This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1NE.2ACIB/1.91.137.1.2.2 Message Board Post: I have a copy of Blacksheariana on CD. This book was published in 1954 and contains family history on the Blackshear shire shere sher family. Everyone has a little different last three letters. You will find in this book records on those in the family that contributed. It would be a good jumping off point for detailed research. In my family tree it appears that there are two different African American sets of Blackshires. One originates in Oklahoma where intermarriage with freed slaves, indians with Jesse Blackshire and his kids produce a significant African American group of cousins. The others are the children of or took the names of the slave owners. If you would like the cd please send me your address and I will send it out. jb