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So, what am I up to?
Catch me online or in person! I’m always somewhere!
Interested in corporate presentations?
Looking for something fun, educational, and transformative for your staff, company, or employee resource group? I’ve got you! I’ve presented at Ancestry, Jacobs, TIAA, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Wells Fargo, the Dallas Mavericks, and more!
On Demand Webinars
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2020-2023
Anytime
The Vault
Join my Patreon community to get access to webinars, videos, and more on genealogy and family history. Membership required to view.
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2016-2023
Anytime
Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Court Records for People of Color Genealogy Research
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Photography for Genealogy
Finding Isaac Rogers
Full Circle: Tracing the Descendants of a Slaveholding Ancestor
The Family DNA Project
Get set, GO! Planning and Executing a Successful Research Trip
Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy,
Newspapers for People of Color Genealogy
The Ultimate Family History Interview
Membership required in order to view.
Upcoming Live Webinars and Events
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February 2023
6:30pm Eastern
The Trifecta: The Secret Sauce of Researching the Formerly Enslaved
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Hartford County Public Library
4
March 2023
1:00pm Central
Beginning African American Genealogy
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Del City Public Library
7
March 2023
7:00pm Pacific
African American Family History and Reparations in California
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by California Historical Society
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16 & 18 March 2023
TBD
Cherokee Freedmen Genealogy
In Person. Sponsored by Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
14
April 2023
9:00am Central
Giving Them Their Glory: First Kansas/US Colored Troops 79th Regiment
Virtual. Sponsored by Legacy Family Tree Webinars
21
April 2023
9:00am Central
Held in the Balance:
The Trask 250
In Person. Sponsored by the Tennessee Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
2
June 2023
1:00pm Central
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820
Virtual. Sponsored by Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
1
November 2023
6:00pm Central
Cherokee/Cherokee Freedmen Genealogy
Virtual. Sponsored by Midwest Genealogy Center.
16
November 2023
8:00pm Eastern
Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy
Virtual. Sponsored by Florida State Genealogical Society.
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Guess what? i talk alot.
Previous Press and
Recorded Interviews
- We are Facing History: Personal Stories, Identities, and our Connected Past, panel with Dr. Tiya Miles, Facing History Facing Ourselves
- Nicka Smith & Nicole Robinson On The Importance of Black People Knowing Genealogy & Ancestry.com, Sway’s Universe
- This nine-year-old was enslaved in the US. Her story could help stop a chemical plant, The Guardian
- Genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith is taking a deeper dive into Black history, Rolling Out
- In ‘A Dream Delivered,’ an African-American Family Uncovers Its History, MTV News
- ‘A Dream Delivered’: New film tells story of lost letters reuniting relatives of man born into slavery, Deseret News
- Questions and Ancestors: Black Family History – Karamo Brown
- Unlocking the Past Through DNA Heritage Travel With Genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith: ‘Let’s Go Together’ Season 2, Episode 26
- Held in the Balance: The Lecture, Amherst College
- ‘We Were Just Passengers’ Freedom Rider Charles Person On The Bus Rides That Changed His Life, MSNBC
- Black News Tonight with Marc Lamont Hill – BNC
- Digital records from 19th Century give Black families a glimpse of their ancestry, Curtis Bunn, NBC
- A Story She Never Knew, NY Times
- Freedmen’s Bureau Records on Ancestry 2021, GenealogyTV
- Ancestry Unlocks Records To A Little Known Part of Black History, Tanya Christian, Ebony
- New digital collection offers missing link for Black families researching their history, WTOP
- Questions and Ancestors: Black Family History – Elaine Welteroth
- Let it Be Known, Black Press USA, April 23, 2021
- Nicka Smith: Ancestry consultant, Cherokee slave owner’s descendant, Nation citizen, Daughter Dialogues
- The TammiMac Show, FoxSoul, March 9, 2021
- Simone Boyce Traces Her Family Roots Back To Her Great-Great-Great Grandmother, MSNBC
- Simone Boyce Learns About Her Past And The Story Of Her Great-Great-Great Grandmother, MSNBC
- Civil War reenactor makes a surprising discovery, CNN
- The Census Is More Than Just a Form. It’s a Window Into the History of American Families, Jennifer Mendelsohn, Time
- “The bitter harvest of Richard Bibb: A descendant of slavery confronts her inheritance,” Lonnae O’Neal, Andscape (formerly The Undefeated)
- “A genealogist’s discovery: ‘Ventress owned my family,” Blake Alsup, The Daily Mississippian
