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grandmother
i was told in northern virginia
From my granmother
1880s
northern virginia
my great great grandmother savvanah cross was cherokee and black
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grandmother
Kansas City, Kansas
family story
1951
Macon, Georgia
we had Cherokee and Blackfoot, also Scotch-Irish
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grandmother
Kiev
interview
1910s
Ukraine
escape
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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
Maple Hts, Ohio--then known as Bedford, Ohio
maternal family legend
1915
Maple Hts, Ohio
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Grandmother
North Carolina
paternal grandmother
1700s
North Carolina
President John and Samuel Adams descendants
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grandmother
Texas
family legend
1890s
Tuscalusa AL
fleeing a lynching
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grandmother
Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana
family reunion
1811
magnolia springs, texas
progress
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grandmother
Vermont
oral history
1950s
Germany
overcoming adversity
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Grandmother
Washington, Ohio
Oral Interview
1883
Granville City, North Carolina
A Puzzle Solved
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Grandmother
West Indies/Alabama
Oral history
1800s
Alabama
Alabama
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Grandmother and Great-grandfather's brother
Floyd County, Kentucky
Oral history
1840s
Kentucky
Former slaves
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Grandmother and great-grandmother
Cuba
Grandmother
1800s
Cuba, Havana
History
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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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Grandmother's first cousin.
Tuchla, Mississippi Holmes County
general conversations with grandmother and her cousins
1858
Tuchla (spelling??), Mississippi, Holmes County
It is a story of family love.
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Grandmother, Father
McIntosh County (Eufaula, Huttonville), Oklahoma
Traditional story
1890s
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Landowners
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grandmother, great aunts and great uncles
Holly Springs, MS; Robinsonville, MS; and Memphis, TN
oral history
1860s
Robinsonville, Mississippi
Ida B. Wells lineage- TEST or PUT TO REST
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Grandmothers cousin
Africa Igbo Island
Oral History
1820s
carolinas/georgia/mississippi?
Mat/Grandma family story simlar to movie Daughters of the dust
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Great Grand Mother
Louisa County, Virginia and the James river Richmond Virginia
Orally from my maternal Great Grand mother. It was true as far as we know
1868
Bumpass, Virginia. Louisa County
The story how grandpa Martin made family money and aquired land
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