Published short stories:
“Virginia WPA Slave Narratives,” 2008 Eyewitness to American
“Eleven Narratives,” in the 2007 Halifax County Virginia Heritage Book
“Angels In A Time of Need,” Anthology book, Everyday Grace, Everyday Miracle
Published articles that appeared in the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) Newsletter:
“Surname Changes,” Char’s Corner #1
“Ancestors’ Speak through Oral History,” Char’s Corner #2
“Nickname and Common Surnames Can Drive You Crazy,” Char’s Corner #3
“Tracing Unmarried Females and their Children,” Char’s Corner #4
“Locating a Slave owner through the Slave women in Virginia,” Char’s Corner #5
“He Died Twice: Checking Multiple Death Certificates” Char’s Corner #6
“Using City Directories in Your Research,” Char’s Corner #7
“Using Death Records,” Char’s Corner #8
“20th Century Death Certificate,” Char’s Corner #9
“Finding Former Slaves, Using his last Owner’s surname,” Char’s Corner #10
“Locating Former Slaves with a Different surname than his Owner,” Char’s Corner #11
“One’s Expectation in their DNA Results,” Char’s Corner #12
“Finding Multiple Slave owners for one Former Slave Family,” Char’s Corner #13
“Were they Free or Enslaved?” Char’s Corner #14
“Differences in Tracing Enslaved and Free Ancestors,” Char’s Corner #15
“Virginia Black Laws for Enslaved and Free Persons of Color,” Char’s Corner #16
“Pre-civil Newspaper for Runaway Slaves,” Char’s Corner #17
“Verifying Published Records on Your Ancestor,” Char’s Corner #18
“Understanding the Enslaved Ancestors Dress Attire,” Char’s Corner #19
“Using Deed Records to Locate Your Enslaved Ancestor,” Char’s Corner #20
“Virginia Early Marriage Records Could be the Smoking Gun to getting Beyond 1865,” Char’s Corner #21
“Visualize Your Ancestors as Slaves through the Slave Narratives,” Char’s Corner #22
“Researching Pre and Post Civil War African Americans’ Cemeteries,” Char’s Corner #25
“Tracing Your Kinfolks in the Neighborhood,” Char’s Corner #26
“Locating the Burial Sites,” Char’s Corner #27
“Burnt Virginia Court House Records,” Char’s Corner #28
“Looking for An Ancestor,” Char’s Corner #29
“Using Chancery Records,” Char’s Corner #30
“Taking Slaves to Church,” Char’s Corner #31
“Using Personal Property Tax,” Char’s Corner #32
“Counting Your Chickens: Doing Collateral Lines,” Char’s Corner #33
“Researching the Objects that Our Family Owned,” Char’s Corner #34
“Veteran – A Military Man who Rode a Horse,” Char’s Corner #35
“Looking for Descendants of a Pre-Civil War Cemetery,” Char’s Corner #36
“Researching Methodist Church Records – Part 1,” Char’s Corner #37
Other Articles:
“Using Obituaries to Trace Ancestors,” Our Heritage Magazine – Genie Speaks
A Beginners Genealogy article in the National Genealogical Society Newsletter October – December 2007
Numerous articles in the 1990s in the South Boston, Virginia – Halifax Gazette Newsletter
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