Here are the identities of the genealogists shown last week. Television is abuzz with genealogy television shows. But we are now one year away from the 20th anniversary of one of the first: KBYU’s Ancestors. Here’s some photos of genealogists from that first season. Can you recognize them?
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“Census and Military Records” (15 February 1997), 23:33.
”The 1920 census is the one most people encounter first.”
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“Census and Military Records,” 12:56.
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“High Tech Help” (9 March 1997), 13:35.
“Internet is the buzzword these days.”
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“High Tech Help,” 13:43.
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“The Paper Trail” (2 February 1997), 0:22.
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“The Paper Trail,” 12:53.
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“African American” (23 February 1997), 12:21.
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“African American,” 12:05.
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Okay, I admit to exaggerating by a little bit. Josh wasn’t quite as young as pictured. He was 12. (Thanks, Josh, for permission to use your photo.) | ![Josh Taylor Josh Taylor](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EAsL9jsN2BdyncddSHTR1BJMIaFmvb9lk9YkZb_6kXDCtwxeUmfi4lkWVGravUNEbnB5CLkqvq87raM55Ry1_EWDBysP_7WfUmkDUEpzN6CdWKyGFqGhMZe1DwXQX_KhlKVIbifMD8FM/?imgmax=800)
“Nashville” (23 September 2013), Ancestor Roadshow (Public Broadcasting System, 2013), 17:30. Caption added. |
Many more genealogists appeared In season two.
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“Records at Risk” (4 June 2000), 2:06. | ![David Rencher David Rencher](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4j0Bn06EUCy7SobZM1UvVFxDpNOCPuLfB5vLnv3W2-N5OcVYJ2pQ_AA2iVY-XpLyXNXcHW5hEjgm7EmJI8sQtri5QW4QDXwsdZudlUloEmv9-GkJIXcHSFBJITIPLXwky9nx9cf_crZj/?imgmax=800)
“Records at Risk,” 1:54.
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“Cemetery Records” (24 June 2000), 3:51. | “Cemetery Records,” 3:41.
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“Cemetery Records” (24 June 2000), 21:47 | ![Cyndi Howells Cyndi Howells](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3KykEAtvWcBPn26u6kGHe8qpXxi1EkXiGzj86O4MzguFpmhJK30dVHv_SN8wLU8LMiCxKR5fcEeTz9ksVFNPT0LkUL6nmrH5ZCn2RsndUVUgMdxJo-MDJAeSaeA8iGibhxsfPt9_DxRe/?imgmax=800)
“Cemetery Records,” 21:41.
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1:01 | ![Elizabeth Shown Mills Elizabeth Shown Mills](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOjsxXVorqAF_oIqCOXn9Ii8bRToXB8QKxA1YdEElXauGeZgZ2X-L-EK3KbmDlpNRkM4sxkk1Xl1szVcLE6I69bK6cZ0nb1qZPIgMobR54Z9uP6ItRNKVsOdOdxIYU8kkdQlrkTqysmx6/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records,” 0:52
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1:27. | ![Darius Gray Darius Gray](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJawucg3colGUR75vwqykDrSXpNsZi-dFS8g8dD2jRcZdYd0oR-NlzK1j4sAQQxlJxRj-Q-FZdVQeQAeJVdrg1OO8qSxZq_f09BJQ6Np4LtPFZ7aXTlYTEubvpFazeWwzBcsSpX06KT0W/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records,” 1:24.
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 6:54. | ![Reggie Washington Reggie Washington](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWItikwLyYc4JAcBdCLYeOVyEJXSC3674eBgDfn7jpoiqT54R0BDU71Xogvf5VMj6RVWS76_YeZ2pQ5dWk33Sr4sICIOBHyzHk4JsfuBEd53UqMXHRiGYoFqKNJeUOnAgxMH-KFhM72P8/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records,” 6:40.
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 14:21. | ![Warren Bittner Warren Bittner](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8WNpqboUTKuhJgIALRW6TsEiCxGB3MmXiEJQ5iVY0T185ofyGavHmDLouCdv5EBRs5ZQngXr5rD_2tXQ0zmzP3IIny_Qz2OVcidc8V_ImV0fBqLADH2ATtFgBuzt99uf3Yhv5WszwEmz/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 14:21. Caption added. |
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1912. | ![Kathleen W. Hinckley Kathleen W. Hinckley](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhV_kFvUnzYzKCZwbohq8SkwEGoFGV6LjkyjqMvfcEPzjZg5TxmfbsB950P378g3Eo__VprlKrTXl9Mabbn33_hOXiAdvTIBnFp8WRAZeueMw2LMcynzgDaA1UGsxZchvetByhOcpHM7Wv/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records,” 19:16.
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“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 20:07. | ![Tony Burroughs Tony Burroughs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqfZ2VeEYgQ85v3OQfuB8W-Fd9mh1o4dejLje1xyGjzc1E2rqTGygYkdrRAPJ9nLwgnEqLs_Soi8ySbt6HeOoAuzH0UsEkcQlAXSYgAP1GggOznFI80B1Hi9_lP7NxUD-HNWkFJ6N6_Lf/?imgmax=800)
“Census Records,” 3:30.
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“Immigration Records” (9 July 2000), 1:57. | ![John Philip Colletta John Philip Colletta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKsziWc5hJf9dgos2YpRFQv7UKfJZ4YLQgNwYLEnMElkXyS5s0dk08ZEzKbr0r324w2Jy8Oka6ven6WRy5WlNy_10QhkD2t1dk5uBSi79DMMqDrfSumBFvqCszpRmDTCEs3A0f-pk6NDu/?imgmax=800)
“Immigration Records,” 1:47.
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“Immigration Records” (9 July 2000), 15:18. | ![Loretto "Lue" D. Szucs Loretto "Lue" D. Szucs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdXm5VGregcBJCwbAzOJ7tF1d7Z6j_GDaGNeMl3m6-G_CqxXiOlxACX9OKiiBgGaeREULepce8970T6Eym39bLUnRZKwAMdnfXJ1kT8eUR7nuJNPDYVq6qQJPrXaOpcExrXpdLEZtuwDg/?imgmax=800)
“Immigration Records,” 4:22.
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“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 2:19. | ![Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OolDApkTDJWaq6vNIVC_ymzy1GCPHtgKW5-blkaxeWJ-ogaKTmKSw0YPhTunzgTNO8g8qvKe0LNZiJd2MLL-tHC37BpQU0gaXacGvPtUcSURrdTgWSbl2sHIUjUCtAxvBfGg_QN3ryKj/?imgmax=800)
“Genealogy and Technology,” 1:26.
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“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 5:24. | ![Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSvSRiSEpuorjCQny6brqo5InjJjhTftHOo9NPBbarV1obRZKJvLurpPWIPYUc2B-9ENCGDRQJRtocLSvsG-ewgK2yZq6HYL7KSDtR9pyBpvnRomGgdFZMtuxiA8MItxN-vTCE7fqVPkH/?imgmax=800)
“Genealogy and Technology,” 5:12.
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“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 8:52. | ![Alan Mann Alan Mann](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_PS2xqIhlEvkLRlpmyIX8QzBwJ8PFTYPlmIx67ym0dEbW-CmFE6Ryfk7vNJTZiKCI6PQcEorMlVnbQGey8KiaVZwMhydbmGa6ZBpMTtYiKavvi22fHqzz66b96Jva3tIya3PILoTXWV2/?imgmax=800)
“Genealogy and Technology,” 8:45.
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My apologies to you who are pictured who don’t like your pictures. While you look fine in motion, it is amazingly difficult to capture a good freeze frame. When we speak we blink a lot or move (causing blurring) or speak with our mouths in odd shapes. Sorry! And no, I don’t want to delete your picture. You look just fine. And yes, John always speaks with his hands and the camera always loves Megan. ;-)
Photo credits: KBYU, Ancestors (1997, 2000); online archive (http://www.byutv.org : accessed 29 February 2016).
THIS IS IN THE WRONG place, but I wanted to share it ...
ReplyDeleteIs her last name
Persons or
Peopples ... grammatical change to the past perfect predicate when she married??? HaHa. (no Image)
Mary Peopples
K2QN-6PB
BIRTH
BIRTH
Abt 1850
of Saratoga, Wilson Co, NC
DEATH
DEATH
29 MAR 1908
Saratoga, Wilson, North Carolina
SPOUSE
SPOUSE
William Wright Price
1849 - 1913 • K2QN-6PN
PARENTS
PARENTS
Howell Peopples
Clara May
HINT just processed:
On the record her name is Mary
Persons in entry for George Franklin Price, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"