Tag Archives: Carnival of African-American Genealogy
Treasure Chest Thursday: Another enslaved ancestor found!
“I desire to find my people.” That’s how my great, great-grandmother Tempy Burton begins her June 4, 1891 ad in the Southwestern Christian Advocate. Known simply as the Southwestern, this paper was started in 1877 and covered the African Methodist … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Meet Renira Morris
After my post on Monday about the book, “Freedom’s Child” and all the similarities I had with the author, Carrie Allen McCray, I received this comment: “Dionne, I knew her as “Aunt Carrie” as she is the Grand-Aunt of my … Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday: A picture of past, present and future
On my way home from jury duty in Newark, New Jersey yesterday, I noticed a cemetery crunched between a row of new houses on one side and an impending construction project on the other. It struck me, past, present and … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Grandpa Ford’s Dress
A copy of the above picture of my grandfather, Martin Ford and his brother Adrian hangs on the wall in our house. It’s one of my most prized possessions. It was probably taken around 1910 since my grandfather, seated, was … Continue reading
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Carnival of African American Genealogy: Grandmother’s Hands
My great-grandmother, Marie Watson Anderson, was always busy. Born Lucy Marie Anderson in Texas in 1899, she spent most of her life in Oklahoma. At some point, she had her name legally changed to Marie because she liked it better … Continue reading
Tips from the Carnival of African-American Genealogy
I spent this morning reading blog posts submitted to the Carnival of African-American Genealogy. This blog carnival, designed to bring bloggers together around a specific topic, focused on how to use slave records in genealogical research. I had to pull … Continue reading
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