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View the exhibit in Athens West Virginia at Conocrd University 
The Plantation Quilt's Underground Railroad Exhibit Jan. 23rd to Feb. 20th, 2012. Hope you can visit the Alexander Arts Building or tell a friend   

Call Today
Southern - GA 404.468.7050 to schedule your 2012-2015 event

"Presentations That Unite & Heal Communities"

Visit our booth at the Original Sewing &Quilt Expo
Gwinnett Civic Center – Duluth, GA 
March  8th-10, 2012 

For more information on the early bird specials at the
Original Sewing & Quilt Show sponsor giveaways and classes
(click on the link below)

http://www.sewingexpo.com/GeorgiaQuiltShow.aspx

  

See the Quilts from the Women of the Strother - McDaniel Family and a free gift for visitors!

We will be at the CMD Quilt Show for the first time
June 21-23rd, 2012 Silver Springs, Ohio

 

 2012 Family Reunion  in Silver Springs Maryland
"We Have Come this Far By Faith"
Join Us for the Largest One Yet! Meet new allied family members  *Learn your family history
Bring your photos and memories to the reunion and get copies of what we have on disk.

See the 2011 Congressional Record honoring 371st colored Troops from WWI

David, Julian, Eddie  Frank, Julian, Edwin

6 Strother's, 5 of the Bulls & 2 Eikelburgers of SC

Three of my mothers brothers, three uncles and 7 cousins were members of the 371st "Blue Helmets " were  honored in a Commemorative Weekend for family, friends, and descendants of the:

369th“Harlem Hell Fighters 370th, Old Eighth Illinois Regiment,
371st“Blue Helmets” and 372nd

All comprised of the renown Infantry Regiment of 93rd Division (Colored) WWI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Hi: We have been busy ..... ! WE ARE NOW ON FACE BOOK AT UGRR QUILT MUSEUM!

Other 2012 Events are currently being added come back soon.

We have a SC State Death certificate that listed Milton Sr.'s (who was born in the 1850's) mother as Ann born in NC.


Dr.Ophilia DeVore-Miller was honored on Tom Joyner's National Radio Program if you missed it here is a link:
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/23595

JUNE  21-23, 2012 Family Heritage Weekend 

SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND/ WASHINGTON, DC  AREA

JOIN THE ALLIED FAMILIES FOR A HERITAGE WEEKEND!
GREAT FOOD * CULTURAL TOURS * FAMILY HISTORY EXHIBIT * HANDOUTS OF HISTORICAL DOCS * GOLF * GAMES
Some of the Allied Families are Adkins, Andersons, ,Balls,  Belchers, Bells, Bigbys, Blacks, Borman, Brunsons, Browns, Bulls, Busseys, Clark, Colemans, Collins, Culpeppers, Dents, DeVards, DeVores, Dews, Dunns, Eichelberger, Evans, Gaffney, Gandys, Gilchrist, Gordons, Hamptons, Hendersons, Hollingsworths, Holms, Howards, Issoms, Jeffersons, Jenkins, Jones, Joyce, Kemps, Larrys, Littles, McDaniels, Means, Mobleys, Moores, Perrys, Pixleys, Popes, Powells, Robinsons, Sheppards, Simpkins, Smith, Sheppards, Stanleys, Strother, Tates, Taylors, Thomas, Williams, Wilsons, Witchers and Yelders.
 
For more information visit the Family Reunion Tab to the left.

On this site, I have added many Family updates and corrections!

Family Genealogy Project Update The children of Peter & 'Liza Farrow have been updated and can be found on the FAQ and the Family Reunion pages. Click on the tab to the left. I will continue to add photos and information daily.

WE NOW HAVE THE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS OF WILL AND JOHN MCDANIEL OF SC/GA

Belva has reproduced "Jolies" Hair Care Products since Viola Witcher has retired.
Photos and more information coming soon!

Quilt shows and competitions you don't want to miss:

Show Calendar

Visit http://www.quiltfest.com to see beutiful wuilts from past winners and upcoming show and class schedules

A Book of Milton J. Strother's Colored Newspaper column.
Here is one of the columns my grandfather wrote that moved me to tears. This message has crossed time, even death and is still relevant today:

“Be Ye Faithful Unto Death & I Will Give You A Crown of Life"

“Be ye faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life. All men and women are servants to one another. It is a great honor to be called a faithful servant.

The greatest man in any community is he that renders the greatest service to his community.

The only difference between men is that some are serving in a higher capacity than others, but we are servants just the same, whether public or private.

Those who are ashamed to be called a servant make a great mistake and are greatly in need of common sense. While writing these lines I have in mind some of our boys and girls who are blessed the splendid opportunity of attending our schools and colleges. This mistaken notion can only be corrected by fireside training or what is called home training.

Teach them that education means more work and better work and is an honor, and idleness is a disgrace. I have more respect for a woman with a bundle of dirty clothes on her head returning home to wash them than I have for one walking the streets all dressed up with nowhere to go.

There is room in this country for every industrious, law-abiding man and woman who is willing to work.”

M. J. Strother Colored. – November 17, 1937
Reprinted from the column “News of the Colored People” discovered in an old issue of The Edgefield Advertiser newspaper compiled by T. & A. Browder © Old Edgefield Publishing Co. 2008
 Clean Water & Africa: THE ATIAVI WATER PROJECT IN GHANA

Access to clean water is a basic human right and a necessary precondition to all our human rights. An accessible supply of clean water is essential to improving health, educatio n an d overall productivity around the world, yet currently over one billion p eople lack access to a basic supply of clean water. For more information contact Dr. Dashanaba King at qticonsulting@yahoo.com.




This quarters feature quilter's website is the Clara Ford Foundation. Visit their website at http://clarafordfoundation.org

They offer quilts that I want and tips and projects as well as news quilters need to know. I have personally met Ms. Brantley and she is a great quilter!

Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of African-American quilts!

Clara Ford Foundation is a nonprofit corporation, established in 2005 to promote, preserve and celebrate the art of Africqn Quilting.

The Clara Ford Foundation Arican American quilting and quilting in general. It was founded by Atlanta quilter O.V. Brantley to honor her grandmother Clara Ford, who lived and quilted in Crossett, Arkansas until her death in 1966.
Serena Wilson teaching her daughter Teresa kneeling, granddaughters Kir & Tanisha about the stiches and age of construction of this quilt on a research trip to Canada.
Serena Wilson teaching her daughter kneeling and her granddaughters Kir and Tanisha
about the quilt's thread, stitches used and how to date quilt fabric on one of our research trips to Canada.

Partners for Service Programs: We are looking to partner with organizations that serve families, single parents, youth, seniors, special populations and At-risk clients to schedule lectures, programs and exhibitions. Please contact us at (404) 468-7050.

On-going Research: We are currently working diligently on the following Family projects The Family’s Photo Genealogy, Join Us get active! Before they crumble let’s get as many as possible digitized. Family, if you are doing research not listed here we will add it and assist!

“Life & Life More Abundantly” Family Cancer Study Project: We have a cancer booklet we are compiling. We are trying to find out if any of our relatives have cancer or died from cancer. Please e-mail their name, birth date, where they lived and if they passed and the type of cancer if known (optional) to Teresa Kemp at trkemp@hotmail.com (The information will not be available for public viewing).

Saving Family Recipes Project: Send your favorite recipe(s), a photo of the person, your favorite cooking memory and who influenced you the most. Let us know who taught you to cook!

Military Service Project: If you or one of your family members served in the military or you have service, pension records or photos please send a copy to trkemp@hotmail.com.

Cemetery Burial Records Project: If you have death certificates, photos or memorial brochures, bible family death records or obituaries for any of our family members please forward that information to Serena Wilson. We visited the following cemeteries on at the Atlanta Family reunion and recorded and photographed the churches and family burial sites in Edgefield, South Carolina area. Springfield Baptist Church, Bailey Bethel Baptist Church, Friendship Baptist Church and several others.
Saving Our Quilts: For information on preserving your quilt, or if you have a quilt or quilt tops by one of your family members photograph it, date, attach the name and any information you have on the quilter(s). Forward that information to ugrrquiltmuseum@gmail.com along with a photo of the quilter. We would also like one of your favorite memories of the quilt or the quilter and anything else you would like to contribute.
"Promised Land” Home Site Preservation: We are calling for the location(s), copies of historic land deeds, maps, drawings, newspaper articles and photos of houses or schools where you or your family grew up . Please write a short narrative of the history to accompany the information.

Two quilts that have recently come to our attention that may be connected to the following individuals. If you have any information on either please contact us at 614-252-5552 or wilson3678@att.net.

 civil war flags

Just talked to Elbert Williams!

He is the great-grandson of Elberta Strother-Williams my mother's sister. She had 2 children by her husband, Henry T.  Williams (of Edgefield, SC) named Bishop Grant & Hassie Williams. More Later check back soon.