A window into another world. Great show 👍

I am just getting started on genealogy so have been focused on finding resources. I joined a local genealogical society here in Williamson County, Texas and today, in a virtual meeting, someone shared the name of this podcast. So I listened to my first two episodes and I’m all in! I am going to binge listen to every episode! Carolynn is like having a professor in your smartphone!

As a white woman she approached the subject by countering all of the racist lies we have been taught in history classes. She clearly cares so much about doing her industry justice and I love her straightforward story telling.

I started listening a few weeks ago and fell in love with Carolynn's style. No BS, straight forward messages. Even after doing genealogy for over 20 years, I find that I still learn a lot from her podcasts. She inspires me to do more volunteer work for others, especially the reparational genealogy. I am looking forward to hearing more of herr podcast.

When I stumbled across this podcast. I was in love. Truth, social justice and knowledge.

This is my favorite genealogy podcast! Carolynn is witty and smart, and a stickler for detail, which is so important in genealogical work. Her topics are wide ranging and well researched. She never disappoints.

Love this podcast. It's right on target. Best of all the GEN podcasts.

Finally, a snarky and smart fast paced podcast! It delivers a ton of helpful information in a no holds barred way. Carolyn is appropriately opinionated and backs it all up with logical rational. She’s witty and makes up her own vocabulary to describe actions and behavior. Listening makes you feel like you have found a new friend who knows so much more than you but in a good way! I also like her call for modern genealogists to be politically active by fact checking and doing reparation work. Great listen!

And so is Carolynn - super smart, respectful, caring. Funny too! She really wants to help others learn the right way to research their ancestors. After putting a lot of old home movies on YouTube for my family to watch I wanted to learn more about genealogy. I inherited a lot of genealogy paperwork done in the 1980s by my grandmother. Carolynn’s approach has really helped me enter the info into Ancestry without using other people’s trees! And to shrub! It’s been a fun way to solve puzzles and get to know my grandma better even though she’s gone now. Thanks for what you do!

I feel like Caroline is the best friend I’ve never met. I listen to the podcast on the way to work and home and her knowledge, mixed with quick wit, makes it a quick trip. I love the folklore mixed with the research tips. And being a fellow LDS member makes her feel even more like a Sister that I might hang out with in the family history center in Wednesday nights. I can’t say enough good things about the podcast and everybody should give her a chance!

I have spent a lot of time looking at Ancestry DNA side of things & find this podcast so helpful in educating me on the documents side. Plus, it makes me laugh, so win win! Highly recommend.

You got me with the Dalain story, inspired me to make Yankee cornbread and taught me some black history with the Juneteenth episode. Needless to say I'm hooked and subscribing!! --Cheri

I have listened to only two episodes so far but after listening to the Juneteenth episode I knew this is a podcast I had to keep listening to!! Give it a try, you won’t regret it!!

Such an incredible podcast. Informational, educational, and a supportive Facebook group to boot. I love the community she’s built to support her podcast. It’s a must listen! Thank you!

Thank you for bringing such personality and life into a subject that can be, well, quite dead. :) I have been working on my family tree for years and am excited to have an audio friend to work on this project with me. I appreciate you and all of your work on this podcast! Keep it up!

Genealogists will enjoy this personal and practical journey into ancestral research by a very smart, very quirky, and very engaging narrator. Lots of fun, and lots to learn!

Carolynn has me so interested in this subject that I had no interest in whatsoever. I find myself coming back to see if the new episode is up yet. She speaks in such a soothing manner, with a keen, quirky sense of humor. I’ve learned so much already and I even asked her to build me a family tree which she has agreed to do!