Ole Master Record All Us In The Good Book – Using the Slave Owner’s Bible Records
Char McCargo Bah
Content
Welcome
1m 38s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 12s
Introduction
7m 18s
Coleman Kirby
3m 44s
Anderson Kirby
7m 51s
Martin Miller
7m 15s
Prayer Book
23m 11s
Announcements / prizes
6m 7s
Questions / answers
13m 15s
About this webinar
Locating and using former slave owners’ bible records can reveal slave families as well as their birth, ages and deaths. These records are valuable and can predate statewide vital statistic records. In addition, these records can show enslaved persons were listed with their enslaved families.
About the speaker
Char McCargo Bah is the CEO/Owner of FindingThingsforU, LLC. She has undergrad degrees in Urban Studies and African-American Studies. She holds professional certificates in genealogy, publishing, inve...
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Comments (20)
I had to miss seeing this- all set up and something got in the way. So I just left that tab be and carried it day to day until I could watch the video on the last day of July! I wanted to make sure I remembered. I learned so much. I never thought I'd find my VA people, and it floored me when I was able to narrow it down to one extended family (both owners and enslaved), but having a hard time sorting from there. I had no idea that slaveholders sometimes entered the people they held in their family bibles! With this family that might be a possibility. I also do multigenerational research and look at any possible collatoral connections which is how I figured out which family. Will do as much as I can online, but hoping to get to VA to do some poking in places that aren't usually online. Thanks so much for this, Char. Opening new avenues of research!
Great presentation! Thanks!
I really appreciated being told the rationale for the next research steps taken. In addition to a family's story, it was a class with good tips and resources provided. Thanks!
Very Interesting!!
Char Bah is the ultimate genealogical detective.
Excellent presentation! Such fantastic resources for locating hard to find records! Thank you!
Many documents and support for findings.
This was very helpful as I am researching an enslaved person and his enslaver.