The Other Trail of Tears
The triumph and pride you feel when you break down a brick wall on the journey to your ancestral past is one of the highs of genealogy research. But while there are many highs, there are just as many low…
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…
