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  • White House Correspondent April Ryan Uncovers Her Ancestral Origins Through African Ancestry DNA Test

    White House Correspondent April Ryan Uncovers Her Ancestral Origins Through African Ancestry DNA Test

    White House correspondent, April Ryan discussed her highly anticipated book entitled Black Women Will Save the World at the Martin Luther King Library in Washington D.C. for Women’s History Month. The renowned journalist is considered a jewel in Washington political circles, but she is not without her share of detractors and naysayers. This does not stop her from… Read more

  • Forensic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop at Texas State University

    Forensic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop at Texas State University

    The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) is located on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. FACTS is the largest forensics research facility in the world that includes an outdoor human decomposition research laboratory (body farm). I spent the past week completing a certificate in Forensic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture. The… Read more

  • Louisa County Historical Society’s Virtual Black History Month Program

    Louisa County Historical Society’s Virtual Black History Month Program

    Celebrate Black History Month with the Louisa County Historical Society! On Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 10am, join us as Michelle Taylor, freelance genealogist, presents her research into her family’s history. Michelle uses history and archaeology to arrive at a complex and nuanced approach to the lives of her enslaved ancestors at James Madison’s Montpelier. Read more

  • Virtual Historians Podcast

    Virtual Historians Podcast

    Virtual Historians (VH) is a podcast that is the collaborative work of Terri O’Connell and David Allen Lambert. At VH you will find us discussing history, archaeology, technology and virtual reality. This week David and Terri talk with special guest, Michelle Taylor. Michelle is a triple threat: a genealogist, archaeologist and anthropologist. We enjoyed talking… Read more

  • Archaeologists in Quarantine

    Archaeologists in Quarantine

    Over the weekend, I was invited to speak on YouTube Live about genealogy with Natasha Billson, commercial archaeologist and TV presenter based in the United Kingdom. Special thanks to Natasha for inviting me to be apart of her Archaeologists In Quarantine series. Please like and subscribe to her YouTube channel (Behind the Trowel). Read more