african american genealogy

We are constructing this website for all who are doing research in the counties of Greensville, Southampton and Sussex. You see, the common thread among Emory, Stuart, Elwood, and me is these 3 counties. Now, of course, our research has taken us to other areas; but it seems that we always end up back .......in the SOUTHSIDE OF VIRGINIA!

This site is for sharing information, stories and photos that I have found in my search. "Say My Name" is the title of my findings which was first published in 2003. Instead of trying to distribute it in hard copy, I am making it available online to family members and other interested parties.

A blogsite dedicated to the documentation and sharing of my 15 year genealogical research efforts and the exchanging of information with others in search of their louisiana roots

I am descended from Solomon Koonce who was born around 1822 in North Carolina. He was a slave on a farm in Haywood and Crockett County, Tennessee. I am also descended from Napoleon Cotten. He was born in Mississippi around 1857 and lived in Amite and Pike, County. His mother was Winnie Dear. Napoleon married Mary Saunders of Mississippi. My grandmother Lula Alexander is a descendant of John and Catherine Alexander of Lincoln and Pike County, Mississippi

I am a medical librarian by profession and have been interested in my family genealogy since about 1997, but did not begin actively working on it until February 2006. On this blog, you’ll find that I cover my own family tree, and that of my husband’s.