Family Histories

    These links are not to surname web pages, but to pages with online published genealogy books. They are of benefit to those members doing research on similar names or in specific areas and are free so you do not need to purchase the information in book form if you do not wish to. If you have a link to share with others for other published genealogy on line please post to the message board or email the link directly to me at genzoli@yahoo.com. I hope to see these links grow swiftly with member contributions.

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    link button   BLACKSHEAR ~ Blacksheariana
    Genealogy of the American Blackshear family of Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. According to this published work, most of the American people named Blackshear [negroes excepted] or any variant thereof, have descended from Robert Blackshaw, first documented as son of Thomas and Ellenor of Piscataway, N. J., 1677.
    link button   CAHOON ~ The Martha Letters
    Transcripts of letters written by Martha Lenora Haley Cahoon dating from the 1930's through the 1950's. The site also contains a link to the biography of Elizabeth Glendower Evans [1856-1937] which can be viewed at http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~sch00026.
    link button   Free African Americans ~ VA, NC, DE, MD [1790-1810]
    Family histories based on all colonial court order and minute books on microfilm at the state archives of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware, 1790-1810 census records, tax lists, wills, deeds, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, parish registers, Revolutionary War pension files, etc. There are also another 2,000 pages or so of abstracted tax lists, census records, etc., under "Colonial Tax Lists..."
    link button   Grandparent Project, The
    Profiles of grandparents, grouped geographically, submitted by users. The site also contains an index [not searchable] of names included in the profiles.
    link button   Illinois ~ A Study of Eleven Families of Color
    A study of eleven families of color from Union, Johnson, White, Jackson, Alexander, Saline, Gallatin, Williamson, Franklin, Pope, and Bond Counties, Illinois.
    link button   LENOIR Family ~ North Carolina
    A compilation of slave data extracted by Ike Forester from original letters, journals and diaries which he inherited. These papers deal with the family of General William Lenoir [1751-1839] and his descendants, particularly his son, Thomas, and his descendants.
    link button   LeFLORE ~ Malmaison
    The history of Greenwood LeFlore [June 3, 1800 – August 31, 1865], a chief of the Choctaws
    link button   MULON, Jeannot
    Biographical data of Jeannot Mulon, an Indian tracker and interpreter on the Natchitoches frontier [Louisiana], and his family.
    link button   POTTS, Isaiah L ~ Illinois
    The stories of Potts' Inn and Billy Potts have become integral parts of Southern Illinois folklore. This history, presented by William R. Carr, is the story of Isaiah L. Potts, Polly Blue, and Billy Potts.
    link button    RICE Genealogy ~ Tennessee
    Surnames in this family history include RICE, DUNAWAY, TARPLEY, HANAWAY, MORTON, EWING, LANDERS, and BOULDIN, among others.
    link button   SMALLS, Robert ~ South Carolina
    Read about Robert Smalls, view his history timeline, and peruse his family tree.
    link button   SPIVEY, Judge William Wright ~ Rusk County, Texas
    This biography was taken from page 393 of the book entitled "Rusk County History". It was compiled and edited by, and used with permission of, the Rusk County Historical Commission.
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