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Georgia Counties: Jasper, Putnam, Henry, Fulton, Elbert, Wilkes, Oglethorpe
Unknown Family
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I found a connection via story on this website about the Ginwright Family
Found Connections To Jack Leonard As A Result Of African American Lives
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2006
Results from mtDNA analysis
mtDNA from Mozambique
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Halifx county, North Carolina
slave records
family records, photographs
Family tree
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Louisiana
family members research; oral history
1900s
Louisiana
rich heritage
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Raleigh, North Carolina
family story
1890s
Raleigh, North Carolina
great grandparents
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Simpson County, Mississippi
Family and Research
1857
Mississippi
Slavery and Research
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Texas (Cherokee county), North Carolina, Virginia,Tennessee
county tax records, cemetary headstones, cousin's geneology records
1800s
Texas
Family Geneology
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Virgina and Ohio
oral history and research
1870s
Originally from Ironton, Ohio
It amazes me that I am only four generations from the slave era.
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"common" conversation
Charles County, Maryland
father's mother
1882
Charles County, Maryland
Native American Indian
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David H Branch my great-great grandfather(David
on the Mayflower
My father told me, his father told him, his father's mother told him,
1767
Petersberg, Virginia
My family heritage
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I DON'T KNOW MUCH TO TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE FROM MY MOTHER.
NEWWW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
ON PBS CHANNEL 30 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. I'M AN NATIVE OF N.O.LA.
1962
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.I ALSO HEARD FROM MISSISSIPPI & KANSAS.
I 'M LOOKING FOR MY MOTHER SIDE THE " POLK'S FAMILY"
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My father, uncle and aunt
Accomac County, Virginia
family story
1880s
Doughtery, Virginia
Black Irish
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Not a family Story
SC, GA, FL, LA, OK, TEX, Mexico
The Leader "Willie Warrior"
1800s
My Grandfather
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"Benjamin Spaulding Ancestors" book by Bowen
nc
oral, written
1770s
eastern NC
Research in eastern NC
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1.Older Cousin obtained records from Natl Archive 2.oral tradition from Mom
1.Savannah Ga family migrated from Beaufort SC 2. Windsor N.C.
PBS
1.Savannah Ga family migrated from Beaufort SC 2. Windsor N.C.
1.G.G.Gfather Jake Vandross-Civil War Soldier 2.Tuscarora Indians decendent
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a cousin in GA told me that she had always been told WE were FPOC
email x-change
no family members seemed to be the least bit interested in finding ancestor
2005
Hartford, CT and from grandfather who was born in NC
the story goes in our family that we were free people of color
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A great cousin that is 96 years old
Alexander City Alabama
Heard it through relatives and research
1900s
Her partents
It is about my great great great great grandmother and events discovered.
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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 eula mae lowery tucker
Greenville, Alabama
person research
1807
Andalusia Alabama
Butler slaves
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