In this episode, as we chat with our special guest, African American Research & genealogist Shelley…
Tag: Thomas Jefferson
Book review: Jefferson’s Daughters
I’ve just finished my second reading of Jefferson’s Daughters by Catherine Kerrison. I have to say…
Piecing together enslaved family relations at Monticello
I have spent the past few months doing a deep dive into the early colonial enslavement…
Pleasant Roane Part II: An unexpected link to Thomas Jefferson and Monticello
There are times when my adventures in genealogy blow my mind. This is one of them.…
Visiting Monticello
I had the opportunity to visit Monticello the other day. Considering my recent trip where I…
Leila Sheffey-Taylor: A life lived in the turn of the 20th Century black press
Part of what drives my genealogy journey is putting flesh to the usual vital statistics details…