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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…
- Bill Walker, Clarence Muse, Dreamy Kid, Hari Rhodes, Helen Highes, Hollywood Center Theatre, Isabelle Cooley, Los Angeles, Newspaper Article, Pauline Myers, Root Digger, Zara Cully Brown
Dreamy Kid – A Play: Zara Cully Brown
I love seeing the different articles talking about Zara Cully Brown. Every article and every new information I come across helps build and develop the story of my Great Aunt. I only knew…
- A Taste Of Sugar Hill, Dramatic Reader, Los Angeles, Root Digger, Yvette Porter Moore, Zara Cully Brown
Madame Zara Cully Brown: A Dramatic Reader
Zara Cully BrownPhoto in Private Family Collection My Great Aunt Zara Cully Brown, who was born January 26, 1892 in Worcester, Massachusetts enjoyed performing at a very young age. Her whole family was…
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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…
- 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…
- Day #1, Genealogy, MAAGI, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Missouri, Root Digger, Saint Louis, Yvette Porter Moore
The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) Day #1 Part 1
I took the red-eye Monday, July 8, 2013, from San Diego to St. Louis so that I could attend the Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI). My purpose for attending the First Inaugural MAAGI was to learn…
