GenClub
Episode 5
Years before he knew their names, Bill Moore was unknowingly walking in his ancestors’ footsteps. A gut instinct pulled him from Texas to New York City — and only later did he discover his 18th-century family had lived on the very streets he’d made his own. In this GenClub episode, Bill shares how the pull toward ancestral homes, DNA discoveries, and storytelling collide in the work of family history.
February 2026
For this episode of GenClub the panel read:
My Moore Family in America [Part 1]
My Moore Family in America - Part 2
My Moore Family in America - Part 3
by Bill Moore
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Bill Moore
Author of Family History with Bill Moore
In this episode we talk with Bill Moore, the voice behind Family History with Bill Moore, a publication grounded in the belief that every family story deserves to be preserved. Bill brings a storyteller’s eye to genealogy, sharing accounts that range from remarkable achievements to the quiet rhythms of everyday life — the moments that shaped the people who came before him and, ultimately, shaped him.
A retired tech professional with more than twenty years of genealogical research behind him, Bill blends personal memory, oral history, and careful research to reconstruct the lives of his ancestors. Some he knew firsthand. Others he knows through stories passed down, records uncovered, and the patient work of filling in the gaps. His writing invites readers not only to learn about his family, but to reflect on their own and to safeguard memories that might otherwise fade.
Bill is actively researching the Moore, Naylor, Brownleigh, Boardman, Ingham, Van Deusen, Hutto, and Brady families, and he is a strong advocate for family history community. He currently serves as Vice President of the Rochester Genealogical Society and encourages others to support local, regional, and national societies that keep historical research alive and accessible.
Meet the GenClub Panel:
The GenClub Panel is made up of a group of Genealogy and Family History Substack authors who get together to talk about what we’ve read on Substack. Here are the members of the Panel:
Jane Chapman
I’ve been researching family history since the early 1990’s and incorporating DNA evidence since 2013. In 2024 I started a one-place study. My Substack publications mainly draw on material from my Websites on the weare.xyz platform
Julie Dove
Julie Dove is a writer and researcher exploring food, memory & the legacies we leave behind. After discovering over 200 vintage cookbooks in an abandoned house, she began piecing together the life of their owner—one recipe at a time.
Lynda Heines
I’m a writer, a textile artist, a genealogist, an iris lover, and a cat herder. My sis’ death in 2023 pulled me back into writing about my ancestors and my life journey. My hubby, two cats, and I live on a small piece of land in Newburgh, Indiana.
Anne Wendel
Teenage genealogist turned retired reading teacher living on Anne time now! Summer vacation every day. Read, blog, research, find cousins, live on ancestors’ land. Goals for rest of life: be pro genealogist, write my Roots, rebuild my Rev War house.
Lisa Maguire
Your family has a story. Your family were makers of history. ancestory is the place where family stories and history meet.
I’m your host,
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