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When Freedom Came – Documenting the Family's Freedom Story

Angela Walton-Raji
Jul 16, 2014
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Main Presentation
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Census Search
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Census Search Strategy
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What's Missing?
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How Did Freedom Come?
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Seeking & Finding Freedom
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Where Are Stories Found?
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Enlistment of Colored Troops
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Refugee Slaves
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Documenting the First Days
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Newspapers
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Political Cartoons
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Questions to Ask
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Local Civil War History
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Identify Headstones
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In the Community
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Local History
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3 Good Resources
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United States Colored Troops
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Soldiers & Sailors System
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Extracting the Stories
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Military Files
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Lydia Talkington
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Amanda Young
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Historical Illustrations
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Ft. Monroe
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Everyone Did Not Leave
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Other Records
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Lessons Learned
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Post Script
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Researching the history of African American families can be complicated. With families once enslaved, the task involves tracing the family back in public records, identifying the last known slave holder, and then researching the slaveholder's history to continue to document the family. However, one major story is often overlooked. The story of how freedom came to the family is the one story untold. This webinar will illustrate methods of discovering that missing story, and how to find clues when the ancestors left no stories behind.

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Angela Walton-Raji
Angela Walton-Raji is known nationally for her genealogical and historical research and work with Oklahoma Native-American records.  Her book, “Black Indian Genealogy Research” was the first book of its kind focusing on the unique record set refle
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