Tonight marks the return of Henry Louis Gates’ forays into family history research on PBS. “Finding Your Roots” debuts on PBS from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Central Time). The featured celebrities tonight are Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis. My couch and popcorn are the accompaniments for tonight’s show. A big group of area genealogists […]
Tonight, Wednesday March 3, 2010 is the series finale for Faces of America on PBS. It’s been an interesting, but somewhat low key, overview of tracing the heritage of a variety of celebrities. I love seeing the family history background of a variety of people. For such a show the emphasis is naturally on the […]
United Press International has a January 1st press release about an upcoming PBS show, Faces of America, that will be hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It will be shown on Wednesdays from Feb. 10-March 3. The show will feature the family histories of “poet Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and read the poem at […]