Congratulations Miles! How I wish I could give a pass to all who entered! It's not too late to win though! There are still many contestants running. Check out Conference Keeper for a list of RootsTech 2020 Free Pass Giveaways and enter for another chance to get your free pass! Whether you win a free pass or not, please join us for RootsTech 2020. Celebrate the 1oth Anniversary and the Story of You! Thanks to each of you for entering! Helping you climb your family tree,
This time on GenFriends Toni Carrier, Director of the Center for Family History for the International African American Museum joins Cheri and the panel, Melissa Barker, Bernice Bennett, and Shelley Murphy to discuss how working together can help share the records of the enslaved. Toni also updates us on the progress on the building of the IAAM in Charleston, SC. Toni shares the story of how a Family Bible discovered by the descendant of a slaveholder helped to reunite a family. The Bible contained and usual page. It listed the names of slaves purchase.. The information was shared on a blog post. Toni and those who work for the IAAAM CFH were invited to review the page. They took it from there and with some research, they were able to find more documents mentioning them and are on the hunt to reunite them with their descendants. Just one example of how we can work together to connect families. To read this more about the Bible and other records discovered click here. Have you discovered the records of the enslaved in your research? Are you looking for the names of your enslaved ancestors? There are places where records can be shared so others can find them. Toni shared the IAAM CFH link where photos and documents can be uploaded. Here are some other helpful links: IAAM CFH Facebook Page
Slave
Name Roll Project http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot.com/p/about-project.html
Africageneas Slave Data http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/
AfricaGeneas
Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/afrigeneascommunity/
LowCounty
Africana Research Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/LowcountryAfricana/
Watch as we give advice about this important topic, discuss experiences with finding and sharing names and the heart-wrenching emotions that come from finding ancestors listed in the records of slaveholders.
Are you attending RootsTech 2020 in Salt Lake City? If so, Sharon Gillins and I would like to invite you to join the discussion in our session "Discovering the Records of the Enslaved". We feel it will be a powerful dialogue to help descendants of slaveholders and those of the enslaved come together to help find and connect families. Please join us for this important conversation.
Mary Ellen (Jones) Baker Headstone Hezipah Church Cemetery, Lee County, SC
Dec. 10~ My paternal 3rd great-grandmother, Mary Ellen (Jones) Baker (1826-1865) was born 193 years ago in Sumter District, South Carolina. Mary was the daughter of LudolphusJones and Mary Elizabeth Chandler.
Dec. 12~ William A. McManus (1854-1914) and Frances Virginia McRady (1856-1903) my maternal 2nd great-grandparents were married 147 years ago. William was 18 and Fannie 16 when they were married in Sumter County, South Carolina. Who are you remembering this week? Thanks so much for stopping by! Helping you climb your family tree,
