Podcast Episodes

Texas: Christmas Card Culture Connections (with Sylvia Hernandez) | Episode 91

Season 2 Episode 91

When Sylvia Hernandez discovered vintage Christmas cards in a university archive, her coworkers didn't understand their significance. But for her, they represented everything familiar about growing u…

Published on 8 hours ago

Iowa: A Love of Food and Family (with Rosie Grant) | Episode 90

Season 2 Episode 90

When archivist Rosie Grant stumbled upon a gravestone with a spritz cookie recipe carved into it, she had no idea it would change her life. What began as a TikTok curiosity during her cemetery intern…

Published on 1 week ago

Wisconsin: Great Grandmothers and the Great Migration (with Dani Allen) | Episode 89

Season 2 Episode 89

When Dani was in eighth grade, she watched her grandmother wash and braid her own mother’s hair. In that moment, she was witness to a ritual passed on through generations of Black women.

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Published on 2 weeks ago

California: Stars Shooting Out of Silence (with Candace Dixon Horne) | Episode 88

Season 2 Episode 88

When Candace Dixon-Horne's husband bought AncestryDNA kits in 2018, she hesitated before sending hers in. Raised by a single mom in Arkansas, Candace spent her entire life with her mom as the only bl…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Minnesota: Santa Claus, a Corn Cob Pipe, and Nellie Oleson (with Lisa Elzey) | Episode 87

Season 2 Episode 87

What if your family's pioneer past looked exactly like your favorite childhood TV show? When Lisa Elzey discovered her great-great-grandfather's story, she realized she'd been watching his life every…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Oregon: Trail of the Unclaimed | Episode 86

Season 2 Episode 86

When Phyllis Zegers discovered her cousin died alone in Oregon State Hospital in the 1890s, she never imagined it would lead to reconnecting hundreds of families with their forgotten ancestors. In th…

Published on 1 month ago

Kansas: A Calling From the Ancestors (with Calvin Osborne) | Episode 85

Season 2 Episode 85

Calvin Osborne, a Washington D.C. attorney and Civil War reenactor, spent nearly three decades studying African American military history before Ancestry researchers revealed a stunning discovery: hi…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

West Virginia: Fame or Infamy in the Mountain State (with Mallory Peterson) | Episode 84

Season 2 Episode 84

When Mallory Peterson discovered she had Scottish ancestry instead of Cherokee heritage, she uncovered something intriguing that has captured her imagination. In the little town of Martinsburg, West …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nevada: The Well-Worn Path | Episode 83

Season 2 Episode 83

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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nebraska: Connecting to the Land Through Stories (with Greg Wagner)

Season 2 Episode 82

When Greg Wagner's great-great-grandmother made her dying wish to be buried not in a cemetery but beneath an oak tree on their Nebraska homestead, she planted more than roots in the soil. Greg is a s…

Published on 2 months ago