We’re Having An Inventory and Appraisement…I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
DATE: 9 February 1856
LOCATION: Fulton County, GA
PLACE: Richard Taliaferro’s Farm
Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Richard Taliaferro (of unsound mind)
Valued at
Willis & Wife & child (Letta)………………………………………………………..1900.00
Miles & Son John……………………………………………………………………..1700.00
Nancy & Son Albert……………………………………………………………………1250.00
Hulda & Child…………………………………………………………………………..1000.00
Jesse……………………………………………………………………………………….900.00
Kipy & Peter……………………………………………………………………………….1000.00
Mingo Wife & two children………………………………………………………………..2100.00
Green & Mahaly…………………………………………………………………………….1550.00
Clinton & Molly……………………………………………………………………………….700.00
I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
154 years later…..
We’re Having A Carnival…I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
DATE: 19 March 2010
LOCATION: The Internet
PLACE: The GeneaCommunity
This I my first Carnival. I am so excited. But, it’s not just any Carnival, it’s the very first Carnival of African American Genealogy. The theme for the Carnival is – Restore My Name – Slave Records and Genealogy Research.
I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
One aspect offered for discussion – What responsibilities are involved on the part of the researcher when locating names of slaves in a record? I submit there is a huge responsibility on every researcher to share slave names found in records encountered during their research. The major aspect of that responsibility is SHARING. The responsibility to share slave data falls on every researcher- descendants of slave owners, descendants of the enslaved, and yes, even those whose ancestors were not slave owners. It is a genea-community responsibility. If we step up to the plate and share this responsibility…
I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
Our spirits are high, and we’re encouraged by recent developments. Descendants of slave owners are sharing slave-related documents on a regular basis, posting and tweeting about slave info, and creating new daily themes focused on sharing slave-related documents. A new movement is spreading throughout the genea-community, and it’s contagious. A Friend of Friends is resurrecting The Underground Railroad 21stcentury style with modern day genea-conductors. We are sharing and caring; communicating and exchanging; coming together with a common purpose. We switched from defense to offense; from blame and finger-pointing to understanding and acceptance.
I Wonder If The Ancestors Will Celebrate?
Up above my head, I hear music in the air…
I Wonder If The Ancestors Are Celebrating?
