Library of Virginia: Voices of nineteenth-century Africans in American 26 June 2018 By Kyle Rogers, LVA Newspaper Project volunteer As part of an ongoing effort to give voice to nineteenth-century African Americans through digital projects like Virginia Untold and Virginia Chronicle, the Virginia Newspaper Project has identified nearly 500 advertisements posted by free African Americans during
It’s not for us to choose by Judy G. Russell | Jun 24, 2018 When the DNA results are not what was expected… The question came in again this past week, as it has so many times in recent years. A genealogist had asked others in the family to test to further the genealogist’s own
Book Discussion Group: “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome”The spring 2018 book discussion group is reading Dr. Joy DeGruy’s 2005 book, “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healing.”Saturday, June 16 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Tanner Community Development Corporation, 2nd floor 700 E. Jefferson St. | Phoenix, AZ 85034 The June session will focus on black male/female relationships
Genealogy resource rarely used in ancestry research 1880 Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Schedules The 1880 census is the mother lode of questions pertaining to physical condition, criminal status, and poverty. In addition to the basic questions on the population schedule, additional questions were posed in the ‘Supplemental Schedules for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes’,
Accessed: June 6, 2018, My Heritage Blog MyHeritage Statement About a Cybersecurity Incident By Admin · June 4, 2018 Today, June 4, 2018 at approximately 1pm EST, MyHeritage’s Chief Information Security Officer received a message from a security researcher that he had found a file named myheritage containing email addresses and hashed passwords, on a private
Genealogy Tools: Finding Ancestors This is an acknowledgment of slaves who were married or given permission to marry. After the Civil War, they were required to register in their localities. Each state treated this differently in the records. A perfect conversation to have with other family genealogist. Do you have a question on your own
Great vehicle in any genealogist toolkit for research. Family Search African American Slavery and Bondage Records