tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051663844499936629.post8069889342555849735..comments2021-06-19T13:21:10.174-04:00Comments on Stratford Hall Projects: One Slave's StoryAbigail Newkirk, Director of Interpretationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03176590401687310412noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051663844499936629.post-31864127954460294952012-01-21T18:35:32.010-05:002012-01-21T18:35:32.010-05:00I just read the story through a link from another ...I just read the story through a link from another blog (http://interpretivechallenges.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/a-aconnectionwithsh). I posted this comment there, and thought I would add this here as well:<br /><br />I am in discussions with a family that has similar oral history about another well-know American historical figure. (I do not feel at liberty to say more at this point.) However, I can discuss my research plan. The research would involve using both solid historical and genealogical research techniques in original records, as well as Y-DNA testing of multiple lines of descent from both the slaveowner and the enslaved ancestors to determine the likelihood of a relationship through both documentary and genetic evidence. There is an added difficulty due to the lack of surviving direct-line male descendants of the historical figure. This is the reason for using multiple lines of descent among other known survivors of the slaveowner’s Y-DNA line.<br /><br />I look forward to reading more about this project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com