Anita Talks Genealogy

Anita Wills

Anita Talks Genealogy

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Host Anita Wills, covers topics on African American Genealogy and History. Listeners are encouraged to ask questions, by calling in or emailing (ntawls@gmail.com), the host. Tune in and Listen Up! The Show is dedicated to Kerry Baxter Junior, whose life was stolen on January 16, 2011. You are and always will be our bright and shining star!

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Anita Wills

Anita Talks Genealogy - Answers Show - Who Do You Think You Are?

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As a Professional Genealogist, writer, and researcher it is pleasure to see a show such as Who Do You Think You Are. The show is entertaining, however it does not show the hard work, which goes into... more
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This week the story of Queen Nanny will be our topic. She was born in the Ivory Coast, where she was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Jamaica. She was the leader of the Windward Maroons, and has largely been ignored by historians.... more
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Queen Nanny - Leader of Jamaica's Maroon Community

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Maroon is taken from the word marronage, or Spanish word Cimarron, and means fugitive, or runaway. This is probably a derogatory word, similar to some used to described escaped slaves in America.... more
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This week the story of Queen Nanny will be our topic. She was born in the Ivory Coast, where she was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Jamaica. She was the leader of the Windward Maroons, and has largely been ignored by historians.... more
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Anita Talks Genealogy covers the topic of Settlements of escaped slaves in Canada. The Underground Railroad was neither Underground nor a Railroad. There were many stops along the way for the former slaves, but many stayed on... more
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The Underground Railroad and the North Star: Canada's Black Set...

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The Underground Railroad was neither Underground, nor was it a Railroad. It was in essence a series of conductors, safe houses, trails along rivers, secret routes, sometimes walking, and other times hiding in wagons. Before Europeans... more
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This Week, Author Anita Wills, will share information from her book, Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family. She will detail how to go about researching and documenting your family History. African Americans are now... more
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Our Family reunion in 2009 was held at Myrtle Beach South Carolina, in a nice Hotel. Next to Myrtle Beach is Atantic Beach, nicknamed The Black Pearl, the rich culture of the Town of Atlantic Beach was formed of mostly Gullah/Geechee... more
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The Gullah/Geechie Culture & Infuence in South Carolina

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In 2009, our Baxter/Bonaparte Family Reunion was held at at Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina. However, our South Carolina ancestors were the Gullah/Geechie, of South Carolina, some of whom... more
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Anita Talks Genealogy continues with the history and culture of Ancient Egypt. This is part two of Africa's Dynasty-Ancient Egypt.
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