Hittin' the Bricks with Kathleen

A "brick-wall" DIY genealogy podcast that features your questions and Kathleen Brandt's answers. She wants your stories, questions, and “brick walls”. But be ready to add to your "to-do" list. As Kathleen always says, this is a Do it yourself (DIY) genealogy podcast. “I'll show you where the shovel is, but I'm not digging up your family.”
Maybe, you have no idea where to start searching for an ancestor. Or, perhaps you want to know more about your family folklore. Host Kathleen has 20 years in the industry and is the founder of a3genealogy. She's able to dispense genealogy research advice and encouragement in understandable terms that won't get you lost in genealogy jargon. Along with her husband and co-host, John, she helps you accomplish "do-it-yourself" research goals, learn some history, and have a bit of fun along the way. Light-hearted and full of detailed info, Hittin' the Bricks is your solution for your brick-wall research problems.

Contributors

Host

Kathleen Brandt

Kathleen has worked on TLC: I Should Have Known. NBC: Who Do You Think You Are, and PBS: Finding Your Roots & TTC: Dead Files.

As a licensed Private Investigator she utilizes investigative sleuthing skills for locating living relatives (Forensic Genealogy) and adoption and biological family research.

Twenty years of historical, military and genealogical research. Experience in DNA analysis and research and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) document analysis.

As a multilingual speaker, she translates Spanish, French, and Italian records. She also has experience researching German, Jewish, and Swedish records and more.

Specialties: DNA analysis, forensic genealogy, private investigator. International and nationwide documentation retrieval, immigration and naturalization, free-colored research, military record retrievals, tracing slaves, as well as Irish, Swedish, and German records.

Co-host

John Brandt

John has always been involved in the arts. In his early 20's he moved to New York City, where he performed, auditioned, acted, did voice-overs, and worked as a stage tech. Eventually, he moved to Washington D.C. where he worked in graphic design and incorporated computers into his artistic life.

He relocated to Missouri and began teaching software and digital photography classes. He earned his undergraduate degree in Technical Education and has been a professor at a local community college teaching Multimedia & Video Production for 25 years.