I am so excited that Finding Your Roots is coming back with season 10 on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Finding Your Roots is one of my all time favorite TV shows that also happens to be all about genealogy. This season features singers Dionne Warwick and Ciara, actors LeVar Burton, Danielle Brooks, and Valerie Bertinelli, and... Continue Reading →
A Fiction Movie About Genealogy Research – Family History Mysteries: Buried Past
If you have followed my journey for any amount of time, then you know that I love genealogy/family history and TV/movies. One of the best things is when I find TV shows and movies that are about genealogy. For the most part, I have only been able to find TV shows like Relative Race, Finding Your Roots,... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 12
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual "12 days of...." posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. Pedigree charts are a great gift idea for the family historian in your life. You can gift them a blank one with... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 11
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual "12 days of...." posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. Books make a great gift for the family historian. Whether it is a genealogy resource book, a book about the community they... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 10
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual "12 days of...." posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. Family History Binders are a great idea for organizing important family documents you have acquired through your family research. It can serve... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 9
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual “12 days of….” posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. Photo books make a great gift not only for the family historian in your life, but for anyone who wants to... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 6
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual "12 days of...." posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. You don't have to always get a physical gift for someone. In family research, having genealogy buddies is essential. Gift them... Continue Reading →
12 Days of Gift Ideas – Day 5
This year, Trisha and I decided to do our annual "12 days of...." posts sharing items that would make great gift ideas for the family researcher in your life. Or maybe even for yourself. You don't hear about Headstone Cleaning Kits that often but they could be useful for several reasons. You might just want... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Family Embrace
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RootsTech 2024 Keynote Speaker – Lynne M. Jackson
Lynne M. Jackson will be the keynote speaker on Friday, March 1, 2024 at RootsTech. Ms. Jackson is the 2X great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally... Continue Reading →