u/Alovingcynic

Hello All,

My partner and I are releasing a first season of a podcast this summer. Final episode of Season 1 is being edited right now. I project at least 7 seasons of content, covering over 200 years of American history.

There seems to be no end of choices for hosting and distribution, and I was wondering if I could have help choosing the proper destination for the project.

Podcast is one show only, no guests (as of yet), no video accompaniments (yet), but plan on doing mini docs via You Tube, Tik Tok, if this bird flies.

For Season One: Podcast is very straight forward, solo narrative (v-o), with music and minimal Foley.

Like a radio play.

I want to have a companion website, with photo images, digital scans of documents, show notes and attributions, plus embedded links.

Have limited budget. Would like to do this as cheaply as possible, and see if we get anywhere.

I've been looking into Rss.com, Buzzsprout, Libsyn, Red Circle. Wordpress.

Am very confused, which is why I'm here today.

Is there a one stop shop that does all of this? Or, is there a good You Tube series that lays out steps for releasing a podcast and also monetizing it in a clear and concise way?

Would appreciate any and all feedback from the sub.

Thanks,

ALC

ETA: You all have been so helpful. I have my place to start and I send my many thanks. I'll be back when we're launched! Cheers, all, and best of luck with your projects too!

Hello All,

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Not only was I able to find a mystery ancestor that I had been looking for, for over 10 years, I also found a bunch of hidden cousin matches related to this person, which made my case for relatedness that much more persuasive.

And I appreciate the hint icon in blue that Ancestry affixes at names to indicate you have cousins who also descend directly from an individual-or individuals.

The tools have been a game changer for my research, which I've been doing for 30 years now.

What was particularly helpful was that Ancestry was lighting up my hypothesis tree's empty spaces, where names should have been, with the label "Shared DNA Origins." Because I didn't see Shared DNA Origins indicated elsewhere on my tree, except for the one lineage, with Shared Origins, going back, well into the 17th century, on multiple extending branches, and not just in a backwards direction radiating from a single couple, I was able to effectively eliminate other family lines I once thought I might descend from, which did not include these hints.

It has been particularly useful for me as a descendant of enslaved people, and people of European ancestry.

Narrowing down to the one lineage also helps me zero in on the proper paper trails.

Truly a marvel!