From December 2015: My uncle gave my grandma a photo of herself as a teenager (taken 70 years ago!). She said it had to be one of her granddaughters. She was in disbelief for a good while. Her: How do you know its me?Uncle: Because you wrote your full name on the back.Her: How do you know I wrote it?Uncle: Your handwriting is the same. She starts flipping the … Continue reading Memory Lane
When I was home, I got these from my mama. They are pretty discolored and after I scanned them and started playing with the color I saw that someone wrote “Grandmama” and “Granddady” above them on the first article. I don’t know if I did that. I probably did. Oops. Both articles appeared in the Suffolk News-Herald. I don’t know the date for the first … Continue reading Articles My Mama Saved
Time stood still for a moment when I found this. I’ve known about it all my life and didn’t know it was documented. I found this in the Virginia Pilot dated 03/04/1966. The town newspapers make no mention of this that I’ve seen. The whole tone of this seems patronizing. Continue reading Time stood still …
The Smithfield Schoolhouse Museum was built in 1932 as an addition to the Christian Home School, circa 1924, a historic Rosenwald School. The Christian Home School was originally on two acres of land in the Chuckatuck area in the eastern part of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In the 1920’s, Julius Rosenwald, a former Sears, Roebuck and Company president, contributed $4.3 million to build more than 5,000 … Continue reading The Schoolhouse Museum
I visited grandparents, great grandparents, great great grandparents and other ancestors in Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties. Continue reading Memorial Day #latepost
I found this church announcement in The Smithfield Times, Volume 72, Number 8, dated February 20, 1991. One of the historical Black figures that were portrayed in the Black History Program was my grandfather, Calvin Allmond. I was stunned … especially since he passed away in 1978. Continue reading Grandfather Portrayed in Black History Month Program
Based on the other typos here, I think Lyhe in the first runway ad is Luke in the second ad. If they are in fact the same person, Luke, working as a carpenter, passed for free for several years and was captured and placed in the Essex County Jail in 1771. When pressed, he said he belonged to Moses Allman (not my Moses) of Isle … Continue reading Self-Emancipated Luke From Isle of Wight Found in Essex
I found the birth record for my 2nd great granduncle Anthony Allmond. He was born May 15, 1853. You can see from the label that the record was “filmed out of sequence”. On the second page that should show the mother seems to be from a different page because it doesn’t match up. What you do see is William Allmond listed as owner. I wonder if there’s … Continue reading Birth Record for 2nd Great Granduncle Anthony Allmond
I’ve been looking for the death certificate for one of my 2nd great grandfathers because I don’t know when he died or where he is buried. I know where his brother and one of his half sisters are but not him. I didn’t find the death record but I found a birth record. One thing that it confirms is the last enslaver family for his … Continue reading Birth Record for 2nd Great Grandfather Moses Allmond
Looking for traces of my 2nd great grandfather, I mostly find him in real estate descriptions. He was born into slavery in 1856 (I found his birth record BTW!!!) and ended up owning 89 acres of land when he passed away. I don’t know when he died but I know that it was between the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. I’ve been looking for county records … Continue reading 2nd Great Grandfather Moses Allmond
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