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October 29, 2009 347 0

Story of Americans with Native and black ancestry stirs deep emotions

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...

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October 9, 2009 373 0

Canady 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...

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October 7, 2009 360 0

In 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...

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October 4, 2009 351 0

Woman 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...

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October 4, 2009 370 0

Historian 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...

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October 2, 2009 342 0

Genealogy 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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