Category: Genealogy

Long Island Loyalists with Brendon Burns

January 19, 2024
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18th century wooden ships in New York harbor.
Disembarkation of the Troops at Gravesend Bay under the Command of General Collier, R.N. (August 22, 1776). Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

No one sheds a tear for the British Loyalists of Long Island, those inhabitants who remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution. But genealogist Brendon Burns has spent […]

William Sidney Mount and Long Island People of Color

September 12, 2022
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William Sidney Mount (l) and The Bone Player (1856) featuring Andrew Brewster.
William Sidney Mount (l) and The Bone Player (1856) featuring Andrew Brewster.

William Sidney Mount was known for his keenly-observed portraits and scenes of everyday life on Long Island during the first half of the 19th century. He portrayed farmers, fiddlers, tradesmen, […]

The Jews of Long Island

March 1, 2022
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Cover of the new book The Jews of Long Island 1705-1918 by Brad Kolodny
The new book by Brad Kolodny out now from SUNY Press.

Brad Kolodny returns to the podcast to update us on what he’s been doing during the intervening thirty episodes. Turns out he’s got a new book and a new historical […]

Genealogy and You

January 7, 2019
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Color photo of Linda Metzger being interviewed at the Sayville Public Library
Linda Metzger, Long Island Genealogist.

Linda Metzger is the Long Island Genealogist. On today’s episode, you’ll hear how she turned a hobby into a career working to uncover the lost, complicated, and often forgotten stories […]