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Yazoo County Mississippi
census records
1880s
genealogy research
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My father, uncle and aunt
Accomac County, Virginia
family story
1880s
Doughtery, Virginia
Black Irish
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Andrew Jackson Gray
S. C., Tenn., Ky., Ohio, Kansas
published account
1880s
Lawrence, Kansas
told life story via vanity bio
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Cousin docummented story in a letter to my grandmother.
Natchez, Adams County, Kingston Precinct, Mississippi
I heard the story growing up and it was documented in a letter.
1880s
These ancestors, are from Kingston, Mississippi, via "Malagasy"
Stories of adversity and challenge
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Family Documentation and relatives
Iberia, Louisiana
Family Documentation and relatives
1880s
Iberia, Louisiana
Heritage
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grandfather
New Bedford, Massachusetts, New York, Red Bank, New Jersey
Passed down
1880s
Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands
work ethic
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Grandma
Texas and Oklahoma
My paternal grandmother
1880s
Oklahoma
Family oral traditions
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grandmother
i was told in northern virginia
From my granmother
1880s
northern virginia
my great great grandmother savvanah cross was cherokee and black
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Mother and older cousins
Jefferson County, MS. ,Branywine , Mcbride
I heard the story from older relatives.
1880s
McBride,MS.
Great-Great Grand mother resold in New Orleans Louisiana during slavery.
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My father
Laurens County, South Carolina and Little River County, Arkanass
Oral History
1880s
Grandparents who were slaves
Migration of family; name change
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My grandfather
Lexington, KY
Passed down
1880s
Lancaster, KY
Finding family and the native american blood in your family; what to do ...
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