LEST WE FORGET

Intendin to Check out.... Unknown-no-Longer Website !!!

2012-02-06T14:45:00.001-08:00

This database is the latest step by the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) to increase access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent. Since its founding in 1831, the VHS has collected unpublished manuscripts, a collection that now numbers more than 8 million processed items.

Within these documents are numerous accounts that collectively help tell the stories of African Americans who have lived in the state over the centuries. The database seeks to lift from the obscurity of unpublished historical records as much biographical detail as remains of the enslaved Virginians named in those documents. In some cases there may only be a name on a list; in others more details survive, including family relationships, occupations, and life dates.

Unknown No Longer does not contain names that may appear in published sources at the VHS or in unpublished sources located in repositories other than the VHS. On the other hand, those whose names appear in the database need not have lived their lives solely in Virginia, for our collections contain plantation records, for example, kept by Virginians who moved to other states, taking their slaves with them. In addition, if we know that an individual named in a post-Civil War document had been enslaved before 1865, his or her name will appear in the database.

It will take years to scour the millions of documents likely to contain the names of the enslaved and so Unknown No Longer has been launched as a work in progress. With the launch there are already more than 1,500 slave names in the database.

Editor’s Note: Also check out the VHS Guide to African American Manuscripts, http://www.vahistorical.org/aamcvhs/guide_intro.htm.

Tombstone Tuesday 2012

2012-01-31T11:10:00.000-08:00

Does anybody else know....Raising Grown Kids is Hard

2012-01-30T10:42:00.001-08:00

It's a prayer - warriors job!

Queen Helen....The Love of our Lives Xmas Day 2012

2012-01-05T09:05:00.001-08:00

Family Secrets..... Things not talked about.....

2011-12-19T12:19:00.000-08:00

An inspiring account of America at its worst-and Americans at their best-woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author’s generous and secretive grandfather

In A Secret Gift, he weaves these revelations seamlessly into a tapestry of Depression-era America, which will fascinate and inspire in equal measure.

I have a Flight Attendant in my family !!!

2011-12-12T14:35:00.000-08:00

The two muchkins below don't really count... just cute.... But I will have to write in the life story of Kandy Kirk, Tony Kirk and the mother of the pink munchkin... Lawry Kirk Shabazz !!

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Week 48. Thanksgiving

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Week 48. Thanksgiving.

What was on your family’s Thanksgiving table? Do you serve the same dishes now as your family served in the past? This challenge runs from Saturday, November 26, 2011 through Friday, December 2, 2011

Fall Week 47

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Week 47. Fall.

What was fall like where and when you grew up? Describe not only the climate, but how the season influenced your activities, food choices, etc. This challenge runs from Saturday, November 19, 2011 through Friday, November 25, 2011

I'm counting down to 52 week December 2011

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2011-12-01T09:46:00.001-08:00

Madison Street COGIC...headed to Sunday services this fall of 2011!!!

Week #46 – Politics Week

2011-11-15T12:19:00.001-08:00

Politics. What are your childhood memories of politics? Were your parents active in politics? What political events and elections do you remember from your youth? This challenge runs from Saturday, November 12, 2011 through Friday, November 18, 2011.

Countdown to Election Day 2011: 5 days
Countdown to Iowa caucuses: 61 days *** January 3 caucus in Iowa
Countdown to South Carolina primary: 79 days
Countdown to Florida primary: 89 days
Countdown to Nevada caucuses: 93 days
Countdown to Super Tuesday: 124 days

As usual, Mitt Romney, simply by standing there, looking presidential, and not making a fool of himself. He has to be the luckiest man on earth. Dozens, if not hundreds of polls have shown month after month that three-quarters of the Republican voters do not want him as their nominee. Yet every challenger who rises up to take the mantle of the Not-Romney implodes due to personal flaws. Donald Trump got lost in Birtherland somewhere. Michele Bachmann is crazy as a loon, Perry can't remember why he wants to be President,

“Earlier today Herman Cain rejected calls that he should withdraw from the race. He said, ‘It ain’t gonna happen!’ That’s what he said. Ironically, that’s what women say to him when he’d put his hand up their skirt.” –Jay Leno

and Cain has a Bill-Clinton-type problem (but without the charm that saved Clinton over and over).

So who's left? Santorum has a Google problem and Ron Paul is way out of the mainstream. Of late there has been a boomlet for Newt Gingrich, but he comes with a lot of baggage. In particular, marrying his high school math teacher seems a bit odd, but is otherwise not a problem. The trouble is that he served divorce papers on her when she was in the hospital with cancer. Anyone can make a mistake after all. But then he got married to wife #2 during which period of marital bliss he led the attack on Bill Clinton for his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. The problem here is that while attacking Clinton for cheating on his wife, Gingrich was cheating on wife #2 with a woman who would later become wife #3. Clearly Gingrich loves women and would never harass them, but if he rises to the top after Cain's fall, all this history is going to resurface. People are going to say: "We dumped Cain for WHAT?"

The strangest thing about the whole campaign so far is that there actually is a candidate who is as good as Romney but without the flip-flopping problem that so plagues Romney: Jon Huntsman. He was a successful and popular governor, speaks fluent Chinese, and as ambassador to China is the only one of the Republican candidates with any foreign policy experience at all. But in the polls, he is lucky to register in the single digits so everyone ignores him. His problem is that the modern Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Huntsman, who governed pragmatically--much as Ronald Reagan did--now looks like a far leftist. His sins in the eyes of the Republican electorate are twofold: he worked for Obama as ambassador to China and he doesn't throw raw meat to the base on every issue. He could have deflected the first point by using John McCain's campaign slogan "Country First" saying he was called on to serve his country and he did not shirk his duty. He could try to blunt the second point by saying he can win the votes of the almighty independent voters. And he could certainly hammer Romney on his flip flopping, something Huntsman has never done. But the media, which once had a crush on him, has dropped him like a hot potato.

So every day it looks more and more like Obama vs. Romney in Nov. 2012.

Unless the voters of four small quirky states thrown sand in the gears of Romney's well-oiled machine.

Week #45 – High School

2011-11-15T12:18:00.001-08:00

Week 45. High School. Describe your middle and/or high school. Was it a large or small student body? Is the school still in existence today? How has it changed since you went there? This challenge runs from Saturday, November 5, 2011 through Friday, November 11, 2011

Books to Own and Read.....

2011-11-15T09:51:00.001-08:00

Franklin, Jimmie Lewis. The Blacks in Oklahoma : Newcomers to a New Land. Norman: U. Oklahoma Press, 1980.
—. Journey toward Hope: A History of Blacks in Oklahoma. Norman: U. Oklahoma Press, 1982.

Allen Toles' African American One-Room Schoolhouse | TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site

2011-11-15T09:42:00.000-08:00

Allen Toles' African American One-Room Schoolhouse TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site

Loretta Y. Jackson P.O. Box 2044 Chickasha, Oklahoma 73023 ©The Loretta Y. Jackson African American Historical Society
315 E Ada Sipuel Ave, Chickasha, OK 73018 Phone: 405-224-5297 405-224-1953 Fax: 405-224-1935

The LYJ-AAHS Project consists of a museum site with two buildings. The first building is an early 20th Century, one room African American school and has been relocated to the museum site and has been restored. The second building will be a 2050 sq. ft spacious gallery and meeting-listening room. The museum and history center site will be located on Ada Lois Sipuel Avenue. This street was named in honor of Ada Lois Sipuel who, in 1946, filed a lawsuit because she was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma School of Law. After the Supreme Court's favorable decision, Sipuel, the first African American was admitted.

Purpose: The LYJ-AAHS Project will create a museum and history center that will be dedicated to the collection and exhibition of items pertaining to the heritage and culture of African Americans through the relocation and restoration of an early 20th Century one room school and by providing a Gallery of exhibits and various artifacts. This is to encourage the study and appreciation of the contributions of African Americans.

OU Honors / Inductee Ada Sipuel Fisher

2011-11-15T08:58:00.000-08:00

Video.....it’s now posted on the OU Law website homepage.

Here is a direct link: http://jay.law.ou.edu/news/fisher.cfm

Ada's Great Gramd-daughter Christiana Factory.... graduating Sr 2011

And her cool great-grandson.... Khalil Factory!!!

Love my Family!!!

2011-11-15T08:52:00.000-08:00

Many times, I am remembering the accomplishments of 1948 on behalf of my own granddaughter.... as she will (Lord Willing...) .... she will live to witness 2048... 100 years of history!

Great-niece.... Anayah Shabazz

Genealogy Term: Daughter's Out

2011-11-10T11:00:00.000-08:00

Daughtering Out
Q: I was reading an article and the author mentioned that a line "daughtered out." What does this term mean? -- Louise
A: When a line has only daughters, the line "daughter's out." This does not mean that you cannot claim descent. You descend just as directly from a daughter as you do from a son. The big difference when you descend from a daughter is that usually the surname will change.
When a daughter marries she generally takes the surname of her spouse. What this means is that those that descend from her no longer have the surname of the famous individual. And if she had only daughters, then there would be yet another surname thrown into the picture.
For instance, General William Tecumseh SHERMAN was born 8 Feb 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. Depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line you might be on, you may consider him a famous ancestor or a skeleton in your closet if you are basing it on his performance during the American Civil War. However, you cannot have the SHERMAN surname and be directly descended from him. While he had four sons, none of them had offspring. Two of his sons, William and Charles both died young. His son Tom became a Catholic priest. Other son Philemon never married and had apparently no issue. His descent is one of those that daughter's out.

2011-10-31T14:10:00.001-07:00

Week 44. Elementary School. Describe your grammar/elementary school (or schools). Were they big or small? Are any of these schools still in existence today? If so, how have they changed since you went there? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 29, 2011 through Friday, Novemebr 4, 2011.

2011-10-31T13:10:00.001-07:00

52 Week challenge 2011
http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/

Week 43. Worst School Subject. What was your worst or least favorite subject in school and why? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 22, 2011 through Friday, October 28, 2011.

Week 42. Favorite School Subject. What was your favorite subject in school and why? Was it also your best subject? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 15, 2011 through Friday, October 21, 2011.

Teachers Week 41. Teachers. Did you have a favorite teacher when you were growing up? What class(es) did this person teach and why did he/she make an impact on your life? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 8, 2011 through Friday, October 14, 2011.

52 Weeks of Genealogy 2011

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Week 40: Trouble. What happened when you got into trouble as a child? What was punishment like in your home? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 1, 2011 through Friday, October 7, 2011.

Week 39: Least Favorite Foods. What was your least favorite food from your childhood? Did your parents make you eat it anyway? Do you still dislike the same food today? How have your tastes changed since your youth?

2011-10-24T12:50:00.003-07:00

Collectibles: Postcard of Ada Sipuel Fisher

2011-10-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

Tips on Family Health History

2011-10-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Tips on collecting

your family health history

Talk it up…

Talk to a relative with whom you feel comfortable – find out what they know about aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
You can also collect health information on close family members by talking at family gatherings.

Write it down...

Write down health problems that you and your family members have had and the age the problems began.
If someone has died, write down why they died and their age of death.

Pass it on…

Share this information with other family members and with your doctor.

Knowing your family health history can save your life

Many families have a history of health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, or heart disease. If there is a history of a particular condition in your family, you may be at greater risk of developing the condition.
The Virginia Department of Health has developed the Family Health History Form to make it easy for you to collect and record your family’s health information. Simply download the form, print it out, and fill in the information. We encourage families to complete a Family Health History on each family member and to share the information with their family physician

2011-10-18T08:32:00.000-07:00

Week #38 – Hobbies Week 38: Hobbies. Did you have any hobbies as a child? Which ones? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 17, 2011 through Friday, September 23, 2011

Week #37 – Earliest Memory Week 37: Earliest Memory. What is your earliest memory? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 10, 2011 through Friday, September 16, 2011

Week #36 – Road Trips Week 36: Road Trips. Describe a family road trip from your childhood. Where did you go and why? Who was in the car? How did you pass the time? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 3, 2011 through Friday, September 9, 2011

Week 35: Weddings. Tell us about your wedding. You may also talk about your future wedding, the wedding of a relative or shape this question to fit your own life experience. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 27, 2011 through Friday, September 2, 2011

Smells Week 34

2011-10-18T08:30:00.002-07:00

Smells. Describe any smells that take you back to childhood. These could be from meals, fragrant gardens, musty basements, or something entirely different. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 20, 2011

Nicknames Week 33

2011-10-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

Nicknames. What was your childhood nickname, and what was the meaning behind it? You can also discuss the nicknames of other family members, both past and present. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 13, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday

2011-10-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

Geneabloggers Weekly questions 2011

Borrowed Quotes

2011-10-17T12:41:00.000-07:00

Important Links for My Family Search

2011-10-05T07:38:00.000-07:00

I came back across the Family Search along with my bkquiltin@yahoo.com login and password. I'll keep this here on my blog postings...User Name: 5700kelley Password: patches7128

Social Security Death Index

SSDI is also linked here. Now am I happy or what !! ??

Nothing is Forgotton....

2011-10-04T14:53:00.001-07:00

My loved ones....

2011-09-28T10:21:00.001-07:00

Week #32 – Dinner Time Week 32: Dinner Time. On a typical childhood evening, who was around the dinner table? Was the meal served by one person, or was it a free-for-all? What is dinner time like in your family today? This challenge runs from Saturday, August 6, 2011 through Friday,

Week 33: Nicknames. What was your childhood nickname, and what was the meaning behind it? You can also discuss the nicknames of other family members, both past and present. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 13, 2011 through Friday, August 19, 2011.

Week #34 – Smells Week 34: Smells. Describe any smells that take you back to childhood. These could be from meals, fragrant gardens, musty basements, or something entirely different. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 20, 2011 through Friday, August 26, 2011.

Week #35 – Wedding Week 35: Weddings. Tell us about your wedding. You may also talk about your future wedding, the wedding of a relative or shape this question to fit your own life experience. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 27, 2011 through Friday, September 2, 2011

Week #36 – Road Trips Week 36: Road Trips. Describe a family road trip from your childhood. Where did you go and why? Who was in the car? How did you pass the time? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 3, 2011 through Friday, September 9, 2011.

Week #37 – Earliest Memory Week 37: Earliest Memory. What is your earliest memory? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 10, 2011 through Friday, September 16, 2011.

Week #38 – Hobbies Week 38: Hobbies. Did you have any hobbies as a child? Which ones? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 17, 2011 through Friday, September 23, 2011.

Week #39 – Least Favorite Foods Week 39: Least Favorite Foods. What was your least favorite food from your childhood? Did your parents make you eat it anyway? Do you still dislike the same food today? How have your tastes changed since your youth? This challenge runs from Saturday, September 24, 2011 through Friday, September

What is Genealogy.... ???

2011-09-19T07:54:00.000-07:00

"The word genealogy comes from two Greek words, one meaning ‘race’ or ‘family,’ the other ‘theory’ or ‘science.’ Therefore, genealogy is the science of tracing your ancestry. Family history, stories about your ancestors, can help you research your genealogy, and your genealogy proves your family history."
-- Willard, Jim & Terry. Ancestors. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997:5. [929.1 W69AN]

2011-08-30T10:16:00.001-07:00

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

~From a headstone in Ireland

Slaves & Free People of Color - 1800 - 1860

2011-08-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

http://youtu.be/ukS_SyzTJ3k

SAt the August 11 Thursday night Archives and History genealogy program in the library, Greg Carroll made a presentation on slaves and free people of color in western Virginia. Carroll noted some of the materials available for research on African Americans in West Virginia but indicated a need to collect more information, such as oral histories.

Slaves & Free People of Color in Western Virginia by Greg Carroll

wvarchivesandhistory

Camp Douglas, IL

2011-08-25T09:48:00.000-07:00

Illinois Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name	Prison Type	Operation Years	Max Prisoner Capacity	Max Prisoner Held	Escapes	Deaths
Alton	1	1862-1865	800	1,891	120	1,508
Camp Butler (Springfield)	4	1862-1863	2,100	2,186	203	866
Camp Douglas (Chicago)	4	1862-1865	6,000	12,082	317+	4,454
Rock Island	4	1863-1865	10,080	8,607	41	1,960
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences.

Prisoner Exchange

At the start of the Civil War, a formal exchange system for prisoners of war was not arranged because President Lincoln did not recognize the Confederacy as having wartime rights. However, after the defeat of Union forces at 1st Manassas/ Bull Run, with a large number of Union prisoners held by the Confederacy, the U.S. Congress requested that Lincoln take measures to effect an exchange. Up to this time opposing commanders sometimes would arrange an exchange of their prisoners under a flag of truce, but these transactions were few.
The first government-sanctioned exchanges took place in February 1862, but it was not until July 22 that a formal cartel detailing the exchange system was agreed to by the two governments. Under this agreement, all prisoners were to be released- either exchanged or paroled- within 10 days of capture. An equivalency table was devised in which a certain number of enlisted men could be exchanged for an officer. Excess prisoners who could not be exchanged were to be released on parole, which meant they could not perform any military service until they were officially notified that they had been exchanged.
The system was bogged down by paperwork, and each side found reason to interrupt exchanges from time to time, but the cartel operated reasonably well until it broke down in the summer of 1863. By that time the federal government had begun to use black soldiers in its war effort. Refusing to recognize black soldiers as prisoners of war, the Confederacy reduced them to slave status and threatened to execute as insurrectionists the Union officers who had commanded them. A retaliatory threat by the Union prevented the Confederacy from carrying out any executions but did not restore the cartel. Several times later in the war, the Southern states needed soldiers and requested the exchanges resume, but Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, with plenty of Union soldiers, refused.
Both sides agreed to a prisoner exchange arrangement which operated during the latter half of 1862. Under the cartel, captives remaining after the exchanges were paroled. But the agreement broke down, in part because of Northern refusal to recognize the Confederate authorities as anything other than "rebels," and in part over the Negro question.
Following the promulgation of the Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day, 1863, the North began enlisting former slaves into the Federal army. Confederate President Jefferson Davis declared that "all Negro slaves captured in arms" and their White officers should be delivered over to the South to be dealt with according to law. That could mean rigorous prosecution under strict laws relating to Negro insurrections.
Still, special exchanges on a reduced scale continued, but from 1863 onwards, both sides were holding large numbers of prisoners.
On 17 April 1864, General Grant ordered that no more Confederate prisoners were to be paroled or exchanged until there were released a sufficient number of Union officers and men to equal the parolees at Vicksburg and Port Hudson and unless the Confederate authorities would agree to make no distinction whatsoever between White and Negro prisoners.
On 10 August, the Confederate government offered to exchange officer for officer and man for man, accompanying the proposal with a statement on conditions at Andersonville. This offer induced General Grant to reveal his real reason for refusing any further exchanges. "Every man we hold, when released on parole or otherwise," Grant reported to Washington, "becomes an active soldier against us at once either directly or indirectly. If we commence a system of exchange which liberates all prisoners taken, we will have to fight on until the whole South is exterminated. If we hold those caught they amount to no more than dead men. At this particular time to release all rebel prisoners North would insure Sherman's defeat and would compromise our safety here." (Rhodes, pp499-500)
In October, Lee proposed to Grant another man-to-man exchange of prisoners. Grant asked whether Lee would turn over Negro troops "the same as White soldiers?" When Lee declared that "Negroes belonging to our citizens are not considered subjects of exchange," the negotiations completely broke down.
After the cessation of prisoner exchanges under the cartel, the camps of the South became crowded and the growing poverty of the Confederacy resulted in excessive suffering in the Southern stockades. Reports about these conditions in the Northern press created the belief that the ill treatment was part of a deliberate policy. The inevitable war hatred made such a belief readily credible.
After the war, Confederate partisans laid responsibility for camp conditions (on both sides) at the feet of the Federal authorities. They pointed to the Northern cancellation of the parole and exchange cartel which put a heavy and unexpected strain on the Southern prisoner program. They also condemned the North for its deliberate cut in rations for Confederate prisoners as a reaction to reports of bad conditions in the Southern camps.

Prisoners were exchanged on the following basis

1 general = 46 privates
1 major general = 40 privates
1 brigadier general = 20 privates
1 colonel = 15 privates
1 lieutenant colonel = 10 privates
1 major = 8 privates
1 captain = 6 privates
1 lieutenant = 4 privates
1 noncommissioned officer = 2 privates

Chickadee & Beverly... It Rhymes!.

2011-08-23T10:00:00.001-07:00

Slavery and Emancipation in the Nation's Capital

2011-08-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Damani Davis shows how to use federal records to explore the lives of African American ancestors from Washington, DC.

Find out more in

Slavery and Emancipation in the Nation's Capital: Using Federal Records to Explore the Lives of African American Ancestors

On October 6, 1862, in the nation's capital, two families appeared before a federally appointed board of commissioners that administered all business relating to the April 16 Emancipation Act that abolished slavery in the District of Columbia.1 Alice Addison, the head of a formerly enslaved African American family, was accompanied by her two adult daughters, Rachel and Mary Ann, along with Mary Ann's three children, George, Alice, and James. The other family, their former white owners, was headed by Teresa Soffell, a widow. Her three sons, Richard, John, and James, and her two daughters, Mary and Ann Young, accompanied her. A mutual desire to officially register the Addison family's new status as freed persons prompted their joint appearance. The Soffells hoped to gain the financial compensation promised by Congress to all former slaveholders in the District who had remained loyal to the Union; the Addisons simply desired the comfort and security of having an official record certifying their freedom.

The Soffells had missed the July 15, 1862, compensation deadline mandated under the terms of the April 16 act.2 The Soffells explained to the commissioners that they failed to petition by the deadline because the Addisons were no longer residing on their property at the time the act went into effect.3 The Addisons had fled the city three days earlier on April 13, fearing that President Abraham Lincoln and the federal government planned to forcibly deport them—along with all other ex-slaves—to Africa. The report noted that the Addisons had fled to their father's residence (the father of the two adult daughters) who lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, and was a slave owned by a Harry Cook. The Addisons remained there until September 28, 1862, when they returned to Washington, D.C.4

This glimpse into the lives of two Washington area families—former slaves and slaveholders—is preserved in federal records that relate to slavery and emancipation in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia before and during the Civil War era. These records contain personal information such as names, ages, physical descriptions, and places of residence, as well as collateral information casually provided in recorded testimonies. As shown in the Addison family's case, information concerning the daughter's enslaved father—including details concerning his residence in Montgomery County and the full name of his owner—is found in their testimony explaining their flight.

Slavery existed in the nation's capital from the very beginning of the city's history in 1790, when Congress created the federal territory from lands formerly held by the slave states of Virginia and Maryland. Because of its advantageous location between these two states, Washington became a center of the domestic slave trade in the 19th century and was home of one of the most active slave depots in the nation. The rapid expansion of cotton as the primary cash crop for states throughout the Deep South generated a renewed demand for slave labor. Planters and slave dealers in the declining tobacco-centered Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia, sought to capitalize on this demand by selling their surplus labor in a burgeoning domestic slave market. As one historian notes, "Washington offered dealers a convenient transportation nexus between the Upper and Lower South, as the city connected to southern markets via waterways, overland roads, and later rail."5

Within the District of Columbia, slave dealers housed the slaves in crowded pens and prisons as they waited to sell them. "Slave-coffles," long lines of shackled blacks marching from one site to another, gradually generated controversy throughout the nation. As Washington became the focus of abolitionism in the decades before the Civil War, antislavery activists argued that such scenes in the nation's capital disgraced the nation as a whole and its ideals. The Compromise of 1850 abolished active slave trading within the boundaries of the District, but the trade continued to flourish in Maryland and Virginia. As tensions increased nationally in the years leading up to the Civil War, slavery in the nation's capital continued to be a subject of special focus, activism, and compromise.6

The numbers of slaves gradually declined in the District throughout the early 19th century—from approximately 6,400 slaves in 1820 to 3,100 by 1860. Throughout the 1800s, many owners voluntarily manumitted their slaves. Of the city's black population in 1800, those who were enslaved outnumbered those who were free by four to one; however, by 1860 the number of free blacks actually exceeded the number of slaves by three to one.

In the years leading up to D.C. emancipation, the typical slave in Washington worked in some form of domestic service, and female slaves outnumbered males. On the surface, the nature of the institution seemed relatively benign compared to the harsher forms of plantation slavery in parts of the rural South, and most blacks in the District were free. Despite appearances, all African Americans in Washington—both enslaved and free—lived in a state of constant vulnerability. Those who were enslaved feared being sold further south and separated from family and loved ones. Free blacks were required to always have on their person a copy of their "certificate of freedom," and the burden of proving their status was on them. Without proof of status, free blacks could be jailed at anytime. Even if they subsequently proved their status, detained blacks still were responsible for paying for the cost of their stay. If they failed to prove their free status in sufficient time, they risked being sold further south into slavery.

Slavery remained legal in the District until April 16, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia (12 Stat. 376). The D.C. Emancipation Act originally provided for immediate emancipation, compensation to loyal Unionist masters of up to $300 for each slave, and voluntary colonization of former slaves outside the United States. The act required owners claiming compensation to file schedules listing and describing each slave by July 15, 1862. A supplementary act of July 12, 1862 (12 Stat. 538) permitted the submission of schedules by slaves whose owners lived outside of the District of Columbia if the slave had been employed with the owner's consent in the District any time after April 16, 1862. The emancipation records consist of the schedules and supporting documentation submitted as a result of these two acts.
The records are organized generally by the last name of slave owner (act of April 16, 1862) or by the last name of slave (act of July 12, 1862). Several series of records relating to slavery and emancipation in the District of Columbia have been published on microfilm and reproduced on research web sites such as Ancestry.com and Footnote.com. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862–1863 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M520) relates directly to the management and dispensation of the emancipation acts of April 16 and July 12, 1862. Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851–1863 (M433), and Habeas Corpus Case Records, 1820–1863, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (M434), contain records relevant to the broader history and social presence of slavery in the District of Columbia.7

Emancipation Papers, Manumission Papers, Affidavits of Freedom, and Case Papers Relating to Fugitive Slave, 1851–1863

The records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia (in Record Group 21) contain the bulk of documents relating to both free blacks and enslaved blacks who resided in Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties during the antebellum and Civil War eras. The circuit court records include:

Manumission papers for blacks who were voluntarily freed by their owners during the decade before the 1862 act
Emancipation papers for those freed as a result of the 1862 act
Affidavits or certificates of freedom (the official records of proof certifying the status of free blacks)

These files reveal information about free and enslaved individuals from a variety of backgrounds who were part of the everyday life and culture of the region.

Alfred Pope, a notable figure in Washington's African American history, was originally owned by South Carolina congressman Col. John Carter. Pope first appeared in public records as a participant in "The Pearl Affair." In April 1848, 77 slaves—including 38 men and boys, 26 women and girls, and 13 small children or infants—embarked on a schooner, the Pearl, and sailed up the Potomac with hopes of making it to the North. A militia on a steamboat overtook the Pearl at the mouth of the Chesapeake. The majority of the slaves' owners sold the captured fugitives to states in the Deep South; a few, Pope among them, escaped that fate. Later as a free man, Pope became a highly successful businessman, a landowner, a community leader in Georgetown, and a leading member of the black community in Washington.11
Pope's file contains a letter written by a white witness, John Marbury, the executor of his deceased owner's will. Pope submitted the letter to the circuit court to confirm that he was indeed free and to explain how he had lost earlier documents proving his freedom.

The bearer, Alfred Pope, a coloured man, who will hand you this note was a servant of the late Colonel Jno Carter of this town. . . . By Colonel Carters will Alfred was set free, & is now, with my consent as Executor, in the enjoyments of his freedom. . . . Alfred caused this necessary certificate of his freedom to be entered on record in your office & had in his possession a certified copy. About a week since . . . his dwelling house . . . took fire in the night & was destroyed with all his furniture. . . . Alfred wishes to leave the District in search of employment and wants to obtain a copy from the record of the evidence of his being a freed man. I would accompany him to your office to offer in person my testimony to the aforegoing facts but I am very unwell & unable to do so—will you be so kind as to render him the service he needs, by giving him the renewed evidence of his freedom in the proper form? very respectfully, Jno Marbury.12

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the act of September 18, 1850 (9 Stat. 462) provided that claimants to fugitive slaves could recover their slaves, either by applying to federal judges and commissioners for warrants to arrest the fugitives or by arresting the slaves and taking them before the judges or commissioners to establish ownership. The fugitive slave case records are organized by date and contain warrants for arrest and documentation of proof of ownership.
The file of Mary Ann Williams, a fugitive and accused runaway, contains the warrant for her arrest.

Whereas Mary Massey of . . . Alexandria, State of Virginia hath applied to the Circuit Court for the rendition to her of a certain black negro woman named Mary Ann Williams . . . You are hereby commanded forth with . . . to arrest her . . . she being found in your bailiwick, and her safety keep, so that you have her body before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, . . . immediately.

Upon the capture of Mary Ann Williams, she was delivered back to her owner, Mary Massey:

the said Mary Ann Williams being brought into Court by the Marshal on a warrant issued by the Court in these premises, her identity having been proved by Rudolph Massey—it is thus . . . ordered . . . that the Marshal . . . deliver her[e] the said Mary Ann Williams to the said Mary Massey; and . . . Mary Massey is authorized . . . to transport the said Mary Ann Williams to the State of Virginia from where she escaped.

For those fugitives who successfully eluded capture, there would be no record other than the initial warrant for arrest.13

Library of Congress

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I'm always taking a sideways glance via google... to find a picture of Capn James A Anderson....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157625520211184/

The Library of Congress has acquired a rare collection of nearly 700 Civil War-era photographs. The collection includes photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as the women and children they left behind. The collection is available on Flickr, which facilitates the help of viewers in assisting in identifying individuals and objects

These fascinating photographs represent the impact of the war, which involved many young enlisted men and the deaths of more than 600,000 soldiers. The photos feature details that enhance their interest, including horses, drums, muskets, rifles, revolvers, hats and caps, canteens, and a guitar. Among the rarest images are African Americans in uniform, sailors, a Lincoln campaign button, and portraits with families, women, and girls and boys

http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_CivilWar.shtml
Best of History Web Site

2011-08-22T08:12:00.001-07:00

Chickadee & Beverly... It Rhymes!.

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My folks... my momma....used to call me a little chickadee...............

The Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, North American songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada. It is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand).

Week #33 Nicknames

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Week #33 – Nicknames What was your childhood nickname, and what was the meaning behind it? You can also discuss the nicknames of other family members, both past and present. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 13, 2011 through Friday, August 19, 2011.

"COOKIE"

JoAnn Kirk Adams

2011-08-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

We thank you Lord for the gift of life.

Help us to appreciate the unique dignity of every person and the individual contribution they make tothe world, in fulfilment of the task you give them. Enable us by your grace to promote their well-being, serving you in one another in a spirit of generosity,through Christ Jesus Our Lord. Amen.

From a Fellow Blogger.....

http://rosa-munda.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-07-31T12%3A44%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=10

Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center & Museum | TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site

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Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center & Museum | TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site

616 Leona Mitchell Blvd
Enid, OK 73701

Phone: 580-237-6989 580-402-2524

Directions

From Oklahoma City, take I-35 north to Hwy 412 W to Leona Mitchell Place; turn left. From Hwy 81 N, drive to Owen K. Garriott and turn right onto Leona Mitchell Place. Turn right.

One of Enid's best kept secrets, this museum is named in honor of Leona Mitchell, a black Chickasaw benefactor, international opera singer and Enid resident.
The museum takes great pride in presenting the story of ethnic Native Americans, black Indians and Freedmen from pre-history to present day......

exhibits include collections on African Land Run pioneers, black service organization history and territorial marriages.

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Week 32 - Food, food, food....

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Family records

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Family time

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Week 31 - Big Mama's House....

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Week #31 – Grandparents’ House Week 31: Grandparents’ House. Describe your grandparents’ house. Was it big or small? How long did they live there? If you do not know this information, feel free to describe the house of another family member you remember from your childhood.

Which Week is it...??? Jobs, jobs, jobs.....

2011-08-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

52 Week challenge 2011
http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/

Week #30 – Employment Week 30: Employment. Describe your first job. What did you do? Were you saving for something in particular, or just trying to make a living? Did that first job provide skills and make an impact on your life today? This challenge runs from Saturday, July 23, 2011 through Friday, July 29,

Wordless Wednesday

2011-08-03T13:07:00.001-07:00

Books to Read....

2011-08-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

My Grandfather was a railroad worker.....

Generations . . . .

2011-08-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

Big Mama and Her Grands

My Mother and Her Grands....

Me and my Grands......

Evaporative Cooling... hmnnnn .... so much information on the Net!

2011-07-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

.....EXAMPLE OF evaporative cooling.... It is the same physics that cools your cup of hot coffee. In your coffee, the most energetic coffee molecules escape from the cup and come off as steam.

When they do this, they take away more than their share of heat, and the atoms left behind in the cup are colder because they have lost energy.

Mama mentioned the "Water Cooler" that Daddy bought.....

2011-07-25T07:38:00.000-07:00

back in HOT summer of 1954..... when I was about six months old.... we lived in Tilman County, Frederick, Oklahoma. So now --- what was a water cooler???

An evaporative cooler (also swamp cooler, desert cooler, and wet air cooler) is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water. Evaporative cooling differs from typical air conditioning systems which use vapor-compression. Unlike refrigeration, it requires a water source, and must continually consume water to operate. The evaporative cooler's water is only evaporated once.

Sooooo.... how does the dictionary tell me this thing works?????

Typically, residential and industrial evaporative coolers use direct evaporation and can be described as an enclosed metal or plastic box with vented sides containing a centrifugal fan or 'blower', electric motor with pulleys (known as 'sheaves' in HVAC), (or a direct-driven axial fan), and a water pump to wet the evaporative cooling pads. The units can be mounted on the roof (down draft, or downflow), or exterior walls or windows (side draft, or horizontal flow) of buildings. To cool, the fan draws ambient air through vents on the unit's sides and through the damp pads. Heat in the air evaporates water from the pads which are constantly re-dampened to continue the cooling process. Thus cooled, moist air is then delivered to the building via a vent in the roof or wall.
Because the cooling air originates outside the building, one or more large vents must exist to allow air to move from inside to outside. Air should only be allowed to pass once through the system, or the cooling effect will decrease

OK... so the family story was remembered by Mama on yesterday.... It was so hot and dry in that Frederick mid-July heat. And you were so miserable.. and fussy... that Not until Howard went and bought a water cooler. We laid you out on the floor... and you slept and you enjoyed that cool air!

Water Week 29

2011-07-25T07:28:00.002-07:00

Water . . . . Do you have any memories of the sea or another body of water? Did you live there or just visit? What did you do there? You can also describe a body of water by which you live or visit in the present day

Summer Week 28

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Summer ! ! ? ? ? What was summer like where and when you grew up? Describe not only the climate, but how the season influenced your activities, food choices, etc. This challenge runs from Saturday, July 9, 2011 through Friday, July 15, 2011

Happy 85th Birthday Mama.... July 25, 2011

2011-07-25T07:24:00.001-07:00

Still in Search of Family Roots

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1920 Census
State: Mississippi County: Oktibbeh Township: Beat 5

KINNARD, Manasy Head R F B 24 1896 M y y MS MS MS y Farmer
SIPUEL, Ada Cousin F B 26 1894 Widow y y MS MS MS Farm Laboror
KINNARD, Ethel L daughter F B 6 1914 s MS MS MS
SIPUEL, Maggie Head R F B 22 1898 M y y MS MS MS Cook
SIPUEL, Emma daughter F B 2 1918 s MS MS MS None
Macon, Magnolia Cousin F B 27 1893 s n n MS MS MS None

Young, William Head R M B 50 1870 M y y MS MS MS Farmer
Young, Sarah Wife F B 22 1898 M y y MS MS MS Farmer
Young, Patrick Son M B 16 1904 S y y MS MS MS Farmer
KINNARD, LAURA Boarder F B 21 1899 S y y MS MS MS Farmer
Miller, Jessie Boarder M B 26 1894

My Daddy loved Money

2011-07-06T12:30:00.000-07:00

That is.... the collecting of coins and bills....
So when I ran across a couple of Silver Certificate Dollar bills..... I purchased then at half price... they were listed as $5 each.... I love a two-fer sale for the sake of a family memory!

Silver Certificate Dollar Bill Value

The 1957 silver certificate dollar bill value, is a bit higher than its intrinsic $1 value and is often valued to $1.25 to $1.50 if it is a circulated bill. Non circulated ones go up to $4. The same is the case of 1935 silver certificate dollar bill value, however there are exceptions, such as the experimental notes, and the 1935A Hawaii and North Africa or blocks and serial number ranges which are rare and have quite a higher value. In case of the rare ones 1957A silver certificate dollar bill value is often quite high. There are some other bills such as the 1934 and 1953 bills, where the silver certificate five dollar bill value increases by about 30 to 40% of the intrinsic amount, the only reason being that the bill is a rare one. Large Size "Horseblanket" or "Saddleblanket" bills, that were printed before 1928, have an exceptionally high value and the $1 bill can be sold well over $100.

The silver certificate dollar bill was basically launched by the United States government as a response to the agitation. The gold standard was abolished and the original gold - silver standard was reintroduced. The silver certificates basically implies the fact that the mint took into custody, volumes of silver before printing the certificates or rather the bill. The silver certificates were printed in the denomination of $1, $5 and $10. The denomination is the intrinsic value of the said bill.

Family Vacations -- Family Memories

2011-07-04T14:07:00.001-07:00

Week 27. Vacations. Where did your family go on vacation? Did you have a favorite place? Is it still there? If not, how has the area changed? This challenge runs from Saturday, July 2, 2011 through Friday, July 8, 2011

Sing a Simple Song !

2011-07-04T14:06:00.001-07:00

http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/

Week 26. Songs. What was the #1 song during the week of your birth? Enter your birth date at This Day in Music (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1) and find out.

Fisher-Factory Huggins Reunion

2011-07-04T08:53:00.001-07:00

From Six in 2006 ` there were Eight Fisher-Factory Huggins Family in 2011

1961 - 2011 ~ 50th Year Celebration

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OUR HISTORY.

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ABROAD in the breeze waves our starry flag,

Beneath its folds toil we.

While other nations their harvests reap,

And some are at play, and some asleep,

We are writing our history.

We write—not one to labor alone,

But thousands hold the pen.

Delicate youth and hoary age

Leave a record upon the page,

Fair women and stalwart men.

What does our history speak about,

What story does it tell?

It tells of struggles, of hopes, and fears,

Of heavy losses, and bitter tears

(The world knows the lesson well!);

Of gallant deeds to make one thrill,

And perils by land and sea;

Of children leaving their mother's side

To strike one blow, in their childish pride,

For the country of the free.

Oh! scornful world, watching without,
"Stricken of God!" ye say?

Nay, through the cloud as our fathers trod,

We are marching onward to meet our God,

His promise our only stay.

What though the sword from its scabbard leap,

And cannon the echoes wake!

Though thousands are falling beside us— Still

We follow boldly, for 'tis His will

That we suffer for Freedom's sake!

O not one star from our flag shall fade!

There our Father bade them be,
And said if we kept them free from stain
They should form forever a golden chain

To bind us to Liberty.

And so, though foreign foes would beguile,

And traitorous voices call;

Though armed hosts meet us at every turn,

On bonded knees an oath we have sworn,

That our banner shall never fall!

There is hardly a house where every chair

Is filled as it might have been,

Were there no blank sheets in our history,

To be filled ere another year we see—

And faster travels the pen.

It matters not, O doubting world!

That our labor be hard or long,

For never by man was a good work wrought

But angels first with the devil fought,

Yet Right will conquer Wrong.

Float on in the breeze, thou flag of hope!

Bravely beneath toil we!

While other nations their harvests reap,

With glorious deeds for memory's keep,

We are writing our history,

Tombstone Wednesday.... hmmmmmnnnm

2011-06-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Father's Day.... 2011

2011-06-20T07:45:00.000-07:00

It started when I spoke of Baptist Hospital... the tenth floor where daddy died 6-14-1997 while driving to church Father's Day morning... the whole day of his dying moving across my mind's eye. I had mentioned Tiger not having his dad at the US Open... Life changes. I had seen just enough of the movie RAY..... wherein Ray Charles sat on a bus and relived the incident wherein his brother drowned in a tub..... I saw the trees with bottles hanging and reflecting the sunlight.... an old mother....The Lord done took him home, chile...

This is a photo of the Chickasha headstone.... no name had yet been engraved as deceased....

Well next... I felt like everybody was rude... and in their own world. Pastor sung alongside his son -- so proud. The speaker introduced his son -- so proud. Patrick was a new - good father. Then my blood sugar dropped - just a minor variation. And boy... I had to get out of church... tried to get my debit card to go eat... forgot the car key. Peggi Kennedy offered to help, gave me cracker.... I shed tears. I managed to close out church... feeling awfully lonely. Lawrence was running around for a full 40 minutes helping EVERBODY else.... and boy did I feel alone...sitting in the car.

So I cried some more.

It's only today...that it dawns on me that it was a NO-Father's Day moment for me.

This really beautiful man.... his picture hangs in my sewing room.... A place that I did not go to last night... There's really nothing else to say. for today...

Week 25 out of 52 week via 2011... WOW !

2011-06-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

Week #25 – Neighbors????? Who were your childhood neighbors? Have you kept in touch with any of them? Do you feel the concept of “neighbors” has changed since then? This challenge runs from Saturday, June 18, 2011 through Friday, June 24, 2011.

Wordless Wednesday..... Girls dob ~ 1926, 1954, 1978 and 2008 !

2011-06-15T08:32:00.000-07:00

Week 24. Croaker Sack Clothing

2011-06-13T09:14:00.000-07:00

Clothing...... What types of clothes did you wear as a child? As I see this word and its' various explanations... I know that as children in rural areas of Oklahoma... our clothing was sometimes make out of this course, itchy, rough burlap bag fabric !!!

croa·ker (krō′kər) sack clothing (gunnysack) DEFINITION: a bag made of burlap or similar material ... A course fabrice

Used in areas of the American South - as of 2009 - ranging from South Carolina, through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and at least northern Louisiana. Indeed, the sack doubtless referred to the burlap bag used to carry the fish, but no one questioned now remembers that particular use. Today it's the word traditionally used, at least in the areas mentioned, to mean "burlap bag" and is used to carry whatever articles that are at hand.

What was “in fashion” and did your style compare?

This challenge runs from Saturday, June 11, 2011

Week 23 -- Books... E-books... Book Nook and so on...

2011-06-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

Week 23. Books. What was your favorite book, or who was your favorite author from your childhood? What do you like to read now? Books or other formats? This challenge runs from Saturday, June 4, 2011 through Friday, June 10, 2011

Henry Huggins

Beverly Cleary

Illustrated by Louis Darling Fiction (Series) Ages 8 to 10 HarperCollins, 1990, 0380709120

Week 22 -- Secrets Untold....

2011-06-13T08:58:00.001-07:00

Week 22. Secrets. Describe something about yourself that won’t be found on any record 100 years from now. This challenge runs from Saturday, May 28, 2011 through Friday, June 3, 2011.

What Week is it.....???? Catch up time!

2011-06-13T08:54:00.001-07:00

52 Week challenge 2011
http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/

Social Security Death Index

2011-05-31T14:42:00.000-07:00

https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Fc1202535&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D

"This index is a master index file of deaths reported to the Social Security Administration. It has been kept since 1962, when operations were computerized. The index includes about 50 percent of deceased persons from 1962 to 1971 and about 85 percent of the deceased persons from 1972 to 2005. It also includes a few deaths from 1937 to 1961. As of 2005, the index contained 76 million death records." See FamilySearch Wiki: United States Social Security Death Index to learn more.

Book of the Week: Things to do....

2011-05-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

Blacks in Gold Rush California, by Rudolph M. Lapp.
Negro Trail Blazers of California by Delilah L. Beasley; original 1818; reprinted 1969.

Tombstone Tuesday

2011-05-31T13:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled
out on polished, marbled stone.

It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died years before I was born.

Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts
and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.

The place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among
the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.

I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would
find your grave,
And come to visit you.

~ Author Unknown ~

Memorial Day ~ Kirk Family 2011

2011-05-31T13:03:00.000-07:00

Hillcrest Memory Gardens

at the corner of NE 50th Street and Hiwassee Road

4401 N Spencer Rd [office]
12700 NE 50 [cemetery]
Spencer, OK 73084
405-771-3711

Pearl Kirk

Birth: Dec. 29, 1930 Death: Mar. 12, 2003

Plot: Lot 350 Sec B2

Memorial Day Facts:

Memorial Day was first observed on 30 May 1868 with flowers placed on the soldiers' graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
By 1890 Memorial Day was recognized by all of the northern states.

After World War I, southerners joined in honoring Americans who died fighting in any war.
The National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) officially recognized Memorial Day.
Several southern states still have a separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennesse Social Security Death Index

First name:	Pearl
middle name:	Myrtle
last name:	Kirk
name suffix:
birth date:	29 December 1930
social security number:	445-32-5055
place of issuance:	Oklahoma
last residence:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
zip code of last residence:	73105
death date:	9 March 2003
estimated age at death:	72 https://familysearch.org/

2011-05-31T12:51:00.000-07:00

Title
Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Arkansas : National Archives microfilm publications, pamphlet accompanying microcopy no. 317
Stmnt.Resp.
National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration
Authors
United States. National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration (Main Author)
United States. War Department. Confederate Archives Division. (Added Author)
Notes
Title from the cover.
"On the 256 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the compiled service records of Confederate soldiers belonging to units from the State of Arkansas. ... The compiled service records reproduced in this microcopy ... are part of the records in the National Archives designated as Record Group 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records." -- p. 1-2.
Subjects
United States - Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs
Arkansas - Military records - Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America - History, Military
Copies
Call Number - Location - Status - High Density
973 J53m no. 317 - FHL US/CAN Book - Available -
Format
Books/Monographs
Language
English
Publication
Washington [District of Columbia] : National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration, 1961
Physical
12 p.
Subject Class
973 J53
References
(Related (rev) Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Arkansas
(With) Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama
Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]

No film notes for this title.
© 2002 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved

Tulsa Genealogy

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General Sources:

Civil War Rosters Arranged by State website: www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw

Eales, Anne Bruner and Kvasnicka, Robert M. 'Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States.' Third Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000. (Gen. Ctr.)

U.S. War Department, comp. War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. Reprinted. Harrisburg, Pa.: The National Historical Society, 1985. (Gen. Ctr.)

Schweitzer, George Keene. Civil War Genealogy: A basic guide for tracing your Civil War ancestor, with detailed sources and precise instruction for obtaining information from them. Knoxville, TN: G. K. Schweitzer, 1988. (TGS Lib.)

Confederate Sources:

General

Confederate Pension Application Files (by State) Located in various state archives and libraries. (Some state files are on-line.)

Hewett, Janet B., ed. Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. 16 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1995-1996. (Gen. Ctr.)

Manarin, Louis H. Cumulative index, the Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1893 ' 1932. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1986. (Gen. Ctr.)

Mills, Gary B. Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. (Gen. Ctr.)

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (NARA). Record Group 109, War Dept. Collection of Confederate Records. Indexes and Compiled Military Service Records of Confederate Army Volunteers.

NARA. Microfilmed consolidated indexes of Compiled Military Service Records of Confederate Army Volunteers. Microform M253. 535 microfilm rolls. (LDS)

NARA. Microfilmed Compiled Military Service Records of Confederate Army Volunteers. (Organized by state). (LDS)

Neagles, James C. Confederate Research Sources: A Guide to Archive Collections. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986. (Gen. Ctr.)

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. 10 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1992. (Gen. Ctr.)

The Confederate Veteran Magazine. Reprint edition. 40 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1988. (Gen. Ctr.)

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Confederate Citizens Files at Footnote

NARA M346. Known as the "Citizens File," these original records pertain to goods furnished or services rendered to the Confederate government by private individuals or business firms. For a more complete description see The "Citizens File" of Confederate Papers. This is a useful resource for documenting ancestors who lived in The Cofederate States of America or slave owners.

Another Great Link - Family Search Resource

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https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Civil_War,_1861_to_1865#Additional_Confederate_Sources

United States Civil War,

1861 to 1865

Confederate Soldier Homes

Many Southern states maintained soldier homes for needy Confederate veterans. Records of these homes available at the Family History Library include:

Arkansas

Pickett, Connie. Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows. St. Louis, Missouri: Ingmire Publications, 1985. (FHL book 976.7 M28i.) Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.

Arkansas:

Arkansas Civil War Website: www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar

Allen, Desmond Walls. Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers. 3 vols. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1990. (Gen. Ctr.)

___________. Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications. Conway, AR: D. W. Allen, 1991. (Gen. Ctr. & TGS Lib.)

___________. Arkansas Union Soldiers Pension Application Index. Conway, AR: D. W. Allen, 1987. (Gen. Ctr.)

___________. Arkansas Damned Yankees: An Index to Union Soldiers in Arkansas Regiments. Conway, AR: D. W. Allen, 1987. (Gen. Ctr. & TGS Lib.)

Knight, Rena Marie. Additional Civil War Soldiers in Arkansas. 2 vols. Jacksonville, AR: RMK Publishing Company, 2004. (Gen. Ctr.)

McLane, Bobbie Jones. Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans. 3 vols. Hot Springs National Park, AR: B. J. McLane & C. Glazner, 1977 ' 1981. (Gen. Ctr. & TGS Lib.)

____________. An Index to the Three Volumes, Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans. Hot Springs, AR: Arkansas Ancestors, 1988. (Gen. Ctr. & TGS Lib.)

Pickett, Connie. Old Soldiers Home ' Arkansas Confederate Soldiers & Widows. St. Louis, MO: F. T. Ingmire, 1985. (ILL)

Confederate Prisoner of War Records

Below is a set of 429 volumes naming Confederate-held prisoners:

Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861–1865. National Archives Microfilm Publication M598. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1965–66, (FHL films 1303301–445.) Consists mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records may provide such information as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, prisoners released, and so on.

Histories

Speer, Lonnie R., Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War, (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, c1997), contains the history of Union and Confederate prisons. FHL book 973 M2spe. Other libraries.

Federal Censuses

The Thirteenth Population Census of the United States, 1910. National Archives Microfilm Publication T624. (On 1,784 FHL films beginning with 1374014.) This census recorded whether an individual was a survivor of the Confederate Army (CA) or the Confederate Navy (CN). Some Southern states took special censuses of Confederate veterans. Those at the Family History Library include:

Arkansas: Desha, Drew, and Faulkner Counties [NARA T624 roll 49]

FHL US/CAN Census Area
1374062

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Perusal of Shorpy.... Odd name... Great site!

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Previous poster Joe Manning said:

"This is a beautiful photo. Look at the pride in the face of the teacher on the right. This was 1905, and most of these children would have been around 60 years old when the Brown vs. Board of Education decision was handed down, and another 10 years before the Public Accommodations and Voting Rights Acts were passed. For another sixty years after this photo was taken, this country still, by law, condemned these lovely young Americans to second-class citizenship. Think of what the potential talents of these children might have contributed to world in the 20th century, had we given them an equal chance."

I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment Manning expressed here, and appreciate you @ Shorpy for sharing this photo with those of us obsessive history buffs.

Good to Know.... Web/blogger

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Good to know genealogists guide

Etymology of Genealogy
From the Greek with genea meaning descent and logos meaning knowledge.

The Math of Genealogy:
You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 Great Grandparents, 16 GG-Grandparents, 32 G³-Grandparents

Hunting for pictures

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How can I find photos of my ancestors? Here are some places to look:

Family Members

Ask your family members. You never know who in your family may have the passed-down photos of grandparents, great-grandparents or even further back, and never mentioned it because they thought no-one was interested. Today, it is easy to make copies – you can go to their house and take a digital photograph of the photo or take your laptop and scanner to scan the photo.

Photo Archives

Search the historical photo archives on the internet.

Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive
Dead Fred - Free Genealogy Search
Ancient Faces - Share Research Photos
Family Old Photos - antique images and vintage photograph

Images of America Series
The Images of American Series, available for many towns across the US, have photos generally culled from the town’s historical society. While the book may not have close-ups of people, they generally have group shots of the townspeople. I found an ancestor in a group shot of the local Volunteer Fire Department taken 140 years ago. These books are available at local book stores, libraries, and at Amazon.com It’s worth a browse, but no guarantee you will find your ancestor. You will, however, find some pretty good photos of your town as it used to be. To find these books atAmazon.com, search for your county or town name with the words Images of America. Be sure to check out the years the book covers as some of these books have historical photos while some have contemporary photos.

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To backup your genealogy files onto BackupMyTree, go to BackupMyTree

Download and run the BackupMyTree installer. BackupMyTree should start automatically after installation, and will appear in the Windows notification / system tray area.
After a few minutes, your web browser should pop up, asking you to log in to your BackupMyTree account.
Next, BackupMyTree will scan your hard drive for family trees and immediately start backing them up.

When I first used BackupMyTree, it took quite a while (days) to sync all the files and gedcoms I had on my computer, even though it says on the website it only takes minutes. It uses minimal resources always working in the background to update the latest version of your genealogy program file, and I haven't noticed any slowdown when it is running. There is no limit to the files it will backup and I was quite surprised to see how many files it found on my computer. However, each file backed up is limited to 1 gigabyte in size.

When I go to BackupMyTree, the website always opens up in Google Chrome, which is not my default browser, but I do have it installed on my computer. I'm not sure, but the program might require a Google Chrome download.

Hint: If you use FamilyTreeMaker, do a monthly backup (file - backup) within the program and be sure to tick the box called "include media files" . This will save your data plus all photos and images to a .ftmb backup file which BackupmyTree will backup for you as long as your file is not larger than 1 gigabyte. Great way to get photos and Ancestry.com record images backed up along with your genealogy database file.

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Learning and remembers Blacks as Contraband

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In most cases, Brig. General Benjamin F. Butler is credited with coining the term "contraband." Stationed at Fortress Monroe in Virginia in 1861, Butler was met with the question of what to do with escaping slaves when three men entered his line seeking refuge. Like other commanding officers, Butler, an attorney, had to decide if he would obey the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 , which clearly, under threat of arrest, directed anyone coming into contact with an escaped slave to return the fugitive to his or her master. The sharp-minded Butler, aware that blacks were being used by Confederates to build fortifications and reasoning that the property of disloyal Southerners could be claimed by the federal army as "contraband of war," so classfied African Americans coming within his line. In addition to Butler’s important decision, The Second Confiscation Act, would nearly ensure that African Americans who crossed Union lines would be offered sanctuary.

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Gen Writers
My daddy is my past.........My granddaughter is my future, Lord, give her length of days, and good success (Joshua 1:9)

This is a useful site..... It encourages me to write my family's stories... to pass them along. My family's history is my history...not to be lost or forgotten.

Genwriting provides inspiration, support, resources, and ideas to help you write your family history.

The author of GenWriters noted ...diaries and letters can help to add social history context to our written family histories. Don’t be concerned if you can’t find a diary written by or about one of your ancestors. Instead, search for diaries written by people who lived in the time and place of your ancestor. You will learn about the community and the social mores of the time. Allow yourself to be transported to your ancestor’s world.

A fellow traveler... who dares Not To Forget . . .

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Noted author, historian and veteran Bennie McRae, Jr. has donated more than 20 years of research on the African American military experience, primarily focused on the U.S. Colored Troops and Contrabands in the Civil War.

Read more about Mr McRae, Jr and his amazing donation to Hampton University athttp://lestweforget.hamptonu.edu/

Celebrate Memorial Day.

Peace & Blessings, http://www.genealogywise.com/group/africanancestoredgenealogy “Guided by the Ancestors”

Shhhhh..... Don't tel ...Secrets

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Week 22. Secrets. Describe something about yourself that won’t be found on any record 100 years from now. This challenge runs from Saturday, May 28, 2011 through Friday, June 3, 2011.

hmmmnnnnn..... still silent... am I not.........

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http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/

Tuesday Reflections

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On Memorial Day 2011, Chickasha Oklahoma....

Rose Hill Cemetery

Tony and Jalen didn't go with us this year....

As Wendell places flowers at my dad's grave, my Sister looks so sad

Here... she walk away....

This is the 2011 Mee-maw new-look hairdo.... with Miss Anayah (age 2 1/2)

I picked up on one of Big Mama's Pictures..... yippeeeeeeee

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Simply beautiful.... lovely... and much loved is Martha Belle

Here are pictures of two other dear ladies that I have adopted as my very own Big Mama (s)

Sister Mildred Fish (below) turned 99 years old on 5-15-2011

and here is also my adopted Big mama

Week #21 – Commercials

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HMMMMMNNNNN Do I remember any commercial jingles from my childhood? This challenge runs from Saturday, May 21, 2011 through Friday, May 27, 2011.

Week # 20 – Fame

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Week 20. Fame. Tell us about any local brushes with fame. Were you ever in the newspaper? Why? You may also describe any press mentions of your family members. This challenge runs from Saturday, May 14, 2011 through Friday, May 20, 2011

My first thoughts are about the time my mother went locally shopping at a small mall. A younger woman left her baby unattended in her car... and my mother was the first to approach the crying youngster. As my mother saw the situation progress into a situation where the woman had gone into a store and was caught shoplifting.....wherein a good number of white persons and policemen gathered around inside and out. As my mother competently spoke and kept the police and all involved pretty calm.... Mom was later awarded a citation for her part in the calamity!!!!

Next up was the time my daddy was invited to the White House in 1985 or see as a group of clergymen to discuss American issues with President Reagan.... later.. he kept the card-invite and cherished the event.... Famously.... you bet!

Scanning and Saving my Memories

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Week 19 - 2011 And how time flies11

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Bedroom Week 19. Describe your childhood bedroom. What furniture did it contain? Were there curtains, wallpaper or paint? Was it messy or clean? Did you share a room with your siblings? This challenge runs from Saturday, May 7, 2011 through Friday, May 13, 2011.

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"Preservation and Interpretation" of your ancestor stories will occur most effectively if each of you use multiple approaches to telling your ancestor stories to your families and interested others

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For Trump's decision to fire actor Busey instead of rock singer Meat Loaf from his TV show earlier this month, Obama quipped: "These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir."

comedian Seth Meyers picked up where Obama left off. "Donald Trump often talks about running as a Republican, which is surprising," said the Saturday Night Live actor............., "I just assumed he was running as a joke."

Week 18 is Perfect Timing.... Chilly, chilly....

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Weather.

Do you have any memorable weather memories from your childhood? How did your family cope and pass the time with adverse weather? When faced with bad weather in the present day, what do you do when you’re stuck at home? This challenge runs from Saturday, April 30, 2011