tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post1750940474053347465..comments2024-03-18T04:14:44.770-05:00Comments on The Dead Relative Collector: My Ancestors were Slave owners... Among other thingsNick Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765069683773652161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-82064429109311905032017-06-06T10:50:58.375-05:002017-06-06T10:50:58.375-05:00My family is in Louisiana. My dad told me about my...My family is in Louisiana. My dad told me about my grandfather's lineage going back to Glynn, La. I thought the plantation was long gone, but I've been looking up the wrong name. The town is named for an Irishman, Martin Glynn. I believe it would've been one of his sons or grandsons that fell in love with a black woman (not sure if she was a slave or freed slave). But he was forbidden to give her the Glynn name (as the story was told to me), therefore he took her last name (our family name). I always knew some of my ancestors where white, I'm just finding out that they were Irish. Pretty interesting. His great great grandson owns the plantation today. I'd love to meet him, but not sure what kind of response I'd get. But like you guys, I'm curious to know who my black family members are that were also from that plantation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12006434465561812336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-50785553406927558212016-01-31T09:47:04.950-06:002016-01-31T09:47:04.950-06:00My great grandparents had two slaves on the farm I...My great grandparents had two slaves on the farm I grew up on. When I was a child, my grandmother stopped to chat with a lady on the street and later told me she was "Aunt Lottie" and was the (Grand?)daughter of one of those slaves. Later, at a gathering of the great aunts and uncles, a lady came to have lunch, but sat on the back porch with the children. She was the sister to the first lady and was called "Aunt Minnie". I later found them and their father on a census. Not all slave/owner relationships were abusive, and the families stayed in touch. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032676100566286033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-48298133293700183032013-12-08T06:12:30.451-06:002013-12-08T06:12:30.451-06:00don't panic(I did) but it appears Christian wi...don't panic(I did) but it appears Christian wirth was related-have you came across this yet?and most of the slavia dutch ancestors were Nazis too-I cried-I keep hoping I can find a mistake but haans wirth is the oldest relative listed in my weerts line and how many weerts families can there really be?id love to hear some of your findings too-:) I believe haans was actually johanness haans-syrbia is another place relatives are from and there are many weerts alive in marcedonia kumanova-kellieshouldbesleepinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862321174257563830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-70076512222055323142013-08-09T23:13:27.176-05:002013-08-09T23:13:27.176-05:00Thanks Ellie, for the link. I tried searching sla...Thanks Ellie, for the link. I tried searching slave census records, but had no luck. I wish I didn't have so many other quests and could devote time to really working on this. Maybe this Winter... nothing else to do in Minnesota then (my garden will be long dead).<br />Thanks again!The Dead Relative Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821418166089471310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-77252195237131549422013-08-09T08:15:54.136-05:002013-08-09T08:15:54.136-05:00I ran into the same situation visiting in SC. My h...I ran into the same situation visiting in SC. My husband's ancestor's will listed names, then it dawned on me they were slaves, I was shocked and gasped out loud, archivist must have thought I was a crazy Yankee (which I am). I never had any luck tracing the slaves, there are slave census schedules, and websites devoted to finding African ancestors, this might be a good one to start with<br />http://nkaa.uky.edu/subject.php?sub_id=171<br />Lots of luck, EllieElliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597553254090967849noreply@blogger.com