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Repository for information about slaves mentioned in wills.

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July 30, 2020 edited September 28, 2020 in Suggest an Idea
Juanita Ruth Boles said: There should be a repository for names of slaves mentioned in wills. Here are all these people who I can locate by date, county, and state, but I have no where to give this information to family members who are looking for them.
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  • LegacyUser
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    June 25, 2020
    Don M Thomas said: Just another patron like yourself.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has donated two million dollars to the International African American Museum.
    https://iaamuseum.org/announcements/t...

    This shows that the Museum will not open until "Early 2022." With the Covid-19 crisis it might take longer for them to open. You could contact them about the slaves mentioned in the Will.
    https://iaamuseum.org/
    https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/03/...
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  • LegacyUser
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    June 25, 2020
    Tom Huber said: Don's suggestion is a good one.

    There are two sources that you probably should check for possible repositories: FamilySearch Wiki (open it by using Search.... Research Wiki, and search by wildcard. Try Slavery -or- Slave Lists to start.

    The other is Cyndi's list (http://www.cyndislist.com/), which contains links for almost every genealogical site on the internet. The site isn't the easiest to use so you'll have to do some searching.
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  • LegacyUser
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    June 26, 2020
    Don M Thomas said: I am just curious and would like to read the Will if you are willing to share? Is it connected to someone in your ancestry in the FamilySearch "Family Tree?"
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    July 9, 2020
    Juanita Ruth Boles said: William Childress I’ds one of my ancestors. Just because I haven’t cleaned it up he will find his records were migrated from a gedcom file someone had, with “Judge Williams Childress, Esquire“, as his name. I’ll clean it up later, but you can did him at LVPZ-RDL
    LOOK UNDER MEMORIES. Thank you!
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 9, 2020
    Juanita Ruth Boles said: His ID is LVPL-RDL
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 9, 2020
    Juanita Ruth Boles said: Sorry, it’s LDPZ-RDL
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 9, 2020
    Don M Thomas said: Thank you Juanita Ruth Boles for letting me read the Will and Probate. It kind of hurts to see a price amount attached to each slave. Thank you again Juanita - Don.
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 10, 2020
    Juanita Ruth Boles said: Then you can see the urgent need for a way to redeem these who are dead . In doing so we will thus provide information to families who are trying to find their progenitors . Literally, we are freeing slaves by mentioning their names.
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 13, 2020
    Don M Thomas said: On the title page of FamilySearch, hit on the question mark on the FamilySearch line. The question mark will show a "Community" pop-down, that you can hit on.

    The disruption of this forum allowed me to see that FamilySearch has on it's "FAMILY SEARCH COMMUNITY" forum, under "Groups," an AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH group. https://community.familysearch.org/s/...

    Hitting on the above link or AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH group you can see off to the right of the page a title called, "Slave Name Roll Project."
    http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot....

    Hitting on the above "Slave Name Roll Project" you can see where you can add the slave names that your ancestor Willilam Childress owned and were sold after his death. You can also add his Will. Might take some time in getting to understand the "Slave Name Roll Project" and page.
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 30, 2020
    Juanita Ruth Boles said: Thank you so much for this information! I am starting on it now.
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