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Pieces of History Reunited
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Our stories are not left with our descendants alone, but the people who surround us. No matter how well I do my job telling people’s stories, or how well I piece together the puzzle there will always be more to tell, and more to piece together.…
The Lotz Family
I love my job and I take it very seriously. It is indeed a responsibility I’ve undertaken to make sure the human journeys people had on planet earth are interpreted and taught as honestly as possible. All human journeys. Sometimes urban legend and lore gets in the way of truth and that’s not fair to…
Joe McGavock
When Randal McGavock died, an enslaved man by the name of “Joe, aged 47” was listed in the inventory of his estate. One of twenty-two individuals, human property, inherited by Randal’s wife Sarah Rodgers McGavock. The inventory was simple and clear, males and their ages followed by females and their ages. When Sarah wrote her…
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Finding Josie 