Students of my classes:
"Loved your talk!" (PC, group class, Big Data company)
"Being in your genealogy classes this second time around, I was able to retain more information. I most appreciative for all the information you provided through the Powerpoint, handouts, and forms. But more important, I most grateful for the encouragement you have given me to pursue my family history for the sake of my nephews and nieces.
I also would like to say that your LGBTQ+ push in doing my own genealogical work will come into play. In my family tree there is an uncle that I am sure was gay and an aunt that wasn't an aunt but we called her Tia Malila (Aunt Malila) and an aunt who is still a closeted lesbian. I will deal with these, but in a respectful manner.
You are a great educator and motivator. " (LG)
"Thank you for the great class. I really appreciate your deep knowledge and your generosity in sharing that and especially with the thoughtfulness with which you provided information about researching people of color, and women.
I think that one of the best things I learned is how deep and complex it can all become.... and that's good cautionary information going into it. And I also learned places where I can begin.
.... But I've loved learning about it and would sign up for a follow-up class when you find a place to offer it." (CS)
Individual client work:
"I've been working with Phil James for several years now and he has continued to enlarge my sense of family in so many ways. He introduced me to genealogy and at first helped me understand the clash of the two very different cultures that informed my early life at home with my parents. At my marriage, he built the centerpiece to my celebration as two families wary of their sons marrying another man gathered about our newly joined family trees. I continue to work with him to discover my Tuscan roots and the possibility of Italian citizenship. He is a sherpa to my past and a light that I have come to steer by." (MW, family tree from scratch, DNA analysis, dual citizenship, marriage family chart)
"Family history gathering point, family reunion resource, knower of all, record black experience" (CJ)
"Phil worked across multiple countries' records, in several languages, dealt with sensitive family matters, prison records, and old 1000-person typed documents." (JD/AD, newlyweds)
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