Their Voices Podcast

Their Voices Podcast

We talk about family history, genealogy, and history related to our own and other people's ancestors.

Episodes

May 26, 2025 19 mins

In today's episode Colleen interviews Aisha Woods a community volunteer at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, California.


The next volunteer cleanup day is Saturday June 14 from 8am to 1pm.

The cemetery tour is happening on June 22.


To learn more about how you can support Lincoln check out the volunteer website. Aisha Wood's email and phone number on on the site:

https://www.lincolnmemorialparkcemetery.org/


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In this episode Colleen continues her research on the Roosevelt Neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this episode she shares her research on the Brice family. Caleb Brice and his wife were the first people in the written record that we've found who were not of Native American or European descent. The Brice's were African Americans from Pennsylvania who immigrated to Michigan from Canada after the Civil War. The family...

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July 9, 2023 30 mins

In this episode PJ and Colleen talk about a former neighborhood of St Petersburg, Florida called Peppertown. It was a predominantly African American neighborhood. In this episode PJ talks about Stewart's Memorial Chapel as well as a minister from Africa named Pela Penick.


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On this episode we discuss Colleen's One Place Study about the neighborhood she grew up in. Our special guest in this episode is Colleen's brother, Tim. The neighborhood they grew up in was the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan.


Learn more about the One Place Study here: https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/

Learn about the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association here: https://www.roosev...

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January 9, 2023 29 mins
In this episode we talk about the life of the Civil War Hero, politician, and education advocate Robert Smalls. We tell the story of his daring escape from slavery during the Civil War, his public service in South Carolina and federal legislatures, and more.

Yearning to Breathe Free - Dr Andrew Billingsly https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yearning_to_Breathe_Free/1RgfEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Lydia+Polite%22&pg=PA11...
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September 27, 2022 30 mins
In this episode we speak to Daniel Loftus, creator of an important website called Project Infant. This site is creating a database of all the victims of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland to ensure that their memory lives on.

To learn more about Project Infant check out the following links.

Website: https://projectinfant.ie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Project_Infant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectInfant

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August 2, 2022 36 mins
We sat down and discussed PJ's experience at the Midwestern Roots conference that happened in July. We discuss how the panel he was on went and how his stand alone presentation on Eastern European genealogy went as well. Spoiler - PJ had a great time and highly recommends everyone attend a conference if they get a chance.
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July 10, 2022 4 mins
In this episode PJ talks about what a FAN is in genealogical research and what things FANs can help you with.
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May 8, 2022 18 mins
Happy Mothers Day!

In this episode Colleen talks about her Mothers Line. This is the line going from her to her 3x great grandmother, Susan Tea.

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March 12, 2022 23 mins
In this episode we go into more detail about the neighborhood of Philadelphia called Port Richmond. We focus our episode on life in the area from pre-contact to about 1920.

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September 17, 2021 21 mins
Learn more about our guest George at his website genealogywithgeorge.com. You can also connect with him on Twitter @_george_hall_.

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See you next time!
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Check out PJ's blog Slavic Genealogy to learn more. https://slavicgenealogy.wordpress.com/

And be sure to follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TheirVoices_Pod
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April 8, 2021 33 mins
In this episode we talk about the Dutch Diaspora through history.

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March 17, 2021 33 mins
This episode PJ talks about the Polish diaspora, also known as Polonia. Also, enjoy the back and forth between PJ and Colleen as they discuss PJ's talk and the fact that Colleen has never had a Paczki.

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March 3, 2021 29 mins
Join us as PJ talks about crime in Philadelphia and specifically the neighborhood of Port Richmond where some of his ancestors lived.
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February 17, 2021 24 mins
This week's episode Colleen shares a true story about her 3rd great grandparents. Don't let the title scare you away from listening to this episode. It really isn't as bad as it sounds.

Special thanks goes out to the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections for the court records from this case and the Kalamazoo Gazette for the newspaper articles.
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February 3, 2021 26 mins
Our introductory episode where we discuss a little bit about ourselves, how we came to be interested in genealogy, and also mention how much we still have to learn about history.
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