Category Archives: African-American history
Happy Emancipation Day, 2013!
“On January 1, 1892, Miss Josephine Burton, Ocean Springs’ charming belle gave a very nice surprise party for her pastor, Rev. I. C. Rucker, assisted by Mrs. A.B. Stuart and Miss Violet Matthews. A collection of $6.05 was taken, after … Continue reading
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Motivational Monday: Genealogy Gems
Lately, I’ve felt too overwhelmed to focus on digging up any more of my roots. Instead, I’ve been digging through my present, trying to unpack the last boxes in our house from our move last year, get my youngest daughter … Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday: 96 and Still Swinging!
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Photo Friday: My ancestors and me at the Maryland Historical Society
Yesterday, on my way down to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts where I’m working on my family history project, I stopped in Baltimore to see some relatives – some living, some dead. The living one is my niece, … Continue reading
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Friend of Friend Friday: Slaves of Alexander Stirling
I found the above will in the Lewis Stirling Family Papers, archived at the Louisiana State University. The Stirling family, wealthy Louisiana planters, owned my third great-grandmother, Eliza Burton. I’ve been scrolling through the microfilmed documents hoping that they will … Continue reading
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Motivation Monday: My Third Great-Grandfather’s Role in History?
I’m happy to report that I actually accomplished all of my genealogy goals last week set in my inaugural “Motivation Monday” post. I contacted the Maryland State Archives for direction on Maryland laws passed on absconding slaves and also checked … Continue reading
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Monday Madness (the good kind): Freedom's Child
I’ve just finished reading, Freedom’s Child: The Life of a Confederate General’s Black Daughter by Carrie Allen McCray. It tells the story of McCray’s remarkable mother, the child of a former slave and Confederate general who goes on to become … Continue reading
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Sentimental Sunday – How My Great-Grandfather escaped the Ku Klux Klan.
As part of celebrating Mother’s day with my mom last week, we went through her box of old photos and reminisced. We rediscovered a bunch of treasures that I’d forgotten about, including the one above, a picture of my maternal … Continue reading
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Carnival of African American Genealogy: Honoring my Great-Grandfather's World War I Service
From my brother to my great-grandfather, four generations of men in my family have served in the United States Armed Forces. I grew up not far from the New Jersey Air Force base where my father and grandfather were stationed … Continue reading
Follow Friday – 2 Genealogy Blogs, The Boddie Family, and Great, Great-Grandmother Tempe's Name
This week, I’ve been following people, places and things: two blogs, a North Carolina family, and derivations of my great, great-grandmother Tempe’s name. It’s all in pursuit of my next genealogy goal, to find Tempe Burton’s’s birthplace and her parents. … Continue reading
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