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TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Raleigh, North Carolina
family story
1890s
Raleigh, North Carolina
great grandparents
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My Grandfather, original story from his Grandfather
From somewhere in Africa to Georgia Colony
From My Grandparents
1790s
My Grandfather was born in 1880, Florence Township, Stewart County, GA
My G-grandfather Prince Shepherd, II.
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As a child my mother and grandparents would tell us stories about slavery .
Anson, Cumberland, Montogomery, Moore , and Davidaon Counties in NC
Oral history that was pass down for one generation to the next.
1780s
Anson County NC, Polkton and Wadesboro, NC
Ancestors: The Story of Rachel
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AUNTS , UNCLES, PARENTS, COUSINS AND BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS , TRUSTS, WILLS
GRENADA JAMAICA
OWN RESEARCH
1955
GRENADA, TRINIDAD, TOBAGO, ST LUCIA, JAMAICA
ITS IS A STORY ABOUT A FAMILY DIVIDED FOR DECADES DUE TO CLASS NOT COLOR
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Cousin
Hushpuckena, MS
Family history
1920s
Koscuisko, MS
Paternal Grandparents
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Cousins, aunts, uncles
Sibley, Mississippi (Adams County)
family history
1900s
Adams County, Mississippi
great grandparents
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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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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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lst cousin
Woodstock, Virginia
Oral history from a relative
1800s
Woodstock, Virginia, Shenadoah Valley
Family oracle stories about great-grandparents
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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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Mother
Havana, Cuba
interview with my late Mother
1890s
Mothers parents were from Cuba, came to live in Nebraska
overcoming adversity
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Mother
Russia
Grandparents, Russian Germans
1930s
Alsace Lorraine, France
Slaves of the Siberian Work Camps
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mother's parents
Kingsville and Bishop, Texas
Genealogy research
1950s
Lee County, Texas
Mistaken heritage
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My father
Laurens County, South Carolina and Little River County, Arkanass
Oral History
1880s
Grandparents who were slaves
Migration of family; name change
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my mother
Talladega Alabama
from my mother
1924
Alabama
My maternal gramdparents and their servival late one night
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My mother, who's name is Helen L. Hunter (Smith now)
Cleveland, OH
My mother and grandparents told the story.
1930s
Cleveland, OH
The roots of an hybrid American
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