“I need my job. I need it badly. But if I lose it, I can only say this fight is well worth it. I have no martyr… Read more “There’s Gold in Them Thar Newspapers: Melvin O. Alston”
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A Word…
To the antiquated and rigid gatekeepers of history, to the purveyors of sanctimonious sacrosanct, to the morbidly disdainful, to the insolent interferers of information, to the always… Read more “A Word…”
Historical Family Photos: Josephine and Her Beauty Machine
My maternal grandmother, Virginia Alston Braswell (1918-1992), was fairly close in age to her maternal aunt, Josephine Harrison Jordan McDaniel (1910-1985). Josephine was the proprietor of a… Read more “Historical Family Photos: Josephine and Her Beauty Machine”
Permission Granted
Start searching your family’s history today. There’s no need to wait for a title to be given like “family historian” or whatever. If you have a question… Read more “Permission Granted”
DNA DELIVERS: A WILLIAMS FAMILY “PRIME” SURPRISE
The DNA that we inherit from our parents is random. If you’ve taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes, and have other family members who have tested… Read more “DNA DELIVERS: A WILLIAMS FAMILY “PRIME” SURPRISE”
THE BOSS LADY: Tilithia Brewington
Identifying lady bosses in our family trees…Starting off with Tilithia Brewington b. 1878, from Wayne County, NC to bustling Norfolk, Virginia. Let’s see what happened and how she bossed up.
October Surprise…
This situation calls for poetry: videosharingfinaloutput By Authority of the Bride by B. Jones By Authority of the Bride… Virginia, you will answer me, dear.Too many pools… Read more “October Surprise…”
Historical Family Photos: THE ARTIST
Wins Atlanta University Award—Cecil D. Nelson Jr., talented young Tuskegee Army Air Force Field sergeant, whose landscape in oils, entitled “Tragedy In One Scene,” recently won first… Read more “Historical Family Photos: THE ARTIST”
Ms. Cain’s Class, Let’s Line UP
Ms. Cain was my 6th grade Social Studies and English teacher in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She was strictly-business and gave no shortcuts. When it was time to… Read more “Ms. Cain’s Class, Let’s Line UP”
Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia
Reblogged from my December 8, 2010 Jones, My Opinion post: Of All the Places in the World The town of Crawfordville, Georgia had a population of a… Read more “Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia”
The Genealogy Situation Room 