Buried Threads

Buried Threads S3E9: Updates and Pulling Threads Updates on our research and an exciting projecting coming soon! Listen to hear more about how we're sharing our story! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram . Learn more at buriedthreads.substack.com This is a public episode...

Buried Threads S3E8: Samuel & Martha DeBoard The Ozarks are beautiful and we're looking all over these hills for Christopher's parents. Listen to what we've learned so far and the questions we have that still don't have answers. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ This is a public episode. If you would lik...

Buried Threads S3E7: Dawson & Mahala DeBoard We are digging deeper on the DeBoard side of the family. We're even searching cemeteries and local historical records to see if we can learn anything new. Listen to what we know about our great-great-great grandparents! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow...

Buried Threads S3E6: Family Meet Up (pt.1) We finally get to meet Cora and Jerry in person! And, bonus, Paul was there, too! This was the first time in close to a hundred years that people (other than us) from the DeBoard side and the Suarez side of the family met in person. Listen to the conversation and be ready for more, because we couldn't fit it all in one episode! Check out this tool for tra...

Buried Threads S3E5: Grave Hunting! Cyndi's husband, Amos, joins the conversation to talk about their new pastime: grave hunting. What is it? How do we do it? And, what have we learned? Listen with us and you just might find yourself grave hunting on a Saturday! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow u...

Buried Threads S3E4: Christopher's Review We’re looking back again, this time at what we knew about Christopher when we recorded our first couple of episodes one year ago. And we’re preparing to meet some DeBoard family members in person soon. Listen to discover how far we’ve come – and what we’re still searching for! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive...

Buried Threads S3E3: The Middle Child We're talking about Estrella and our research with a very special guest, our brother, Jason. Hear what uncovering this family story has been like from his perspective What surprised him? What questions does he still want answered? And we give some quick updates on new information. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive...

Buried Threads S3E2: Where It All Began We're still taking a look back and where we were about one year ago, when we recorded our first episodes. Listen to this remix of Season 1 Episode 3: Manuel and Rosa. We've included never released recordings of Nina talking about her parents! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrou...

Buried Threads S3 E1: A Look Back We never knew where this story would take us. One year later, we're looking back at where began and how far we've come. Take a listen to this remix of one of our first episodes with some notes about what came later. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook...

Buried Threads S2E15: Season 2 Send Off First an update on our case against the Mc Donough County Clerk to gain access to our grandmother's adoption files. And then we review Season 2, what we've learned and how far we've come. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram . Learn...

Buried Threads S2 E14 Hanging Threads- Christopher We're chasing hanging threads and this one is all about Christopher Columbus DeBoard. Find out what we hope to discover, where we're looking, and how you can help! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram . Learn more at buri...

Buried Threads S2E13: Hanging Threads - Florence In this Hanging Threads episode we share what researching about Florence. What we're looking for and where we're looking, Follow along and join in the search for information! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram . Learn mor...

Buried Threads S2E12: Hanging Threads - A New DNA Match This another Hanging Threads episode where we talk about our current research: what questions we're asking, where we're looking, and how you can help! Learn about a new DNA match and what it might mean for our family story. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough...

Buried Threads S2 E11: Hanging Threads- Spain A new episode format we're calling Hanging Threads. In this format we'll share something we're currently researching: what we know, what we're asking, and where we're looking. This episode is looking at Estrella's origins in Spain. Maybe you will be the one to help find the next piece to the puzzle that is Estrella Suarez. Check out this tool for track...

Buried Threads S2E10: Impounded We've been chasing Marie Christine's adoption records for years. She collected documents throughout her life and hid them in a safety deposit box. Hear our journey to gain access to her official records in the state of Illinois - three counties, multiple requests, a lawsuit, and court hearings. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Inte...

Buried Threads S2E9: The Mystery Man We thought Walter Scott was a fantasy. Hear how a listener found information we missed, and what it means for our family story. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .   Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram . Learn more at buriedthreads.substack.com This is a public episode. If...

Buried Threads S2E8: Nina's Voice (Part 2) A family member gave us the wonderful treasure of recordings of Nina, daughter of Manuel and Rosa, talking about her childhood and family. Paul, grandson of Estrella and first cousin of our mom, joins us for this episode. Together, we listen to some of the stories Nina has to share and Paul tells us what he thinks about the family history we've uncovered....

Buried Threads S2E7: Nina's Voice (Part 1) This episode we get to hear Nina talk about her family and the girl she called sister, Estrella. Find out what Nina had to say and how it changed our view of what happened when Estrella left her family. Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads Interactive Family Map .     Family Map Walkthrough Video ✅ Follow us on Facebook and...

Buried Threads S2E6: What She Carried Content Warning: In this episode we discuss the death of a young child, infant loss, and traumatic birth. Please use care when choosing to listen . A woman left her husband and children, twice. We've always known there was more to this story. Here we discuss two traumatic events in Estrella's young life (11-16 years old), which may have impacted her ability to...

Buried Threads S2E5: Right There We sat down with our mom, Chris, to discuss what this journey of discovery has been like for her. She shares about her family, her mom, and meeting new family. We consider the fact that her mom and grandmother resided in the same small town for decades. Then we surprise mom with news about adoption records!! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buri...

Buried Threads S2E4: A Small, Small World What is like to have someone contact you and give you a whole new history about your family member, one that you never knew? Hear Teri talk about about what it was like when we shared what we've learned about our great-grandmother, Estrella/Stella who is also her grandmother, Wilma E. Nelson. Listen as we hear from the one person we've met who actually kne...

Buried Threads S2E3: A Name We Never Knew What happens when you find what you've been looking for? Whether you've been searching for a day, 25 years or 100 years, there's still a moment when it doesn't feel real! This episode, find out what happened when we finally heard from a DNA match and the HUGE discovery we made together! Check out this tool for tracking family information: Buried Threads In...

S2E2: The Match We Almost Missed. We waited for years to hear from a DNA match. We were sure they held the key to the mystery of what happened to our great-grandmother, Estrella Suarez/Stella DeBoard after she gave up her children. In this episode we tell the story of finally connecting with that match, being disappointed by their family tree, and making an unbelievable connection. Check out this...

S2E1: Where We Left Her We spent season 1 of Buried Threads sharing the mystery that is our great-grandmother and how her story unfolded over two decades of research. This season, we're back with new discoveries, fresh leads, and more threads to pull. Listen to this episode to hear all the new details we've uncovered just in the last several weeks. 🧵Season 2: because she wasn't done surprising us...

Season 1 Finale: Estrella's Song We end the season with a song created for our podcast, our family's search, for our grandmother, and for Estrella. Season 2 is coming!! Check out this Interactive Family Map! Family Map Walkthrough Video Follow the story and follow us on Facebook and Instagram This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...