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Re: thurmond family owned sharpton family

YBP — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:42:00 -0000

I agree about not really feeling the need to find out who your ancestors' slave owners were, but it would tell you where you got your last name from. What I would want to know is what country my ancestors came from and when. I think I might give the site a try too.

Re: thurmond family owned sharpton family

Brittania — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:46:00 -0000

You should check out ancestry.com. Two week free trial gets your far. As far as the slave owner, frankly, the slave owner is not my ancestor and I honestly don't believe they deserve the honor of having me research their existence. That being said, it was very disappointing to get cut off from researching my ancestry so soon (at least that particular part). I am still hungry for information and just wasnt ready to accept that that was the end.

On the flip side, I wonder if I learned about the slave owner, if I might also learn more about my own history, i.e. when my family came over, from whom were the last names taken etc. Researching was a really good thing though, I have always known my ancestors were slaves, but my research made that reality more real to me than it has ever been.

Re: thurmond family owned sharpton family

Fredric — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:50:00 -0000

i'll have to check that out, ancestry.com.

was there any apprehension in seeing if you could determine the family that owned your ancestors? what kind of feelings does that prospect create?

Re: thurmond family owned sharpton family

Brittania — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:32:00 -0000

Interesting. I recently decided to trace my family tree using ancestry.com. Using ancestry.com's resources and my mother, I was able to trace all the way back to one set of great great grandparents, whom were born in 1878 and 1880. I will probably hit a dead end at that point because their parents were probably slaves since there were no free blacks in that part of Mississippi at that time. Mississippi did not keep names of slaves. I considered whether I should try to figure out whom the slave owner was or just stop at my great great grandparents. Im just not sure what I will do at this point, but the possibilities are certainly interesting.