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Outside Child

In her poignant essay, “When a Family Member Dies, and You’re the Outside Child,” writer and children’s rights activist Dr. Stacey...

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Jun 14 min read

WIDOW

By 1920, Big Ma is listed as a widow on census records. I spent weeks searching for a death record for her husband, Cebron Benton. Gone...

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Jan 23, 20243 min read

Harriet Gore is listed as the mother of Big Ma on her death certificate (witnessed by her daughter Almeta Campbell Ray Mason Bunting)....

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Dec 25, 20232 min read

Carroll is Big Mama's maiden name. J.C. Carroll or John Carroll is listed as her father in multiple records. I started with Ancestry.com...

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Nov 7, 20231 min read

Finding proxies who are willing to share access to their DNA kits has proven to be more difficult than I anticipated. My parents, my...

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Nov 7, 20231 min read

I currently have found no direct records for Carrie Carroll before 1900. I used various records from multiple sources to garner the...

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Nov 5, 20233 min read

I am the woman with the black black skin I am the laughing woman with the black black face I am living in the cellars and in every...

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Nov 1, 20234 min read

My mentor, Nicka Smith Sewell, challenged our Patreon group to use DNA research to break through a brick wall. Part one of the "Case...

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Oct 30, 20233 min read