Along this journey of digging up my family's history, I met many other descendants of slavery including members of the national organization Coming to the Table. I was honored to be asked to help edit an anthology of some of the members' stories. … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Thursday: Six Degrees of Slave Owner Separation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIyuYwbVnA] It's nice to be back from a great vacation where I unplugged from my computer and soaked up the surf and sun. Even though I wasn't blogging or researching, genealogy was never too far from me. As we made our way down to … [Read more...]
Madness Monday – Was My Ancestor Lynched?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs] Yesterday, I shared how my great, great-grandfather escaped the Ku Klux Klan. Well, not all of my relatives may have been so lucky. A few weeks ago I heard a new family story - that one of my great, great-grandmother's … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: A Family Memento
The silver child's cup that I'm holding left me speechless as did the sentiment behind it when Joel Brink gave it to me during our first meeting this past Sunday. Joel is an art historian who has published several books about his and his wife's families. His wife, Joan … [Read more...]
Wordy/Wordless Wednesday: My Great, Great-Grandmother's Appraisal
I'm not quite up to the task of expressing my thoughts upon seeing this document. Nothing, not even seeing my great, great-grandmother bequeathed in a will drives home the true state of her situation as does this 1860 probate court appraisal of the "goods & chattels and … [Read more...]
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