how-to’s of building one person’s life in your family tree? Genealogy has become an immediate-gratification online phenomenon, but it’s not always that at all. How long should a 21st-century online researcher be expected to wait before work … Read More “PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)” »

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