Hi Taneya, This is absolutely wonderful. There is a real need for this information for those of us researching African-American ancestors from the Nashville/Davidson area. I will pass this information on to other people I know of who are doing family history research in the area, via Afrigeneas. What a great Christmas/New Years gift for us all. Blessings, Denise AfriGeneas Surnames and Family Research Forum Forum Manager: Denise Oliver-Velez http://www.afrigeneas.com/forumc/ At 03:14 PM 12/18/2006, Taneya wrote: >Hi everyone, > > >Just wanted to share that I have created a blog to which I will post >information from the Nashville Globe, a black newspaper published in >Nashville from 1906-1960. I am being selective, but I just discovered this >paper over the weekend and I thought it would be a good project for >contributing to the genealogy of Davidson County and surrounding areas. I >hope some of the information posted is helpful to someone. Please let me >know what you think! > >http://nashvilleglobe.blogspot.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For researchers of African-American ancestors who may have been slaves, I suggest viewing the early deed books of Davidson County. Currently, I am viewing Deed Bk W that covers "personal property" (non-real estate transfers) from August 15, 1833 through August 27, 1835. Many slaves are mentioned in these conveyances and they usually include names, ages, and entire family units. Deed Book Z covers the time period of Sept. 1, 1835 through February 7, 1839. Deed Book H (which has also been abstracted by Mary Sue Smith and published by Heritage Books, Inc.) covers the period December 1809 - August 1821. I'm sure there are other time periods in other volumes as well. J. Johnson, Florida

Thanks J, Wasn't aware that these were available, and that they also included slave data. Have had the unfortunate experience of purchasing deed index books in the past which included information on china and quilts, or land, but the transcriber choose to leave out data on AA's mentioned - which is key source material for researching enslaved ancestors. Will now feel comfortable about ordering. Denise Researching in Davidson County: OLIVER, WILLIAMS, ONEAL (ONEIL), THOMPSON, EDMONDSON & JONES Wilson County: OLIVER, OFFICER At 07:47 AM 12/22/2006, jj wrote: >For researchers of African-American ancestors who may have been slaves, I >suggest viewing the early deed books of Davidson County. Currently, I am >viewing Deed Bk W that covers "personal property" (non-real estate >transfers) from August 15, 1833 through August 27, 1835. Many slaves are >mentioned in these conveyances and they usually include names, ages, and >entire family units. Deed Book Z covers the time period of Sept. 1, 1835 >through February 7, 1839. Deed Book H (which has also been abstracted by >Mary Sue Smith and published by Heritage Books, Inc.) covers the period >December 1809 - August 1821. I'm sure there are other time periods in other >volumes as well. > >J. Johnson, Florida