Freedom Tweet 2010 #FreedomTweet

This is a repost from the Carnival of AA Genealogy.  I wanted to help spread the word. 

What is FreedomTweet 2010?

• An online Twitter.com celebration in observance of Juneteenth on June 19th!

Where will FreedomTweet 2010 take place?

• Twitter.com/Juneteenth2010 and FreedomTweet.blogspot.com

What will we do?

• Tweet about FREEDOM using Hash tag: #FreedomTweet

What is the goal for FreedomTweet?

• Drive folks to Twitter.com on June 19th to *tweet* at least once answering this question?  What does FREEDOM mean to you?

When will we need to *tweet* again?

• June 19th ALL DAY! Throughout the day, tweets will also be streamed to FreedomTweet.blogspot.com

Who can participate?

• Given that FREEDOM is subjective, FreedomTweet is open to EVERYONE! We all can identify with being and/or desiring to be liberated from something, right?! FreedomTweet is for the entire community!

Is there anything we can do now?

• Yes! Starting today through June 12th genea-bloggers should write about the history of Juneteenth and promote other celebrations happening across the country! If you write a post about FreedomTweet and/or Juneteenth, please email us at CoAAG2010@gmail.com and provide the URL!

Please spread the word about FreedomTweet 2010 with your employers, churches, schools and community organizations -- everyone is invited to join in the celebration!

Anything else we should know?

We MUST get the FreedomTweet message viral -- using all our collective networks to circulate the news! With a community effort, we could easily see several thousand folks hitting Twitter.com on June 19th all around the theme of FREEDOM in observance of Juneteenth!

Carnival of AA Genealogy

Although I missed the Carnival of African American Genealogy the past few months..i wanted to write on the one that seemed easiest… Grandma’s Hand: Grandmothers and their influence on the family.

Mine comes from a different perspective. More tragic for those who want to know their family I suppose.

Many of you know that I have been in search for my grandfather, George Washington Bolden. He would be my father’s dad. However, trying to find him has been one of the most difficult searches to date. Maybe because he’s closer to my heart than the more distant ancestors. I don’t know who he is, but I would love to. I see the pain in my father when the subject comes up. He disparately wants to know who this man is. What child doesn’t want to know their father? Just think about all the siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts, etc that he doesn’t know. Who knows..maybe we’ve crossed paths and had no idea.

But, this is how a grandmother, a mother can change the course of your family and it’s research. That traditional relationship of grandmother and child escapes many of us in my generation. Maybe due to distance or cross words between cousins. Maybe it’s due to jealousy of how one grandchild is treated compared to others. Either way, the relationships we have are very different than those I’ve observed.

Back up and running.

I've been able to get my blog pointing back to http://blog.spence-lowry.com.  I don't know what I did to my DNS...but I jacked it up.  Now it's back working..WOOHOO.

So, new developments.  I've been asked to be editor of the Family Research Society's quarterly newsletter.  I'm currently the webmaster for their site.  But, being editor..WHOA.   I know I won't have the time.  So, the president, Sharon Gable, suggested being co-editor with the current editor.  Hmmm..that could work. 

Family research has been slow lately.  Kind of hit roadblocks with every turn.  I hadn't blogged about them because I keep hoping for the 'AH HA' finding to write about...so sad.

Planning the family reunion is TIME CONSUMING to say the least! I'm doing it alone and there is alot to do!

I know I've missed several of the Carnival of African American Genealogy!!! Ugh!! I hate that!  I swear I can't find time in my day *cries*. 

About Mount Carmel Baptist Church.  My first thought for the church was how upsetting!! That has been the church that many of my ancestors and current family members were raised.  I have uncles and cousins who are deacons at that church. 

Then on the flip side, the family researcher in me just kept thinking..WHAT ABOUT THE RECORDS????? *sigh*.  Unfortunately, when I spoke with the secretary last year, she said that she didn't know about any records.  I was hoping to find information about Great Great Grandfathers sister, Cora Alphenia Howell.  She got married in that church in 1955 and hoping to find more information about her.  I know she had children and one daughter was named Inez.  *sigh*

Who's ready for the 2012?? I'm ready to see the 1940 census!!!

Technical Difficulties 2

We're experiencing techinical difficulties at the moment. Apparenlty, I jacked up my DNS settings for my domain...*le sigh*.  

So for the meantime, I'm back on .blogspot until I get it fixed and back to my normal site.  Don't change anything. ;)