by Toni | Jun 27, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In order to better understand the work that I do, and why I do it, I will first explain who I am and how I got to 2004, which is when my journey into researching the lives of Stephen Binyard and his extended family first began. To be blunt, as a white woman the...
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by Toni | Jun 23, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In April of 2011, I attended a workshop at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC and what I left with changed my life. In between my workshops, I used my time wisely and requested the file of Stephen Binyard. He was the brother of Dorcas...
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by Toni | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured, Research Problem Solving
We all struggle with our genealogical research especially those who research people of color. We hit the famous brick walls repeatedly as if we are in a boxing match. First, we must realize that we have to find a better way of doing our research. There are many...
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by Toni | Jun 4, 2017 | Let's Talk Records, Podcasts, Webinars and Tutorials, Webinars, Podcasts and Tutorials
Do you feel like your genealogy research is at a standstill? Have you hit a roadblock or run out of records to search? Perhaps you have an ancestor you just can’t seem to find information for. Maybe you feel that you have exhausted all the available resources....
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by Toni | Jun 3, 2017 | Featured, Research Problem Solving
What Was Her Maiden Name? Soon after beginning your African American genealogy research, you will encounter a predictable roadblock – in order to take your female ancestors’ lines back in generations, you must learn their maiden names. This can be a...
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