Tag: African-American
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Rosenwald Carroll-Boyd School
Bracey, Virginia has a Rosenwald School, which was known as The Carroll- Boyd School. This was an African American School which was part of the Mecklenburg County School System. The school had electricity with 3 classrooms, 3 coal heaters, 2 small cloak rooms, and a kitchen. The Bracey History Project is looking for stories, memories […]
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Reclaiming Our Ancestors
Jessica Jones wrote her first website post one year ago today. I’m celebrating this anniversary by telling people about her inspiring African American genealogy website. The name of her website is “Reclaiming Our Ancestors”. Jessica shows pictures of her ancestors and their records, in a helpful and interesting tutorial way. African American genealogical research is […]
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Great Creek Church & School: Bracey, VA
I found this church during a visit in October 2007. The church looked closed up, no longer in use. I walked around, trying to find a sign or name on the church, but couldn’t see any identification anywhere. The path to the door was overgrown with trees and tall weeds blocking the path. There wasn’t […]
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Jones African American DNA mystery
I was asked by a descendant of Missouri Jones to help her identify which Jones line in Mecklenburg, VA was her family’s line. I thought Jane Thomas who married Edward Carroll Jones died young, but I found out this was not true after all. My search to discover Missouri’s parents led to totally unexpected results. […]
Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries 