African Ancestored Genealogy

Comment

Comment by Willette Bryant on May 7, 2010 at 10:01pm

Thanks Micheal,
Now is Mississippi a slave state? my ggreatfather was born in 1864 in MS. I can't find them before 1900 and after 1900.

Willette

Comment by Michael Criddle on May 7, 2010 at 9:45pm

No that is not true of all but most. They would have to be born in a slave state and a child of a slave. But there were many free people of color in slave states.

Comment by Willette Bryant on May 7, 2010 at 9:21pm

Hi group,
I was just watching who do you think you are, about Emmit Smith and one of the ladies that was helping him said that anyone that was born before 1865 was born into slavery, is that true?

Willette

Comment by George Geder on May 2, 2010 at 3:43pm

I'm re-reading "From Sundown To Sunup, The Making of the Black Community", by George P. Rawick (Greenwood Publishing ISBN: 0-8371-6299-8). In many respects, I'm reading it for the first time with fresh eyes.

I'm struck by a passage in the introduction which reads:

"... From these materials we can see how the black slave, forced to abandon his African past and its institutions and to adapt himself to being a slave under white masters in a new land, formed an Afro-American way of life that combined the thought patterns of the African heritage with the social forms and social conditions of the new land. Rather than becoming "deculturized", the slaves used what they brought with them from Africa to meet the new conditions; they created new social forms and behavior patterns which syncretized African and New World elements under the particular conditions of slave life in the United States."

Read more at: http://gedergenealogy.com

Comment by George Geder on April 29, 2010 at 12:09pm

Shades Of The Departed; April Issue - An Absolute Must Read!
This is perhaps the best issue ever!

Shades Of The Departed magazine, in my opinion, sets the new standard for online publications. More...
http://gedergenealogy.com

Comment by George Geder on April 29, 2010 at 8:53am

Hi Art,

I'm not sure that my particular St. Paul's has evolved into another church. An initial Google search hasn't net anything yet. I'll have to dig for that. It's definitely worth the hunt.

Comment by George Geder on April 29, 2010 at 8:44am

Welcome Greg,
We're glad to have you here.

I like how you say 'might' and 'but there appear to be no corroborating records by which to verify it...'.

There are so many who would simply run with that what you wrote.
Yours would make an excellent case study on how to trace your Ancestry and see if you can match it up the elements you mention.
What say you?

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

Comment by Greg Partington on April 28, 2010 at 8:44pm

Hi All,
I've just joined, so I thought that I'd add my family tale. My 3rd great grandfather, Capt Robert Hepburn, was born in Jamaica in 1782, on a plantation in the parish of St Dorothy. According to his will, and family research, his father was an officer in the Royal Marines, and his mother was a slave girl named Mary Ann Roy.Her mother is noted in the will as Princess Isabella of Diabenti, which I believe is in Ghana (he mentions the Koromantic nation), and her father is believed to be Gregor Macgregor, who was supposedly the grandson of the famous Scot Rob Roy Macgregor. From the research I have done, it appears that Princess Isabella might have been the daughter of a chief of (possibly) the Fanti nation, who might have been captured by the Ashanti and sold into slavery. She might have then been shipped to Jamaica, where there was a strong West African presence (the Maroons). We also know that there were quite a few Scots in the area. Family researchers firmly believe the will record to be true, but there appear to be no corroborating records by which to verify it. I'd be interested in any comments.
Cheers,
Greg Partington

Comment by Art Thomas on April 28, 2010 at 11:54am

George,

I'm sure you will find a wealth of information thru your familyy's church affilitiation.

I am also of A.M.E background anf have found quite a few records of church activity, particularly my ADAMS line who were co-founders of ..... St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, Ohio in 1824.

Photo of St. Paul A.M.E. Church Urbana, Ohio
http://mydatabase.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=mydatabase&am...

Brief History of St. Paul - Beere History of Champaign county, Ohio 1881 pg 1
http://mydatabase.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=mydatabase&am...
Brief History of St. Paul - Beere History of Champaign county, Ohio 1881 pg 2

http://mydatabase.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=mydatabase&am...

Comment by George Geder on April 28, 2010 at 11:13am

Dear folks,
I just started a series on my site titled "Family History and the Church". http://gedergenealogy.com

My plan is to extract all references of churches in my files and see what I come up with. Hopefully, I'll unearth some spiritual insights and possibly leads to new family members. Stay tuned and share any tips you may have regarding this topic.

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• …
• 26
• Next ›
• Page