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    • Ancestors in Indigenous African Spiritual Traditions with Dagara Elder Glenn Leisching

    July 11, 2012

    South African native and now Ulster County resident Glenn Leisching, an Elder in the tradition of the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso in West Africa, joined me on the Forget-Me-Not Hour last week. He talked about the importance of ancestors in the spiritual traditions of indigenous Africans–an unusual but fascinating topic for this genealogy radio [...]

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    House History Gems from Marian Pierre-Louis

    June 27, 2012

    Marian Pierre-Louis, owner of Fieldstone Historic Research in Massachusetts, talked about house histories on the Forget-Me-Not Hour show last week. I was fascinated by what she told us. Did you know there are actually three ways that the history of a house can be done? Marian specializes in the social history of houses–the history of [...]

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    Hudson Valley Genealogy, Kinship Books, Rhinebeck Town Historian, and the Starr Library

    June 15, 2012

    Arthur C.M. Kelly, publisher of Kinship Books, and his wife Nancy Kelly, Rhinebeck Town Historian, are almost synonymous with Hudson Valley , New York, genealogy and history. Arthur has been intimately involved in the church records of the mid-Hudson Valley since 1968, and Nancy with the Starr Library in Rhinebeck for years. Arthur founded Kinship Books when [...]

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    German Genealogy in New York

    May 18, 2012

    I missed my post last week because I was at the National Genealogical Conference in Cincinnati. The week before we had an excellent Forget-Me-Not Hour when Joan Koster Morales joined me to talk about German genealogy in New York and in general. She shared some techniques for working with unfamiliar handwriting–especially the old German script [...]

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    1940 U.S. Census Community Project: Indexing

    April 25, 2012

    Last week on The Forget-Me-Not Hour, Jessie Davis, manager of recruitment for indexers at FamilySearch.org, joined me on the show. She talked about how the indexing project called the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project was coming along after two weeks in operation. After 72 years, on April 2 the 1940 U.S. census was released, and [...]

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    New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: What’s New?

    April 13, 2012

    McKelden Smith, President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last week. He had a lot to share about what is happening with one of the oldest genealogical societies in the country. The NYG&B, as it is widely known, has downsized and refashioned its focus for the 21st [...]

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    Genetic Testing and Medicine from a Doctor’s Point of View

    March 27, 2012

    Dr. Christina Clay, an M.D. who is board certified in hematology, oncology and internal medicine, joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last week.  She explained how genetic testing is used in the doctor’s office today, as well as commented on health genetic tests like the one my previous radio show guest, 23andMe.com, perform today. Genetic [...]

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    23andMe.com Genetic Testing for Health and Genealogy

    March 14, 2012

    Last week on The Forget-Me-Not Hour Joanna Mountain, Senior Director of Research for 23andMe, joined me and talked about the different results that can be found with 23andMe’s genetic testing. 23andMe tests for both health and genealogy. With the health results, you can find out how your genes may make you more likely to have [...]

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    National Genealogical Society: The Organization and Its Annual Conference

    February 22, 2012

    Last week’s Forget-Me-Not Hour radio show focused on the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and its annual conference. NGS Vice President Julie Miller joined me on the show and talked about NGS’s long history of genealogy education. Among the educational tools the NGS uses to help genealogists trace their family history are the NGS Quarterly with [...]

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    Folklife Center at the Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, N.Y. and Erica Wolfe Burke

    February 12, 2012

    Erica Wolfe Burke, archivist and special collections librarian at The Center for Folklife, History & Cultural Programs at the Crandall Public Library  in Glens Falls, N.Y. , joined me on the Forget-Me-Not Hour last week. She talked about this award-winning gem for genealogists tucked between the Adirondacks, the Hudson River and Vermont in upstate N.Y. The [...]

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