(adjective) to be deeply curious about the roots and branches of your family tree.
We all know we “come from people,” but to learn their names and to begin to imagine their lives is a powerful thing. They become real.
I’m excited to have one more name to speak aloud, one more life story to dig into: my newest 3x great-grandparent, Gilbert Wilkerson.
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Hi All, I'm interrupting my regularly scheduled programming - which, in this case, has been interminable silence as I've been very busy with work and other commitments - to let you know about something exciting in my world:
I've curated an exhibit at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site!
On September 5, 1906, Sydney Borden Scott went back to school. He’d already graduated twice from Atlanta Baptist College, now Morehouse, in 1898 and 1901, then briefly spent time on the other side of the desk, as a principal and 3rd and 4th grade teacher at the East Athens School for “colored” children in East Athens, GA. Now, after a bit of time with the Isthmian (Panama) Canal Commission, he was hitting the books again. His goal: to become a doctor.
Listing for Meharry Medical College. American Medical Directory, 1906. Credit below.
One of the first things beginning genealogists need to get used to is the fact that they will likely find their ancestors' names spelled inconsistently in historical records. You have to be creative in your search, and frankly, you have to enjoy the process of discovering the sixty million different ways you'll find their names written.
Such is the case for my 2x Great Grandmother Scoatney (Scott) Cooper. The family consensus seems to be that "Scoatney" is correct. Here are 5 ways that that's been heard and interpreted over the years:
Many moons ago, in my last post, I wrote about the fact that my 2x great-grandmother’s grandniece, Lena Mae Hillsman, was one of the founders of Portland, Oregon’s Omega Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. I promised to follow it up with some details on what she actually did as a member of the sorority and what it meant for her to be a member. Well, here goes, with five facts!
