Johnny Mercer learned many life lessons during his childhood visits to Pin Point, near his family’s Vernon View home. Pin Point is a little fishing village along an estuary south of Savannah , near the Bethesda orphanage. Freed slaves founded the rural settlement after the American Civil War.
It is one mile wide and a mile and a half long, and has been accessible by paved roads for some years. The small, predominantly African-American community has a well-established community of Gullah speakers, a dialect that draws heavily from West African languages.
The crab pickers in the Pin Point community will treat Savannah schoolchildren to a videotaped storytelling and impromptu a capella folk singing.
All eyes know is dat,`I don't here where us helluns came from,but I doos know we aint leavin here.We iz Ossebaw. And I'm de TallyWacker.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Where did all the Indians Go?
Addy asks: Where did all the indians go.
Buckie replies:They're in the soul and the moon. They became part of you.
Buckie replies:They're in the soul and the moon. They became part of you.
I Know Why We have Have Daylight Savings Time
Angie says to Ossabaw: We have daylight savings time so the black folks,slaves could work longer in the field. That's the real reason,it wasn't for more sunlight
Friday, February 5, 2010
500thousand.com
What is 500thousand.com?
500thousand.com is a database-driven, web-enabled resource that will provide the complete genealogy of African Americans from 1619 - 1930.
The name comes from the 500,000 Africans brought to North America between 1619
and 1866. This resource will be provided at no charge.
The Boundaries:
We are limited by the Census Bureau to 1930 and prior, based on average life expectancy of 72 years. 1940 records will be made available in 2012. 1619
represents the first African Americans' arrival to Jamestown for which we have
few names, but most enumeration totals.
How does it work?
The concept that makes us different is that we include the genealogy of the land to help define the genealogy of its people. Secondly, our process is
based on the concept of data sequencing. Data sequencing as we will use it;
takes the State and Federal Census, also tax records to determine how many
African Americans should be in any given county in any given year. That number,
including variables such as state, birthdate, etc. becomes the individual's name
until his/her actual name is discovered and appended to the record. Even if the
name isn't discovered until much later; we then have a method of tracking the
movements of the record.
This process of collective genealogy takes into consideration that any puzzle can be solved if you know how many pieces it is composed of.
Mr. Dhata R. Harris
Executive Director
The Enitiative Group Inc
500thousand.com is a database-driven, web-enabled resource that will provide the complete genealogy of African Americans from 1619 - 1930.
The name comes from the 500,000 Africans brought to North America between 1619
and 1866. This resource will be provided at no charge.
The Boundaries:
We are limited by the Census Bureau to 1930 and prior, based on average life expectancy of 72 years. 1940 records will be made available in 2012. 1619
represents the first African Americans' arrival to Jamestown for which we have
few names, but most enumeration totals.
How does it work?
The concept that makes us different is that we include the genealogy of the land to help define the genealogy of its people. Secondly, our process is
based on the concept of data sequencing. Data sequencing as we will use it;
takes the State and Federal Census, also tax records to determine how many
African Americans should be in any given county in any given year. That number,
including variables such as state, birthdate, etc. becomes the individual's name
until his/her actual name is discovered and appended to the record. Even if the
name isn't discovered until much later; we then have a method of tracking the
movements of the record.
This process of collective genealogy takes into consideration that any puzzle can be solved if you know how many pieces it is composed of.
Mr. Dhata R. Harris
Executive Director
The Enitiative Group Inc
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ABEST Members and Friends;
First of all, happy new year to you. Lets get started with a new years set of goals, objectives and achievement!
Have you ever tried to research your African American genealogy only to hit a brick wall? Can't go back any further because the records don't exist?
You're invited to attend this presentation on black genealogy and to learn of new methods to find those missing ancestors. The opportunity also exists to get involved in the technology behind the new database being developed for African American Ancestry.
This is a most befitting topic for Black History month 2010!
Date: Saturday, Feb 6, 2010
Time: 10 am-noon
Location: Robert Fulton Library
First of all, happy new year to you. Lets get started with a new years set of goals, objectives and achievement!
Have you ever tried to research your African American genealogy only to hit a brick wall? Can't go back any further because the records don't exist?
You're invited to attend this presentation on black genealogy and to learn of new methods to find those missing ancestors. The opportunity also exists to get involved in the technology behind the new database being developed for African American Ancestry.
This is a most befitting topic for Black History month 2010!
Date: Saturday, Feb 6, 2010
Time: 10 am-noon
Location: Robert Fulton Library
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