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Smologies #15: FAMILY TREES with Stephen Hanks
It’s a shorter, swear-free version of the wonderful Genealogy episode with author Stephen Hanks -- who teaches genealogy classes in Portland, Oregon and has contributed to PBS genealogy documentaries. We chat histories, mysteries, memories and families, plus what ignited his passion for learning about his own history. Also: how to find your family through census records, county archives, and death certificates; which DNA tests he’s taken; our most recent common ancestor; and whether or not he wears a detective cape.
Stephen Hanks books: “1619 -- Twenty Africans,” and “Akee Tree”
Publisher: Inkwater Press
A donation went to: BlackPast.org
Full length Genealogy (FAMILY HISTORY) episode + links here
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Mercedes Maitland & Jarrett Sleeper of Mind Jam Media
Extra help from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly Dwyer, Emily White, & Erin Talbert
Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm