Just as a little addition to this post. There is a list where this kind of data can be sent. SLAVEINFO. A moderated mailing list for the sharing of genealogical data about slaves in the Unites States including wills/deeds that show sales and transfer of ownership, vital records (e.g., birth, marriage, death), and information/queries on specific slaves that may be part of your ancestry. Anyone with genealogical data on slaves is welcome to post this information and thereby share it with all of the list subscribers. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to slaveinfo-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or slaveinfo-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Regards, Christina - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: sniemi [mailto:sniemi@pacifier.com] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 2:15 AM > To: WVTYLER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVTYLER-L] Fw: [NCORANGE] African Americans > > > I didn't ask Valerie if I could forward, but I'm sure she > wouldn't mind. I > think think this is a great idea, and if we all start really checking our > "wills", and etc., we can find all kinds of pertinent info. I > know I have, > and have found some info I passed over originally, or didn't find > important > to anyone but the line I was working on, that just might help someone. > Hope I haven't stepped over "the line" concerning this, but we are always > saying that "genealogy is the art of helping others", and we usually are > re-paid ten-fold, aren't we? > Shirley > ---------- > > From: Valerie Williams-France <vfrance@erols.com> > > To: NCORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NCORANGE] African Americans > > Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 5:22 PM > > > > Fellow Listers and Genealogy Friends, > > > > <snip> > > > > Please, if you come across any mention of slaves, free African > Americans, > multi-racial (German or Indian mixes), or Mulattos, keep me and other > researchers in mind and pass the information on. Most African Americans > stemmed from the southern states and islands and gradually branched out. > Sometimes we were allowed to take an owner's name, previous owner's name, > plantation name, or first or middle name of the father if he was > White ... > I'm leaving all options open. > > > > Together we can all be involved in finding our roots, no matter what the > past unfolds. > > Any information (no matter how trivial) on the following would > be greatly > appreciated: >