Focusing on genealogy research with emphasis on New York State
The PBS series “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., continues with new episodes on Tuesday nights in January and February.
Feb. 11 – Questlove, S. Epatha Merkerson and Ava DuVernay
Feb. 18 – Marisa Tomei, Jimmy Kimmel and John Turturro
Feb. 25 – Laura Linney, Lisa Ling and Soledad O’Brien
For more information, go to the show website at: https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/
The PBS series “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will return with new episodes on Tuesday nights in January.
Jan. 7 – Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste and Sasheer Zamata
Jan. 14 – Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright
Jan. 21 – Terry Gross, Marc Maron and Jeff Goldblum
Jan. 28 – Sigourney Weaver, Amy Ryan and Justina Machado
For more information, go to the show website at: https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/
Season Six of “Finding Your Roots” will continue on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. on PBS stations.
This week’s episode will feature Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet. In January 2020, eight more episodes will air.
For more information, go to: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/
The PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will continue on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.
There will be 10 episodes this season. Some of the guests that will appear on the show include: Scarlett Johansson, Bryant Gumbel, Carmelo Anthony and Tea Leoni.
In this episode guests will include: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay and Janet Mock. These guests who helped redefine Black America will learn about their family origins.
For more information, on the show, go to: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/
The next episode of the genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? will take place Sunday, March 26 on TLC at 10 p.m. The one-hour episodes will bring surprising discoveries of historical significance.
This season’s celebrity contributors include:
*Jessica Biel – who learns surprising discoveries that change what she thought knew about her heritage.
*Smokey Robinson – searches for answers behind the mystery of why his grandfather disappeared from his children’s lives.
*John Stamos – digs into the mystery of how his grandfather became an orphan, and learns of tensions between families that led to a horrible crime.
*Liv Tyler – learns that her family is tied into the complicated racial narrative of America.
*Noah Wyle – unravels the mystery of his maternal line, uncovering an ancestor who survived one of America’s bloodiest battles.
For more information, go to the show website at: https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/
The genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? returns on Sunday, March 5 on TLC at 9 p.m. with a new group of celebrities ready to delve into their lineage. The eight one-hour episodes will bring surprising discoveries of historical significance.
This season’s celebrity contributors include:
*Jessica Biel – who learns surprising discoveries that change what she thought knew about her heritage.
*Julie Bowen – uncovers the story of two relatives whose moral codes are from opposite ends of the spectrum.
*Courteney Cox – traces her maternal line back to the Medieval times to discover royalty in her lineage.
*Jennifer Grey – learns how her grandfather survived adversity to become a beacon of his community.
*Smokey Robinson – searches for answers behind the mystery of why his grandfather disappeared from his children’s lives.
*John Stamos – digs into the mystery of how his grandfather became an orphan, and learns of tensions between families that led to a horrible crime.
*Liv Tyler – learns that her family is tied into the complicated racial narrative of America.
*Noah Wyle – unravels the mystery of his maternal line, uncovering an ancestor who survived one of America’s bloodiest battles.
For more information, go to the show website at: https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/
Genealogy Roadshow Season 3 will conclude on Tuesday, June 28 at 8 p.m. on PBS stations.
Genealogy Roadshow’s professional genealogists are: Kenyatta D. Berry, Joshua Taylor and Mary Tedesco. They are matched with everyday people whose unique family claims are explored in each episode.
This week’s episode will take place at Union Station in Los Angeles. A woman questions her family’s connection to a legendary Hollywood hot-spot; another woman discovers a scoundrel in her family tree and a Roadshow host shares a unique insight on the Ellis Island immigration experience.
For more information, go to: http://www.pbs.org/genealogy-roadshow/home/
Genealogy Roadshow Season 3 will continue on Tuesday, June 21 at 8 p.m. on PBS stations. It will conclude on June 28. This season the show will take place in Albuquerque, Miami, Houston, Boston, Providence and Los Angeles.
Genealogy Roadshow’s professional genealogists are: Kenyatta D. Berry, Joshua Taylor and Mary Tedesco. They are matched with everyday people whose unique family claims are explored in each episode.
This week’s episode will take place at the Providence Public Library. The passport of a woman’s ancestor reveals how her family survived the Holocaust; a woman discovers more about an African American relative who served in World War I; a woman discovers how deep her roots run in the New England whaling industry and a man’s search for his ancestor reveals a scandal that made headlines.
For more information, go to: http://www.pbs.org/genealogy-roadshow/home/
Genealogy Roadshow Season 3 will continue on Tuesday, June 14 at 8 p.m. on PBS stations. It will conclude on June 28. This season the show will take place in Albuquerque, Miami, Houston, Boston, Providence and Los Angeles.
Genealogy Roadshow’s professional genealogists are: Kenyatta D. Berry, Joshua Taylor and Mary Tedesco. They are matched with everyday people whose unique family claims are explored in each episode.
This week’s episode will take place at Faneuil Hall in Boston. One woman seeks to understand her family’s connection to the orphan trains; another woman seeks to find out whether the Great Boston Fire of 1872 or the small pox epidemic claimed lives on her family tree and the team researches a link to the the founders of Boston for one man.
For more information, go to: http://www.pbs.org/genealogy-roadshow/home/
Genealogy Roadshow Season 3 will continue on Tuesday, May 24 at 8 p.m. on PBS stations. It will conclude on June 28. This season the show will take place in Albuquerque, Miami, Houston, Boston, Providence and Los Angeles.
Genealogy Roadshow’s professional genealogists are: Kenyatta D. Berry, Joshua Taylor and Mary Tedesco. They are matched with everyday people whose unique family claims are explored in each episode.
This week’s episode will take place at the History Miami Museum. One woman suspects she is related to Pocahontas; a man learns more about this Filipino heritage; and a woman comes to the Roadshow thinking her ancestor was a villain, only to learn he was a hero.
For more information, go to: http://www.pbs.org/genealogy-roadshow/home/
