36 min
Episode 25: LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson: When Your Ancestors Guide You In the Telling
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In her In the Telling conversation, LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson talks about the mystical aspect of doing genealogy: how the ancestors seem to guide you in uncovering their stories.
LaBrenda is a trustee and President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She also serves as the Registrar General of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage, a lineage society that honors ancestors who were enslaved in the United States. LaBrenda earned a BA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and both a Law degree and a Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law. After working as a corporate tax attorney for thirty-five years, she retired in 2013 and turned her attention to her longtime avocation of Genealogy. She is now a full-time genealogist focused on writing and teaching at National institutes and conferences. Her 2016 guide to researching in her SC home county was hailed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a model for research in SC and other states.
Suggested links:
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson's website
Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
The Source of Our Pride by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids
Genealogy: Ethnic Heritage Links - National Archives
Original music by Sean Bempong.
In her In the Telling conversation, LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson talks about the mystical aspect of doing genealogy: how the ancestors seem to guide you in uncovering their stories.
LaBrenda is a trustee and President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She also serves as the Registrar General of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage, a lineage society that honors ancestors who were enslaved in the United States. LaBrenda earned a BA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and both a Law degree and a Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law. After working as a corporate tax attorney for thirty-five years, she retired in 2013 and turned her attention to her longtime avocation of Genealogy. She is now a full-time genealogist focused on writing and teaching at National institutes and conferences. Her 2016 guide to researching in her SC home county was hailed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a model for research in SC and other states.
Suggested links:
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson's website
Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
The Source of Our Pride by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids
Genealogy: Ethnic Heritage Links - National Archives
Original music by Sean Bempong.
36 min