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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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Cousin
On Stewart plantation Richmond, Virginia
My father's first cousin told me this story.
Barbour county in Alabama
My father's grandmother was allegedly of Spanish decent.
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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
Lincoln County Missouri
oral history interview with my grandmother
1855
Missouri and Kentucky
My great-great grandfather's stolen identity during slavery
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Grandmother and Great-grandfather's brother
Floyd County, Kentucky
Oral history
1840s
Kentucky
Former slaves
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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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My father's cousin
Saint James Parish, Louisiana
oral history
1861
Southern Louisiana
untold stories
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My father, uncles, aunts, and grandmother
Birmingham, Alabama area
My father, uncles, aunt, and grandmother and see something on the internet.
1900s
Las Vegas and Ohio
My father's Alabama roots?
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My mother
suburb of Buffalo, NY
It is the story of my own father's background
1960s
From upstate New York (ancestors from Wales)
Discovered I am part African American
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