PBS Books is pleased to partner with WETA to present Documenting Family History in the Digital Age, the first of the “Finding Your Roots” National Conversation Series, Moderated by the creator of the Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling, Thomas Allen Harris, who you may know from Family Pictures USA!
Stream here Wednesday, January 18th at 8/7c
Two members of the Finding Your Roots production team will join as panelists: Lead Genealogist Kimberly N. Morgan and Series Producer Natalia Warchol. Kimberly and Natalia will provide perspectives and insights into how the show is created, and all the research that goes into telling the story of each guest’s family history.
In addition, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society executive board member Taneya Y. Koonce will join the panel to help share how people watching from home can safeguard, organize and share their family documents. Taneya is a genealogy enthusiast with more than 20 years of professional expertise in information science, research, and information organization.
Season Nine of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will air on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesdays at 8pm ET beginning on January 3, 2023. Tune-in as Dr. Gates and his team uncover the long-buried secrets, hidden identities, and lost ancestors of today’s most compelling personalities.
To learn more visit pbs.org/finding-your-roots
About the “Finding Your Roots” National Conversation Series
Now in its ninth season, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., continues to be one of the most popular series in public media. The program expertly uncovers the long-buried secrets, hidden identities, and lost ancestors of today’s most compelling personalities, and explores the connections that bind us together.
Join us in the first few months of 2023 for a compelling series of 4 virtual conversations on topics related to genealogy – one event each month Finding Your Roots is on the air (January-April).
Learn more about the conversation series, and see the full schedule.
Funding Credits:
Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Nine is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; and by The Inkwell Society and its members Jim and Susan Swartz; Hayward and Kathy Draper; Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein; Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong; and Anne Wojcicki.