Commemorating 1619 & celebrating colonial ancestors
The 1619 African arrival August 1619. Exactly 400 years ago, “20 and odd negroes” arrived at Point Comfort in the British Jamestown, VA colony (present-day Hampton, VA), to be traded for food provisions for their captors. Though 1619 was hardly…
My early ancestry discoveries: A few tips for getting started
I mentioned in my first post that my genealogy bug was inspired by the family scrapbook project I worked on for my Big Mama’s birthday. I always knew a bit about her father’s family (our Big Daddy). He didn’t pass…
