Tuesdays this winter will bring Season Two of Genealogy Roadshow <https://www.facebook.com/GenealogyRoadshowPBS> with a diverse new cast of participants who take emotional journeys to explore genealogical mysteries. Episodes for the upcoming season were recorded in St. Louis in August, New Orleans in September, and Philadelphia in October. Each video recording session involved pre-selected locals who have
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“It Was Like Coming Home,” Says Michaela Pereira in CNN Roots Series
Just today (17 Oct 2014) I learned that the TV network CNN has been running a series this past week of short family history reports about its on-camera personalities. Here is how CNN described the programs: CNN HOSTS JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR “ROOTS” “ROOTS: OUR JOURNEYS HOME” kicks off Sunday, October 12th, with a two-hour
Read on »Check Out This Genealogy Programming for TV
You probably know that in recent years there have been numerous programs on television about genealogical and family history research. The other day, I did a Google search for “genealogy on tv” and was rewarded with a surprisingly large number of “hits.” Many involved “Who Do You Think You Are?” the series that recently concluded
Read on »WDYTYA Kicks Off New Season on Wednesday, July 23, on TLC
Who Do You Think You Are? the genealogical and family history series returns on TLC on this coming Wednesday, July 23. The first episode features Cynthia Nixon, winner of Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards who is perhaps best known from TV’s “Sex and the City.” Cynthia searches for answers in her paternal line, and truth
Read on »Want To Be On Genealogy Roadshow? Here’s First Step
We don’t know how the first season of Genealogy Roadshow (GR) was put together. If you watched the inaugural season on your local PBS station, you know that four cities were featured–Nashville, Detroit, San Francisco, and Austin, TX–and subjects came to a historic landmark building in each city to be presented with genealogical research results
Read on »Behind the Scenes at Who Do You Think You Are?
Have you been watching the latest season of “Who Do You Think You Are?” on TLC? Recently, I learned that one of the genealogists that did background work on the first episode, featuring Kelly Clarkson and her Civil War ancestor, was Deb Deal, OGS Trustee. She told me that she was hired to do about
Read on »WDYTYA Cast Is Revealed by NBC; Series Kicks Off on Feb 3
I’m looking forward to Season Three of Who Do You Think You Are, the genealogically oriented reality show broadcast on NBC. I missed the announcement of the “cast” which was revealed back on January 6. If you didn’t see the news release on another blog, I’m reproducing it below. You also might want to check
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