#Genealogists

The myth that North African Arabs aren’t true Arabs[Thread] This myth is constantly pushed by racists Berberists (wishing to change the North African identity) and racist Mashriqis (wishing to
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*cracks knuckle*Okay y'all here we go. In the September 2018 issue of VOGUE, Beyoncé said that she was a descendant of a slave owner who married an enslaved woman.People were
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One way we white #genealogists can actively break through our old conceptions & #WhiteSupremacist notions of history is to publicize our enslaving ancestors. As we see how many we have,
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I often talk about using the #WikiTree website to record my #FamilyHistory research. Here’s a thread for #AncestryHour with some reasons why I @WikiTreers. [1/17] I’ve spent hours researching
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Asking my genealogists friends: has anyone uncovered an extraordinary story in their research?? Cooking up Series 2 of the podcast now and I would be immensely grateful for any stories
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I don't know if this was directed at me, but I'll bite.https://twitter.com/ancestorspa/status/1198227653267984389 I am thousands of miles away from where my family lived. I can't do "boots on the ground"
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We rolled out a bunch of great @CBCNews investigative journalism over the last two days. Here are just 5 examples: 1. "We are all devastated," wrote the ex-wife of the
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1- Hi everyone, I’m coming to you from Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), which is in Mi’kmaw territory about 700 kilometres (as the birds fly) up the Atlantic coast from Boston
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We're in court today -- right now! -- via Zoom!A few weeks ago, RTR filed our first ever amicus curiae brief in a federal court case, meaning that we're not
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Welcome to my #IndigenousPeoplesDay and #GenealogyMonday thread on my 3x great-grandmother Adeline Goins: or, How I Was Always Told We Were Choctaw but We Are Actually Descended from Free People
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