PBS Books is pleased to partner with WETA to offer libraries access to 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 for a compelling series of 4 virtual conversations on topics related to genealogy.
Season Nine of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., airs 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
Documenting Family History in the Digital Age
The first discussion event, Documenting Family History in the Digital Age is moderated by the creator of the Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling, Thomas Allen Harris, who you may know from Family Pictures USA!
Two members of the Finding Your Roots production team join as panelists: Lead Genealogist Kimberly N. Morgan and Series Producer Natalia Warchol. Kimberly and Natalia 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.
Genealogy & The Next Generation
Wondering what’s on the minds of youth when it comes to genealogy?
This event, Genealogy & The Next Generation, presents an intergenerational conversation about family trees. The conversation will be moderated by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab alumna Sonal Prakash and feature Finding Your Roots lead genealogist Akosua E. Moore, filmmaker and scholar Thomas Allen Harris, and college sophomore Naima Blanco-Norberg who is delving into genealogy research.
Solving Mysteries: The Science of Genealogy
WETA’s third national conversation of this free four-part series explores how advancements in science have impacted genealogy research. Critically acclaimed, interdisciplinary artist Thomas Allen Harris moderates this conversation with panelists including Finding Your Roots Lead Genetic Genealogist CeCe Moore, Dr. Carla Easter from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and Athina Ramphal, a participant in the 2017 Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings genetics and genealogy camp.
Finding Your Roots Family Album: Series Highlights
Wednesday, April 12 | 8 PM
Behind-the-scenes stories from Season Nine and the series archive.
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.