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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The original inhabitants of the area known as the Welsh Mountains were the Susquehanna Indians. The area was named by Welsh Settlers who received a Patent for the Land from William Penn. The Susquehanna were also knowns as... more
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The Welsh Mountains is a community near and dear to me, a place where my ancestors hailed from. They were Natives, who intermixed with whites, and Free Blacks. Few people know of the Welsh Mountains, an area located in... more
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The Culture and History of Tri-Racial Isolates - With Focus on the We...

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Few people know of the Welsh Mountains, an area located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering on Berks, Chester, and Lancaster Counties. It was not that long ago, when only those who lived there, ventured into the Mountains.... more
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Author Anita Wills shares tips on researching and documenting your Family History. The author shares tips from her books, Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, and Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American... more
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African Connections - Connecting to the Malinke of Guinea West Africa

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } President Obama's father is from Kenya on the Coast of East Africa. Most of the slave trade in the America's came from West Africa, in the region of present day,... more
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Author Anita Wills shares tips on researching and documenting your Family History. The author shares tips from her books, Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, and Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American... more
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Research and the Researcher

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As Genealogy Researchers we are called upon to go back in time. That means that we are looking at the history surrounding our ancestors. This is especially true of those who looking for People of Color in the Americas. While looking for... more
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Author Anita Wills shares tips on researching and documenting your Family History. The author shares tips from her books, Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, and Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American... more
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Christiana Resistance - September 11, 1851

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The Christiana Resistance thought of in some corners as a precursor to the Civil War. It is one of the many events in American History that is not widely known. "A major episode in African-American history, along with John Brown’s raid,... more
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This episode reflects on the lives of Four Generations of Females living in Colonial Virginia. Beginning with Lydia Hilliard, who was born in 1690. She was a servant to William Monroe, the Grandfather of President James Monroe. The... more
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