I am on a mission. A mission to get as many family documents from my mother, as I can. It seems like every time I visit her, she pulls out more and more photos and papers that I did not previously know about. While I am loving it, I am also being deliberate in having […]
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As for many across the country, this past weekend has been one filled with enjoyable moments with family! And I imagine we have all learned at least one family history story that we did not know about. I know I did. On Thanksgiving Day, I shared a short video on TikTok and Instagram highlighting 3 different
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My grandmother, Alice, wanted to be a nurse. I only discovered this a few years ago, when my mother was passing along some of her mother’s papers to me. Among the papers was this letter my grandmother received from Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, NC. Saint Augustine is a Historically Black College, founded in 1867,
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I am ecstatic and over the moon today! For, last night, I received a wonderful gift from a cousin. That was the gift of family pictures! This is a picture of my paternal grandfather William Koonce Sr. (in black), his brother Harvey (in white), and Harvey’s wife, Mary. This fabulous picture was sent to me
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