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Nicka Smith is a professional photographer, speaker, and documentarian with more than 20 years of experience as a genealogist. She is the host of BlackProGen LIVE, a web show focused on people of color genealogy and family history.
Recent Work
Traveling to Benin
Hello mother land!
Check out this clip from my recent journey to West Africa with Kieron Graham who discovered his deep ancestral roots.
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A Visit with Uncle Al
A visit to New York
I had a ball getting to know Al Roker, host and weatherman on the morning mainstay, the Today Show. In this clip, I reveal his DNA results which guided his journey back to Africa.
What's Happening
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Announcing the Season 5 Schedule for BlackProGen LIVE!
The wait is over! Here's the latest about the upcoming... -
It Was Always More Than Just an Email
Aren't folks making a big gamble if the service they're... -
You want what? I’ll pass.
Genealogists are super excited about how genealogy is now being...
2018 was filled with webinars, 5 trips to New York, a trip to California, Illinois, Kentucky, and more. Where will I be headed next? Wouldn’t you like to know? 🙂
BlackProGen is a group of professional genealogists who research and document African American families. We share research strategies, thoughts, ideas, experiences, and whatever comes to mind while working for clients and in our own research endeavors.
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october 2018
Telling my ancestral story
I recently had the opportunity to meet/speak with some amazing young people from Ole Miss about a special issue of their school paper, The Daily Mississippian. The result was a story about my family’s ties to the “father” of their school.