Best BerniceBennett Podcasts (2024)

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The Ones Who Got Away with Charles Holman 40:00

2+ y ago40:00

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Join Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano for a conversation with Charles Holman regarding the parents of his great-great grandmother who escaped slavery. Charles is the great-grandson of an enslaved person who in freedom became a civil rights leader and one of the first lawyers of color in his state. Since that time nearly 150 years ago, civil r…

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One Man’s Journey to Discovering His Family Legacy with Ethan West 47:00

2+ y ago47:00

47:00

Join Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano for a conversation with Ethan West as he shares his research regarding his West ancestors (Dolph and Millie West), various research trips through Tennessee, and the powerful connections and relationships that evolved from his journey. It is empowering to know your lineage and it is essential to understand…

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Genealogy, History and a Friendship Journey - Akosua Moore and Kimberly Morgan 57:00

2+ y ago57:00

57:00

Join Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano for a conversation with Akosua Moore and Kimberly Morgan. Akosua Moore and Kimberly Morgan were two strangers brought together through genealogical and historical research. At the center of their connection is a man named Stephen Binyard, who is Moore's ancestor and is buried in Edgerly Cemetery in Beaufo…

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History Maker - Larae W. Baker, Command Master Chief, US Navy 39:00

2+ y ago39:00

39:00

Join Janice & Cherekana for a discussion with Command Master Chief (CMC), United States Navy, Larae Frazier Baker. CMC Baker was selected for the Command Senior Chief program and then selected for CMC in 2016. Several months later, she was chosen for CMC reporting onboard the USS Gravely (DDG 107), Norfolk, VA from 2016-2019. While assigned, she wa…

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Stories from the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry with Leslie Anderson 42:00

2+ y ago42:00

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Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! with Leslie Anderson for a conversation about Stories from the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry. The 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry included free men, freedmen, freedom-seekers, and white officers from the United States and around the world. Who were they? Where did they come from? Where did they go? And what of t…

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Challenging the Historical Narrative with Dr. Evelyn McDowell 36:00

2+ y ago36:00

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Join Janice and Cerkana of Speak on It! for a discussion with Dr. Evelyn McDowell, chair of Rider University’s accounting department in Lawrenceville, NJ. She co-chaired the task force who recommended the removal of the name “Van Cleve” from an 18th-century house on Rider University’s campus following the discovery that its namesake, Benjamin Van C…

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Roots Revealed with Melvin Collier 47:00

2+ y ago47:00

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Join hosts Janice and Cherekana for a conversation with Melvin J. Collier, Author, Genealogist, Presenter, and Blogger. Melvin will share information regarding his website: Roots Revealed and his book, 150 Years Later: Broken Ties Mended. Melvin J. Collier has been conducting historical and genealogical research for over 25 years, starting at the a…

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Lots of Roots with Kathy Marshall 37:00

2+ y ago37:00

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Join hosts Janice and Cherekana for a conversation with author, Kathy Marshall: Lots of Roots investigation led Kathy Marshall on another thrilling journey into her family’s tangled historical past, finding black and white ancestors she’d never known, leading to places she’d never been, and uncovering secrets that did not want to be told. The famil…

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Free People of Color in the South with Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. 28:00

2+ y ago28:00

28:00

Join host Janice and Cherekana for a conversation with Warren Eugene Milteer Jr, Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. We will discuss his new book, Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South. Warren is also the author of North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715-1885 (LSU Press, 2020), …

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Legacy: “Marie Senegal” My African Ancestor with Rodney Sam 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

29:00

Join hosts Janice and Cerekana of Speak On It! for a conversation with Rodney Sam about the Legacy: Marie Senegal - his African Ancestor. Marie is Rodney Sam's paternal 7th great-grandmother and the oldest known ancestor of African descent. She was born in 1699 in Africa and was in the French colony of Louisiana by the 1720s. She is described as "M…

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History Before Us with Frederick DeShon Murphy 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

29:00

Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Frederick DeShon Murphy. At History Before Us, we understand the importance of history to our collective humanity and we are committed to collecting and preserving it. We are born from many years of family research and a passion for preserving the oral stories taken from the p…

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The African American Experience with Desi L.Campbell 30:00

2+ y ago30:00

30:00

Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Desi L. Campbell. The African American Experience is a vehicle to serve African Americans in genealogical research through various workshops, seminars that will enable them to pursue their own family history and create a lasting presentation of their findings. We encourage Afr…

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Let's Talk North Carolina with Taneya Y. Koonce and Renate Y.Sanders 39:00

2+ y ago39:00

39:00

Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Taneya Y. Koonce and Renate Yarborough Sanders about North Carolina Genealogy. Let’s Talk North Carolina Genealogy! is a platform hosted by Renate Yarborough Sanders and Taneya Y. Koonce. Initially created in June 2020, as a one summer YouTube show to support and provide North…

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Legacy: Honoring Richard “Dick” Lewis with Ruth D. Hunt 40:00

2+ y ago40:00

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Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Ruth D. Hunt about honoring her enslaved Great Great Grandfather - Richard "Dick" Lewis. Ms. Hunt has been researching her great, great grandfather Richard for over 40 years. Early on, she began with the oral history passed down from her Great Aunt Okie Clark, an entrepreneur,…

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This Quilt Tells One Family’s Story with Phyllis Elmore 42:00

2+ y ago42:00

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Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! as they discuss Phyllis Elmore's family history. Phyllis was born in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of four, she was sent to the tiny town of Livingston, Alabama to be raised by her grandmother Lula Horn (1883-1988), who made beautiful quilts out of the clothing of her loved ones. Each strip of fabric…

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Family Matters! with Stacey Bell 27:00

2+ y ago27:00

27:00

Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Stacey Bell on Family Matters! The importance of knowing your family’s story. Every life has a story, but stories of the lives lived by Black people are not told often enough. We should use genealogy and history to tell the stories of our families as Black people in the diaspo…

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Sharing Your Family Stories with Dr. Flora Brown 47:00

2+ y ago47:00

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Join Hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak On It ! for a conversation with Flora Morris Brown on Sharing Your Family Stories. Flora Morris Brown is an author, publishing coach, and certified Guided Autobiography Facilitator and Trainer who confesses to being a reformed coffee snob and having an unhealthy love of British murder mysteries. She helps ev…

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Celebrating Ten Years of Broadcasting with Bernice Alexander Bennett 26:00

2+ y ago26:00

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Join hosts Janice and Cherekana of Speak on It! to celebrate 10 years of broadcasting on Research at the National Archives and Beyond with Bernice Alexander Bennett. Bernice Alexander Bennett is an award-winning author, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller, and producer-host of the popular Research at the National Archives …

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Black Homesteaders - Margo Lee Williams, Orice Jenkins, Dr. Shelley Murphy 46:00

3y ago46:00

46:00

Did your ancestors own land under the Homestead Act of 1862? Join the Descendants of African American Homesteaders to hear about their research and land-owning ancestor's stories. Margo Lee Williams is the great-granddaughter of Florida Homesteader, Randel Farnell and his wife, Sallie Jacobs Farnell. Williams is an award-winning author and genealog…

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After the Release of The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia with Karen Branan 40:00

3y ago40:00

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Karen Branan will share the many twists and turns her work for racial justice has taken since the book’s release in 2016. This includes meeting and building relationships with Black and White cousins she’d never known of, joining the movement for Lynching Remembrance and Reparations, and working with others to do the kind of research she did for he…

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Bound to History: Leoncia Lasalle's Slave Narrative with Ellen Fernandez-Sacco 28:00

3y ago28:00

28:00

Bound to History: Leoncia Lasalle's Slave Narrative from Moca, Puerto Rico, 1945 Dr. Fernandez-Sacco's recent article is about interviews, enslavement, testimony, and the communities involved in a 1945 interview by the historian Luis Diaz Soler with Leoncia Lassalle then 112 years old, and her 85-year old daughter, Juana Rodriguez Lasalle's experie…

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BORN MISSIONARY: THE ISLAY WALDEN STORY with Margo Lee Williams 29:00

3y ago29:00

29:00

In 1879, Islay Walden, born enslaved and visually impaired, returned to North Carolina after a twelve-year odyssey in search of an education. It was a journey that would take him from emancipation in Randolph County, North Carolina to Washington, D. C., where he earned a teaching degree from Howard University, then to the New Brunswick Theological …

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Incidents of A Slavery and Plantation Interpreter with Ja'el Gordon 41:00

3y ago41:00

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Being an African American woman researching and working on plantations, Ja'el often gets the question: why work at a place with such an horrific history? There are no slave costumes or reenactments for her; this is real life. Whether she is being interrogated to see if she is teaching the watered down version or being met with the unspoken hope tha…

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Before Jim Crow: America's Slave Codes & Black Laws with Victoria Robinson 32:00

3y ago32:00

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It is essential when attempting to trace enslaved ancestors that one become familiar with the laws of each pertinent state or territory regarding the institution of slavery. Without such a survey of the laws, valuable information can often be overlooked. Knowledge of laws and their associated records can alert the researcher to more obscure sources…

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Databases For Family History Research of Enslaved People with Sasha Mitchell 34:00

3y ago34:00

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You researched your family back to the county where they were living right after enslavement; located white people in the community with the same surnames and found wills associated with their family. In addition, you may also (or instead) utilize DNA information to lead you to a specific family that held enslaved people. You have done the work of …

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1950 US Census UPDATE! with Thomas MacEntee 32:00

3y ago32:00

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Get the latest information on the release of the 1950 US Census population schedules on April 1st, 2022. We'll cover how to access the images, how to locate your ancestors based on their address and enumeration district, and share information on how you can volunteer to index the 1950 US Census! Thomas MacEntee is a genealogy professional specializ…

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Short Subject Journaling with DearMYRTLE (Pat Richley-Erickson) 34:00

3y ago34:00

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Myrt has stress-free ideas for sharing family history discoveries one story at a time, using a single photo, document, heirloom or historical tidbit. It starts with a 15-minute brainstorming session. DearMYRTLE is the nom de plume of genealogy blogger Pat Richley-Erickson also known for hosting genealogy webinars and Zoom “how-to” sessions, with ov…

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Finding Empowerment on the Family Tree: The Story of Mammy with Gaynell Brady 39:00

3y ago39:00

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Join Gaynell Brady, owner and educator at Our Mammy’s for a discussion about the legacy and fallacies of mammy. Genealogy remembers all of our ancestors, not just the most famous or free people. In 2013, Our Mammy's was created to honor the legacy of those who sacrificed their lives to take care of others. The company was named Our Mammy’s to recla…

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Reframing Narratives of Enslaver Research with Adrienne Fikes 41:00

3y ago41:00

41:00

Difficult truths about slavery, racial injustice, and other harm, bring up a variety of emotions and challenges for genealogy researchers and families. Adrienne Fikes wants us to reframe the narrative about the descendants of enslaved persons and enslavers gathering together to heal. This shift in perspective allows us to stand firm in our deepest …

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The Oldest Among U.S., The Elders of the Trask 250 with Nicka Sewell Smith 44:00

3y ago44:00

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From Sago and Fatima, Randall and Esther, to Moosa and Katy, learn the ancestral story of the Trask 250 from the vantage point of the oldest traceable ancestors who unite them, those who were born in the late 18th century, mostly in Africa, with descendants who number more than 5,000. Nicka Smith is a professional photographer, speaker, host, consu…

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The Psychology of Searching with Dr.Penny Walters 35:00

3y ago35:00

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Dr. Penny Walters, author ofThe Psychology of Searching (Amazon, 2020) asks why is compiling a family tree now such a popular hobby. We will look at kinship, homelands, ethnicity, becoming obsessed with searching, race memory, and putting all the pieces in our jigsaw. Why do we research ancestors we share so little DNA with? Are we searching for wh…

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USCT Pension Records and Genealogy Tell a Community’s Story with Tina Jones 35:00

3y ago35:00

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Tina Jones research journey began in 2000 when she began working with the local senior citizens - many of whom were residents of two historically African American neighborhoods in Franklin, Tennessee. Franklin was the site of a significant Civil War battle and is the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee. Several historic homes operate as mus…

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Funeral Programs Tell the Community Story with Dr. Antoinette Harrell 29:00

3y ago29:00

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Funeral Programs serve as a wonderful legacy and memento to remember a cherished love one. These programs are given at funerals and are written with great care to honor the dearly departed. This show will discuss the genealogical value of Funeral Programs and how genealogist/family historians can partner with funeral homes, churches and others to g…

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Uncovering the Story about Jordon B. Noble with Alex Trapps-Chabala 38:00

3y ago38:00

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Jordan Bankston Noble, commonly known as the Drummer Boy of New Orleans was easily one of the Reconstruction era's most prominent Black men, known internationally for his military and musical career. From childhood, Jordan was enslaved and ordered to enlist in the Battle of New Orleans, Seminole, Mexican American, and Civil Wars. He was sold at lea…

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Using Narrative Inquiry in Family History with Walter Curry Jr., Ed.D 30:00

3y ago30:00

30:00

A narrative is an oral or written account of events or experiences. While there is no mainstream research design in family history, narrative inquiry is a research method that uses oral accounts, photos, obituaries, newspaper articles, and other forms of artifacts and contextualization, as units of analysis to research and interpretation to underst…

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Did My Ancestor Crash the 1855 Fusion (Republican) Convention? Kathy Marshall 36:00

3+ y ago36:00

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Kathy Lynne Marshall’s most endearing tale of heroism was about her three times great-grandmother, Margaret Booker, and the grisly reason she left Beverly, West Virginia, with her young children in tow, for freedom in Barnesville, Ohio. Imagine Marshall’s surprise when an 1855 newspaper article connected Margaret’s possible father, Edward “Ned” Bac…

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The Daughter Dialogues podcast with Reisha Raney 41:00

3+ y ago41:00

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The Daughter Dialogues podcast shares real-life stories from women of color who honor their ancestors' fight to achieve independence for America and are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The host, Reisha Raney, a leader in the DAR and a direct descendant of President Thomas Jefferson's grandfather, is conducting research as…

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The Black Family - Representation, Identity, and Diversity with Sylvia Cyrus 26:00

3+ y ago26:00

26:00

Join Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director of the ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY for a discussion around the theme and events to celebrate Black History Month (The Black Family Representation, Identity, and Diversity). The black family has been a topic of study in many disciplines—history, literature, the visual arts and …

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Mapping Miles from the Antebellum South to Freedom with Tanisha L. Watson 44:00

3+ y ago44:00

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A Ruse, A Railroad, A River - Mapping Miles from the Antebellum South to Freedom Fearlessness and the clever escape from enslavement taken by Miles Eason, 3x Great Grandfather who used the Civil War as ruse for escape, inevitably breaking the color barriers of the Coal Mining boom of Philadelphia. Tanisha is content creator and microblogger behind …

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Go Tell It On the Mountain: Rev. W.J. Hightower with James Morgan lll 48:00

3+ y ago48:00

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While researching his grandfather, James Morgan learned a lot about unique records of the AME church that enabled him to learn more about his and others' family histories! He will share his findings with us! James R. Morgan III is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and A…

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Preserving Sites of Power, Prestige, and Significance with Dr. Joy G. Kinard 48:00

3+ y ago48:00

48:00

Listeners will be able to learn the beliefs and ideals from Dr. Joy G. Kinard a historian who has worked in African American History and Historic Preservation for over 20 years and whose family has been involved for over 70 years. This show will share with listeners a different perspective on preserving African American History in their neighborhoo…

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Using Multiple Sources to Find Your Family’s “Kunta Kinte” with Jerome Spears 46:00

3+ y ago46:00

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As a Family Historian and DNA Data Manager, Jerome has had the opportunity to use his family’s oral history, coupled with an extensive collection of DNA results, a well-maintained family tree and modern research resources/tools to bridge the gap between African-American persons on this side of the Atlantic Ocean with their distant cousins (in Afric…

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My Sister's Keeper: Wholistic Wellness Reimagined with Katrina Kimble 30:00

3+ y ago30:00

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In most homes, women gather at the kitchen to celebrate and comfort each other, discuss important topics, make life-changing decisions, and address the challenges of life. The My Sister's Keeper Kitchen Table Talks are a culturally relevant and historic community-defined practice of creating safe spaces for the exploration of significant issues imp…

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Center for Healing and Racial Trauma with Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons 43:00

3+ y ago43:00

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Learn about the Center for Healing Racial Trauma with Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons. Intervention: The Center for Healing Racial Trauma is dedicated to using love, liberation, equity, and creativity informed therapeutic interventions to help racially/ethnically marginalized people heal from racism. Prevention: The Center for Healing Racial Trauma addi…

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Freedmen of the Frontier - Vols. 1 and 2 with Angela Walton-Raji 52:00

3+ y ago52:00

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Angela Walton-Raji is known nationally for her research and work on Oklahoma Native American records. Her book Black Indian Genealogy Research, African Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes, is the only book of its kind focusing on the unique record sets pertaining to the Oklahoma Freedmen. Angela has published two volumes called Freedmen of th…

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Nancy & William Syphax - From Slavery to Freedom with Steve Hammond 47:00

3+ y ago47:00

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A Denver, Colorado native, Mr. Stephen Hammond is a retired federal employee having spent his entire 40-year career as an earth scientist with the United States Geological Survey. He is now a Scientist Emeritus with the agency. Steve has now swapped his full-time geology work for genealogy and family history research. It is a hobby he’s had since h…

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Finding Female Ancestors When Few Clues Exist with Viola Baskerville 43:00

3+ y ago43:00

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Telling Her Story: Finding Female Ancestors When Few Clues Exist” Viola Osborne Baskerville is a Richmond native who has been tracing several lines of her own family history for over thirty years. Brief sketches about three family matriarchs led her on a hunt to find out more about them. Ms. Baskerville is a member of the Afro-American Historical a…

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An 1829 Slave Bill of Sale & A Question with Janice Cross-Gilyard 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

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How an 1829 Slave Bill of Sale & A Question Connects Janice Cross-Gilyard to her 5th Great-Grandmother, Willoughby McWhite. Janice Cross-Gilyard will share how a segment from the PBS Show – The History Detectives has impacted her genealogy research. Jeanie Hans (From Wichita, Kansas) found a box of her grandfather’s possessions. Among some books an…

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Finding Calvin with Renate Yarborough Sanders 50:00

3+ y ago50:00

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Renate began seriously researching her paternal Yarborough line in 1997, after the death of her father. She learned that the progenitor of this line,her great-grandfather, Calvin, had been enslaved in North Carolina for the first 25 years of his life, and that during that time, he had multiple owners. Renate shares Calvin's slavery story on numerou…

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One Branch Many Discoveries with Adrienne Abiodun 44:00

3+ y ago44:00

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Adrienne Abiodun is a professional genealogist located outside of Tampa, Florida. Combined, her personal and professional genealogical pursuits span nearly two decades, fourteen years of which have been in the exploration of genetic genealogy. She is a member of the Florida Genealogical Society, and a handful of lineage societies which include: Dau…

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