WHENEVER a heavy storm rips through this coastal city, Mary Witkowski, a local historian, immediately has the same worrisome thought: “Are they still standing?” So...
Read moreAfter 200 years, 3 slaves get a final resting place
The 200-year-old remains of three black slaves from Sussex County were reburied Thursday afternoon in a small graveside ceremony in Newton after being stored at Space...
Read moreDNA research finally confirms ‘Roots’ author’s ties to Alabama
Author Alex Palmer Haley knew he had roots in northwest Alabama, he just couldn’t prove it. He had only an oral history passed down through generations of his family...
Read moreBlacks and the Confederacy: an incomplete story
It’s estimated that between 60,000 and 93,000 blacks served the Confederate military “in some capacity.” Many, no doubt, were “body...
Read moreFinding their voice
A new group has formed for Bermudians wishing to embrace their Native American roots. The St. David’s Islanders and Native Community was created for Bermudians...
Read moreFamilies research African-American Confederates
Historians such as Earl Ijames have learned that very little about the Civil War was black and white, even when it came to the hues of the soldiers’ skin...
Read moreIs Your “Cherokee” Ancestry Actually African-American?
In his landmark manifesto Custer Died for your Sins, American-Indian activist Vine Deloria notes an increasingly popular phenomenon: people of white ancestry claiming...
Read moreThe Bahamas DNA Project
Are the Long Island Deans in the Bahamas descended from the Queen of Sheba? Do the Sweetings of Green Turtle Cay trace their heritage to a Roman soldier? Are the...
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