Historical Society of Pennsylvania FULL EPISODE | Genealogy Roadshow Season 1 | PBS America 

Family history is NEVER boring! We just discovered that the one side of my husband’s family that had been a dead end was because his great-grandfather’s last name was misspelled on most his vital records. What we’re now learning about this side of the family is fascinating . The story of Seraphina made me cry. As much as I enjoy “Finding Your Roots” I like this show even more because the people and their stories that are featured are regular individuals and not famous stars. Please PBS, please consider reviving this show!

I really appreciate this program because these are regular folks and not those high profiles shown on Finding Your Roots!

Jeez I was not prepared for that first story to be so emotional. RIP Serafina

Wow. I’ve never seen this show before. That first story was heart wrenching. I couldn’t stop crying. There are people who are just so despicable but in the midst of all that horror there were so many brave people.

I'm addicted to this show!

I love this program. Thanks for posting.

I love these stories. Brings history to life for all, but especially those who are directly tied to those people and places.

The blend of Black and White families helped build a church and Pastor's home, and let another descendant purchase 200 plus acres and become a farmer. What an inspiring story. And DNA from both races proved community improvements and prospering of numerous families.

The first story had my emotions everywhere. As someone descended from Jewish bloodline who immigrated from Germany, it hit home to me in many ways. And the last story, with the Fulp relative and she wanted to find out about who her 4th great grandfather was-I cried at that too. It made me so happy she could find that information out. And how wonderful of a Fulp family relative to be willing to take the dna test to help her find out. Things like this is why I totally love doing genealogy research.

As much as I love history, this is history that hurts. And, yet, the details also has the ability to make one proud of humans who risked their lives to help others.

Cool! My ancestors were from Clarion County, PA. There’s no connection between my and Jennifer’s families, but learning about some of the history of the area. I love it!

Great video!!! Thanks for uploading the full episode.

So many dont know their history, because so many family members passed too soon without detail. My daughter has been helping me to get information. It is so interesting.

I wish they'd have our kids trace their families back in school. What a wonderful thing to know who your ancestors are and what they did to survive, good or bad, it is what it is.

Interesting about the name changes when people immigrated to the US. We thought we were related to people named Green from Ireland. Come to find out, their name was difficult to pronounce, and the person writing out the surname put Green, because they were wearing green coats!

I LOVE this show!!

Very interesting stories. I liked the one about the legal pirate.

I wish this show was still making episodes. My family lore, thrift my fathers mothers side, is that we are descendants of Sir Francis Drake. Would love to know if that is true and also if our Canadian ancestors might have come from France. My mother's family roots go back to Prussia. They came in the mid-1800's and settled Paxico, KS. So much to learn.

Thank you! You may have just solved one of my mysteries! My family lore also has a similar Privateer story, but he was sent to Cuba before returning to NY/CT.

I wished that they would have had this show in my 20s & 30s. I’ve been doing mine since the abt the 4th or 5th grade when you do them for school. I’ve just turned 60. And abt 7 yrs ago I finally found my great grandfather’s family that I’d been searching for since I was 11. That huge brick 🧱 wall FINALLY cracked!! 🥳 His and his wife’s headstone 🪦 have the wrong dates on them. I even wrote to the church to let them know & if they could look into it. You know I’m STILL SITTING HERE WAITING, 7 years later!!! 🙄🤨

From a European perspective American history looks like fresh, shiny new paint.

Bring this series back! Please.

14:06 I just want to hug her and tell her they know and that they are there with her 🥲💟💕💓💖

Amazing, well done!

My great - grandfather and grandmother, his daughter, each had 40 acres. My mother told the story of her mother-in-law taking her to an area to show her this land as far as she could see and told her it was the land her father had but lost to gambling. In searching my family history I uncovered a document where my grandmother turned over her 40 acres to her father. So don't know if that was the 40 acres lost to gambling or did he lose both 40 acres to gambling. 🤷🏽‍♀️

The fire is still burning today? Wow!

Stopped everything to pay close attention to that family's union story. My family has a similar story and I'm planning how to research it, all in all a very useful watch.

Love that the one family has a long history of fighting for the average worker against big company greed.

I called the Philly Historical Society years ago about a family mystery and the woman couldn't have been nicer. She gave me hints to try regarding marriage records of the time and invited me to visit the archive.

The neat discoveries that must come up especially from civil war times

This is great. We all have a purpose.

I just love genealogy road show

Sarafina R.I.P Ma’am. I’m so interested in genealogy. And I’m working on my family’s. But where I’m stumped is. My parents were actually cousins. My Mom’s Dad’s Aunt on his Dad’s side. Married my Dads Mom’s half brother. My Mom had discovered names of people who matched up on both sides. Unfortunately my Mom had given my Grandma (her Mom) the work she had already researched and confirmed as factual. When she became ill. And Grandma had gave My Uncle all the paperwork my Mom worked on because he was going to work with a genealogist. Then my Grandma died a few days later. And don’t know what ever came of the work she had done. And he was planning on finishing. I haven’t been able to get a hold of that Uncle. So I’m going upon going on and retracing all my Moms steps. And unfortunately I don’t have any help in figuring out how and where to go and look.

😭My mother's great uncles, last name, KÜHL, helped hundreds of Jews escape through Poland. Many of her extended family came to US and cut off most of their history of who they were. I learned from my mother to speak a German dialect mixed with Yiddish, so I imagine there is some Jewish ancestory.

They saved the best for last- Man, I don't even know the lady, and I am proud for her too...What a thing to find out.

call the "Concentration Camps" Concentration Camps.

My family came here years ago. I am the 13th generation in my family n the 6th generation in America…they bought their land from William Penn n included much of bucks county up to past Allentown.

This is not Season 1. Mary Tedesco wasn't added until the second season.

My husband's immigrant paternal line of northern European farmers became coal miners in central PA in the early 20th century. When organizing began around 1916 or so the federal government deported people (including my spouse's ancestors) with the clothes on their backs. They landed back in the nightmare that was Europe during WWI...largely being victimized by Russian Cossack raiders. Some how they made it back after the war and their ancestors spread across the nation.

My ancestor was a Pennsylvania president.

Now I want to know what became of brother and sister.

No, I’ve never seen anybody who was happy about finding that their white ancestor was a slave owner. I’d be pretty disgusted myself.

Whats so great also. Is we learn about our american history. Frm b4 we were sn america..

My husband's maternal grandmother received frantic letters from a Jewish relative in Regensberg, Bavaria, but they didn't attempt to help them get to America. I wonder what happened to them.

21:49 Merry Xmas enjoy the cruise😄👍🎆🎄🎅🏻💟💟💟

This is an inyeresting show 😊 I loove the miners' strike and setting fire to the mine & there were no snitches 😂

It was an evil regime who murdered the Jewish people during WW11. Was so sorry to hear Serafina was murdered along with so many other innocent people because of Hitler and his evil army.😢😢

when is the Geneology Roadshow coming to Utah again? I need to find out if my great grandmother was an identity theif and what her real name was.

Very interesting! A suggestion to make this better; the background noise is so loud. Maybe it’s just me but I find in very distracting .

How do you get on this show???

Crucial facts were skipped over during this episode. At 49:00 into the video Kenyatta Berry was reviewing slave owner George Fulp in the 1860 federal slave schedule. As the camera panned across the listing we can see that in column 6 for George is entered “B.” On the top of that of that column, printed on the standard form but not shown in the video, was the legend, “Color - White (W.), Black (B.), Mulatto (M.), Chinese (C.), Indian (I.)” The presentation then jumps, without explanation, from discussing George Fulp to discussing William Walker Fulp, the guest’s purported ancestor. A William Fulp had been briefly mentioned previously in the presentation, but no William Walker Fulp. How did she come to focus on William Walker Fulp? What was left on the cutting room floor? The presentation lacks continuity. The fact that slave owner George Fulp was Black seems like a fact novel enough to have warranted at least a brief mention.

I was enjoying it, but to be frank, the camera panning constantly gave me Vertigo; good gravy what happened to still shots?

The c. 1940 photo @7:38 shows men in British uniforms (not German) apprehending some unknown (Jewish?) people. It's a mystery - at least to me.

I'm sure Elvis when he was in Arkansas, had to be aware of those mosquitoes and probably told his musicians. Come on, boys, let's do this show and wrap it up. I've had enough of these damn mosquitoes.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🫶Love U always Elvis.

How reliable are the genetic testing sites? I have taken two but not sure if the connections they claim are true.

Ummm, birthplace of democracy? I think that's Athens, Greece not Pennsylvania.

Blubbering like a baby after that 1st one! Ugh!

Birth place of a Constitutional Republic, you mean!

So as we worry about carbon dioxide in our atmosphere this mining fire of coal is still burning?

When tryi g to watch your video I see words across it and this isn't happening when I watch all videos. Just wanted to tell you this.

Check your facts : John Wesley Hardin was more notoriois

Shelby. Ok ok ok ok...

And now that’s happening in Gaza

Uh as it pertains to mordern times, yes it is the birthplace of democracy

@51:48 These DNA test got WF shook. That’s where your reparations are 1200 acres of stolen land.

The only thing I dont like about some hosts is all the giggling and laughing being promoted. “Jolly jolly ancestry “ but the last story was the best about the Fulps

Humans never learn!!!! that’s exactly what they are doing to Palestinians in 2023 what a shame😮😢