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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
lst cousin	Woodstock, Virginia	Oral history from a relative	1800s	Woodstock, Virginia, Shenadoah Valley	Family oracle stories about great-grandparents
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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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Mother's cousin	New Orleans, Louisiana	oral history	1770s	New Orleans, Africa, France, Germany	Survival, overcoming adversity, Gaining freedom, Love for family
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mother, cousins and at family reunion	Rockfarm Estate, Dinwiddie County, Virginia	documented story passed down over generations with gaps	1840s	Family's origin is Dinwiddie County, Virginia	unsanctioned interracial love
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My 80-plus year old aunt and my cousin who is also 80-plus or nearing it	1995	This story was shared with me by older relatives	1995	Cleveland Ohio	Passing Judgment
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My aunt sent me a handwritten info.	Person County, North Carolina	I heard the story from my cousin who research our family history		Durham, North Carolina	My great great great grandfather and mother
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My cousin, Robert Holden, told the story at family gatherings.	As the family settled in Raleigh, NC	Family story passed down - substantiated by the Family Bible	1865	He is originally from Raleigh, NC	Migrating North and Selecting the family name
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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 father's cousin	Saint James Parish, Louisiana	oral history	1861	Southern Louisiana	untold stories
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My Father, my cousin	Stafford Plantation, Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia	Oral History, 1860 Slave Census		Valdosta, Georgia, Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia.	Native American / African Americans Pilgrimage / Reunion to Cumberland Isla
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My mother and my cousin Bernice	Tuskegee Alabama	A traditional story passed down through the family	1830s	Tuskegee Alabama	The story is of the beginning of a long lasting family tradition
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My mother wrote the letter to a cousin. A great-uncle had the bible.	The family were freed blacks in Baltimore and slaves in QueenAnne's County.	My maternal family history was written in a letter and in a family bible.	1813	These relatives lived in Baltimore Maryland.	It is a story about understanding my identity, my character and behaviors.
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My Mother's first cousin, another family historian.	New Orleans, Louisiana	oral history, proven by archival records	1770s	New Orleans, Louisiana, Marseille and Provence France; Mali, West Africa	self-purchase, love and affection, overcoming the odds
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