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September 27, 2008 400 0

Old Ned’s Cabin A Reminder Of Former Slave

During pre-Civil War years, there were several slaves on the more prosperous farms in the beautiful Holston Valley near Bristol. Here and there are reminders of that...

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September 27, 2008 507 0

Piece of black history rests with Arkansas church

Centennial Baptist Church sits silently on a downtown street, its doors locked and window panes so clouded light has trouble getting in. The roof is sagging and some...

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September 27, 2008 366 0

Northern Colorado Town a Monument To Possibility

Those who settled Dearfield nearly a century ago felt the same tug to scratch out a good life from hard turf and harsh conditions as pioneers who went generations...

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September 25, 2008 362 0

Tributes.com Launches as the Most Comprehensive Online Resource for Local and National Obituary News & Personal Tributes

BOSTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Tributes.com, an online resource for local and national obituary news, officially launched today — forever changing the...

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September 25, 2008 445 0

Genealogy Has a New Face – The 21st Century’s Answer to the Past

GREELEY, Colo., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Irbo Inc., a company dedicated to preserving the high standards of the genealogical community, today announced that they...

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September 25, 2008 383 0

Remembering Wellington and Oberlin’s great escape

White and black, they stood together 150 years ago and freed slave John Price from slave catchers. Carlisle Township residents Janice Brooks and her daughter...

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September 25, 2008 366 0

Woman donates family relics for history museum

When Janice Laster moved to Frederick in 1993 with furniture and belongings of her great-grandparents, she closed a loop in her family history that began more than...

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September 21, 2008 406 0

Blanks family went from slavery to emancipation in Kerr County

Like anyone of her age, Florine Clay, who will be 90 years old next year, remembers a lot about “how things used to be.” She and her cousin, Roy Neal, 82, are the...

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September 21, 2008 399 0

One Visitor Has Special Interest

Bettye Kearse wanted to see what Montpelier looked like when her ancestors lived there as the slaves of President James Madison. So she made the trip from Boston...

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September 21, 2008 415 0

Gullah Geechee embody unique African American culture

The Gullah Geechee people embody a unique African American culture made up of the descendants of West African slaves. They occupy the islands and costal regions of...

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