Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Is Your American Story? (with Mary Tedesco) | Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14
How did a simple search on Ancestry.com spark a lifelong passion, a stronger mother-daughter bond, and a stint as a host on a popular genealogy telev…
1 year, 10 months ago
Their Stories in Their Words | Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13
In 1891, Martha Mills Brown wrote a heart-wrenching letter to her children and grandchildren, detailing her family's harrowing experiences during the…
1 year, 11 months ago
We're Doing This Together (with Steve Cowan) | Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12
Every Sunday night at 9:30 PM, my dad and I meet virtually to solve family history mysteries together — a tradition we've kept for over seven years, …
1 year, 11 months ago
Continue to Say His Name (with Kelley Dixon-Tealer and Alva Marie Jenkins) | Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11
In 1865, Hawkins Wilson, a Texas freedman, wrote letters searching for the family he was torn from as a young, enslaved boy more than 24 years earlie…
1 year, 11 months ago
We'll Always Keep Searching (with Emily Paulson) | Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10
When Emily Paulson learned that nearly 72,000 WWII heroes remained unidentified, she found her calling...
Through her role as a contractor at the Defe…
1 year, 11 months ago
One Person's Trash | Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9
When an unexpected email unearthed irreplaceable family heirlooms, it reminded me that people—including our own relatives—are often not quite what th…
1 year, 11 months ago
L'dor V'dor - From Generation to Generation (with Howard Hochhauser) | Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8
Serena never spoke of her life before she married into the Hochhauser family. They knew she was from Eastern Europe and, based on her age and immigra…
2 years ago
And Then I Heard A Meadowlark Sing (with Sunny Morton) | Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7
Genealogist Sunny Morton didn't even know someone was missing from her family tree until a single mention in an obituary led her to a Nun.
Sister Mary…
2 years ago
This Gathering Place (with Shelly Cowan) | Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6
Imagine sitting down at family dinner where a simple table becomes the heart of lasting traditions and deeper connections...
When my sister-in-law She…
2 years ago
The Story That Lives In Me | Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1
A 30-year quest to find my great-great-grandmother Carrie began with a teenage promise and a stack of yellow legal pads. Follow my journey from hand-…
2 years ago