BloodRoot

Episode 13: The RootsTech 2025 Afterparty with Genealogist, Linda Colston

On today's episode, the RootsTech 2025 Afterparty with professional genealogist, Linda Colston. Join us as we highlight our favorite sessions available virtually and reminisce about the impact of in-person attendance. As the discussion evolved, we found ourselves talking about the topic of the year: AI and genealogy. So much to learn and process - and with classes available all year long, we're just getting started!

Episode 12: Family History Through the Prism of Grief - With Special Guests, Deborah Maddox & Donald Shores

On today's episode, Family History Through the Prism of Grief with Guest Genealogists Deborah Maddox and Donald Shores. Join us as we discuss the unique impact grief has on those who have been researching the family history for years prior to loss.

Episode 11: The Scalability of Family History: Reflections on a New Year and the End of My Hiatus.

Welcome to episode eleven of the BloodRoot podcast! On today's episode, The Scalability of Family History: Reflections on a New Year and the End of My Hiatus. After a long hiatus from this podcast due to deaths in the family, I'm back with some new insights regarding grief, genealogy, and the scalability of our family history collections. It's time to think about managing and organizing our collections within a practical framework.

Episode 10: RootsTech, Juneteenth, and Education - the Parties that Never End

On today's episode: Rootstech, Juneteenth, and Education - the Parties that Never End. Join me for a multi-layered episode with RootsTech 2023 guests and a special Juneteenth announcement that is tied to education all year long. I promise, they're all related - so stay tuned! Guests: Linda Colston, genealogist at Twin Oaks Genealogy (twinoaksgenealogy.com) ; Deborah Maddox, SAR Staff Genealogist (sar.org) ; Donald Shores, Genealogist at Unearthed Roots.

Episode 9: Ancestral “Love”: Documenting Relationships and Emotions

Welcome to Episode 9 of the BloodRoot Podcast: On today's bonus Valentine’s Day episode: Ancestral “Love” - Documenting Relationships and Emotions. Join me as we explore the complicated relationships of our ancestors, and look for ways to prove the related emotions.

Episode 8: Corn in the Blue Pocket: Our Ancestors’ Lessons of Elegant Economy

Welcome to episode 8 of the BloodRoot Podcast. On today's episode: Corn in the Blue Pocket - Our Ancestors’ Lessons of Elegant Economy. Join us as we explore the many ways our ancestors lived conservatively to stretch not only their dollar, but many of the supplies that made it into the household. In 2022, with supply chain breakdowns, what can our ancestors teach us about resourceful living?

Episode 7: The Grave Issues with Findagrave. Featuring Special Guest: Daniel Loftus

Episode 7: The Grave Issues with FindaGrave. Join us as your host shares a close death in the family and the emotional trauma from Findagrave that followed. Next, we traipse through the virtual cemetery with a special guest, Daniel Loftus of Daniel’s Genealogy - as he shares the positive directions that are on the horizon.

Episode 6: RootsTech: Memories and Connections

Welcome to the launch of Season 2! Join me for a special episode as we celebrate the launch of the RootsTech Connect Conference! To help us celebrate we welcome 5 guests to share their memories of previous on-site events and their hopes for the new virtual RootsTech experience! Guests include: Linda Colston , Cynthia Maharrey , Miles Meyer , Tami Osmer Mize , and Elizabeth O’Neal ....

Episode 5: A Brick Wall, Whitewashed: The Revolutionary Soldier and “Black Jenny”

Jenny was a young mother of three in 1830 when her enslaver, a Revolutionary War Veteran, decided to set the family free and then willed his property to Jenny and her oldest son, Aaron. This episode will tell her remarkable story after it remained hidden for almost 2 centuries, covered in layer upon layer of whitewashed misinformation. Why so much whitewashing? To hide Jenny and Aaron’s true relationship to the enslaving family. I’ve got some paint thinner, and a chisel - we’re taking down this ...

Episode 4: Trauma and Perspective: Including Domestic Violence in the Family Narrative

Today’s episode will feature a few family stories that help us explore the multi-layered impacts of domestic violence on our ancestors, ourselves, and the family narrative.

Episode 3: The Mantel Clock and Breakfast with John Hunt Morgan

Join me for episode 3 as we explore a family legend tied to an heirloom clock. To uncover the roots of this story, we’ll examine the associated timeline, complicated ancestral context, and the perspective of the storyteller. Also, if you don’t know anything about John Hunt Morgan, we’ll give you a little history lesson about this Civil War Confederate General. As always, episode notes are available on my website: genealogyliteracy.com/BloodRoot

Episode 2: Voting For Old Abe: The Civil War Letters of Cynthia Low

Today’s episode begins with a tale of lost Civil War letters and how their re-discovery turned a family legend upside down.

Episode 1: A History of the Beginning

Welcome to the BloodRoot Podcast! In this premier episode, listeners will get an introduction to BloodRoot - what the podcast is all about, what types of material you may hear in a typical episode, and a little history about your host.

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