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On Demand Webinars
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2020-2022
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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2016-2022
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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January 2022
5:00pm Central
Beginning African American Genealogy
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Hartford County Library
1
February 2022
5:00pm Central
Beginning African American Genealogy
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Chelmsford Genealogy Club
4
February 2022
1:00pm Central
The Trifecta: The Secret Sauce of Researching the Formerly Enslaved
Virtual Presentation. Registration required.
9
February 2022
10:00am Eastern
Beginning African American Genealogy
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Patchogue-Medford Library
10
February 2022
12:00pm Central
From Tulsa to Beyond: African American Genealogy in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Oklahoma Historical Society
15
February 2022
5:00pm Central
Finding John Lee
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Hartford County Library
19
February 2022
10:00am Pacific
African American Genealogy 101
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Upland Public Library
21
February 2022
8:00pm Eastern
Finding Your Roots Panel
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Georgia Public Broadcasting
23
February 2022
7:00pm Central
The Benefaction of You
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Waubonsee Community College
24
February 2022
6:30pm Eastern
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Columbus Metropolitan Library
12
March 2022
10:00am Eastern
Topic TBD
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, Hampton Roads
25
March 2022
1:00pm Central
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by North Carolina Genealogical Society
28
April 2022
1:00pm Central
Held in the Balance: The Trask 250
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Atlantic Black Box
12
May 2022
8:00pm Eastern
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Georgia Genealogical Society
12
May 2022
8:00pm Eastern
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Georgia Genealogical Society
14
May 2022
8:00pm Eastern
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Pinellas Genealogical Society
21
May 2022
1:00pm Pacific
Confirming Cherokee Ancestry
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Sacramento Public Library
18
June 2022
10:00am Pacific
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Upland Public Library
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August 19-22, 2022
Daily
Southern California Genealogy Jamboree
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Southern California Genealogical Society
7
October 2022
1:00pm Central
Older Than Us: The Elders of the Trask 250
Virtual Presentation. Sponsored by Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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Previous Press and
Recorded Interviews
- 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
- 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
