tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864453501478869742024-03-19T12:33:05.344-07:00THE FAMILY GRIOTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-12349147427637750752013-06-11T13:37:00.002-07:002013-06-11T13:37:22.949-07:00Uncle Thurman was a Gandy Dancer. . . I came across a short film "Gandy Dancers" online that reminded me of my paternal uncle, Thurman Callen who retired from the railroad. Uncle Thurman was the eldest child of my grandmother, Lucy Callins and Prince Mixon born in Dallas County, Alabama in 1917. Uncle Thurman was many things to many people. To his 11 siblings he was known as Brother, to his children he was Daddy, to his nieces Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-11957114996897981862013-06-07T11:30:00.000-07:002013-06-07T11:30:01.187-07:00Family Reunion Research: A Quick GuideSummer has finally arrived and signals the start of the traditional African-American family reunion season. Families all over the United States will be gathering to celebrate family ties and remember the progenitors of their extended family. My maternal family, the Washingtons and Rounds, and my paternal family, the Callins, will be joining the several thousands of families who come together to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-59471234641064004882013-05-20T17:29:00.000-07:002013-05-20T17:29:34.153-07:00Family Griot to appear on Research at the National Archives and Beyond! with Bernice BennettPress Release 20 May 2013
Summary: This is an announcement that Research at the National Archives and Beyond! will occur on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:00pm to 10:00pm
Mississippi Genealogy Resources with Laura Lanier
Bernice Bennett host welcomes Laura Lanier for a discussion on the various record sets available for genealogical research in Mississippi.
Laura Lanier is a family Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-40160982173580733282012-09-12T09:17:00.001-07:002012-09-12T09:17:41.474-07:00Rounds (Glen Aubin) Plantation in Photos
Fully Restored Rounds Plantation 1985
Rounds Plantation 1983, Sibley, Mississippi
One
of the most difficult things for me to find was an image of the Rounds
Family Plantation in Adams County, Mississippi. The best image that I'd
had was a lopsided photo taken in the mid-1980's with a 110 film camera.
(Remember those??) Needless to say the photo quality was not the
greatest, even Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-21533590702016942862012-09-12T08:46:00.002-07:002012-09-12T08:46:56.605-07:00Family Reunion In More Ways Than One
The Thompson and Galmore Family of Adams County, Mississippi
recently celebrated their bi-annual family reunion on July 6 – 8, 2012. What a celebration it was! Several generations
of the descendants of Calvin “ Papa Lovie” Thompson and Sarah “Mama Sarah” Galmore-Thompson
from New York to Texas converged on Natchez and Sibley, MS to celebrate family connections
and history.
The Family Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-23974954954682062952012-06-19T10:51:00.000-07:002012-06-19T10:51:32.160-07:00In Remembrance: Juneteenth
African-American Civil War Monument, Washington D.C.
For
African-Americans, the commemoration of the Civil War and Emancipation
is an extra special time of year known as Juneteenth. Juneteenth came
about near the end of the Civil War when the Union Army marched into Texas. Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order #3 officially liberating enslaved African descendants in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-55757230074532529722012-06-09T08:00:00.000-07:002012-06-09T08:15:24.474-07:00Photo of the Day: Jermaine and Michael
Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson, circa 1972 &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-66776344840826253692012-05-13T13:21:00.000-07:002012-05-13T13:21:40.605-07:00Mother's Day Memory: "MamaLucy" Callins-Lanier<!--[if gte mso 9]>
Normal
0
false
false
false
EN-US
X-NONE
X-NONE
<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-18220627442689235742012-04-02T13:30:00.000-07:002012-04-02T13:33:08.559-07:00Canada: The story of a troublesome nameOn Sunday night's episode of "Finding Your Roots" Geoffrey Canada went through the confusing search for his ancestors whose surname changed from Cannady to Canada.
Watch Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada on PBS. See more from Finding Your Roots.
This episode reminded me of my own name changing search for my ancestor Canada "Candy" Galmore and his family.
http://thefamilygriot.blogspot.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-32042409996150783062012-03-26T06:30:00.001-07:002012-03-27T06:28:57.044-07:00A Legacy Of Service Honored: Adams County WW I Veterans RememberedLast summer while researching in Mississippi, I had the opportunity to visit NAPAC (Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture) and speak to the Director of Cultural & Heritage Tourism, Darrell White. During my visit, Mr. White discussed a project that the city and museum were working on in conjunction with the GSA (General Services Administration) to have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-18863559532409066752012-02-27T08:27:00.001-08:002012-02-27T08:30:30.411-08:00Who Do You Think You Are, Blair Underwood?January and February have been quite a busy couple of months for me in my research and personal life. I did however make the time to watch the most recent episode of the NBC television series 'Who Do You Think You Are?'. The episode, which aired on Friday February 24th, I have to say that this was one of the best episodes of the show I've watched since it began airing. BlairUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-5208589788551031712011-12-10T08:57:00.000-08:002011-12-10T08:58:50.368-08:00Time for a break. . .Its that time of year where I take a break to enjoy family, collect records and conduct research.I will be posting periodically at http://thefamilygriotrepository.blogspot.com over the next couple of months. Happy Holidays to my subscribers and thank you for continuing to follow my blog and my research. See you in 2012!
~ The Family GriotUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-445237829781818492011-12-01T16:30:00.000-08:002011-12-01T17:39:50.967-08:00The Balanta of Guinea-BissauSince my discovery of my maternal Balanta genetic heritage, there has been an explosion of information online about all things Balanta and Guinea-Bissau. With the increased amount of genetic testing being done by African Americans, many groups and cultural exchanges have taken place through the Internet. Here are a few of my favorite videos and online resources about the Balanta and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-83575812420298964292011-10-30T07:30:00.000-07:002011-10-30T07:30:00.367-07:00Family History Month: The Family Reunion InstituteAfter a family has been reunited by genealogical research, many families decide to have a reunion. One of the best resources available for helping guide families through the reunion organizing process and focus on its social relevance is the Family Reunion Institute of Temple University.
From the Family Reunion Institute of Temple University's website:
The Family Reunion Institute of Temple Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-44590320352672909702011-10-10T07:30:00.000-07:002011-10-10T07:30:01.616-07:00Family History Month: Resources for finding your ancestorsOctober has been officially designated as Family History Month in the United States. It is a great time to get into your family history as there are several online resources being made available for those who want to who research their family history. Here are a few of the FREE resources I've been able to locate online.
Ancestry
For the entire month of October, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-81060677031495143342011-10-05T12:04:00.000-07:002011-10-07T05:55:19.264-07:002011 National Black Genealogy SummitThe National Black Genealogy Summit will take place October 20 - 22, 2011 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne is home to one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of genealogy records, and an excellent source of documents pertaining to Black genealogy in particular. The three-day conference will feature a number of nationally-known genealogy and research experts, and a wide variety of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-78566698720148269752011-10-04T07:00:00.000-07:002011-10-04T07:00:04.732-07:00Alabama Records: Joe and Celie (Smith) Scroggins marriage license
Marriage record of Celie Smith and first husband Joe Scroggins
January 15, 1870 (Top left corner pg 329)
Reads as follows:
Executed January 15, 1870 Abram Sampson; recorded April 4, 1870
The State of Alabama, Dallas county To any licensed minister of the Gospel, Judge of the circuit or probate court, or justice of the peace of said County; you are hereby authorized to celebrate the Rites Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-67586939049359891302011-09-24T05:30:00.000-07:002011-09-24T13:51:29.844-07:00Sentmental Saturday: Aunt Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams
Aunt Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams was born in about 1882 to Hannah Moore (1863) and Andrew Jackson Jr. (1863) in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. According to testimony given by her mother, Hannah, in the Civil War pension file of her step-father Benjamin Thompson; Bessie was born when she was about 19 years old and at the time of the testimony Bessie was living Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-921094343800268472011-09-17T07:00:00.000-07:002011-09-17T07:00:08.571-07:00The Manumitted Smith Family of Dallas County, Alabama
A short bio on the manumitted Smith family by Alabama genealogist and historian, Gary Mills from the book "Plain Folk of the South Revisited"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-54595964083430973282011-08-29T07:30:00.000-07:002011-08-29T07:30:01.293-07:00Life Along the Natchez Trace: Southern Adams County, Mississippi
Inspired by the 1968 National Geographic article, "Life Along the Natchez Trace", I decided to share these photos of what I refer to as 'the country'. These are photos from the former plantation lands in which African-Americans remained after the Civil War and made it their homes. These specific area cover Sibley, MS the areas known as Beverly and Hutchins Landing in southern Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-76571887488672192482011-08-22T07:30:00.000-07:002011-08-22T07:30:01.959-07:00Consanguinity Made Simple Courtesy of "Got Genealogy"This video done by Got Genealogy? blogger and expert genealogist, Lisa Lee is the simplified version of a consanguinity table. A consanguinity table shows familial bloodline relationships.
Consanguinity - Made Simple from Lisa Lee on Vimeo.Got GenealogyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-38760991820366733412011-08-20T15:00:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:00:42.237-07:00Book Review: "150 Years Later: Broken Ties Mended" by Melvin Collier
http://www.writeherepublishing.com/150YearsLater/
I recently had the pleasure to read the second genealogical work written by genealogist and African American historian Melvin Collier titled "150 Years Later: Broken Ties Mended". This book takes you through Melvin's personal journey of tracing and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-40684416402758606122011-08-09T12:30:00.000-07:002011-08-09T12:32:39.622-07:00Sweet Home Alabama: Celie Smith - Williams of Dallas County, AL
Celie Smith-Williams with grandson Rayfield Callins and granddaughter Lucy Callins circa 1900
Celie Smith, was born in Dallas County, AL about 1852 to a free woman of color named Phillis (Ann) Smith. Celie was born to a long line of Smiths who had been manumitted in the will of Baxter Smith in 1829. Smith manumitted her great grandmother Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-61383489704626148002011-07-27T15:30:00.000-07:002011-07-27T15:51:16.339-07:00The Family Griot Blog NetworkI appreciate the support I've received since I started actively blogging about my family lines in Alabama and Mississippi. I've recently decided to start two new blogs to be included in a network of blogs called The Family Griot Network. One blog is specifically devoted to telling the story of The Rounds Family of Adams County, Mississippi . Additionally through my research IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186445350147886974.post-64449683977098063862011-07-26T12:30:00.000-07:002011-07-26T13:23:40.946-07:00Genealogy Road Trip 2011: Sunday Prayer at Mount Olive Baptist Church
Sunday morning prayer Mount Olive Baptist ChurchSibley, MississippiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0