Stories That Live In Us
af Crista Cowan | The Barefoot Genealogist
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A Person Dies Twice: How Family Stories Keep Us Alive | Episode 135
A Person Dies Twice: How Family Stories Keep Us Alive | Episode 135
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What if the most powerful way to strengthen your family’s future is to look to the past?
I’m Crista Cowan, known online as The Barefoot Genealogist. I created this podcast to inspire you to form deeper connections with your family - past, present, and future. All families are messy and life is constantly changing but we don’t have to allow that to disconnect us. I’ve spent my whole life discovering the power of family history and I know that sharing the stories that live in you can change everything.
Tune in weekly to receive inspiration and guidance that will help you use family stories to craft a powerful family narrative, contributing to your family’s identity and creating a legacy of resilience, healing, and connection.
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- A Person Dies Twice: How Family Stories Keep Us Alive | Episode 135 · 22 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 135What will your family remember about you when you're gone? And how do we keep the stories of the people we love alive for generations? When I pulled over on an empty desert road…
- All the Beautiful Things: What Really Brings People Back to Faith (with Shelley Graham) | Episode 134 · 50 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 134How many times have you sat across the table from a child or sibling who sees faith completely differently than you do, and felt an aching gulf between you? In those moments, our…
- The Countess of Cons: Uncovering Scandalous Ancestors (with Deborah Holman) | Episode 133 · 37 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 133"When I noticed a yellowed piece of paper physically taped over a portrait in an old family book, I knew there was a secret waiting to be found." My guest today, author Deborah…
- Black-Market Adoptions to Broadway Stars (with Lisa Elzey) | Episode 132 · 44 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 132What if the secret to breaking through your own genealogy brick walls is stepping away from your family tree entirely? In this episode, my dear friend, colleague, and podcast…
- Why You Probably Have Cousins Everywhere (And How to Find Them) | Episode 131 · 24 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 131What if the person sitting next to you right now (at work, in church, or at a wedding) isn't a stranger at all? When I started doing descendancy research and checking my DNA…
- Breaking a 150-Year German Brick Wall (with Jenny Ashcraft) | Episode 130 · 37 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 130When a 150-year-old German brick wall kept my friend Jenny Ashcraft stuck for nearly two decades, she decided to stop pushing straight backward and try a completely different…
- The Heirloom Portrait & The Danish Flood: Verifying Family Lore (with Rhonda Budge) | Episode 129 · 35 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 129Growing up, my guest Rhonda Budge spent hours sitting beside her grandmother, staring at a massive framed portrait of her great-great-grandfather, Johann Christian Hansen. Family…
- From Utah to Iceland: Passing Living Heritage to the Next Generation with Eric Allen | Episode 128 · 30 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 128How do you take dry facts on a family tree and turn them into something your kids can actually feel? In this episode, Eric Allen joins me to share how a trip from a pioneer…
- From Belarus to the Boston Meat Wars: Uncovering a Rebel Ancestor (with Suzanne Hoffman) | Episode 127 · 43 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 127When Suzanne Hoffman sat down to help her daughter with a middle-school history project, she never expected to uncover a radical rebel in her own family tree. In this episode…
- How the Air Force Saved My Father’s Life (with Victoria Robinson) | Episode 126 · 41 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 126When Victoria Robinson’s father stepped in to defend an elderly coworker at an Arkansas sawmill in 1952, he had to run for his life. Shaken and hiding in the dark balcony of a…
- The Adoptee, The Next Door Neighbor, and The DNA Twist No One Saw Coming | Episode 125 · 32 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 125When I handed an adoptee a paper with his biological siblings’ names, he burst out laughing. Turns out his long-lost brother was his neighbor! After connecting with an…
- Raising 8 Kids After Divorce with Music, Faith, and Family Roots (with Bubba Page) | Episode 124 · 59 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 124When my guest Bubba Page walked into the studio holding his grandfather’s 1960 vinyl record album, I knew we were in for a special conversation about legacy. But after facing a…
- Bootleggers, Mine Massacres, and Brooklyn (with Linda Stasi) | Episode 123 · 40 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 123Long before mobster legends took over New York, Italian immigrants were riding in rodeos, surviving coal mine massacres, and brewing bootleg wine in the Colorado mountains. In…
- Alex Haley is My Uncle: The Rest of the Story of My Family “Roots” (with Chris Haley) | Episode 122 · 60 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 122Growing up with a world-famous uncle whose book transformed American history, Chris Haley spent decades pursuing stage lights and applause before realizing his true calling was…
- A National TV Crew Showed Up At My House: Discovering a Lost Legacy (with Melissa Stafford) | Ep 121 · 43 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 121What if a national TV crew showed up at your door to reveal a family secret? Have you ever felt a missing piece in your family tree that you couldn’t quite place? In this…
- Stories That Connect Us (And Why DNA Isn't Enough) | Episode 120 · 17 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 120Shared ancestors make us related. Shared stories make us connected. Can I tell you a secret? My absolute favorite part of family history isn't just discovering people who lived…
- Fifty Nifty United States (with Lisa Elzey) | Episode 119 · 59 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 119What happens when you spend a year chasing family stories across all fifty states? I'm Crista Cowan (known online as The Barefoot Genealogist), and for this special Season Two…
- Delaware: Courage to Save the Words That Built America (with Anna Crowley Redding) | Episode 118 · 47 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 118How close did America come to losing its foundational words forever? In this episode of Stories That Live In Us, host Crista Cowan (The Barefoot Genealogist) takes us to…
- Pennsylvania: Stashed-Away Secrets and Forgotten Family (with Jessica Rae) | Episode 117 · 50 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 117What happens when a simple hint on your family tree uncovers a decades-old secret? In this episode of Stories That Live In Us, host Crista Cowan (The Barefoot Genealogist) sits…
- New Jersey: A Sentence of Survival | Episode 116 · 57 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 116Imagine diving into your family tree to discover that your ancestors left you a secret message more than 300 years ago, encoded into the literal names of their children. I follow…
