Family Griot
African-American Genealogy Blog tracking my journey in searching for my African ancestors through family ties, genealogical research and general historical study of African culture, religion and educational systems.
The Crooks Family, Jamaica
The family history of the Crooks family, Jamaica.
Revisiting family history
Jean Douglas wants to know her name. Oh, she knows the name her parents gave her. She knows the names of her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. But beyond that, where did her family come from? It is a mystery Douglas would love to solve someday. Read More
Story of Newport family begins nearly 200 years ago in Wayne County
About 1812, when Great Britain went to war for the second time with the United States, farmer William Newport left his home in Connecticut and settled in Sodus Point, a frontier port on Lake Ontario in what would become Wayne County. Newport, then in his early 30s, was a free African American in a state that would allow slavery for another 15 years. Read More
Even in Ford family, race divides generations
Was the matriarch of a Memphis political dynasty a white woman who married into a black family? Or was she a black woman with a white forefather buried in her lineage, a past shared with millions of black people? And why does it matter? An old but interesting article found here: Even in Ford family, race divides generations (Rep. Harold Ford JR., TN - Ford Family Feud
The Carter Family of Choctaw County, Alabama
Some of Henry & Margaret (Curtis) Carter Sr's Descendants are Henry Carter Jr, Ann "Polly" Carter (Children; Rev. Albert Davis Carter Sr, & Mable Carter-Williams), and Anthony Carter's (Child, James Carter)
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