2021 – Page 4 – Good Genes Genealogy

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#52 Let the church say, “Amen” to Negro Spirituals

October 24, 2021

<img src="https://image.slidesharecdn.com/spiritualsduringslavery1-100315190045-phpapp01/95/dieterich-spirituals-during-slavery-3-728.jpg?cb=1268679684" alt="<ul>https://www.slideshare.net/spillwd/dieterich-spirituals-during-slavery NEGRO SPIRITUALS AND WORK SONGSDuring slavery and afterwards, workers were allowed to sing songs during their working time. This was the case when they had to coordinate...

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#51 Take your ancestors out to the ball game: Black baseball since 1858

October 23, 2021

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It's October and that means baseball is in full swing. Do you know how many of your ancestors were a part of Black Baseball stardom? Since 1858, the game of...

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#50 Freebie Friday: Historian Carter G. Woodson’s report on Free Negroes

October 22, 2021

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In 1925, Historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson published a report that he stated was expensive to publish and difficult to compile. Yet, he did it. "The aim of this report,...

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#49 Begin your ancestry research — at home

October 21, 2021

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I (Ann) moved back to the Atlanta area in the first months of 2020. You know the rest: The COVID-19 restrictions started and it limited my reconnections and great adventures...

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#48 How to write tributes to ancestors and find the pros who can help

October 20, 2021

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Newest ancestor General Colin Powell/Photo by Getty Images for Capital Concerts The hundreds and perhaps thousands of special salutes to our favorite and newest ancestor, former U.S. Secretary of State...

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#47 Follow the ancestral leaders

October 19, 2021

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Our ancestors understood the concept and outcomes of cooperative economics. They worked together to store up the crops and canning of goods to have for those "rainy days" or harsh...

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#46 Understanding African American Grave Markers in Arkansas

October 13, 2021

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No relation, however, this is an example of the Mosaic Templars inscription on a headstone in Arkansas. Our family -- the Wilks, Wilkes, Gray, Lee, Owen, Weed and Wead --...

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#45 Gripping story of slave-to-preacher

October 12, 2021

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Could John Jea be your ancestor? This provocative story is not for the faint of heart. John Jea was born in 1773. He describes the horrors of the near starvation...

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#44 Check out this 1895 newspaper delinquent account announcement

October 11, 2021

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In the same edition of the <a href="http://<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86791782/paper-edition-announcing-the-marriage-of/" style="text-decoration: none;display:block;" target="_parent"><img src="https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=86791782&width=700&height=669&ts=1607535806" alt="Paper edition announcing the marriage of James A. Hoover and Emma Schwartzy, 5th great grandparents" style="max-width:100%;"><span style="display:block;font:...

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#43 The more you learn, the more you learn in genealogy research

October 10, 2021

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Our broadcast genealogy leader is Harvard Professor, Author and forever research Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I am marking my physical and virtual calendars to January 2022 when Dr. Gates...

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