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Black Voter Register from 1890s Found in Museum

September 5, 2020 LHS_Admin 0

(Updated 1/11/2021) A few years ago, volunteers working in the Lovettsville Museum found a list of registrations of Black voters in Lovettsville, dating from 1888 to 1900. The original voter register was among a set […]

The Right to Vote: An Ancestral Story

September 5, 2020 LHS_Admin 0

By Claudette Bard Like many African Americans, my genealogical journey began when I watched Roots, the television mini-series that aired in 1977, which chronicled Alex Haley’s family history. I sat down a few years […]