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I’ve posted about the amazing writer . Well, she has a new article in The Guardian US that speaks some serious truth. Check it out: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/slavery-family-racist-history-ancestors-wrongdoing

I am very excited about this! Have a kid in high school? Encourage the school to adopt this class! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/ap-african-american-studies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Fascinating article on doppelgängers and their shared genetic histories. Check it out https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare.

Nearly 30,000 Hessian soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolution. “Hessian” was a collective term. Most of the German soldiers were from Hessian areas, but not all. Incredible find and I’m very interested to hear what the DNA analysis reveals! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/science/archaeology-revolutionary-war-red-bank.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/science/archaeology-revolutionary-war-red-bank.html?referringSource=articleShare

Very cool tribute to this country’s first Black woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court, Katanji Brown Jackson! Thanks to the for this fascinating research on Justice Jackson’s family history! https://www.americanancestors.org/JusticeJackson 🙌

Seeing Your Elders as Youngers Jack Clark, 1929 Picturing our ancestors’ childhoods is often a challenge. Generally, aside from birth, baptism, and census records, children do not make much of an impact in the genealogy documentary record. Until they get married, start purchasing property, having children of their own, or engaging in business enterprises, we are very lucky if we know much about them at all....

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Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels.com Summer Doldrums Setting In? Family History and Genealogy to the Rescue! We are hitting the dog days of summer, when the boredom starts setting in for many kids. They have been to the zoo and the childrens’ museum and the pool, played every video game they own, and are now starting to drive their parents a little nuts....

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Irish Genealogy is American Genealogy About 36 million people in the United States and Canada can claim some degree of Irish ancestry (including me!). That's a whole lot of people! If you are ready to break out of U.S. records, Irish records are a great place to start. They are largely in English and a great many have been digitized. There is also a huge community of genealogists and family history researchers conducting Irish research....

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Getting started is half the battle!

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Cannot say enough about this amazing book by the brilliant ! On my second reading in a month and it is SO GOOD! “The stories we tell ourselves about our ancestors have the power to shape us, in some ways nearly as much as our genetics do… How we imagine our ancestors, and ourselves in relation to them, can have a powerful effect on the way we live. If our lives have been circumscribed because of the way we viewed our family, confronting our ancestors as complicated human beings rather than distant archetypes can suggest different ways than f being ourselves.”

Been a while since I’ve posted, but couldn’t pass up sharing this. Amazing and important story about the legacy of the Shoah. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/world/europe/germany-ambassador-amy-gutmann.html?referringSource=articleShare

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“Dr. Betty” overlooked no more! Gotta love a good obituary and I love this feature in the NYT. Dr. Betty helped lead a coal miners strike for better working conditions. Incredible person and so glad to know about her. Link in bio.

Continuing the theme of finding and following your female ancestors, this is an excellent article from Bridget M. Sunderlin on . Can't say it enough times, don't ignore your direct ancestors' siblings. So many brick walls can be broken through by moving beyond the direct ancestor. What we do is called "family history" for a very good reason.

Have you run into genealogical brick walls searching for female ancestors? The patriarchy is real, my friends! In honor of here are some quick tips for finding all those amazing women hiding in your family tree.