Nicka Sewell-Smith

Pro genealogist. Lover of bacon, golden era hip hop. She/Her. 7th gen. who-rider. Citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Opinions = mine. 💕💚

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

Y'all. Today is a holiday, just in case you didn't know it.

As of this morning, @Ancestry has made the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen's Bureau) available in the world's largest digitized and searchable format. #genealogy

[Jeanne Sparrow @JMSparrow]

Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth on the #FearlessAuthenticity pod thru our family stories... my genealogist cousin @neeksmith joins me to talk about the power in our roots. Subscribe on your favorite platform to get every #newepisode when it drops!

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[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@soulfoodscholar That’s an eye, full stop. Louisiana on mine.

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@latifnasser @Radiolab OMGosh!!!! I remember when the idea for this came forward and to see what it turned into!?! Wow. So proud of the work you did!

[UK Arts & Sciences @UKarts_sciences]

More than 77,000 pages of Fayette County’s historical records are now digitized and publicly accessible online, thanks to a project led by UK’s Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies' Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative.

Click here to learn more! https://t.co/G5ddG3YNEU

[AAHGSATL @AAHGSATL]

Nicka Smith @neeksmith
will share how to Create/Develop Genealogy Presentations for any audience. This is a MEMBERS ONLY event. Don't miss this event, join the AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter today! Visit our website https://t.co/3Begyl9Ndg or email us at [email protected]

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

AGREE. I still slap this.

[Andrew Barber @fakeshoredrive]

15 years ago…

Q-Tip dropped his second* solo album ‘The Renaissance’

I know we talk a lot about underrated albums — but this is truly one of them. A masterclass in rapping & production from The Abstract. All tracks were produced by Tip w/ the exception of two done by Dilla.

[AAHGSATL @AAHGSATL]

Nicka Smith @neeksmith will share how to Create/Develop Genealogy Presentations to present to any audience. This is a MEMBERS ONLY event.
Don't miss this event, join our genealogy society today! Visit our website https://t.co/N7Y5JCnX74 or email us at [email protected]

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@AbeFroman I need to know where this is Clunie!

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@youngformemphis @kayelcee901 Congratulations Paul!!!

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

Back in the day, they would mix donor sperm with the parent’s sperm so no one would know which one actually took. So, do with that what you will. 🥴

[Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts]

Kerry Washington appeared in a rare interview together with her parents, Valerie and Earl Washington, for a candid conversation with Robin Roberts about what it was like growing up in the Bronx and about family secrets Kerry reveals in #ThickerThanWater.

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@songdiscoverer @GodisRivera @MissyElliott They animated and color changed based on the track and set design. I looked up the company and they also did it for Coldplay.

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@TheKingofReads I think that’s the thing they use to close the bins?

[Last Seen Project @InfoWantedOrg]

#OnThisDay in 1866, James Haskins wanted to find his son of the same name. The young James Haskins, 17-years-old, had gone off with the Union Army in May 1865.
#lastseenproject #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory @NHPRC

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@strongblacklead @TheBaddestMitch Eek! I see you Soror! 💚💗

[Prince @prince]

On this day in 1984, Prince and The Revolution released their iconic soundtrack Purple Rain. The album received 2 Grammys, 3 American Music Awards, 2 Brit Awards, and an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score, and the album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks.

[Aaron L. Morrison @aaronlmorrison]

NEW: My @AP dispatch from Charleston, South Carolina.

“At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin” https://t.co/NV9ScxpdVX

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

@kathia_woods @DarkSkyLady Agree. Essence Fest is having two days with ladies of hip hop next week. The Sunday lineup is where it’s mostly at. Re our LGBTQIA+ fam, I haven’t seen anything. 😞

[The Tie-Dye Genealogist @lefty_juggler]

This story captures the thrill of actually doing genealogy brilliantly. You'll remember when you first started, too. Well worth a listen!