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Keep Digging!!! Genealogy is so rewarding as we reconstruct our family histories.
Most of my research was done the old fashion way using various state and national archive.sources. I am delighted to see how the internet bring various…"
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Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal left a comment for Thomas J. Miree"Thomas I saw your post on the Alabama group I belong to, you are lucky you at least found your African-American ancestor born into slavery. I've been helping a friend (also in MI) but we've had luck only as far back as 1900 in censuses…"
Thomas J. Miree replied to Family Griot's discussion Dallas and Autauga County, Alabama African American Research in the group Alabama Root Diggers"Thanks for your encouragement.
I looked at the 1860 slave census(schedule) and found that Clem G. Lanier owned 65 slaves. It appears that these slaves could have been family units based on the census grouping. Clem was born abt. 1805 and was living…"
Thomas J. Miree replied to Family Griot's discussion Dallas and Autauga County, Alabama African American Research in the group Alabama Root Diggers"I am a descendent of an Daniel Lanier, an African American, born into slavery about 1823, The 1870 census shows that he was born in Alabama and his father and mother were born in North Carolina. His wife is listed as Nancy, surname unknown, also…"
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- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- African American with the following surnames from Autauga County AL; Lanier, Parker, Nunn, Motley, Moten(Morten), Johnson, Love and Kirkland.
- What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
- Perry and Dallas Counties in Alabama
- What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
- Advanced Family History Researcher
- If you are a genealogy expert, what are your specialties?
- AA Genealogy and Family History
- For what reason did you start genealogy research?
- Family History
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- At 7:27pm on October 31, 2010, Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal said…
- Thomas I saw your post on the Alabama group I belong to, you are lucky you at least found your African-American ancestor born into slavery. I've been helping a friend (also in MI) but we've had luck only as far back as 1900 in censuses (earlier in directories) her ggrandmother was on the Lanier plantation in Huntsville in the Freedmans Bank records, That's all we've been able to find in that time range. It's a difficult trek!
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