We made a surprising discovery while addressing a question about how slaves got their last names.
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Her ancestor’s will named 13 slaves, and she seeks help getting this information to their descendants.
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Researching those who chose to fight for the British and emigrate to Trinidad in order to be free.
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Research reveals a Black Seminole family’s continent-crossing migration in search of freedom and battlefield glory.
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Use these pro tips for handling poorly reproduced images from microfilm or microfiche.
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A biracial woman yearns to know more about her African-American ancestors, about whom she has little information.…
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Legend has it that the Old West gambler learned his card skills from an uncle’s black servant girl, intriguing a…
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Untangling the origins of Virginian ancestors whose lives crossed boundaries of race, freedom and the law.
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A woman notices that her ancestors shared a surname with an 18th-century free black landowner after whom a road and…
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Sleuthing the tale of a “bachelor” slave owner who freed those enslaved at Virginia’s Tynes Plantation in his will.
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A woman seeks to know the risks of dating—and the risk of having offspring with—a relative.
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A great-granddad appears to have been the marrying kind, which may explain why records vary on when and where he was…
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The origins of the surname of a great-great-grandmother who was born into slavery are shrouded in mystery and…
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Test results show unexpected Ashkenazi heritage and raise the possibility that a family legend is true.
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Family lore and death records contain conflicting information about the parentage of a forebear who served in the…
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An upcoming family reunion motivates a young woman to prepare an accurate presentation about the storied family…
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A Canadian resident tries to confirm the origins of his wife’s ancestors, who reportedly traveled the Underground…
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A reader seeks details on grandparents who left behind a family tree with many branches.
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A record search uncovers clues to why a Georgia family fractured eight decades ago, leaving painful memories.
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A book claims that a man’s great-grandfather was abducted as a boy and sold into bondage. Official records back up…
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