2025 – Good Genes Genealogy

Discovering Family Treasures: Insights into the 1930s Through My Paternal Grandparents’ Journeys

December 6, 2025

[caption id="attachment_8837" align="alignnone" width="300"] Paternal grandmother Daisy Shanks Wead was the president of the bridge club in 1934[/caption] Historical newspapers remain one of my favorite starting points when I am...

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Uncover the Fascinating World of Ancestral Living: Insider Tips for Deeper Exploration!

November 28, 2025

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What if one tiny detail on a faded World War II draft card could unravel an entire story about your ancestor’s daily life, workplace, community, and economic reality?That’s exactly what...

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Uncovering the Truth: The History of Indigenous Indians and the First Thanksgiving

November 24, 2025

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Discover the untold truth of Indigenous Indians and the first Thanksgiving in this eye-opening post. Uncover the pivotal events and important figures that shaped this historical event, shedding light on...

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Ingenious/Native Americans are #1in military service

November 11, 2025

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During a recent webinar training, "Researching your Indigenous Ancestors," the facilitator stated that Native Americans have the highest military rate per capita in the United States. I believed her yet...

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“And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight:”* Remembering the Nine Soldiers in World War I

November 11, 2025

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Today’s Blog is written by Barbara Lewis Burger, a retired National Archives Still Picture Senior Archivist New York’s Colored...

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Reclaiming Land, Reclaiming Legacy: Helping Descendants of Enslaved Families Build Historical Property Claims

November 4, 2025

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Several years ago, I began my formal ancestral and genealogy journey with the intention that I would locate land and property that may have been lost by our family or...

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Black Geneaology

October 27, 2025

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Black genealogy traces lives braided through plantations, ports, and new towns, reading between torn ledgers and whispered names. It maps migrations and kinship, turning fragments into a family continent.

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Tuning into Good Vibes Genealogy

October 23, 2025

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Join me in listening and viewing this powerful podcast highlighting Black, African Diasporan, Indigenous, Native and American Indians and hosted by the Rev. Dr. LaTonia on her multimedia channels. What...

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The Health Care Life Savers: Black Midwives during Jim Crow

October 4, 2025

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[caption id="attachment_8506" align="alignnone" width="300"] Black midwife in Greene County, Ga (Library of Congress)[/caption] Look around and ask your African American adult family members if they were birthed by midwives. It...

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Kicked Out but Not Silenced: The African American Pastor Who Roared Back at the Georgia General Assembly

September 21, 2025

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[caption id="attachment_8358" align="alignnone" width="214"] Ardent defender of African American rights, Bishop Henry McNeil Turner[/caption] I often find myself imagining what life was like for the ancestors I research. Whether I’m...

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