Michael Hait picks up the story at the Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Catholic-slaves-of-the-Carroll-family-of-Maryland
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In recognition of Black Catholic Hisotry Month, we reprise a popular post from 2008. Originally Published at GeneaBlogie on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Who was the first African-American Catholic Priest? The answer is . . . it depends on who you ask. And sometimes the same person will give two different answers! The contenders are [...]
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Originally appeared on Monday, November 13, 2006 at GeneaBlogie Updated: photo added; some dates corrected An almost sinful obsession of mine after genealogy is watching Gunsmoke [TVLand, most weekends; also early mornings during the week; check local listings (Update~11/04/09: Gunsmoke is not currently running on TVLand)]. Some weekends, it seems as if the time passes [...]
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I’ll admit that I had forgotten that November is Black Catholic History Month! A reminder from Miriam on her monthly events calendar got my attention. Which goes to show the value of a diverse genea-blogger community: as I recall, Miriam grew up in a Salvation Army household. And to make matters more embarrassing for me, [...]
My great-uncle Herman Walker was born in 1906 in Taft, San Patricio County, Texas. His parents were Hattie Bryant (1888-1944) and Toby Walker (1878-?). He graduated from high school in Rockport, Texas and then attended Paul Quinn College, which was then located in Waco, Texas. He later moved to Houston where he was the chef [...]
Well, a day has come that I hoped would not. Kimberly Powell reports that the Vatican has ordered Catholic dioceses not to allow access to their records for microfilming or digitizing. Here are my sudden and unorganized thoughts: As both of my regular readers know, I am a Catholic, and there are a number of [...]
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The answer is . . . it depends on who you ask. And sometimes the same person will give two different answers! The contenders are Father James Healy (1830-1900), ordained 1854; and Father Augustine Tolton (1854-1897), ordained 1886. The simple genealogical data would seem conclusive: James Healy was the first African-American priest. But it’s not [...]
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