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Mrs. Adeline Willis

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Mrs. Adeline Willis Relation : Mother in law of sister in law of my 4th great Uncle & more but hey. Samuel Irvin is my maternal 4th great grand uncle. His Sister in law Anna Noy Hubbard m. Elnora married George Willis son of Adeline Ragin Willis

Slave Narratives Family Connections

OUR Slave Narratives Family Connections Part I:  Mrs. Adeline Willis Part II: The Slave Narratives can be found here Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938   contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume   Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves . This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time.   Born in Slavery   was made possible by a major gift from the Citigroup Foun...

Tanesha Smith graduates with a B.A. in Foresnsic Science

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Congratulations to our baby cousin, she graduated today with a degree in forensic science AND she is a veteran. ‪#‎ Beautyandbrains Pictured here with her loving and supportive parents Tonia Smith and Deon Johnson.

Identified Wingfield - James "Jim" Wingfield (Winkfield)

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So we are on a roll family! Today we identified uncle “Sic” ‘s picture!   Thanks to cousin Marcia I have had a lovely picture of Mrs. Lucille Jones Butler Hanson Favor’s (cousin Roy Hanson’s mom) with her beau for some time now.  We are related several times over but that’s another story. Anyhow, after Marcia talked to cousin Roy (Roy Hanson) today I was able to confirm that I the “Zeke” Wingfield is indeed my very own great uncle “Sic” Wingfield. Sic or Zeke depends on your accent is the nickname of James "Jim" Wingfield. Correction from Farrel:  He is pictured below with  Lucille Booker Jones Hanson.  Lucille is the daughter of Bud Booker and Arthur and Eliza Fortson Booker Jones.  2nd picture (collage) He is pictured below with his sister (my great grand mother) Mary Wingfield Turner. The other siblings are Blanche “Lillian” Wingfield Lymon, Conzie Wingfield, Louis Wingfield, John Wingfield the  infamous  Jake Wingfield and possibly an...

Our Centenarian Crowns

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A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. A supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Centenarian Crowns   PHOTO CENTENARIAN BORN TRANSITION AGE (ascended) great grand mother (maternal) Lula Dubose Lockhart  Wilkes, Georgia  107 (ascended) great aunt (maternal) Brinie Dubose Drinkard Wilkes, Georgia 109  Please Donate Image (ascended) Everline Bolton Oglethorpe, Georgia  125  Please Donate Image (ascended) Ceasar Booker Wilkes, Georgia 130  Please Donate Image (ascended) Martha Hunter McCurdy Georgia / Newton, Mississippi (Jemal relative) 104+ Please Donate Image (ascended) Martha Hunter McCurdy Georgia / Newton, Mississippi (Jemal relative) 104+ (ascended) Elbert Huddleston Newton, Mississippi (Jemal relative) 102 (ascended)</ ...

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A Partial listing of African-American hangings since 1859.

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Actual Site is located here. I believe that no matter how dark the alley way there are perhaps answers down every path maybe this one will leads to the answers you seek. Top of Form Note: you do not need a paypal account to donate any amount of money to support this website. Any and all donations are appreicated. At present I  am running  two websites africanafrican.com & negroartist.com . Both websites are free of charge and have millions of visits per year. The problem (perhaps less of a problem than a cost) I am having is that the websites have become so popular that I have been forced to go to a dedicated server which will cost me over $2000/year. My websites are dedicated to African and African American history and contain millions of images, texts, videos and other material. I have added artists free of charge to my website so that they have a voice and place on the net. I have spent the last 10 years building and growing this site. I am a...