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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Juanita Spencer - Shepherd, by her Grandmother Emma Kendricks - Brooks	Hainesville, Alabama (Lownes county)	It was told to me by my Mother	1799	Birmingham, Alabama	How my 3 generation Grandmother was born
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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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Many aunts and uncles and parents	Texas Polk County	Parents Aunts and Uncles have shared stories over the years	1866	My parents were born in Kansas	My name Boganey is extremely unique and virtually all are related
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Maternal Grandmother	Missouri and Kentucky	Oral history	1860s	Lawrence, Kansas and Ripley, Ohio	confirming history
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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	Lancaster, South Carolina	Oral History	1895	Lancaster, South Carolina	sisterly love
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Mother	Russia	Grandparents, Russian Germans	1930s	Alsace Lorraine, France	Slaves of the Siberian Work Camps
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mother	San Salvador, Bahamas formerly Watlings Island and Guanahani island	As told by my mother who is trying to trace her ancestors	1700s	from her grandmother who lived over 100 years.	I am descendants of Caribbean Indians, Slaves and Brits.
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Mother's & uncle's orphanage	New York City, New Jersey	Letter from my mother's & uncle's orphanage	1910s	New York City	Orphan's Tale
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Mother's & uncle's orphanage	New York City, New Jersey	Letter from my mother's & uncle's orphanage	1910s	New York City	Mother's Tale
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Mother's & uncle's orphanage	New York City, New Jersey	Letter from my mother's & uncle's orphanage	1910s	New York City	Mother's Tale
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Mother's cousin	New Orleans, Louisiana	oral history	1770s	New Orleans, Africa, France, Germany	Survival, overcoming adversity, Gaining freedom, Love for family
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mother's father	South Carolina	My mother	1895	Florida	Ancestors
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Mother's mother and Great Aunt	Chicago	Oral history	1998	Thybedeaux, Louisiana	including what i know about my history
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Mother, aunts and uncles.	Bostwick, Georgia	Researcher and family members	1800s	New Jersey and Pennsylvania	Slavery to Freedom
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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, Estelle Alma Singleton Taylor/ Aunt Ruby Ursula Singleton Thompson	Sumter, So Carolina	Handed down through the years on maternal "Singleton" Family	1850s	Sumter, So Carolina -- came North in 1923 settling in NY then CT	Ancestor "Singleton" found gold in Sumter, So. Carolina and bought freedom
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mother, grandmother, aunt and uncle	Jamaica and USA	oral history	1794	Port Antonio, Jamaica	Immigration
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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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mother-in-law	Boone's Station, KY	From my family's genealogy records	1789	Texas	Abraham Van Meter of Kentucky, perhaps owner of Henry Louis Gates's ancesto
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