Finding Grandma Ora Nelms Foster (1895-1971) During the Jim Crow Era 1876-1965
This is the only photo I have of my grandmother. You probably cannot make out her face, but I can. She was a beautiful lady. She lived in...
The World is Still in Commotion
I wrote this piece exactly five years ago today. I have grown as a genealogist and parent, but I notice the world is yet struggling. I...
US Civil War Pension Payment Card for Berry Leech, 135th Colored Infantry
Now that Sharon Pittman Egelhofer has found us and will represent the family of Berry Leech, we will give her the last record we have...
US Civil War Service Record of Berry Leech from 135th Colored Infantry
This is comes from the "Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American...
Berry Leech 83, Died in Robeson County, NC and was in 135th US Colored Infantry
In "They Served in 135th US Colored Infantry from Fayetteville and Cumberland County, NC on March 1865," I published the names of the...
They Served in 135th US Colored Infantry from Fayetteville and Cumberland County, NC on March 1865
I have not yet found any ancestors who I can say served in the Union Army during the Civil War, but I do not think it matters too much...