Last Wills and Testaments are an essential part of my ‘go to’ tool kit when researching…
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Tracing slave ownership for the Scots-Irish Roane family of Virginia
My thanks to my cousin Lewis S – who has so kindly shared slave-related documents with…
Digging deeper with Census Records: Part 4
Recognising family groups As mentioned previously ( Post: What’s in a maiden name), marriage records are…
Digging deeper with Census Records: Part 3
A question solved – many other questions raised. Finding my great-great-great Grandfather George Henry Roane’s lost…
Digging deeper with Census Records: Part 2
Scanning the Census Records: The Roanes of Essex County, VA (1870) So picking up where I…
Family migration patterns: Roane family migration to Pennsylvania
My apologies for this being a rather long article. It goes to show just how many…
The Roane Family Tree: Virginia
I’m posting the Roane Family Tree for the African American side of the family. I would…