TheyCameFromVirginia

Genealogist. Seamstress. Blogger. #knowyourhistory

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

@AlexTrapps Sorry for your loss Alex.

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

Just another Minnesota snowstorm! thinking of my ancestors who came here from Oklahoma and built a tiny house with newspaper in the walls for insulation. Brrrrrrr…🥶❄️❄️⛄️#ancestors #stories #snowday

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

Check this out! Tune in! October 4th! Come check out @neeksmith #ancestors #ancestry #blackprogen

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

Happy 10th Anniversary! @MAAGIInstitute

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

Wow. Looking forward to this!

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

I’m elated to share this teaser for a forthcoming short film I’m part of with @HenryLouisGates and @anthonyanderson Tune into #ADreamDelivered this Friday! #genealogy

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

Yes! 🥰

[JaydenLubberss @familytreegirl]

Genealogical research during the slave era is challenging. It can and is being done. Are there successs? YES, but also many disappointments. It just takes time, time and more time. Bring on the cup of tea! @seeking_uva @MAAGIInstitute #UVA @slaveryuva

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

@mzressie2u Twins ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day!

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

@MyTrueRoots @blackprogen Yes! I can’t wait!

[nzoCALIFAncestry™ @nzoCALIFA]

🗣 APR 23rd 1P EST FREE @IAAMCFH presents "Finding Our Fathers" w/James R. Morgan III @Master_Mind3579 #Genealogy #FraternalOrder 🙌🏾 #virtual @100BlackMen @apa1906NETwork 🖤💛

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

It’s a good thing that I’m a night owl😄#1950Census

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

Tune in beginning this Sunday, February 20 for the newest Lincoln doc by @HISTORY! You’ll get a chance to hear me and @Ancestry share some incredible stories featuring the ancestors of people just like you! 😎
📸: @HISTORY

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

@neeksmith @aagsnc Congratulations! ❤️

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

I’ve written many times over the years about my 2x great grandfather, who was a US Civil war veteran, U.S. Deputy Marshal (who rode with Bass Reeves, played by Delroy Lindo), and was a leader among the Cherokee Freedmen. He was enslaved by a Cherokee named Alzirah May.

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

@AlexTrapps Congrats!

[Fix yo meal ma’am, fix yo meal @AlexTrapps]

"We don't have a ship manifest, or an Ellis Island for our ancestors. We have to create one"
-@neeksmith
Im so proud of my friend, my sister/cousin, my teacher
May the ancestors continue to protect and cover you with every bit of bit of love left.

Today you made history

[Fix yo meal ma’am, fix yo meal @AlexTrapps]

“Held in the Balance: The Trask 250” by Nicka Smith
https://t.co/5nJHPGDrp5

Right now our own @neeksmith live at Amherst

[TheyCameFromVirginia @Denisesroots]

When a DNA match responds to your email 9 years later on #ancestry. Wow. 😂 #genealogy #ancestors

[JaydenLubberss @familytreegirl]

The Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (@MAAGIInstitute ) has only 5 slots available in Track 4: African & Native American. Scholarships are available, deadline 6/1. @AYWalton @blackprogen #goforit #Genealogy