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Cuffy Pleasants: A journey from slavery to freedom in 1772
An essential aspect of genealogy is the acceptance, more than understanding, that the ancestors will not…
Ghosts in the DNA: The lost diversity of early colonial Virginia
Nestled along the James River, Varina is a remote and quiet part of Virginia. Its vast…
George Henry Roane: the new Freedmen’s Bureau databases on FamilySearch are incredible research tools
UPDATED: 15 July 2015. Thanks to a distant cousin, whom I’ll refer to as Mia, more…
In search of Leonard Wilson Roane (1874 –1912): death in the shipyard
I’ve been pretty fortunate tracing Leonard Wilson Roane, my paternal great grandfather’s, life through a rich…
Digging deeper with Census Records: Part 2
Scanning the Census Records: The Roanes of Essex County, VA (1870) So picking up where I…
Digging deeper with Census Records: Part 1
Regardless of your race, if your ancestors arrived in the US and settled in a rural…
The Roane Family Tree: Virginia
I’m posting the Roane Family Tree for the African American side of the family. I would…