In this episode, writer & researcher Eunice Buffington shares her experience in researching her ancestors who…
Tag: slave history
S03 E14: University of Virginia’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers with Dr. Shelley Murphy
In this episode, as we chat with our special guest, African American Research & genealogist Shelley…
Case study: Creating a research strategy to find my lost connection to Maj. Pierce Butler’s enslaved people
There are times when the work of other genealogy researchers inspires you to undertake some deep…
GA Live S01 E12: Meet the Beyond Kin Project
We were SO excited to have Donna Cox Baker and Martin Brennan from the Beyond Kin…
The Moses Williams Family Tree Project: Update #1
The project team has already struck gold. We have traced a handful of the enslaved people’s…
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…
The decline of historic homes: Does history have a value?
I stumbled across a Washington Post article depicting the plight of American historic homes (Struggling to…