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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
	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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Aunt and Uncle	Bradley, Abbeville and Greenwood, South Carolina	Oral Discussion	1870s	Greenwood, South Carolina	Four Generations
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I heard my father say this & we've recently confirmed it	Chester, South Carolina	We've found most of the information ourselves		Chester, South Carolina	Eight Generations
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In 1986 Lafayette County Mississippi celebrated the 150th year of it's	Virgina	1st marriage recorder wrote that this was the first recorded in this county	1986	Virginia, Mississippi and Arkanas	The owner and generations of my great grandfather Louis McGlaun
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L.Ogans, Cousin. F.Garner, Cousin. I.Van, Aunt.	Morristown,Tn.Bentonville,Ark.Ft.Gibson,Muskogee,Bartlesville,Dewey,Okla.	interview of L. Ogans, story passed down through generations.	1830s	Hancock Co.TN./ Ft.Gibson, Ok./3 Mile Branch, Ok./Allensworth & Tulare,Ca	Melungeon's from the east hills of Tn. via Va. son bartered 4 laundry det.
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MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER & HER YOUNGER BROTHER (FOUR GENERATIONS REMOVED)	LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA CHAMBERS COUNTY	STORY PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS	1878	CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA	CLAIMING WHO YOU ARE
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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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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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Mother, Uncles, Grandmother, Great-Aunt	Athens and Columbus, Ohio	Traditional family story told over generations	1903	Athens, Ohio	Mail-Order Bride
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my mother	Washington, D.C.	a traditional story that has been passed down over generations	1873	Washington County, an area in Washington, D.C.	An African-American slave who escaped slavery and became very successful
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