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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Grandmother, Father	McIntosh County (Eufaula, Huttonville), Oklahoma	Traditional story	1890s	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Landowners
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Mother and Aunt	Capon District, Hardy County West Virginia	traditional story		Hardy County, West Virginia	Family tree
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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, 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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My mother and my cousin Bernice	Tuskegee Alabama	A traditional story passed down through the family	1830s	Tuskegee Alabama	The story is of the beginning of a long lasting family tradition
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My mother, Marie Moss Smith	Washington, D.C.	A traditional story that has been passed down for years	1873	Washington, D.C.	My great grandfather was a co-founder of the American Colored Opera
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