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Raleigh, North Carolina
family story
1890s
Raleigh, North Carolina
great grandparents
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96 year old cousin and my now deceased great-grandmother
Taliaferro county Georgia
Oral history and my own research
1890s
Taliaferro and Hancock counties Georgia
Secret Father
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Aunt
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A family legend
1890s
She was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Losing the land
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Aunt?
Montgomery Alabama
Through different relatives
1890s
Alabama (Montgomery)
Davis Roots
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cousin
Delaware
told by family member
1890s
somewhere in Delaware
Overcoming Adversity
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Cousin "Nig"
John Harris Place & Lattimore Place, Baldwin County, GA
Family Oral Historians
1890s
Milledgeville, GA
2 Sisters married 2 Brothers
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Father
Nigeria Guyana Belize
1890s
Belize, formerly British Honduras
inherited talent
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Father, grandfather, and step-uncle
Oregon and Oklahoma
family legend
1890s
San Pedro, California
Hiding out
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grandfather and elders
United States
oral history
1890s
Savannah, Georgia; Hymanville, South Carolina; Henderson, North Carolina;
family tree
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grandmother
Texas
family legend
1890s
Tuscalusa AL
fleeing a lynching
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Grandmother and Great-great uncle
Buckingham County to Hartford County
oral history with older family members
1890s
Hartford, CT
The other great migration
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Grandmother, Father
McIntosh County (Eufaula, Huttonville), Oklahoma
Traditional story
1890s
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Landowners
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I heard the strory from my mother and her siblings.
He delivered goods baked by his mother-in-law to the White House.
Oral family history.
1890s
Caroline County, VA. Grandfather DOB 5/4/1881.
Maternal grandfather said he was Irish/Indian/African. (Irish Overseer).
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Mother
Havana, Cuba
interview with my late Mother
1890s
Mothers parents were from Cuba, came to live in Nebraska
overcoming adversity
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mother
stationed Germany, Russia
passed down from generation
1890s
Silas City North Caroline
Father was born 1890. He was in World 1 War.
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mother and father
Georgia
many family members
1890s
Arkansas
family unity
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My mother
West Virginia
great aunts and uncles
1890s
West Virginia
Family History
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My mother, aunts, uncles, and grandmother
Mississippi
passed down
1890s
Greenville and Greenwood Mississippi
mothers fathers family
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