Tag Archives: African-American

The Pegues Family

By Miyako Posted on May 11, 2022Last updated on July 30, 2022 Posted in Articles

I’ve been researching the African-American Pegues family and adding its members to WikiTree for a few months now. I do this in collaboration with another WikiTree member, Emma MacBeath, who began working on the family first at the request of a third party.… Read more “The Pegues Family”

Tags: African-American, Pegues, research

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Black Genealogy Resources

By Miyako Posted on April 17, 2022Last updated on June 3, 2023 Posted in Resources

Resources that may be helpful for people interested in Black genealogy.

Tags: African-American, research, slavery

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How it’s going

By Miyako Posted on March 30, 2022Last updated on April 17, 2022 Posted in Articles

Unlike the meme, it’s going pretty well. I’ve added at least 200 genetically-related family members to my tree so far. I’ve also been able to go back a lot farther than I’d previously expected; my earliest known direct ancestor, Jane (Unknown) McGhee, was born about 1820.… Read more “How it’s going”

Tags: 1950 Census, African-American, research, slavery, WikiTree