Slavery in the United States was officially & legally ended on December 6, 1865, with the ratification of the 13th amendment to the Constitution. But today, June 19th (or Juneteenth), is observed in many places around the country as a commemoration of June 19th, 1865 – which was the day on which the proclamation was […]
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Over a year ago, with the help of an Ancestry green shaky leaf, I was overwhelmed to make a connection to part of my family history that has been extremely heartwarming for me. It made such an impact, that I wanted to find a way to tell the story with more than just a regular
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At the family reunion one of my cousins shared this photo with me. It is a picture of Winnie Willis Walker. Winnie was this grandmother’s cousin, but she was also married to my 2nd great-grandfather, Anthony Walker. Anthony was her 2nd marriage – her 1st marriage was to Charles Willis. Many thanks to my cousin. What a
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I love it when I have cousin connections! My most recent one has come via Facebook. Earlier this week, I received a Facebook friend request from (whom I’ll call JS). I looked at his profile and noticed we had three mutual friends in common. Two of the mutual friends were cousins of my father. The
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I have had the most fabulous few days in that I have had several cousin connections! I can’t even begin to go in-depth on all of them, but in brief: a third cousin of mine, Nafeesah, emailed me after searching online for more information about her family and finding my family genealogy site. She and
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I’m going to take Randy up on his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for August 8, 2009. Not because of the intent to document my ethnicity for that is very easy – to the best of my current knowledge, all (with the exception of 1) of my ancestors as far as I can trace have been
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I’m feeling all inspired again with my genealogy blogging! I’ve gotten some great thoughts from reading others’ blogs. For this post, I’m taking Randy up on his last Saturday Night Fun quest, Where Were They in 1909? The task was as follows: 1) Which of your ancestors were alive in 1909? 2) Tell us where
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This is why I stay up until 1 in the morning! Tonight while doing some newspaper transcription, I had a great discovery. For the past couple of years, I have been transcribing old issues of The Roanoke Beacon. This is the newspaper of Plymouth (Washington County), North Carolina. My maternal grandmother and practically all of
This weekend, my uncle found an old address book of my grandmother’s. My mother started calling people in it, just to touch base, and reconnected with a cousin of my grandmother’s that had wondered for the past six years what had happened to her! (My grandmother has Alzheimer’s now and lives in a nursing home).
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Martha Jane “Mattie” Walker McNair March 15, 1897 – September 24, 1991 Today is the birthday of my great-grandmother, Martha Walker McNair. She was born in North Carolina and lived most of her life in the Plymouth/Tarboro areas of Washington and Edgecombe County. Martha was the next to the youngest of 10 children that I
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