An unmarked cemetery found in South Florida is believed to be the burial site of over 500 Bahamians, Florida officials say. Florida historian, Larry Wiggins, says he...
Read moreMuhammad Ali tracks down family of Irish ancestor Abe Grady
MUHAMMAD Ali was greeted with a roar to rival the Rumble in the Jungle when he took a few frail steps on the Turnpike Road yesterday, from where his great-grandfather...
Read moreRandolph Cemetery stops selling plots
The historic Randolph Cemetery, established 138 years ago, is full. The descendants of people at rest there have decided to stop selling plots within the 5.6-acre...
Read moreAwareness Of African Ancestry
Many African-Americans, including this writer, have wondered exactly where in Africa our roots can be traced. I had a heritage honor last week. That was to present to...
Read moreFor D.C. Family, a Distinguished, if Little-Known, Ancestor
History has a way of sneaking up on a family, changing how its members see their place in the world. Sometimes it’s a skeleton that bursts out of the closet...
Read moreAbolition Day To Be Commemorated At Key West Florida’s 1860 African Burial Ground
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is to be commemorated at an oceanfront Key West site believed to be the only African...
Read moreWhat freedom brings
The walls of Erwin Polk’s study are lined with old photographs of men and women who lived over the years of the past two centuries. They track a family whose...
Read moreStarstruck Clare residents scramble to find ties to Muhammed Ali
An Irish heritage center in County Clare is being flooded with phone calls from Ennis residents looking to establish ancestral ties with American boxing great...
Read moreHistoric Stagville in Durham helps family genealogists trace African American roots
The Family Tree project at Historic Stagville, located in Durham County, NC, may be a valuable resource for family genealogists tracing their African American roots...
Read moreBradley Academy to begin recording African-American cemeteries
The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro is starting a new project to record all of the African American cemeteries in Rutherford County. “This...
Read moreNed Broadus remembers slave life in Falls County
Ned Broadus left for future generations his stories of slavery on the Churchill Jones plantation in Falls County. He provides insight into the lives of Central Texas...
Read moreWoodruff brothers learn more about their family history
The journey started about two years ago with a request from another brother’s daughter to obtain a death certificate. Every discovery led to a question. It was...
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