African Roots Podcast Episode #333 August 21, 2015

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Hello and welcome back to the African Roots Podcast! You can always reach me HERE.

I hope you all had a great week. As you can tell I am a wee bit hoarse as I have had a cold all week and yes my voice is quite squeaky. Ok I am very hoarse today. Because of my laryngitis I will probably make this week’s podcast a bit shorter.

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Well here is some interesting news. I am sure that you have all heard of the 19 Africans that arrived in 1619 in Virginia. And I suspect  you have heard that they landed in Jamestown. Well, there has been a correction in that historical fact. In fact A marker was dedicated  (or re-dedicated) yesterday afternoon in Hampton to change that historical fact and to actually mark the place where they truly disembarked.

Representatives from 5 African countries came to America to attend several ceremonies marking the landing of 19 Africans  on the present day Ft. Monroe. The marker was changed to show the actual landing place of the Africans, as it has been pointed out that the first Africans landed at Hampton and not Jamestown. The National Park service AND local historians believe that this is the case. So take note: the actual landing place is Point Comfort, in Hampton and not Jamestown. The first Africans brought to Virginia were taken from the village of Ndongo in Angola. King Sinkam Konchiod Sylvestre was also present.

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New Genealogy Society

Congratulations to folks in Danville/Pittsylvania Virginia for establishing a new genealogy society chapter of AAHGS. Their first meeting was yesterday August 20, 2015 at 5:30 at the Danville Public Library Genealogy Department. Carice Luck is the new chapter president and Danielle Pritchell is the new Vice President. Best wishes to them and of course many of us hope to meet some of them in October at the National conference in Richmond.

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Last night’s episode of Bernice Bennett’s Blog Radio show featured Leslie Anderson who discussed the process of writing a prize winning family history!  Leslie is a noted genealogist and librarian as well. Her research began when she wanted to know where an ancestor—a great grandparent was born.  Here analysis was culminated when she wrote a 10,000  word article about her search, and it won her the NGS family history writing contest. The article was published in the March 2015 quartely edition of the NGS Journal. It was over 10 pages, 10,000 words and 200 citations. Such hard work. For me, the value in editing was so clear. As writers we must write and then re-write and trust editors who can tell us when our writing is clear.

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Well, folks, my voice is telling me to wind it down a bit early. Please know that I appreciate you for being there and for tuning in! Your time is valuable and I know that you have many choices, so thank you so much.  Have a great week, and I look forward to chatting with you next week, and in the meantime, keep researching, keep documenting and keep sharing what you find.

 

Posted by Angela Y. Walton-Raji

Author, lecturer and researcher. Author, "Black Indian Genealogy Research, An Expanded Edition". Editor, Voices of Indian Territory. Member AAHGS -Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. PAAC-Preservation of African American Cemeteries. Founding Member of AfriGeneas. Faculty member for Samford IGHR, MAAGI-Midwest African American Genealogy Institute.

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