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Tree building is difficult.
But especially for those whose ancestor was considered property.
We ALL run into those names... some just a few little letters and very little information to be able to connect a whole family.
Today, genealogy is more popular than ever, and DNA is helping to make those connections that otherwise would remain mysteries... brick walls.
This is a project where profiles can be added where little or nothing is known except a few names in a will.
The hope is that someone will recognize them and place them properly in the "Big Tree".
Here is a suggestion from Ancestry's Crista Cowen on how to document "the enslaved" for those who have ancestors who were slaveholders: [https://youtu.be/URrn71yOQzY]