Winters Family Reunion
Winters Family

The Winters-Scales Family Reunion Website that is So Much More – Read Me First

If you are new to this site, TracingLineage.com, you might be asking a few questions. “Is this the Winters Family Reunion website?” Response: Yes, it is. “Is this the website where we register for the Winters Family Reunion events?” Response: Yes, it is. Then you might wonder, “Then why is it named TracingLineage instead of “WintersFamilyReuinion.com?”

Slaveholder - enslaved - Old Brenham 1881
Record Search

Tracing that Elusive Slaveholder – Part 2

This blog is the second part of the series entitled tracing that elusive slaveholder. In this writing, I will go into depth as best I can about Arthur Smith Hogan, our family’s slaveholder, and how his journey affected our ancestors.

James Winters Descendants from 1845-1954
Winters Family

James Winters Descendants from 1845-1954

James Winters Descendants from 1845-1954. If you are trying to figure out how and where you fit into the Winters Family, this is the blog to read. It’s all thanks to Louisa Winters, James Winters’ 3rd child.

Technology Connects family
DNA

DNA and Related Technology Connects Family

Panel discussion on how the internet revealed information about past and present relatives. Session and panel discussion from the 45th Annual Lewis family Reunion. Friday, August 13, 2021 discussion on how the internet revealed information about past and present relatives as hosted by Shawn Tate, Lewis Family Reunion president, and Francis Winters descendant. DNA Technology Connects Family.

Slave Holders
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Tracing that Elusive Slaveholder – Part 1

Enslaved. Experienced African American genealogists will all tell you the same thing. To trace your family history beyond the 1870 brick wall, you will have to spend some time tracing that elusive slaveholder. Sorry, but there is no way around it. I was able to trace them, and this is part of their story and ours

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