An exhibition opening this fall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the identity of people whose ancestry is both African American...
Read moreCanady family traces history to slavery
In 1929, Little Jim Canady’s family could not afford the luxury of a conventional grave marker, but his son, Ira Canady Sr., took measures to ensure this burial...
Read moreIn First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery
In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths...
Read moreWoman on crusade to reclaim long-forgotten cemetery
Since she was a girl, Sonya Hodges had been told the cemetery where her grandfather was buried was gone. In July, she went to see for herself. What she found behind...
Read moreHistorian helps trace Free Hill roots
Starting with her own name and information, Mary Hamilton Bartlett wrote down everything she knew about her family — dates of birth, records of death, places of...
Read moreGenealogy gathering; 420 expected for conference, library’s largest yet
Genealogy and historical research buffs, from the local to the international level, will descend on the Allen County Public Library later this month for “Reconnecting...
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