Genealogy
Unveiling Roots: A Guide to Genealogy
Unraveling the threads of our past is an adventure that many Baby Boomers reflect on as we get older. Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Our experts in this part of the site help you gain a comprehensive understanding of genealogy, including its importance and how you can begin your journey into uncovering your family’s past. Genealogy has evolved significantly from its origins in oral traditions and handwritten family records to the modern use of digital tools and extensive online databases.
Genealogy starts with creating a family tree, which you start with what you know, meaning seek out the people in your family that you grew up with to establish what is known as vital events, to include dates of birth, marriage and deaths. You can use genealogy software to build your tree adding details and stories. Online DNA testing companies like 23andMe, My Heritage and Ancestry can help you take your tree to the next step. Genealogy is important not only to help us understand our family origin and ethnicity, but it can help us discover the origins of a genetic disease, establish our identity within a community or even help solve crimes.
Whether you’re curious about your ethnic origins, tracking down long-lost relatives, or simply aiming to create a detailed family tree for future generations, understanding genealogy can open a world of discovery. Making connections with the past helps us create a Legacy for the future.
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Unveiling Roots: A Guide to Genealogy Unraveling the threads of our past is an adventure that many Baby Boomers reflect on as we get older. Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Our experts in this part of the site help you gain a comprehensive under…
Unveiling Roots: A Guide to Genealogy Unraveling the threads of our past is an adventure that many Baby Boomers reflect on as we get older. Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the…
Unveiling Roots: A Guide to Genealogy Unraveling the threads of our past is an adventure that many Baby Boomers reflect on as we get older. Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Our experts in this part of the site help you gain a comprehensive understanding of genealogy, including its importance and how you can begin your journey into uncovering your family's past. Genealogy has evolved significantly from its origins in oral traditions and handwritten family records to the modern use of digital tools and extensive online databases.Genealog…
Celebrate National Family History Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Way Back When" History Show that features a panel discussion with avid family history researchers who share some of their genealogy journeys. FEATURED GUESTS:- GLYNN BURROWS - Family history expert and owner of Norfolk …
Celebrate National Family History Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Way Back When" History Show that features a panel discussion with avid family history researchers who share some of thei…
Celebrate National Family History Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Way Back When" History Show that features a panel discussion with avid family history researchers who share some of their genealogy journeys. FEATURED GUESTS:- GLYNN BURROWS - Family history expert and owner of Norfolk Tours in England. See: https://norfolk-tours.co.uk/ - JO CLARK – Travel writer and photographer. See: https://www.haveglasswilltravel.com/ and https://recipestravelculture.com/ - LISA EVANS – Travel writer and author. See: https://writerlisa.com/ - CLIFFORD GARSTANG – Editor, writer, and au…
Lisa Smith
October 10, 2024 
Happy National Family Day! This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning author Francine Falk-Allen. A fan of genealogy research, Francine enjoyed uncovering her family’s history, and traced both her maternal and paternal ancestors back to the 1600s. She never imagined that one day she’…
Happy National Family Day! This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning author Francine Falk-Allen. A fan of genealogy research, Francine enjoyed uncovering her family’s history, and trace…
Happy National Family Day! This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning author Francine Falk-Allen. A fan of genealogy research, Francine enjoyed uncovering her family’s history, and traced both her maternal and paternal ancestors back to the 1600s. She never imagined that one day she’d discover a jaw-dropping family secret.Based on a true story, Falk-Allen’s “A Wolff in the Family” (She Writes Press, Oct. 1, 2024) is a riveting saga of prejudice, passion, and revenge. What mysterious scandals led a father to abandon his five youngest children—and the elder siblings to ke…
Lisa Smith
September 23, 2024 
This week, our guest is Patrick Brady. Patrick is passionate about gathering his family history and stories. As Patrick started to look at the marketplace, he recognized that there wasn't a service or platform that would allow building a central location to preserve that unique family history and en…
This week, our guest is Patrick Brady. Patrick is passionate about gathering his family history and stories. As Patrick started to look at the marketplace, he recognized that there wasn't a service or…
This week, our guest is Patrick Brady. Patrick is passionate about gathering his family history and stories. As Patrick started to look at the marketplace, he recognized that there wasn't a service or platform that would allow building a central location to preserve that unique family history and enable the family to make it their own truly. At Heritage HQ, each family gets its unique domain to upload and create files that can be shared and edited. The family website or domain will contain a family tree and records of birthdates, genealogy, and essential documents. Each family will have a He…
Greg Payne
September 13, 2024 
This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Ann Lowry who discusses her novel, "The Blue Trunk."When Ann Lowry inherited an ancestor's blue travel trunk, she had no idea that this artifact was about to take her on a three-year j…
This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Ann Lowry who discusses her novel, "The Blue Trunk."When Ann Lowry inherited an ance…
This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Ann Lowry who discusses her novel, "The Blue Trunk."When Ann Lowry inherited an ancestor's blue travel trunk, she had no idea that this artifact was about to take her on a three-year journey of discovery. She was told that the trunk’s previous owner, a great-great aunt, had been institutionalized for insanity. Despite meticulous genealogy research, she was unable to uncover any facts about her and concluded that she must have spent her entire adult life in an asylum. Lowry was…
Lisa Smith
September 11, 2024 
Conversation w/ Eileen Bogdanoff, ancestry advanced researcher, about how tracing family roots through genealogy benefits older adults and their families, and ways to conduct genealogy research to ensure success in learning about one’s family history,
Conversation w/ Eileen Bogdanoff, ancestry advanced researcher, about how tracing family roots through genealogy benefits older adults and their families, and ways to conduct genealogy research to ens…
Conversation w/ Eileen Bogdanoff, ancestry advanced researcher, about how tracing family roots through genealogy benefits older adults and their families, and ways to conduct genealogy research to ensure success in learning about one’s family history,
Cheryl Beversdorf
September 10, 2024 
Author’s Bio: Diane Helentjaris often writes about unsung lives. After spending the middle years of her career as a clinical physician and public health administrator, she returned to her humanities roots. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Iceland Writers’ Retreat Alumni Award. Her historic no…
Author’s Bio: Diane Helentjaris often writes about unsung lives. After spending the middle years of her career as a clinical physician and public health administrator, she returned to her humanities…
Author’s Bio: Diane Helentjaris often writes about unsung lives. After spending the middle years of her career as a clinical physician and public health administrator, she returned to her humanities roots. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Iceland Writers’ Retreat Alumni Award. Her historic novel The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill won the 2024 Maryland Writers’ Association Novel competition in the Romance and Historical category. Her poems and short stories are featured in anthologies, including her chapbook Diaspora. Her latest book I Ain’t Afraid — The World of Lulu Bell Parr, Wild …
Deliah Lawrence
August 19, 2024 
It's National Family Fun Month which offers us all a good reason to deep dive into our Family History! Spending time with grandparents, aunts and uncles or cousins? Maybe ask them about some of those forgotten family stories and then follow up on them. Today's episode of Big Blend Radio's WAY BACK W…
It's National Family Fun Month which offers us all a good reason to deep dive into our Family History! Spending time with grandparents, aunts and uncles or cousins? Maybe ask them about some of those …
It's National Family Fun Month which offers us all a good reason to deep dive into our Family History! Spending time with grandparents, aunts and uncles or cousins? Maybe ask them about some of those forgotten family stories and then follow up on them. Today's episode of Big Blend Radio's WAY BACK WHEN History Show features genealogist and writer Aryn Youngless who specializes in piecing together ancestry mysteries and crafting keepsake family history books. She combines genealogy research with a passion for telling captivating stories. More at https://www.genealogybyaryn.com/ Hosted on Acast.…
Lisa Smith
August 8, 2024 
Our family history is more important than just looking up DNA and genealogy. That gives us a genetic blueprint but doesn’t tell the whole story. Too often these stories are told but never written down and they’re soon lost after a relative dies. Dr. Elizabeth Keating is on a mission to get peopl…
Our family history is more important than just looking up DNA and genealogy. That gives us a genetic blueprint but doesn’t tell the whole story. Too often these stories are told but never written do…
Our family history is more important than just looking up DNA and genealogy. That gives us a genetic blueprint but doesn’t tell the whole story. Too often these stories are told but never written down and they’re soon lost after a relative dies. Dr. Elizabeth Keating is on a mission to get people to record their family history and stories that are the true family heirlooms and clues to who we are and where we came from. Many times family photos aren’t even labeled leaving many people wondering who the heck was in the picture. Dr. Keating is a professor of anthropology at the University o…
Shelley Johnson
July 9, 2024 
“I seek dead people” My wife is an amateur genealogist. She spends her retirement researching her extended, extended family. She is a detail person, a puzzler, a rigorous researcher, and a writer. She uses all her skills pursuing records of her long dead relatives. Giving gifts to support her pa…
“I seek dead people” My wife is an amateur genealogist. She spends her retirement researching her extended, extended family. She is a detail person, a puzzler, a rigorous researcher, and a writer.…
“I seek dead people” My wife is an amateur genealogist. She spends her retirement researching her extended, extended family. She is a detail person, a puzzler, a rigorous researcher, and a writer. She uses all her skills pursuing records of her long dead relatives. Giving gifts to support her passion is a challenge. I’ve considered books, but it’s like buying Sculpture for Dummies for Michaelangelo. I’ve settled on tee shirts and coffee mugs with dumb genealogy jokes, which, like telling consultant jokes to consultants, must get old. Genealogy is history taken personally Billie’s f…
Alan Cay Culler
July 1, 2024 
