I just haven't put that much effort into finding my greagrwagratgrwat grandads dad He was a white man in the army in alabama. I'm more interested in the slave he owned and set free then married twenty years before the emancipation proclamation IN ALABAMA
I know dang near every relative since 1870 tho We have a family we site
3. "Late 1700's/early 1800's (it's been a while since I found the records" In response to Reply # 0
so I don't remember exactly how far back, but I know it's in that range.)
Alot of my Grandfather's family in Virginia were free (read: mulattoes) which I had no idea of until I started looking through census records. Almost all of my other 3 branches were slaves pretty much until Emancipation, so those records all stop at 1870.
5. "the virginia records are surprisingly really good " In response to Reply # 3
most of my family is from Amelia County VA and they had a whole free colored/slaves record they kept for the county. I have to go to the library next time i'm in VA and look up the members I found from the late 1700s/early 1800s to see if I can get more info.
9. "My folk stayed close by their old "master"" In response to Reply # 3
after Emancipation, and they took his last name. So after having the name of the white guy, it was pretty simple to look up his name on the Slave Inhabitants portion of the Census for 1860 and 1850. You don't get the enslaved names, obviously, but there was an age and gender match for at least one family member.
Do you have any info on the old owners?
Also, old wills can be a goldmine. I'm burning through a two week trial on ancestry.com and it's been pretty amazing. If you have the name of the slave owner, you can see if any enslaved are passed down in their wills.
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but i kinda stopped on my own, i didn't try to go further. that's just with internet, not checking records at a library or in any archives. that's my next stop.
on my dad's side we can go back to my great grandparents. On my mom's side I cant get past my grandma. Mom never met her father so we have nothing to go on there.
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Just guessing because 1623 would make him one of the first Africans in North America, and Virginia was the center of European North America at that point.
10. "To 1826 - the first black (or mulatto) member of my family" In response to Reply # 0
His father was a slave master of Scottish heritage and I believe his mother was a slave gifted along with five others as a wedding present from the master's parents.
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11. "hmm, 1800's... my fam did a good job tracing our family tree" In response to Reply # 0
and they release a book every family reunion that shows our history.
My grandfather's father was Poosapatuck on Long Island.
Also have family in VA.
Now my dads side.... ionno, thats tricky.
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