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.
Tag: Virginia
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”
Virginia Reckoning
There’s a recent article about African-American descendants of enslaved persons having more say in the research and presentation of history at historical homes, like the Executive Mansion… Read more “Virginia Reckoning”
Family History Mystery: Sallie John Turner
My maternal family is from Greensville County, VA. The family left the area and moved to Norfolk, VA around the turn of the twentieth century. I would… Read more “Family History Mystery: Sallie John Turner”
2020’s Best of the Best Free Genealogy Sites
According to Family Tree Magazine, these are the 100 best free genealogy websites on the Internet. Helpful, right? Absolutely. Free? Sometimes. Especially in the case of Ancestry.com,… Read more “2020’s Best of the Best Free Genealogy Sites”
FOUND: 1844 “PURCHASE”
Once again, a document has surfaced that really brings home the “peculiar institution” of slavery. Just a few days ago, in researching my Southampton County, Virginia Turner… Read more “FOUND: 1844 “PURCHASE””
Steel Thyself
It’s one thing to learn about the evils of slavery through history books. Too many times these books gloss over and shamefully condense a monstrous epoch into… Read more “Steel Thyself”
The Marriage Record That Broke Through Walls
Until about a decade ago, my maternal ancestry beyond my great-grandmother was a mystery. My great-grandmother, Louise Harrison Alston, was born in 1898. The only thing that… Read more “The Marriage Record That Broke Through Walls”
In Loving Memory: Jeanette H. Anderson
Jeanette, my first cousin three times removed (in other words-my great-grandmother’s first cousin), was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 5, 1915 to James Minnis Harrison, Esq.,… Read more “In Loving Memory: Jeanette H. Anderson”
The Genealogy Situation Room 