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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
My Grandfather, original story from his Grandfather	From somewhere in Africa to Georgia Colony	From My Grandparents	1790s	My Grandfather was born in 1880, Florence Township, Stewart County, GA	My G-grandfather Prince Shepherd, II.
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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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Aunt	Guthrie, Oklahoma	A family legend	1890s	She was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma.	Losing the land
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Census research- John Pyle	Kaufman Co, TX	Research - census, family research	1870s	South Carolina, then GA, MS and Texas	A white man caring for a half-brother born a slave.
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Family Historian encouraged me to begin research 12 yrs ago	Aliceville Alabama (Pickens County)	I researched and helped prepared the reunion in Pickens County Alabama	2004	born in Hattiesburg Mississippi	Research led to discovery of new relatives resulting in a Reunion 2004
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Juanita Spencer - Shepherd, by her Grandmother Emma Kendricks - Brooks	Hainesville, Alabama (Lownes county)	It was told to me by my Mother	1799	Birmingham, Alabama	How my 3 generation Grandmother was born
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Many aunts and uncles and parents	Texas Polk County	Parents Aunts and Uncles have shared stories over the years	1866	My parents were born in Kansas	My name Boganey is extremely unique and virtually all are related
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Martha A. Harris my mother.	Bedford County Pennsylvania	I first heard about my the family name Burgess from my mother		She was born in Johnstown, Pa apr. 26 1916	This is about my mothers family who lived in Pensylvania before 1790
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MOTHER	GRANDFATHER BORN IN ABBEVILLE SOUTH .	ORALLY		WASHINGTON,NORTH CAROLINA	fAMILY TREE
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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, aunts, grandmother & great-grandfather	Navasota, TX & Grimes, TX	Traditional story passed down over generations	1870s	Great-grandfather from Beaumont, TX; rest of family born in CA	Texas Legislator during Reconstruction
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My 103 yr old great, great, great aunt, geneology library, and elders of my	Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma	KMJQ Magic 102 on the Tom Joiner Show	1996	Born in Longview, Texas	Finding More Family
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My aunt confirmed that he was a slave	Edgefield County, S.C.	I researched his history, and saw that he was born in 1850	1862	Saluda, South Carolina	I found my Great Great Grandfather who was a slave.
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My aunt told me.	In Calloway or Carroll County, Missouri.	It's a family story.	1850s	Texas (her father was born in Missouri).	A slave-holder's daughter.
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My father John Matsudaira	Near Lake Biwa, Japan	Passed down from my father	1864	My father was born in Seattle 1922.	Daini Matsudaira takes the blame and commits seppuku
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My father Rodger Wilson and serveral cousins	Southhill Virginia, & Philadelphia	Family conversation	1918	My father was born in Philadelphia	Our unknown family history
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my mother aunts and uncles are the tellers of the story	Leland and Greenville Mississippi	I heard the story after viewing a photo of a woman in slave garments	1930s	my family is originally from mississippi and louisisana and arkansas	This story surrounds my great great grandmother born in 1855
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