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PODCAST Episode 212: Naming Babies from Your Tree, aka Don’t Make Your Baby Hate You (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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Mormons, do you have nine 1st cousins, all of whom are named Brigham? Non-Mormons, are you considering Kayden, Jayden, Rayden and iPod as names for your next child? STOP THE MADNESS! Follow your family history pied piper and I will lead you to consider some better sources for baby names. Well, one better source: your … Read More “PODCAST Episode 212: Naming Babies from Your Tree, aka Don’t Make Your Baby Hate You (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 211: Family Cookbook – My Saucy Grandma (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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My mother’s mother, Ga, was a quiet, staid woman. She was peaceful, smiling, a model DAR and Midwestern sorority sister. But underneath it all…she was SAUCY. In this episode, I’ll give you some of my grandmother’s “International” sauce recipes (because sauce was a staple on her dinner table), and the reasons why I think her … Read More “PODCAST Episode 211: Family Cookbook – My Saucy Grandma (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 210: Share Your Skelly Rellies!

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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It’s almost Halloween, my favorite time of year, and that means it’s time for stories about your Skelly Rellies! This is your opportunity to be on the podcast without worrying about a full interview – just record a family story on your phone and send the mp3 file to me at ancestorsalivegenealogy@gmail.com. put “Skelly Relly” … Read More “PODCAST Episode 210: Share Your Skelly Rellies!” »

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PODCAST Episode 31: Group Folklore for the Holidays (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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We’re talking folklore again (a vital part of genealogy to this genealogist) but this time about the hardest gathering challenge of all: you vs. a room full of your family or friends at holiday celebrations. I’ll tell you about my first folklore gathering assignment at age 18, which was me vs. an Irish folk band … Read More “PODCAST Episode 31: Group Folklore for the Holidays (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 4: Diwali Lakshmi (the Hindu Festival of Lights), 2005-2006 (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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I’m back after a brief illness-induced break, and while I’m not up to teaching yet, I am definitely here to celebrate! How much do YOU know about Diwali? I knew basically nothing but the name until I put this episode together. This is the final day of Diwali, and isn’t it our good luck that … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 4: Diwali Lakshmi (the Hindu Festival of Lights), 2005-2006 (with transcript)” »

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

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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
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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
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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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PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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For our inaugural episode of the folkloric and gastronomic aspects of family history, I’m presenting a staple recipe from my family’s cookbook. It entered my family with my mother’s mother’s stepmother, and every generation that has made it has put a unique twist on it since. Ethel “Itey” Garrard Drahos Hinzie, who brought it into … Read More “PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread” »

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