African American

JustAnotherGen

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8. Could it have been in

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 05:29 PM

Sep 2015

The African Americans? I have that PBS series and think he explored it in there.

You can't make this stuff up. It was a secret in my dad's family - at least in regards to my cousins and me knowing - the the Irish an in our family pictures - there were other pics of him in his CSA Colonel's uniform. That was a this request when he died.

About 20 years ago my great Aunt Jenni said enough - her grand daddy was a Johnny Reb and his great great grandchildren had a right to know. He died in the late 1940's at about 107/108 and the knowledge was deliberately "lost" by my dad and his peers for about 50 years.

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An Ohio town where races have mixed freely for more than 200 years [View all] brer cat Sep 2015 OP

Born and raised in Ohio and never knew about bvf Sep 2015 #1

Thanks for adding that link. brer cat Sep 2015 #2

Screen play idea -Ohio JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #3

Gouldtown (aka Bridgeton to me lol) New Jersey is another one. My Dad's family rooted there. nc4bo Sep 2015 #4

There is too little of this history taught, brer cat Sep 2015 #6

It's amazing isn't it? nc4bo Sep 2015 #11

I agree. brer cat Sep 2015 #12

Are you serious? JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #7

Thank-you for that article! We're a branch off Pierce/Cuff line. nc4bo Sep 2015 #10

Henry Louis Gates' "Finding Your Roots" series went to a town like this ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #5

Could it have been in JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #8

This is very cool. K&R Number23 Sep 2015 #9