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On Demand Webinars
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2020-2021
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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2016-2021
Anytime
Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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 Webinars and Events
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October 2021
5:30pm Eastern
Held in the Balance:
The Trask 250
Virtual Presentation. Hosted by Amherst College Steering Committee on the Racial History of Amherst.
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October 13-16, 2021
Varies
2021 AAHGS National Conference
Virtual Presentations. Hosted by the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society.
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October 2021
7:00pm Eastern
Held in the Balance:
The Trask 250
Virtual Presentation. Hosted by Virginia Beach Genealogical Society.
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October 2021
10:00am Pacific
Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy
Virtual Presentation. Hosted by Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS)
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November 2021
11:00am Central
Betting on the Bureau:
Case Studies
Virtual Presentation. Registration required.
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November 2021
2:00pm Eastern
Court Records for People of Color Family History Research
Virtual Presentation. Hosted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
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Guess what? i talk alot.
Previous Press and
Recorded Interviews
- 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
- 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
- Wake Up With WURD, March 2, 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
- Genealogy Connection #73 – Nicka Sewell-Smith, Speaker and YouTuber, Genealogy Connection
- 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, The Undefeated
- “A genealogist’s discovery: ‘Ventress owned my family,” Blake Alsup, The Daily Mississippian
- “I got bacon in my DNA,” Brown Girls Do Podcast, Episode 3
- “Weaving our Ancestral Threads,” Mother’s Quest Podcast, Episode 50
- “4 Easy-to-Follow Steps for African-American Genealogy Newbies,” FamilySearch Blog
- “How DNA is ‘changing everything’ about genealogy,” Aubrey Eyre, The Deseret News
