Family Roots

Sharing my family stories after many years of research.

Building a community on Substack for genealogy as a viable alternative to the noise and bravado of social media. We are free of fees and platform-independent. Join us for our monthly roundtables and office hours for family historians and genealogists.

A place I write about genealogy related topics (and some other stuff, probably). I mostly focus on south Louisiana, although I also write more general posts :-)

Journeys into Genealogy is a podcast with interviews with experts and people with interesting stories to tell.

We invent and refine creative ways to capture, preserve, and share our family stories. Won't you join us in FREE events, shared resources, and online conversations?

My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.

Building Organized Records & Preserving Family History that are easy and accessible, because genealogy matters.

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A regular slice of seasonal magic to help you live a life more wild. Sign up for recipes, folklore and ideas for celebrating the ancient seasonal festivals.

New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.

Lineage and genealogy research

A place to explore the way the short story works.

History in short story biographies and historical fiction, photographs, and quotes.

Researching your ancestors done right on the cheap