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Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Denys Allen
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The Your Pennsylvania Ancestors podcast helps you discover your family history in PA. Join Denys Allen for behind-the-scenes look into archives, genealogy research, and highlights of PA history. See supporting information for each episode at PAancestors.com
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The Pennsylvania Dutch Language with Mark Louden
One of the largest ethnic groups in early Pennsylvania spoke German. But today we call their language Pennsylvania Dutch. My guest, Professor of Germanic Linguistics Mark Louden calls Pennsylvania Dutch a truly American language. Learn why he says that and learn a little PA Dutch to share with family and friends.
Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language, by Mark L. Louden
Don’t miss Mark’s website https://padutch.net -
Meet the Lenape of Pennsylvania
What is the history of the Lenape who lived across much of Pennsylvania? How were they impacted by the waves of immigration to the colony? And what is their future? Meet Adam Waterbearer DePaul, Tribal Storykeeper of the Lenape of Pennsylvania who fills in a big gap in our shared history here and provides hope through the Prophecy of the Four Crows.
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania https://www.lenape-nation.org
Fulfilling a Prophecy Exhibit https://www.penn.museum/sites/fap/index.shtml
Enduring Presence: Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Art https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/enduringpresence/exhibits/show/about
The Walking Purchase document with transcription
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/documents/1681-1776/walking-purchase.html
Treaty Negotiations with Native Americans https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/treaty-negotiations-with-native-americans/ -
Target Your Research with Genetic Communities
AncestryDNA has the largest DNA database in the world for genealogy. Their data on genetic communities can help you target your research if you take an extra step with it. I explain that step in this episode.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro 01:11 AncestryDNA Genetic Communities 03:38 Walkthrough of Map Overlays 06:13 Furthering Your Research
Resources mentioned in video:
AncestryDNA https://www.ancestry.com/dna/
County biography and history collection digitized by the Allen County Public Library https://archive.org/details/allen_county
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License -
Do You Know This Early Pennsylvania History?
If you have ancestors in Pennsylvania in the 17th & 18th century, knowing these four things will help your understanding of our records (and our history!).
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00:00 Intro
01:48 Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War
05:16 The landless in Pennsylvania
07:46 Religions in Pennsylvania
09:35 Pennsylvania and the Book of Revelation
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E6to8YkpSVk
Books mentioned:
Beyond Philadelphia: The American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Hinterland, editted by John B. Frantz and William Pencak, Penn State University Press, 1998. The Disaffected: Britain's Occupation of Philadelphia During the American Revolution, by Aaron Sullivan, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Aaron Sullivan presentation at The Athenaeum Philadelphia https://youtu.be/EUSR4a6IJMo
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License -
The Big Announcements You Missed at RootsTech 2023
Did you hear about the new things coming to genealogy in 2023? Here's the announcements of what's rolling out in 2023 from Ancestry and FamilySearch.
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00:00 Intro
04:00 Innovation & Tech Forum
05:45 What's New at Ancestry
11:29 What's New at FamilySearch
Links mentioned in the video:
Watch this episode on YouTube
Previous podcast episode #75 "Get the Most Out of RootsTech" - check it out
Innovation & Tech Forum
Ancestry's Full Video
AncestryDNA Updates
Ancestry's Recent Collections Page
FamilySearch's Full Video
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Get the Most Out of RootsTech in 2023
RootsTech is the largest family history conference in the world. You can attend virtually again in 2023. Here's how to make the most of everything RootsTech offers.
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Register for RootsTech https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
Music: "Achaidh Cheide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Why all the giggling?
Host apparently didn’t prepare for the interview, she didn’t even know the title of her guest, and then giggled about it; why the long rambling question about the square of land in Philadelphia, again filled with giggles; and then the very articulate guest responded and we get another giggle … and that was the point where I unfollowed, host needs to study other podcast hosts and loss the laughing and giggling, it’s too middle school-ish …
A must listen if have PA Ancestors
If you have PA ancestors this is the podcast for you. I have learned so much about available repositories and their record sources to help in growing my family story. You can tell that Denys has passion for PA research!