Family Matters Genealogy

01/17/2026

Those that know me know I’m a professional genealogist and that I love love love Finding Your Roots (don’t bother me on Tuesdays at 8pm bcuz my cousin Natasha Mason-Walker and I are texting about each guest and the info they’re finding out). I love Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the work he does in our community and I am a HUGE fan. This article is a great read (and long so be prepared) to fully understand the work he and his show does. Let me know what you think.

https://genealogybargains.com/why-genealogists-are-so-divided/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPYzGNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeKO2FJoc6h2zI_g3WWNBvjH3QWr8QcjHlxyc5NAcOP-IVOBQizgnxQ6YOuwc_aem_wjgQvVjR3Vyml-KXUhUnag

Author’s Note: I want to be transparent that this content – Why Genealogists Are So Divided About Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Finding Your Roots: The

01/11/2026

I have an exhibit and will be a guest curator for the America250 celebration for Onslow County Museum - North Carolina. Come and check out the Black Patriots of Onslow County exhibit on Saturday, February 28, 2026 from 10-6pm! I'm so excited to share this information with everyone! Hope to see you there!

01/05/2026

Good morning My People! How did the formerly enslaved choose their last names? Well, there’s no easy way to answer. It might have been their enslavers surnames, it could have been their occupation or maybe it was something they heard or something to express their new status. Whatever the reason, choose every possibility to find them

01/04/2026

If you haven’t seen the documentary on Peacock, High Horse, you need to run and see it as soon as possible! It’s a beautifully constructed and historically correct three parts series about Black Cowboys. 

01/03/2026

Good morning. Happy NC Emancipation Day!

12/03/2025

Reclaim the Records is my hero! I need a death record for client work. This was perfect timing!

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be in the public domain but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, an...

12/01/2025

Good morning My Peoples! Happy birthday to my eldest daughter Tyana 🎂 and I hope you have profited from the life lessons that you have been passed down. I love you.❤️