From Paper To People Podcast
My cousin, Donya Williams, along with another friend on Facebook, alerted me to some little-known facts about the history of the end of enslavement in the United States. I’d like to share them. Yesterday was Juneteenth, the day black America increasingly uses to mark the end of enslavement in the US. Back in 2018 I … Read More “Juneteenth and the REAL End of Enslavement” »
Are you familiar with Genealogy Adventures? You should be. They are two cousins (both cousins of mine, actually) who interview different guests about different topics on a weekly basis. This is the audio of our Sunday, October 13th interview about Reparational Genealogy, and we had a lot of fun while having some serious discussions, as … Read More “PODCAST Episode 214: My Interview on Genealogy Adventures (with embedded video)” »
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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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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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Have you heard of a holiday called Juneteenth? Do you know what it is, or why it’s important in American history? Well, listen here – this is the episode for you. This is straight-up history – Ancestry.com is on the blink, so we’re steering clear of Ancestry lessons for a few weeks in order to … Read More “PODCAST Episode 19: Juneteenth! (with transcript)” »
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It’s our first mail bag, filled with questions and answers from the FPPP community! What’s up with Ancestry, which of their records are good, do you believe a record over a human or vice-versa, and how do you make your slave-holding ancestors’ info available to researchers of color? There are lots of goodies in this … Read More “PODCAST Episode 18: Mail Bag for June 2018” »
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This week is something special: my first-ever interview! My friend Christopher Harris joins the podcast to discuss his 12-year learning curve about family history through folklore, DNA, and African-American documentary methodology. He’ll discuss with us how he records conversations and organizes his work, treeing vs shrubbing, the key role that DNA and GEDmatch play, and … Read More “PODCAST Episode 17: Interview with Christopher Harris” »
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If you listen regularly but haven’t started supporting the podcast financially, it’s time to consider anteing up, my pumpkins! 2000 downloads, 200 listeners, and only 6 supporters. Can you help support this work? This ep is a twofer – first, I discuss shrubbing versus treeing, and why my way is better (surprise!), and second, I … Read More “PODCAST Episode 15: Shrubbing, Gedmatch, and the Golden State Killer” »
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There are a lot of ways that we can serve one another in the world of family history. I like direct service the best. Researching for one another, teaching others, and giving back to those who deserve to have their family repaired or at least explained is very important to me. In this episode, I … Read More “PODCAST Episode 10: Genealogy As Service Work – Lookups, Reparations & Social Justice” »
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