- Amanuensis Monday, Craven County, Geneabloggers, Hannah Gilliam, Leander Singleton Gilliam, North Carolina, Singleton, Singleton Surname, Slavery, Spyers Singleton, Thomas Singleton, William G Singleton
Amanuensis Monday: Spyers Singleton North Carolina Estate File, Part #1
Adopted Maternal AncestryI have been researching my Singleton Ancestry for some time. My 2X Great Grandmother Hannah D. Nelson Singleton Gilliam had been owned by the Singleton family in Craven County, North Carolina. According…
- Don & Heide Wolff Jazz Institute, Harris Stowe State University, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Vashon High School
Final Day At The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute Day #3
My final day at the Institute was memorable. But before I go any further, let me tell you about a few of the highlights that also made my three days at the MAAGI…
- Harris Stowe State University, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Missouri, National Negro Baseball League, Saint Louis, Vashon High School, Yvette Porter Moore
The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute Day #2, Part #2
I could not help myself…I kept finding myself drawn away from class and out into the University Campus exploring. During my lunch break, I walked into the main school building and around the…
- Angela Walton-Raji, Bernice Bennett, Dr. Shelley Murphy, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Missouri, Saint Louis, Yvette Porter Moore
The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute 2013 Day #2
After a good nights sleep, and a hearty breakfast in the school cafeteria, I was ready for day #2 of MAAGI. There were four different Tracks offered, and I was taking Track #4.…
- Genealogy, Harris Stowe State University, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Missouri, Saint Louis, Vashon High School, Yvette Porter Moore
The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute 2013: Day #1 Part #2
Harris Stowe State UniversityOld Campus of Vashon H.S.View from my dorm I started my first day off at the MAAGI with excitement and anticipation to learn some new things about “Being” a professional…
- Geneabloggers, Genealogy, Harris Stowe State University, Henry Hodge, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute, Vashon High School, Walter James Porter, Wordless Wednesday
Not So Wordless Wednesday: Henry Hodge at Vashon High School (Track)
Adopted Paternal AncestrySo, I have been back from The Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute [MAAGI] in St. Louis since Friday, July 12, 2013. I had to really catch up on my rest and…
- 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…
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Harlem to New York: Zara Cully Brown – A Letter to my Mom
Zara Cully Brown, [my great-aunt] was a boarder in the same New York Apartment with her sister Agnes Cully Peters, for a number of years between 1935-1940’s. My mother was quite young at…
- Agnes Cully Peters, Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, Marian Anderson, New York, Newspaper Article, Ollie Stewart
New Yorker Makes Marian Anderson’s Clothes: Newspaper Article #2
I received an inbox facebook message from a Mr. Adams informing me of a news article outlining the relationship of Marian Anderson to my grandmother Agnes Peters and how they were introduced. He…
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Before Harlem: Miss Agnes Cully of Worcester, Massachusetts
I am just fascinated by my maternal grandmother Agnes Cully Peters, who sewed for many notable entertainers, socialites, and business people in New York and other areas of the country. She had gotten…