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Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner

This is the final post in my series of three on the connection of my father’s family to slavery —a 110-year legacy— and my search for African American descendants whose…

Felicia FurmanOctober 23, 2014

Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

Linking through the Internet: A Miracle

My internet connection had been down all day. I was beginning to get very perturbed—for a lot of reasons. One was that author and genealogist Sharon Morgan was going to…

Felicia FurmanSeptember 8, 2014

Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

The Furman Slave Legacy Continues

In my previous post about the Furman family's slave legacy, I wrote about my first ancestor in South Carolina, Wood Furman, and his connection to slavery. In this post, I…

Felicia FurmanSeptember 8, 2014

Healing, Repair & Action History, Culture, People, Places & Events Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

Looking for Links: First Steps

Introduction This is the first of three posts about my initial efforts to identify linked descendants connected to my slave-owning ancestors on my father’s side of the family in South…

Felicia FurmanApril 25, 2014