Genealogy
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Search For Identity: My Native American Ancestors – Part 1
This post is not to be scientific or even “politically” correct. It is really to take note of my feelings and the journey that I am pursuing in identifying my Native American Tribe.…
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Samuel Hodge: Not So Wordless Wednesday
Adopted Father’s Best Friend: Henry Hodge’s Ancestry Samuel Hodge I find a sense of responsibility to preserve, and document my “Uncle” Henry’s ancestry and tell the stories of a people that my Uncle…
- Cecilia Munoz, Esther Munoz, Family Research, Felicia Munoz, Genealogy, Munoz Surname, Root Digger, Yvette Porter Moore
No Better Time but the Right Now Time – Family Stories
Maternal Birth Ancestry [l-r] Felicia, Cecilia & Esther Munozcirca 1932Courtesy of Ermalinda Espinoza The very thing that I want, is the very thing that has made me reluctant. I want to know more…
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Ex-Schoolteacher Set To Play in Sugar Hill
Zara Cully Brown was a school teacher in Jacksonville, Florida. She was an Elocutionist. Her training began in Worcester, MA and once she married James M. Brown, she took her skills with her…
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Wordless Wednesday: Family Photo with Maggie Ruth Moore
I have been divorced for at least 22 years, however I have always felt a part of my in-laws family. Mama Moore has always accepted me as her daughter and when it comes…
- African Ancestry, Genealogy, Gilliam Surname, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Root Digger, Singleton Surname, Slave Ancestry, Yvette Porter Moore
A Window Into The Past: Breaking Down A Brick Wall – Part #1
Maternal Adopted AncestryThis is not the first time I have written about the Singleton-Gilliam Ancestry. I strongly feel that this is the beginning of my story of Slave & Master on my Maternal…
- AAGSAR, Agnes Cully Peters, Betty Mae Peters Porter, BlogFest2013, Charles Irving Peters, Genealogy, Harrison Porter, Helen Bunn, Root Digger, The Jeffersons, Walter James Porter, Yvette Porter Moore
Walter James Porter & Betty Mae Peters: Honoring My Parents Legacy
On August 18, 1968, God blessed me with Walter & Betty Porter as my parents. It took a few months for me to be adopted and taken home to live with my forever…
- 23andme, Ancestry DNA, Espinoza Surname, Esther Munoz, Fernando Munoz, Genealogy, Hernandez Surname, Leonardo Manuel Hernandez, Mexico, Munoz Surname, United States, Yvette Porter Moore, Zavala Surname
Looking For Cousins: My DNA Results from Ancestry.com & 23andme, Yvette Porter Moore
On May 12, 2012, I did a post on my RootDigger Blog presenting my DNA Ancestry Composition results. If you would like to look at this post go to What Are My Maternal Genes…
- Family Research, Genealogy, Massachusetts, Milton Prince Higgins, Osborne Ambrose Cully, Worcester, Worcester Trade School
Osborne Ambrose Cully: A Senior of Worcester Trade School 1917
Adopted Maternal AncestryI have specific goals when it comes to researching my genealogy. One of those goals is to identify my Great Grandparent’s Ambrose E. Cully and Nora Ann Gilliam’s children. So far,…
- Ancestry, Ebony Magazine, Geneabloggers, Genealogy, Moving On Up, Root Digger, Thankful Thursday, The Jeffersons, Yvette Porter Moore, Zara Cully Brown
Zara Cully Brown of The Jeffersons: Thankful Thursday
Adopted Maternal AncestryOver the years, I have found that fellow genealogists and family historians are some of the kindest people. They are very giving and most of the time very helpful. I am…