Race against time Preservationists want to document plantation slave cemeteries before history is lost By Prentiss Findlay Eugene Frazier and Thomas Johnson surveyed a forest of graves at a hidden cemetery on James Island where they said more than 200 people are laid to rest. Most of the deceased are in unmarked graves. Many of …
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AfriGeneasTM reached 1500 fans on Facebook today. We picked up 500 fans in two months, 300 of those in the month of December alone! Anna Guy Burroughs of Willingboro, NJ was the 1500th fan. Our thanks Anna and all the other wonderful genealogists and family historians who make AfriGeneas possible! What a great way to …
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BY CHIKA S. ODUAH NOV 11, 2009 Kimberly Warren was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005. In March, she began to search her family history to find where the gene might have come from. “It’s something in my body,” said Warren, who is 37. “I want to know who in my family it was that …
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It’s almost 2:00 in the morning and just arrived home after driving straight through from Ft. Wayne. Going to get a few zzzzzzs before I have to get up to go to work but wanted to post these photos for your enjoyment: There’s more. Will add them over the next few days.
Selma Stewart arrived early this morning to relieve me so I was able to take in a couple of workshops. Thanks, Selma! Bennett Greenspan, President and CEO of Family Tree DNA, gave an illuminating talk on DNA and broke it down so that just about anyone could understand. Even for someone like me who’s done …
It’s been a hectic day here in Ft. Wayne. I planned to blog from the AfriGeneas booth but the steady stream of visitors didn’t allow much free time. Anyway, it’s 3:00 in the morning and what better thing to do than to bring y’all up to date on a day that went exceptionally well but …
Well, good, people, we finally got here. It’s been a long trek from Selma, Alabama. Thank goodness I had some help with the driving. Registered earlier and had dinner with Bill Forsyth and Lanell James from ProQuest. We arrived too late to do research at the Allen County Public Library and missed the Ancestry.com reception …
By Tony Burroughs Special to CNN Editor’s note: Tony Burroughs is a professional genealogist and author of “Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree.” He taught genealogy at Chicago State University for 15 years. (CNN) — Last week a New York Times article reported that Michelle Obama’s great-great-great grandparents were …
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Genealogy company Ancestry.com is going for an initial public offering (IPO) hoping to raise about $75 million in the process. The plans were laid out in an SEC filing yesterday. The economy isn’t bouncing back just yet but this is a good sign as, after four quarters of no venture-backed IPO, things started to pick …