Online Learning Opportunities for Febuary - Black History Month

The International African American Museum is teaming up with the the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor for a series of Zoom webinars this month. 

Here are the topics and sign up links provided by International African American Museum:

• On February 4th at 1:00 PM (ET), we’ll be hosting a panel about African American Genealogy Challenges, where we dive into information about researching your ancestry.
• Register here for African American Genealogy Challenges
  
  
• On February 11th at 1:00 PM (ET), we'll be hosting a seminar titled “Getting Started with Lowcountry Genealogy” with Taneya Koonce, Deputy Director of the Center for Knowledge Management at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vicki McGill, Professional Genealogist and Instructor at the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI), and Toni Carrier, Director of IAAM's Center for Family History. 
• Register here for "Getting Started with Lowcountry Genealogy."
  
  
• On February 18th at 1:00 PM (ET), we’ll be hosting a panel discussion with IAAM’s very own genealogist Darius Brown and special guests as they discuss the military history of the United States Colored Troops.
• Register here for Darius Brown 
• On February 25th at 1:00 PM (ET), we’ll close out our Black History Month Webinar Saturday Series with a panel discussion moderated by yours truly and featuring “accidental historian” Margaret Seidler about the Charleston Slave Trade.
• Register here for The Charleston Slave Trade

Do check out both organizations' websites. They offer a lot of resources and learning opportunities for those researching Black ancestry. 

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Wake Wednesday - The Great Trading Path

If you have Native American ancestors from Virginia and North Carolina, this link is fascinating. The Great Trading Path skirts the western edge of Wake county.

Visit this wonderful blog post at Native America Roots for lots of historic details and great maps that show the route of the Trading Path as well as a few surprises. 

Did you know that there were buffalo in this area and that is "what originally brought the Eastern Siouan speaking Saponi from the Ohio River valley into this region."

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Wake Wednesday - Cary Records online at Digital NC

Do you have ancestors and relatives in Cary? If you/they have been there awhile you will enjoy this new record set available online.

This attention grabbing Centennial beard and Parade schedule from the 1971 Centennial Parade featured in The Western Wake Herald in April, 1971 are just the tip of the iceberg of what you will find. Also included are deeds, land grants and other records, correspondence from  Elizabeth Reid Murray, biographies, architectural sketches of some of the memorable historic buildings around Cary, and a whole host of photos and memorabilia that you did not know you needed to see. 

Update from North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via Facebook:

"Interested in the history of Cary, NC? Research files documenting the change in the community from small farm town to major suburb of Raleigh over the 20th century are now online thanks to our partner Page-Walker Arts & History Center."

Link to NC Digital blog post describing the collection. 

View/browse the record collection here.

Dig into this record set. I can promise you a few hours of fascination.

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Wake Wednesday - Fort Family Builders

The Fort Family Builders, renowned for their carpentry and finishing settled in Wake county in the late 1700. 

"...Frederick and Mary Ann Fort moved from Sussex County, Virginia, to Wake County in the 1780s, along with their son, William Knight. The younger carpenter sons, John and Elias, were born in Wake County and joined William—who was old enough to be their father—in the carpenter's trade, and they were probably trained by him as well. By the 1790s,William Fort was busy at his trade in Wake County, where he took several apprentices to the carpenter's and wheelwright's trades in 1798, 1804, 1809, and 1814. Another brother, Foster, also took an apprentice to the carpenter's trade in Wake County in 1804, but little is known of his work as a carpenter.

The Fort brothers' chief known work is the plantation complex at Fairntosh (1810-1822) in the section of Orange County that became present Durham County. It was built for Duncan and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron..."

The full family bio is here - Fort Family (1764-1845)

View detailed photos of their most famous work, Fairntosh.

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WCGS - Wake Genealogy Watch, Winter 2023 - Newsletter now available

The Winter 2023 Issue (Vol.6 Issue 2) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the WCGS website  or access through this link - Wake Genealogy Watch, Winter 2023

Features included in this issue include:

• Details on a super OLLI class that will be taught by WCGS Member, Barbara McGeachy – Genealogy:  Starting with the Basics

• Links to a host of online resources that are outside the traditional research sites
• A super timeline/map visualization video packed with historical context for the American First Colonies (1565 – 1700)
• Family History Guides to each state that provide rich access to a world of records and research strategies from your pc or cell phone
• The latest Enslaved Persons research resources
• International research groups and blogs for Germany and France
• Wake County Civil War Pension File links and useful Wake County map links   
• Highlights from our December NC Government and History Library tour
• A Genetic Genealogy review of the latest tools to hit your match lists – AncestryDNA’s Parent SideView, My Heritage’s new match sorting options, and FTDNA’s new Discover tool and Time Tree. All exciting stuff!

• Our handy events calendar will help you save the dates, so you don't miss a single moment of WCGS excitement.

Photo Note: If you choose to read a printed version of this newsletter, some of the photos will be difficult to view due to size constraints. Please refer to the online edition where you can enlarge the photos to accommodate better viewing. 

Click this newsletter page link to view this and all past newsletter content. 

We welcome your feedback, input, and submissions for inclusions in future editions. Please address all concerns to newsletter@wakecogen.org.

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Wake Wednesday - A Book for the Wake-ophiles in the crowd

I happened upon this little book about Wake County one day when I was researching something specific. This popped up in the google search and stole a couple hours of my afternoon. Thought you might like to take a look!. 

Historic Wake County: The Story of Raleigh and Wake County, by K. Todd Johnson.

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