I've written a few times about my Van Every ancestors ties to slavery. The Labors of Hercules Myndert Frederickse and Hercules The Labor...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

A year ago I learned my 8th Great Grandfather, Myndert Frederickse (son of Frederick Van Iveren), owned a slave named Hercules. My researc...

Today’s Open Thread Thursday topic at Geneabloggers: Over the next few years – with the sesquicentennial of the United States Civil War – ...

There’s a new Carnival on the Geneablogger block. It’s one to which I likely wouldn't have contributed until just a month ago. It’s the...

On Monday, Luckie Daniels at Our Georgia Roots posted a passionate plea for a more open discussion on slavery issues, and for those with i...