Wake County Genealogical Society Blog: September 2022

Thursday, September 29, 2022

First Colonies: 1565-1700 - This video will help with your early colonial research

What happened where and when is important. You will find this short video very important for establishing historical location and context for you Colonial ancestors.

First Colonies: 1565-1700 | American Colonial History | Jamestown, Plymouth, Puritans, Quakers This presentation outlines the development of European colonies in the future United States and Canada, from 1565 to 1700.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Dr. Smallwood's presentation - Discovering your Tri-Racial Ancestry

I hope you did not miss the fantastic lecture presented by Dr. Arvin Smallwood last night. It was a really terrific look at the waves of early colonization and mixing with the native population in the early days of our colonial history.

The slides will be available to members by contacting CarlaStancil@gmail.com.

Consider joining us so you can have access to great content like these slides and videos from other presentations.

If you are just learning about Dr. Smallwood's work, you may want to visit this Google link for more of his research.

https://www.google.com/search?q=arvin+smallwood+lectures+youtube&oq=arvin+smallwood+lectures+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j33i160l3.8713j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Thank you, Dr Smallwood for a really great lecture and some wonderful early colonial maps!

Wake Wednesday: George Thomas Maps Early Southwest Wake County

The latest guest post from George Thomas has him mapping out the early settlers of Wake County. He has taken his presentation plat technique and applied it to the southwestern corner of Wake that was originally a part of Orange, Johnston and Cumberland counties. For history geeks like me, this is a joy to behold. The community of early Wake settlers as they were situated as neighbors and associates way, back when. I see many names I recognize mentioned in the Wake Cemetery Survey, c. 1978 including Etheldred Jones, Jesse Jones (!), Popes, Utleys, Hollands, Lanes, Olives, and so many more in addition to the Barker family that has been George's recent focus.

Early researchers of Wake County will want to click through to George's post to see the detailed list including early Granville Grants and NC Secretary of State Land Grants.

Visit George's blog post for larger version

Read more at George's blog post - MAPPING SOUTHWEST WAKE (Pt 4)

Follow George's Blog - They Lived Along a Rocky River

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Reminder - WCGS Virtual Meeting - Sept. 27: Discovering Mixed Race Heritage

There is still time to register for this Tuesday's virtual meeting. Join us.
Free and open to all with advance registration. Visit the WCGS events page to reserve your spot.

Topic: Discovering Our Mixed-Race Heritage
Guest Speaker: Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood
Virtual Meeting: Tuesday, September 27, 6:30 - 8:15pm

Here are some Zoom tips for successfully joining the meeting, please read Important ZOOM Tips.

Thursday, September 22, 2022

NGS 2023 Family History Writing Contest - Submission info and deadline.

Hi folks. It is time to get serious about writing a piece of your family history. Give it a try and if you are exceptionally pleased with the results consider submitting to the NGS Writing Competition.

There are more details and conditions for entry. The winning manuscript will be submitted to the NGS Quarterly editors for possible submission. If you are interested in the particulars, they may be viewed at this link.

Get writing and good luck!

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Wake Wednesday - The Barker family of Wake and Cabarrus Counties and Western Tennessee

"The Barker family was large and acquired much land through the generations. Keeping them straight is a genealogical chore as is the case with many early North Carolina families as their number slowly migrated in generations across our state." - George Thomas

Join George for the next guest post os his study of the westward expansion of Wake County's early citizens. Part three follows the Barker family as they migrated to Cabarrus County and further to western Tennessee.

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Associated families include: Letman, Briggs, Beddingfield, Hobbs, Hobson, Hogson, Utley, Peddy.

Visit George's blog post for the details of the story with maps and migration notes.

BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS (Pt 3)

Follow George's Blog - They Lived Along a Rocky River

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Wake Wednesday - 1914 Raleigh Street Car Map

This wonderful street car map from 1914 recently passed thru my Facebook Feed. Mike Legeros of Legeros Fire Blog shared his map with the "You know you grew up in Raleigh when..." group there.
His map is an annotated version showing the street car lines of the time. It is viewable at his website. Click map to see larger.

Source

The original is available via North Carolina Maps site from UNC-CH.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Virtual Event Alert: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Virtual Conference, October 12 -15, 2022

Four Day Virtual Conference

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Virtual Conference 
October 12 -15, 2022
Bridging the American Colonial Divide: 
Resurrecting the Memory and Space of Black Patriots and History Makers

"The AAHGS Annual Conference is the largest  international African American conference that promotes  African-ancestored family history, genealogy, and cultural diversity by  bringing together subject matter experts who promote scholarly  research, provide resources for historical and genealogical studies,  create a network of persons with similar interests, and assist members  in documenting their histories.  Typical attendees are historians, genealogists, researchers, scholars, educators, preservationists, media, and beginners."

General Information and Registration here

Detailed Event Schedule here

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Wake Wednesday - Has Raleigh always been the capital of North Carolina?

Not the original capital of North Carolina, in the early days of the colony, Raleigh wasn't even in the running. You will want to check out this NC Archives blog series for the evolution of the state capital in all its iterations.

Great maps, great stories....A Capital Affair. Read here.