Monday, March 18, 2024

Is This the Drennen Slave Girl who Found Her Freedom? I Call Her Amanda!

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 Twelve years ago I wrote a story about The Escape of the Drennen Slave Girl . The incident occurred in 1850 in Pittsburgh. There were only ...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Remembering my Father on This Day

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Forty six  years ago, on this day, my father passed away. I loved my father. He was always the jovial man who made me laugh and would w...

Because of Her, We are Here!

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  Harriet Tubman Statue, Dorchester Maryland Saturday Septemer 10th 2022 was a beautiful day in Dorchester Maryland. I had the opportunity t...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Missing Migration of Our People & Why They Can't be Found

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My ancestor Amanda Young was a young girl when in 1833 she witnessed the "Night the Stars Fell" , a spectacular meteor shower see...
Saturday, August 4, 2018

Genealogy Institute to Feature Freedmen of Five Civilized Tribes

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MAAGI – The Teaching Institute For 2019 – Announcing: A New Track Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes For the very first tim...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Oklahoma Freedmen Ancestry to be Featured on Blog Talk Radio Show

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Many who are active in the genealogy community are quite familiar with the weekly program hosted by genealogist and author Bernice Alexa...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Finding Oklahoma Community Leaders in Masonic Proceedings

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Proceedings of the St. John Grand Lodge, Muskogee Indian Territory,  Annual Communication, 1896 (Cover Page) In recent months I ...