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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
		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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	Connecticut	grandfather	1900s	Maio,Cape Verde (Djarmaio)	Grandpa Frank
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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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Archives and the Library of Congress	Washington, District of Columbia		1870s		politics during Reconstruction
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Aunt	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Oral History Interview	1912	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Cape Verdean Ancestry
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aunt, cousins, son	Archer and Gainesville, Florida	oral history	1850s	Florida and Connecticut	Connecting the family
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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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Distant relations doing research	East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia	Oral tradition from fellow researchers and records	1845	East Tennessee	Interracial contact
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From personal research	At Second Constitutional Convention of KY	From personal research	1790s	From personal research	Davidson family connection to Davidson the delgate of Kentucky 1798/1799
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geneaology	New Iberia, Louisiana		1870s	Bakersfield, California and New Iberia, Louisiana	act of kindness
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Grandfather's ancestors	Navarro County, Tyler, Texas	oil, gas and mineral lease	1881	Texas	A story of fact.
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Grandmother	Groverhill , Ohio	Oral and published Ohio History	1850s	Mandale. Ohio	Doctor D C Goings Wappoo Indian Faith Healer
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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 Tibbs	Ohio-VA and battles in the Civil War 1863-1865	Grandmother and father told of him in USCT	1863	VA in slavery-Ohio where he fought with Union troops	My Great grand father, Charles Howard of Ohio served in the Civil war
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historical records	Norwich, Ct	Norwich, Ct web site	1635	Norwich, Ct	Capt Yeomans one of the first Captains to bring slave ships to Connecticut
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I felt compelled to document our family history	Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio	Personal Research	1820s	Halifax County, Virginia	My family's connection to Patrick Henry
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I originally heard the story from my father's first cousin.	Christiana, Pennsylvania.	Oral history, national news, Federal lawsuit pleadings, and several books.	1851	She is deceased. We are in Michigan by way of MD, PA, and Ontario.	My story is about self-protection in the state of Pennsylvania.
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Mother	Detroit MI	Oral and written history	1838	Org from Trenton NJ settled in Detroit MI in 1838	my ancestor William Lambert was a conductor on the underground railroad In
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Mother	Tennesse	Oral History	1800s	England-Tennesse-Missouri- Chicago	The Mansfield-Christian connection
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Mother and Aunt	Capon District, Hardy County West Virginia	traditional story		Hardy County, West Virginia	Family tree
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