Recognize These Television Celebrities? The Answers Are…

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?

“Census and Military Records” (15 February 1997), 23:33. ”The 1920 census is the one most people encounter first.”	“Census and Military Records,” 12:56.
“High Tech Help” (9 March 1997), 13:35. “Internet is the buzzword these days.”	“High Tech Help,” 13:43.
“The Paper Trail” (2 February 1997), 0:22.	“The Paper Trail,” 12:53.
“African American” (23 February 1997), 12:21.	“African American,” 12:05.
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.)	“Nashville” (23 September 2013), Ancestor Roadshow (Public Broadcasting System, 2013), 17:30. Caption added.

Many more genealogists appeared In season two.

“Records at Risk” (4 June 2000), 2:06.	“Records at Risk,” 1:54.
“Cemetery Records” (24 June 2000), 3:51.	“Cemetery Records,” 3:41.
“Cemetery Records” (24 June 2000), 21:47	“Cemetery Records,” 21:41.
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1:01	“Census Records,” 0:52
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1:27.	“Census Records,” 1:24.
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 6:54.	“Census Records,” 6:40.
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 14:21.	“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 14:21. Caption added.
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 1912.	“Census Records,” 19:16.
“Census Records” (24 June 2000), 20:07.	“Census Records,” 3:30.
“Immigration Records” (9 July 2000), 1:57.	“Immigration Records,” 1:47.
“Immigration Records” (9 July 2000), 15:18.	“Immigration Records,” 4:22.
“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 2:19.	“Genealogy and Technology,” 1:26.
“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 5:24.	“Genealogy and Technology,” 5:12.
“Genealogy and Technology” (11 June 2000), 8:52.	“Genealogy and Technology,” 8:45.

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).