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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Census research- John Pyle	Kaufman Co, TX	Research - census, family research	1870s	South Carolina, then GA, MS and Texas	A white man caring for a half-brother born a slave.
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Cousin	Hushpuckena, MS	Family history	1920s	Koscuisko, MS	Paternal Grandparents
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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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Cousins, aunts, uncles	Sibley, Mississippi (Adams County)	family history	1900s	Adams County, Mississippi	great grandparents
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Family historian	Unsure	My relations to Mr Washington & Ms Gibson were done by a family historian		Sumter South Carolina and other SC cities as well	I believe I am related to Denzel Washington and Althea Gibson
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Father	Greenwood, MS & West Helena, AR	Father	1800s	Greenwood, Mississippi	Great-Grandfather
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Grand mothers, aunts, uncles	In South Carolina/ Chacago	From Grand mother, aunts, uncles and thier cousins		Due West, South Carolina	Leila Dotson and Ollie Daniel McAdams Grand parents
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grandfather	Franklin county, Mississippi	Oral family history		Amite county, Franklin county, Adams county, Mississippi	Family's name
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Grandmother	North Carolina	paternal grandmother	1700s	North Carolina	President John and Samuel Adams descendants
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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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Great Great Cousin	Port Gibson, MS	For my Cousin Charley	2005	Issaquena County, MS	Advice learning about family
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I heard this from my Daddy-Boy.	Lamont, MS	This is a story that was passed down to me.	1944	My father comes from Lamont, MS.	My father has a last name with no history...BOSON.
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It is through my fathers lineage, and he heard through his father.	Fort Mill Plantation (Fort Mill) Clemson, SC	I heard it through my parents, both my father and my mother.	1830s	Pendleton, South Carolina	I heard that I was a descendant of John C. Calhoun the US Vice President.
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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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My father told bits of the story after he inherited family land	Yazoo County, Mississippi	It is a story passed down through my fraternal relatives	1900s	Yazoo City, Mississippi	White immigrant great, great, great grand father in rural Holy Bluff, MS
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My Grandmother Mrs. Carrie Bass (Deceased/1995)	Simpson County Mississippi (1880 Census Report)	Found in 1880 Census Records for Simpson County Mississippi	1860s	Crystal Springs Mississippi	White GG Grandfather was married to my Black GG Grandmother in 1880 in MS
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