Comments on: Spread The Word! We’re Having A Carnival!:-)

By: Craig Manson

Craig Manson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:28:59 +0000

Luckie– Congratulations and thanks for bringing this carnival into being! I am so far behind in my writing and work due to my surgical rehab that I missed your deadline for the first edition. But I will be a supporter and future participant.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:55:41 +0000

Diane – Thanks! Found & posted ~ http://afriendoffriends.com/?p=214

Luckie.

By: AFoF Alert: Slaves Indexed in Smith Co., TN Administrators Records 1854-1877 | A Friend of Friends

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:50:46 +0000

[...] new friend Diane, commented on the OurGeorgiaRoots blog regarding her indexing of slave names appearing in Smith County, Tennessee court administrators [...]

By: admin

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:23:42 +0000

Diane — thank you for visiting OGR & participating. What you have described is truly an act of genealogical kindness. I’ve looked at the site & been unable to locate the index you referenced. If you can email me the link (luckiedaniels@gmail.com) I will make sure it gets posted.

Rachel — thank you just doesn’t seem quite appropriate. The Emmitt’s story was our story — so I felt like my Ancestors had their say last night too! It was an eye-opening experience & I appreciated the transparency from Lisa & NBC. They allowed the story to be told, as is. Feel free to bring any future findings here but know that we’ve created a web-presence to allow this dialogue & exchange to continue, after the Carnival leaves town! http://AFriendofFriends.com.

OGR Friends — I’ll have to find another word for you than AMAZING. As always, thanks for your support!:-)

Wendy – it sounds hokey but really, this is a full community effort. My charge to share documents could have gone unanswered or I could have been to concerned about the potential reaction & never posted the question.

We have really done something amazing together Friends. History in the making…

Luckie.

By: Diane Surtees

Diane Surtees — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:35:35 +0000

I have no blog, and probably never will, but years ago I started doing an all-name index to administrator’s records for Smith County Tennessee and they have been posted on thenrootsweb site for Smith county. Rootsweb.com/~tnsmith I found reference to slaves on the early records and tried to index them in ways they could be found. They are under the name of the slave as well as “slave of…” and also the surname of the owner with slave following. I really wanted someone, anyone, trying to find a link to a slave ancestor to be able to use this tool and hopefully find some clues. Good luck in your searching, it can be frustrating and yet rewarding. diane

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:31:34 +0000

Just want to say that I’ve been researching for years and have had the pleasure of being able to browse thousands of records pertaining to my family and never once thought about how hard it would be to trace my roots without them. I watch “Who Do You Think You Are?” tonight featuring Emmit Smith and it totally opened my eyes to your plight. I have yet to run into any anscestors whom I have found to be slave owners, however, if I ever do, this will be one of the first sites I come to with that information. Does this site consist only of Georgia roots or can any African family history be brought here?

By: Elizabeth O'Neal

Elizabeth O'Neal — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:54:08 +0000

I’ve been so busy… can you believe I just learned of this carnival TODAY?? I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until the next edition to participate. It sounds wonderful, and I can already tell that this 1st edition is going to be a great success!

Thank you for bringing this to the geneablogging community!

By: WendyGK

WendyGK — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:05:05 +0000

Luckie
As someone new to genealogy and suddenly finding my roots are long and deep in this country, that also meant seeing an ancestor’s name on a list of slave owners and the conflict and physical revulsion of that discovery. I thought when I found Quakers in my line, that would at least be a line not involved in slavery , but that was the second place I found another list of slaves. You are offering an opportunity to make that into something useful and healing and a way to help someone find an ancestor and a name. Working together and letting this part of our heritage out into the light is the only way. I have a blog post in my draft file that I have been working on regarding my first discovery. I will have to finish it.

By: Taneya’s Genealogy Blog » CoAAG Carnival: Research Connections

Taneya’s Genealogy Blog » CoAAG Carnival: Research Connections — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:01:16 +0000

[...] Genelaogy prompts us all to consider our individual roles in slave research. Luckie, our gracious carnival host, provides four topic areas to choose from for this initial go-round. I have chosen to blog about [...]

By: Deborah Andrew

Deborah Andrew — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:11:35 +0000

Luckie,

I love your website and as a white person (there I said it) who has slave owning ancestors I loved your “open letter” posting of 8 Feb. I have researched my family for nearly 20 years and in all of those years I have often wondered how I should show the record without making it seem as though I was proud of the fact.

Even when I started bloggin’ (3 weeks today), I was still wondering should I or shouldn’t post material that contains slave information. But now with this wonderful Carnival idea I have a perfect way to share the records I have found that could possibly help someone else. Great!

Keep up the great work!