COMING SOON: The Second Edition of “Mississippi to Africa: A Journey of Discovery”

Paperback; 302 pages; $14.99

COMING IN JUNE!

     I am overjoyed to announce the upcoming release of the new 2nd edition of Mississippi to Africa: A Journey of Discovery.  With a new publishing company, I am thrilled to be able to offer this 2nd edition at a much lower price.  The nature of genealogy research has witnessed some changes since its first release in 2008 due to advances in technologies.  Because of this, the 2nd edition will contain an updated Research Tips section, a number of other updates, and a new epilogue that will show how autosomal DNA testing validated my research findings. 

     As a recap, Mississippi to Africa can be described as an extensive case study of an African-American family – my maternal grandmother’s mother’s family – whose roots were successfully traced back 7 generations to an 18^th-century enslaved couple in South Carolina.  That couple is believed to have been among the first ancestors to step foot on American soil.  The book takes readers on my 14-year journey that involved finding numerous records that enabled me to methodically piece together my family puzzle, generation after generation, in 5 informative chapters.  The explanatory nature of this journey, which is told in a narrative form, helps and inspires everyone, including the beginner researcher, the intermediate researcher, and the advanced researcher.

     Along with the oral history from a number of family elders, one who died in 2008 at the age of 103, the sources that enabled me to document 7 generations include:

Bills of sale (slaves)

Books

Census records

Church records

City directories

County history books

Court records

Death records

Deeds of gifts (slaves)

Diaries / memoirs

Educable Children school records (Mississippi)

Freedmen’s Bank applications

Land records

Linguistic books

Marriage records

Military pension record (Civil War)

Newspaper articles

Probate records

Slave inventories

Slave narrative

Slave schedules

Social security applications

Southern Claims Commission records

Tax digests

Transatlantic slave trade data

Wills

World War I draft registration card
...and more

 

FOLLOW THE JOURNEY AND LEARN A LOT!

Will be available at MississippitoAfrica.com or Amazon.com in June!