This episode contains historically racist language that may be offensive for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. 1850 Bird’s Eye View of Boston Jill continues to dig for evidence of her black relatives and immediately encounters …
This episode is dedicated to the memory of the brilliant Neil Bowman Todd (1936-2014), who was the head of research services at the National Genealogical Historical Society (NEHGS). “In genealogy, you start with yourself and work your way back…
Dr. Love, Anita, Ellen, and Barbara in the New Family Car, New York City, 1910. In Episode Two, Jill Sim covers her grandmother Ellen’s passed down recollections of childhood, between 1907-1923. Ellen Love is born to the house of her grand…
Welcome to the Fade to White Podcast. I’m your host, Jill Sim, and it is my honor to take you on a personal journey of discovery into my family history; a labor of love that has taken me 30 years to complete; a story of a family who went from black …