The topic of the first Carnival of African-American Genelaogy prompts us all to consider our individual roles in slave research. Luckie, our gracious carnival host, provides four topic areas to choose from for this initial go-round. I have chosen to blog about the following: As a descendant of slaves, have you been able to […]
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I’ve had some difficulty posting to my blog, but it looks like I’ll have success tonight. In my last post, I talked about my research at the Talladega Public Library. After leaving the library on the Monday afternoon of our family vacation, we went back to our hotel, had pizza and relaxed for awhile. After
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This week I had a short trip to Portland, Oregon for a conference associated with my current degree program. I’ve posted on my main family blog about the trip in general, but I am posting here about a mission I went on at the public library. On my way back from my meeting, I stopped
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Today I took my first “real” genealogy field trip! I met fellow Koonce researcher John & his wife Nancy today and we ventured down to Lincoln County, TN to do some cemetery searching and hopping. I am absolutely exhausted this evening, but it was a great day. John has been doing Koonce research for many
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