Last week I posted Ten Videos for Genetic Genealogists, a collection of YouTube and other videos that might be of use to people who are just starting out in the field of genetic genealogy (and hopefully many others!). Youtube is great to watch educational videos, it is also has lots of other uses such as songs for babies, cooking tutorials, and travelling tips. Youtube has good quality and a lot of information…
Another valuable (and ever-growing) resource for genetic genealogists (indeed, for ALL genealogists, is Roots TelevisionTM. Roots Television is an online media presentation website created by historian Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and media producer Marcy Brown. The site offers a wide variety of programming on such topics as genetic genealogy, Irish roots, and African roots, as well as recordings of presentations by some of the world’s leading genealogists (to name only a few).
Roots TelevisionTM introduces themselves with the following:
“Well, now there’s a channel for us. Roots TelevisionTM is by and for avid genealogists and family history lovers of all stripes. Whether you’re an archives hound, a scrapbooker, a cousin collector, a roots-travel enthusiast, a Civil War re-enactor, a DNA fan, a reunion instigator, a sepia-toned photos zealot, an Internet-junkie, a history buff, an old country traditions follower, a cemetery devotee, a story-teller, a multicultural food aficionado, a flea market and antiques fanatic, a family documentarian, a nostalgia nut, or a mystery-solver, Roots TelevisionTM has something for you — and that “something” is quality programming.”
To learn more about Roots TelevisionTM visit their About Page or sign up for the Newsletter. They also have a great Programming Guide that lists many of their educational offerings.