Hannah Jackson and her descendants I am absolutely obsessed with my Jackson surname on my genealogy quest. The stories that were handed down about the elusive "Hubbard/Herbert Jackson" had me obsessed with him from the early tales from my Uncle Donald. So now I am on a search to try and track down other Hannah Jackson descendants who may have passed down the family stories on their family ...
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Reflecting on 2014 and setting Genealogy Goals for 2015
The Start of a New Year I cannot believe that it is 2015 already! I remember this time last year I had just started blogging on my website and was being inspired by the community at African American Genealogy & Slave Ancestry Research (AAGSAR) and the "No Brick Walls Challenge" that was lead and mentored by Lucky Daniels of Our Georgia Roots. I had always wanted to start a family website for ...
52 Ancestors #3: Julia Miller Jackson
This is my grandmother Julia Miller Jackson and I was terrified of her. She was born in Syracuse, MO and lived there her entire life. I was her youngest grandchild and the one who unfortunately knew her the least, however looking back on it, I am so glad I got to know a little about her first hand, because as an adult looking back on what I remember I now know that she was a strong lady who must ...
52 Ancestors # 2: Hubbard(aka Herbert) Jackson
Finding Hubbard Jackson Whoever says that African American genealogy research cannot be done prior to 1870 is incorrect! I am making it a personal mission to recreate the untold stories and facts of the life of my ancestors. Through continued persistence and making connections with other genealogists a brick wall has been shattered! Here is how it has unfolded..... My genealogy quest for the ...
52 Ancestors #1: Iva Mae Brantley
I have decided to jump in and take the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge started by blogger Amy Johnson Crow. I have been thinking about this challenge since the beginning of the year as I definitely have 52 ancestors and many more to honor through this forum. Genealogy and Family History is very personal for me. I find it to be very therapeutic in nature for me since I did not grow up in the ...
Genealogy Tip #2 Use your Local Library Resources
Currently, I am working on my maternal lineage and I have discovered that my family was part of The Five Civilized Tribes, which is comprised of the Native American tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. My family was part of the African American Freedman in the Tahlequah District. Thanks to the Dawes Rolls, which I will discuss in an upcoming blog post, I was able to get some ...
Genealogy Tip #1 Connect with Genealogical and Historical Societies
At a recent meeting of my local genealogical society the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Inc., which I am a member of, they discussed a great topic about doing Family Trees and Charts and how to organize family history. For those who do it the more manual way there were some great tips offered for this method. I am a proponent for utilizing a family tree software as I find for myself it ...
Wounds of Family History
I decided today that I would try and write a blog about something that has been on my mind all week. My challenge this week was going back to basics and really getting those details that may have been overlooked and making sure that I have all my source citations in place. As I was confirming and verifying new data, I could not help but to think about my ancestors and how they endured many ...
Reflecting on 2013 and Setting Genealogy Goals for 2014
I must say that I ended 2013 off with a bang! I have had two amazing genealogy things happen just in one day. I have set some very lofty genealogy goals for myself in this upcoming year and I have also accomplished a few things this past year that I had not even set out to accomplish in the first part of the year. One of my overall goals that I am continuing to work on is setting goals that I ...
The 4 am blog…the start
I started creating my website a few months ago in hopes that I would one day have this great repository of information and records for others who are also doing African American research in central Missouri, and hopefully that will be the case one day. But what I have realized is that this journey/endeavor that I am taking is exactly what it is, a journey that will take time. So I thought a great ...
