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Thurman Center Taps NEHGS for Family History Project
While searching through census records at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Desa Larkin-Boutté notices her great-great-grandparents, who appear white, checked mulatto for their race. Larkin-Boutté works with online genealogist, [...]David Allen Lambert, to discover how race is determined on past census records, and reflects on changes made in the 2010 census.
Larkin-Boutté’s research is part of the Family History Project, an educational partnership of the Howard Thurman Center and New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Read the story, and watch more Family History Project videos on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10914
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Thurman Center Taps NEHGS for Family History Project
At the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Brandon Stinchfield and genealogist David C. Dearborn discuss how Stinchfield is related to Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, through a common ancestor, Thomas Tupper, founder of Sandwich, Mass.
[...]Stinchfield’s research is part of the Family History Project, an educational partnership of the Howard Thurman Center and New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Read the story, and watch more Family History Project videos on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10914
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Thurman Center Taps NEHGS for Family History Project
With the help of Rhonda R. McClure, Director of Research Services at New England Historic Genealogical Society, Raul Fernandez tries to make sense of conflicting census records, a key to finding his real relatives. Fernandez also looks for reasons [...]why his ancestor, Antonio Fernandez, left Mexico for Puerto Rico.
Fernandez’s research is part of the Family History Project, an educational partnership of the Howard Thurman Center and New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Read the story, and watch more Family History Project videos on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10914
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