Tag: genealogy

PODCAST Ep 405: All About Blogs with Lisa Lisson

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 405: All About Blogs with Lisa Lisson
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to have a genealogy blog? Whether amateur or professional, blogging is a great way not only to publish family information, but to find information from others. Lisa Lisson, author of the “Are You My Cousin?” blog, stopped by for a chat last year and told me all about … Read More “PODCAST Ep 405: All About Blogs with Lisa Lisson” »

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PODCAST Ep 403: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part two

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 403: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part two
Family Lore, History, Interview, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reparational Genealogy

Finally, part two of my January 2021 interview with Michael Twitty, in which we talk much more about food than we did in the first half. We start by discussing how genealogy is a part of becoming whole, which enables us to be of service in this world. Then, we talk about how food isn’t … Read More “PODCAST Ep 403: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part two” »

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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 Ep 401: Promo – An Interview with Michael W Twitty

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Ep 401: Promo – An Interview with Michael W Twitty
Accessible, Books, DNA, Enslaving Ancestors, Family Lore, Folklore, History, Interview, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy

I cannot believe my sheer luck in getting the opportunity to interview Michael W Twitty! Well, luck and a year of trying. The man is BUSY. In 2017, Michael published a watershed book called The Cooking Gene. It’s an amazing work of research – into folklore, into genealogy, into history, and deeper into his career of … Read More “PODCAST Ep 401: Promo – An Interview with Michael W Twitty” »

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PODCAST Ep 311: Your Family and the WWII Homefront – Audience Participation Time!

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PODCAST Ep 311: Your Family and the WWII Homefront – Audience Participation Time!
Family Lore, Folklore, Homefront, Interview, Join the Conversation, Podcast, Podcast episode

Twitter bots attacked my account and I can’t get in, so I have a new one – fppppodcast. Yeah, I reported a fascist and BAM! So, THAT happened. Otherwise, I want all of 2021 to be audience participation time. Please join me with your family stories about life on the homefront during World War II. … Read More “PODCAST Ep 311: Your Family and the WWII Homefront – Audience Participation Time!” »

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PODCAST Episode 310: Announcement – Record Family Holidays on Zoom!

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 310: Announcement – Record Family Holidays on Zoom!
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This is not an episode so much as an announcement: it’s holiday time and that means it’s time for taking folklore! But, with the increased need to stay home and separate, and with more people than ever relying on devices and video chat to communicate with family, why not see this as an opportunity to … Read More “PODCAST Episode 310: Announcement – Record Family Holidays on Zoom!” »

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Your Distant AncestryDNA Matches Are Under Threat. Act NOW.

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
Your Distant AncestryDNA Matches Are Under Threat. Act NOW.
#Blog2020, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, DNA, Reparational Genealogy

Wow, is Ancestry DNA’s new policy to cut matches ever bad! If you’re a foster, foundling, adoptee, or of mixed ethnicity, you need EVERY MATCH to triangulate and find clues through fallen branch trees. A centimorgan (cM) is a unit of measure in DNA. The greater the number of centimorgans you share with someone, the … Read More “Your Distant AncestryDNA Matches Are Under Threat. Act NOW.” »

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)
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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)” »