“I’m white, your family is black. We can’t be related.” In the words of President Obama….Oh…
Month: February 2012
Fazewell / Fazwell / Tazwell Sheffey’s correct name
Census records can be a real bugbear for anyone researching their family tree.  It’s even more…
Oscar Josey & George Washington Josey of Rich Square, North Carolina: finding ancestors in books
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ddrLtJF9uHgC&lpg=PA25&dq=oscar%20josey%2C%20William%20Norwood%2C%20rich%20square%2C%20north%20carolina&pg=PA25&output=embed Finding the name of an ancestor or distant relation in a publication never ceases to…
Passing for white: ancestors who jumped the colour line
It’s that time in the university academic calendar where my schedule has been hijacked by a…