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An Ongoing Genealogical Study of the Acker Family From South Carolina.

Genealogical research concerning persons by surname of Yancey / Yancy having African American Ancestry.

I put this site together to share what I've learned about my family over the years and about genealogy in general and, hopefully, to make connections with others who share my ancestry or my interest in genealogy.

This Coppock and Holley Genealogy Web site is developed to share worldwide the family tree of those who have come before us, the life experiences of those who exist, and some understanding of who we are, to those of us to come.

This website that documents the history of the Cromwell family that first settled in Weymouth, New Tusket and Southville, Nova Scotia, starting in 1783 when the first black loyalist and ex-slaves came to Nova Scotia with the British Loyalist.

The pages below are about my ancestors who mostly settled in Grand Chain, Illinois in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

I am the Guardian (WebMaster) for several Family Preservation Societies. Although I have been married twice, I do not have any children, so all of this work is really for the children of my cousins, and for their children.

Several years ago during a conversation with my cousin, Mazella Boulden, I learned that another cousin, Sylvia Raibon, had compiled family trees dating back to Squire Dewberry. When my career took Ven and I to Washington, DC, I found the National Archives and began using it and other resources to trace my family history.

This page is dedicated to my great, great, grandfather, Louis Dearborne.

African American "Garrett" roots in Laurens County, South Carolina

Descendants of William Warren & Clarissa Meyer

The BERRY, PRIOR, DAUGHERTY, and BALDWIN surnames in Mason County, Kentucky.

Researching the African-American PHIFER family and any related families from Arkadelphia, Malvern, El Dorado, Hot Springs, Pine Bluff & Little Rock, Arkansas or residing in Ashley, Garland, Jefferson, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Clark, Ouachita, Dallas and Union (Phifer & Fletcher's) counties of Arkansas, and the states of Michigan, Ohio, California, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas, North and South Carolina.

The purpose of this website is to provide information about the ancestry of persons whose name appears in my Family Tree Maker database, mainly individuals with George Washington Carver High School and Picayune, Mississippi connections.

I am African-American and my genealogical research focuses mainly on the Mississippi counties of Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln, Marion, Pearl River, Pike and Walthall. Much of the data in my files relates to some of the early white settlers to the area, and to some of their ancestors and descendants.

I am researching the surnames Cotton, Kelly, Connor, Murphy, Butler, Wright, Irby, Stroud, and Trammell.

Joseph Hairston Duff has been doing geneology research since "Roots II" aired in 1977. He was deeply inspired by Alex Haley's successful quest to find his African Ancestors. Since then, he has embarked on a quest to document the history of the two African American families who make up the Walker-Duff union in Los Angeles.

African American Kennerly, Kennerley, Kenerly, Kenley, Kinley have been confirmed as a perfect DNA match for the Kennerley families. Hello cousins.

My desire is to share the Love, Hope, Inspiration and Dedication of all those who came before me and giving all those who will come after me the Determination, Devotion and above all else the Rememberances of the many individuals that laid the Foundation for
their Being.

Seaching for PICKENS, ROBERTS, STEVENSON, COLBERT and others removed from Mississippi to Indian Territory

My family's surnames are Kyles, Kyle, Hunter, Wright, and Mackey.

Barr, Bobo, Boyce, Briscoe, Danner, Davis, Milam, Partee, Reed surnames.

Our family history is dedicated to all the Underwood, Goodwin and Coleman families and their associated families.

Whether you are Harlee, Harllee, or Harley, welcome to this site. It is dedicated to all African-Americans descended from the aforementioned surnames - especially in NC, SC and PA.

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.

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 dedicated to the research and genealogy of mixed raced peoples such as; Melungeons,Mulattos, RedBones, Mestees, Brass Ankles, etc..

This site is an attempt to record what I've learned about our family history.

Searching for descendants of George (Delphia) Law, Sr., and Hannah Williams. They lived in the Coffeeville and Jackson, Alabama areas, which would include Toddtown, Salitpa, Zimco, Winn, Grove Hill and any communities between them.

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)

My Ancestors are the Weavers, Waldens, Johnsons, Turners, Clauds and Hardy families who may have originated in Lancaster County, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia, Nansemond County, Virginia and Southampton County, Virginia.

am researching south and southwest Louisiana Parishes. In Southwest Louisiana, (Lafayette, St Martin, St Landry, St Mary, Calcasieu, and Iberia Parishes)

All information contained on this page relates to an African American family that resided and still resides in Baltimore, Maryland. The records contained in this family tree indicate that the family has been in Baltimore, Maryland since at least 1767 - the birth of Abner Coker.

My family tree sprouts from four different branches, Ghyll, Hinson, Sobers and Williams. For the record, at least three of the family names, Ghyll, Hinson and Sobers, are of British origin. We picked up Ghyll from Wales and Sobers from the British West Indian Island of Barbados. To-date, we've not traced Hinson or Williams beyond America.

I am part of the Longword, Falaise, Capet, De Warren, De Braci, Brassey, Bracy, Demaree, Demory, Parker, Rival, Moody, Gary, Clyburn, Mungo, James, Huey, Massey, McDow Families of Nigeria, France, England, Gambia, and Native American tribe such as Cherokee, Blackfoot, Souix, Catawba, Wacksaw, Occoneeche, and Island such as Haiti.

The Progenitors and Descendants of Henry Harold, Virginia and Amanda Fields: Genealogy, History and Family Reunions

Researching Winstead, Fry, Clay, Greathouse and Alexander surnames in Kentucky

Our families are descendants of Jack Freeman, Sam Freeman, William Ishee Sr, Isham Swan and Ethan Darden. Other related families, through unions and marriages include: Blalock, Boozer, Brisker, Buckner, Clark, Colvard, Dillard, Driskell, Grier, Hansford, Jackson, Johnson, McDowell, Ponder, Redding, Sands, Scott, Shannon, Slaughter, Toles, Walton, Watson and Wooten.

Researching Hopkins and Junior surnames in Georgia.

For many years I've been researching my family history, collecting stories from living relatives, and gathering up old photos and news-clippings. The search has been complicated by the fact that my family is multi-racial, and many of the different groups of my ancestors had no awareness of each other, and probably little desire to admit that there was a relationship at all if they knew of it.

Chronicling the descendants of Caroline Armstrong from Mississippi.

Researching Autry, Hayes, Powell, Wright families of North Carolina.

Our Dedication is to every descendant of Chieftain Mouyer, but especially to David Mouyer and his wife, Caroline. In our behalf, may the stones that they cast epitomize powerful sources of energy in the future.

Researching Whitfields in North Carolina.

Welcome to my page! The purpose of this site is to display some of the research I've done on my genealogy/family history. Although my research has looked at records from several counties in Texas, the area of concentration for transcribed records on this site is in Navarro County, Texas.

This tree consists of four family groups, Riley, which is my mother's side of the family, Williams, my father's side, Rockette, my wife's father's side and Boker, her mother's side of her family.

African-American Boat(w)rights in Georgia and North Carolina

The Golden, Jones, Allen, Piper and related Families from Texas & Louisiana counties and parishes

Researching Golladay, Golliday, Goliday in Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.

This web site focuses on the descendants of the Cross and Green families. The Smith family members are descendants in the Cross Family Tree. On the Cross side of the Family tree, we go back as far as Amelia Green who was a slave.

History of the African American Beckley family from Mississippi.

Researching the Lidell family from Mississippi.

African American Gravely family from Chatham, Virginia.

Researching Foster, Landrum, Lyles, Meadows, Nesbitt, Owens, Prather, Ray/Raiford, Rogers, Stephens, Thompson, Waddell, Wheeler, Wilkes and Wise families of Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey, and South Carolina.

I am primarily researching the CRAYTON, MILLETT, MULKEY, and WELLS and collateral family surnames of all ethnicities.

I started researching my family out of curiosity, but the more I discovered, the more I wanted to know. My ideas and dreams began to grow and form. I went from finding just my immediate family to trying to locate or at least identify all of the Boddie Slaves (My Ancestors) along with all of the Arrington Slaves (My Ancestors).

I am researching the families on my father's side. Carson and Forney. These two families have been intertwined for 100 years or more. Living in and around Asheville North Carolina.

This site documents the lives of the Hennigans and Grays, both past and present.

This story is about African American Genealogy. The inherent challenges presented by the process. If you were not formally a student of United States History (particularly African American History), you may be one before you are done researching your ancestors. This is an incredible spiritual journey.

Genealogy of the Jenkins, Jeffries and Lee families from McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

The family history of the Crooks family, Jamaica.

This site is a history and a search for all the many branches of this side of my mothe'rs family when during the 1800's the Brooks left Upthur County W.V., and moved to Athens County and Perry County, OH, and then my mother left Athens Co. for Canton, OH where my siblings and I grew up. Now, the two generations of my family under me, are all over the map.

Genealogy of the Montgomery's of Monroe County, Alabama

The family history of the Brewer family of South Carolina.

This is the home page for The Kenoly Family Project. We are a group of related families working together to research our roots and document the results for our descendants to share now and in the future.

Gullah Roots is the collective term for the family history projects of Wevonneda Minis, who writes Kinship, the genealogy column of the Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.'s daily newspaper.

Our families are descendants from Isham Swan and Ethan Darden lineages. Other family names through marriage include: Blalock, Boozer, Brown, Dillard, Finney, Freeman, Gilmore, Goolsby, Grier, Jackson, Johnson, McDowell, Myrick, Redding, Rucker, Toles, Walton, Weatherspoon and Wooten.

Researching Lindsay, Watts, Fuller, Hicks, Fluegge, Schmidt, Landwehr, Clements, Whitman, Morrill surnames.

Ancestry of Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks, Civil Rights Leader

Explore the paternal family history of Richard Pryor, comedian.

THE VENEY'S. An African-American Family With Roots in Colonial Virginia. We are descendants of Humphrey Veney (b. 1782) and Milly Rich (b.1787). Our historical family home is Richmond County. Other family names include: RICH and THOMPSON.

From the bits and pieces of information available, we have been able to ascertain that there were two brothers, COLEMAN HARDAWAY and STRETFORD HARDAWAY, both ex-slaves. COLEMAN was married to ELLEN "BELLA" and they were the parents of about 13 children. STRETFORD was married to JANE and they were the parents of about 8 children.

Like most African Americans, my family roots in the United States began in slavery. My great-great-great-grandfather, William Thompson, was born in King George County, Virginia, in or around 1800. William spent most of his life as a slave on the Spy Hill Plantation which was owned by Thomas B. B. Baber. While serving on this plantation, William met and married Mildred McGruder. They had ten children, one of which was my great-great grandfather, Joshua Thompson, who was born in or around 1831.

Genealogy of Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole.

1887 migration of Alfred S. and Mary Jane Patterson Campbell and their family from Duck Hill, MS to Levesque Township, Cross County, Arkansas. The websites gives the geographical locations the abandoned slave quarters in Levesque and the homes they built and occupied in the Taylor School Communtiy.

White Slaves and Indians in the Family is the story of my journey to uncover the roots of my African American family tree. Much to my surprise, as I started shaking the branches of this family tree, lo and behold, all sorts of different people started falling out, some with racially ambiguous bloodlines and obscure origins. The enslaved African Americans were there, indeed, in great numbers, but they were not alone for a number of free families of color accompanied them, families who never knew slavery and whose family members fought in the Revolutionary War.

This is an uniquely American story. A story that culminates 10 years of research and reflection. The 200 year relationship between our extended Jewish and Christian family of color formed a basis for America’s bold and 'lively experiment,' different cultures joining with a shared dream of religious and ethnic tolerance, leading them to success and equality.

The Short/Austin Family Tree contains the names of 1,346 family members, with more to be added as they are received. The earliest recorded event is the birth of my great-great grandmother Silla Short 1813 in the slave state of Virginia.

The Harrison and Richardson families have made their home in Tangipahoa Parish for over 100 years. The patriarchs of this family are Douglas Harrison (1850) and Jerry Richardson (1825).

A modest website dedicated to the memory of Mama Elsie, Elsie R. Stafford Harris. Since 1948, there has been a gathering in Wynne, Arkansas on the first Sunday in May for the descendants of her parents, Jordan V. & Rosetta Sanders Stafford ot celebrate her birthday.

The Wright, Coleman, & Shankle families are just a few that have a prominent place along the longblackline and the history of East Texas. The Long Black Line Trilogy explores this history through a small lens. Instead of looking at the life and exploits of famous people, the film examines famous people and events through the oral and written history of ordinary people who lived through and were transformed by extraordinary times.

In June 1999, I decided to trace my family history to learn more about my people and from whence they came. My grandfather, Mr. Fernie Edward Brown, Sr. was very knowledgeable of his family history and many historical accounts. Through his sharp memory and accurate account of details, a conglomeration of names and background information has enabled the success in tracing our roots to slavery.

Doris Moore Bailey, a history major and family historian, has researched and compiled more than 1000 names on the Louis and Maggie Griffin Davis family tree database. She compiled more than 1200 of her maternal family (Grider and Ford) and 450 of her paternal grandmother family (Hines) and more than 950 of her spouse's paternal and maternal families (Johnson/Purdie) and paternal (Bailey).