Kelly Howard 9/1/26 Kelly Howard 9/1/26

Why Genealogy Is at the Heart of Everything

I was eleven when my Nana first told me who we came from. Decades later, one branch of my family traces back to 412 AD, documented, protected, written down for over a thousand years. Another branch, from that same Virginia property, stops cold at a name and a plantation. Both branches are mine. Only one was ever considered worth the ink.

Kelly Howard 8/18/26 Kelly Howard 8/18/26

The Letter I Wish Someone Had Handed Me

If you're stepping into a new semester or season, your first, your second attempt, or the one you almost didn't try again, I hope something in this letter gives you something steady to hold onto. You don't have to know the whole story. You just have to be willing to begin the chapter you're actually in.

Kelly Howard 8/4/26 Kelly Howard 8/4/26

Visibility Has Never Been Neutral

Kelly Howard 7/30/26 Kelly Howard 7/30/26

Dress the Part. Own the Room. Tuskegee Gets It Right

Kelly Howard 7/28/26 Kelly Howard 7/28/26

Before You Ask AI, Ask Your Nana

Before my cousin called me about our family tree, he'd already asked a chatbot. Here's why the order you research in matters as much as the research itself, and where AI actually fits, and doesn't.