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This is me at 10. My great-grandmother Lola died before I was born. I never heard her voice. Never got to ask her anything. But I found her anyway. Who's someone in your family you wish you could've met?

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New faces joining the team! 🎉
Hey fam--quick update: I'll be bringing on a few moderators soon to help keep our comment section the welcoming space it's meant to be.
You all have built something special here, and I want to make sure everyone feels comfortable jumping into conversations, asking questions, and sharing their own family stories without hesitation.
More details coming soon. Thanks for being here — love you all. ❤️

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Wanna meet one of my brothers? Chris did a sit down with me last Christmas.

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Im usually a homebody but this month is a lot of travel. Im in my happy place for a few days—-outside! Hopefully I’ll see you on a livestream next week. 😘

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Ever heard of the "Finndians?" This is one of the coolest videos I've researched.

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I started this channel three years ago investigating my great-grandmother Lola from Louisiana. She'd always identified as French—at least after she moved to New York. But digging into our family history revealed we barely understood who she actually was. The 4 part docu-series was called "Finding Lola."

What I uncovered changed how I saw our entire family story and myself.--->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eBZD...

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Photo1:My great gram Lola Perot on her wedding day to John Donnelly in 1920 Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. I have not found their marriage license-- I do wonder if no legal one exists because she was "colored" and he was Irish. They moved up to NY not long after.
Photo 2: Lola around 16
Photo 3:Lola's brother Alphonse
Photo 4: Lola's brother Albert
Photo 5: Lola's brother Emile (Uncle Dooley)

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The instructions to 1930 census takers are truly insane. LMK if this was a census where your ancestor's race changed

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>>>SURNAMES, BY COUNTIES AND CITIES, OF MIXED NEGROID VIRGINIA FAMILIES STRIVING TO PASS AS “INDIAN” OR WHITE.<<<<
Looking for your Virginia ancestors? This 1943 list compiled by registrar Walter Plecker documents families he flagged as having African ancestry who were attempting to pass as Indian or white. LMK if your family name is on here and where you are from!
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Letter from Walter A. Plecker to Local Registrars, et al. (December 1943)

SURNAMES, BY COUNTIES AND CITIES, OF MIXED NEGROID VIRGINIA FAMILIES STRIVING TO PASS AS “INDIAN” OR WHITE.

Albermarle: Moon, Powell, Kidd, Pumphrey.

Amherst: (Migrants to Alleghany and Campbell)
Adcock (Adcox), Beverly (this family is now trying to evade the situation by adopting the name of Burch or Birch, which was the name of the white mother of the present adult generation), Branham, Duff, Floyd, Hamilton, Hartless, Hicks, Johns, Lawless, Nuckles (Knuckles), Painter, Ramsey, Redcross, Roberts, Southards (Suthards, Southerds, Southers), Sorrells, Tyree, Willis, Clark, Cash, Wood.

Bedford: McVey, Maxey, Branham, Burley. (See Amherst County)

Rockbridge: (Migrants to Augusta)
Cash, Clark, Coleman, Duff, Floyd, Hartless, Hicks, Mason, Mayse (Mays), Painters, Pultz, Ramsey, Southerds (Southers, Southards, Suthards), Sorrells, Tarry, Tyree, Wood, Johns.

Charles City: Collins, Dennis, Bradby, Howell, Langston, Stewart, Wynn, Adkins.

King William: Collins, Dennis, Bradby, Howell, Langston, Stewart, Wynn, Custalow (Custaloe), Dungoe, Holmes, Miles, Page, Allmond, Adams, Hawkes, Spurlock, Doggett.

New Kent: Collins, Bradby, Stewart, Wynn, Adkins, Langston.

Henrico and Richmond City: See Charles City, New Kent, and King William.

Caroline: Byrd, Fortune, Nelson. (See Essex)

Essex and King and Queen: Nelson, Fortune, Byrd, Cooper, Tate, Hammond, Brooks, Boughton, Prince, Mitchell, Robinson.

Elizabeth City & Newport News: Stewart (descendants of Charles City families)

Halifax: Epps (Eppes), Stewart (Stuart), Coleman, Johnson, Martin, Talley, Sheppard (Shepard), Young.

Norfolk County & Portsmouth: Sawyer, Bass, Weaver, Locklear (Locklair), King, Bright, Porter, Ingram

Westmoreland: Sorrells, Worlds (or Worrell), Atwells, Gutridge, Oliff.

Greene: Shifflet, Shiflet.

Prince William: Tyson, Segar. (See Fauquier)

Fauquier: Hoffman (Huffman), Riley, Colvin, Phillips. (See Prince William)

Lancaster: Dorsey (Dawson).

Washington: Beverly, Barlow, Thomas, Hughes, Lethcoe, Worley.

Roanoke County: Beverly. (See Washington)

Lee and Smyth: Collins, Gibson (Gipson), Moore, Goins, Ramsey, Delph, Bunch, Freeman, Mise, Barlow, Bolden (Bolin), Mullins, Hawkins. – Chiefly Tennessee “Melungeons.”

Scott: Dingus. (See Lee County)

Russell: Keith, Castell, Stillwell, Meade, Profitt. (See Lee & Tazewell)

Tazewell: Hammed, Duncan.

Wise: See Lee, Smyth, Scott, and Russell Counties.

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