Their Voices Podcast Colleen Jousma and PJ Elias

In this episode PJ and Colleen talk about a former neighborhood of St Petersburg, Florida called Peppertown. It was a predominantly African American neighborhood. In this episode PJ talks about Stewart's Memorial Chapel as well as a minister from Africa named Pela Penick.




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On this episode we discuss Colleen's One Place Study about the neighborhood she grew up in. Our special guest in this episode is Colleen's brother, Tim. The neighborhood they grew up in was the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan.



Learn more about the One Place Study here: https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/

Learn about the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association here: https://www.rooseveltparkna.org/

Find Tim over at Friends Talking Nerdy (you can find them on Spotify, Apple, or any podcatcher of your choice.) https://open.spotify.com/show/3eAqLDDWbIoXmejsxw8hEz?si=f1e1e8d72615469f

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In this episode we talk about the life of the Civil War Hero, politician, and education advocate Robert Smalls. We tell the story of his daring escape from slavery during the Civil War, his public service in South Carolina and federal legislatures, and more.

Yearning to Breathe Free - Dr Andrew Billingsly https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yearning_to_Breathe_Free/1RgfEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Lydia+Polite%22&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover
Sociological book looking at Smalls upbringing and the impact of that on him.

Biographies
-Historic Beaufort Foundation https://historicbeaufort.org/john-mark-verdier-house/robert-smalls-exhibit/
-University of SC https://sc.edu/about/our_history/university_history/presidential_commission/commission_reports/final_report/appendices/appendix-3/smalls-robert/index.php
-American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/robert-smalls
Part about mom showing horrors of slavery, him being in jail in Beaufort, and being sent to work in Charleston. Rear Admiral DuPont quote. Info on Charleston Harbor. Several later in life things noted, too.
Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thrilling-tale-how-robert-smalls-heroically-sailed-stolen-confederate-ship-freedom-180963689/-PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/#:~:text=In%20fewer%20than%20four%20hours,children)%20from%20slavery%20to%20freedom

- National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-smalls.htm
https://www.nps.gov/places/the-robert-smalls-house.htm Details about the home, past and present.
- newspaper article - City Intelligence - The Steamer Planter - Charleston Daily Courier, May 14, 1862 Notes which wharf the Planter was that night.
https://www.worldmapsonline.com/historic-map-charleston-sc-1872/ Shows the wharfs in Charleston

https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/where-did-robert-smalls-live-1862-charleston
interesting research trying to figure out where Robert and Hannah Smalls lived, but only thing I pulled from it was that the planning for the escape happened at Smalls home. Also mentions Dorothy Sterling "research". This also mentions that Robert and Hannah lived in Charleston.

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In this episode we speak to Daniel Loftus, creator of an important website called Project Infant. This site is creating a database of all the victims of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland to ensure that their memory lives on.

To learn more about Project Infant check out the following links.

Website: https://projectinfant.ie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Project_Infant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectInfant

Connect with Daniel on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanielGenealogy

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We sat down and discussed PJ's experience at the Midwestern Roots conference that happened in July. We discuss how the panel he was on went and how his stand alone presentation on Eastern European genealogy went as well. Spoiler - PJ had a great time and highly recommends everyone attend a conference if they get a chance.

In this episode PJ talks about what a FAN is in genealogical research and what things FANs can help you with.