The Forget-Me-Not Hour: Your Ancestors Want Their Stories to Be Told
Catch Jane Wilcox, host of The Forget-Me-Not Hour: Your Ancestors Want Their Stories To Be Told talk radio show in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Interviews with special local, regional and national genealogy guests, a little music, and lots of genealogy tips.
Regional focus show: Hear from scholars, archivists, government officials, curators, authors, and others who are keeping the history and genealogy of the Hudson Valley in New York and beyond alive and well. Listen live at 10:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month on WHVW 950 AM radio in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. This show is rebroadcast at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on the first Wednesday of the month on BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox and can be listened to on-demand anytime.
National focus show: Join nationally-known genealogists, authors, bloggers, historians, and more on this show focusing on the rest of the U.S. Live at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on the third Wednesday of the month on BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox and on-demand.
Guests scheduled to appear:
May 17 – Jamestown Genealogy with Wilhelmena Kelly. Did you know that John Rolfe and Pochahontas from the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, have living descendants? Tonight their descendant Wilhelmena Kelly, regent of the Manhattan Chapter DAR, joins Jane to talk about colonial Jamestown genealogy. What records are available to trace your colonial Jamestown family? What is the story of John Rolfe and Pochahontas? (Only on BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox at 9:00 p.m. Eastern)
June 5 – New York Quakers with Chris Densmo. Jane welcomes Chris Densmo, librarian at Friends Historic Library at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Chris will talk about Quakers in New York. Where did they come from and where did they live? What is so unique about Quakers? What records did they keep? Where can we find the records? Find the library here: http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/friends-historical-library.xml (Live at 10:00 a.m. on WHVW 950 AM radio and rebroadcast at 9:00 p.m. on www.BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox.)
June 19 – Mastering Genealogical Proof with Thomas W. Jones. Join Tom Jones, author of the recently released book Mastering Genealogical Proof, as he discusses how the book can help all genealogists in their quest to correctly identify their ancestors. Find the book at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/mastering_genealogical_proof (Only on BlogTalkRadio.com at 9:00 p.m. Eastern)
July 3 – New York Huguenots with Tracy McNally. Jane welcomes Tracy McNally of Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York. Tracy will tell us about the first founders of New Paltz, the Huguenots who were French Protestants. Find out their story of immigration from Europe, their history in New York and what you can find at Historic Huguenot Street. Find Historic Huguenot Street at http://www.huguenotstreet.org/ (Live at 10:00 a.m. on WHVW 950 AM radio and rebroadcast at 9:00 p.m. on www.BlogTalkRadio.com/JaneEWilcox.)
Listen to previous recordings on-demand on BlogTalkRadio.
The Forget-Me-Not Hour radio show sponsors:
Broadcasts have included:
Megan Smolenyak, formerly chief family historian and spokesperson for Ancestry.com the largest genealogical company in the world. Megan tells about her discoveries of Michelle Obama’s family history and talks about her work with missing U.S. soldiers. Megan has consulted for and appeared on Good Morning America, the Today show, CNN, NPR, and the BBC and wrote the companion book to the NBC TV show “Who Do You Think You Are?”.
Mel Smith, featured with Mathew Broderick on “Who Do You Think You Are?” and reference librarian at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford. Mel talks about his experience on WDYTYA? and shares his insights and expertise as a genealogy reference librarian. Find out what sources the library has that could help you in your research.
Lisa Wilcox, administrator of three family DNA groups–including the Wilcox DNA project. Lisa talks about genetics and genealogy and how genetics works hand-in-hand with paper genealogy and can sometimes reveal surprises in a pedigree.
Patty Matteson and Louisa Finn, members of the Smiley family who founded Mohonk Mountain House, talk about the Smiley family Quaker ancestry and their conservation legacy.
Sojourner Truth ~ Anne Gordon, Ulster County (N.Y.) Historian and Bob Lusk, nationally known folk musician, who are spearheading the drive to erect a statue of Sojourner Truth in Port Ewen, N.Y. (where Sojourner lived); and Thomas McLiechey, a descendant of Sojourner Truth from Battle Creek, Mich., talk about Sojourner Truth, her legacy, and slave ancestry in New York.
