Connecting the Dots on my Cumbo Family Lineage
By Andre Kearns Abstract The Cumbo Family is one of the earliest documented families in English America. Cumbo ancestors were among the first Africans arriving ...
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The Cumbo Family: Tracing one of the First African descended families in America
This is an ancestral story of an African man and woman's resilience and agency over bondage to build a free life for their son and future generations.
Emanuell Cumbo 1667 VA Land Grant Fully Transcribed
Here is a full transcription of Emaunell Cumbo’s 18 April 1667 land grant which I am making publicly available to researchers for the first time. To all who rea...
Marion Cumbo, Cellist of the Harlem Renaissance
Author’s Note: Thank you to cousin and Cumbo family historian Charlotte Baskerville Brown for inspiring this blog post and for all of the extraordinary family r...
Introducing the Cumbo US South Y-DNA Project
I am very excited to introduce the Cumbo US South Y-DNA Project. The goal of the project is to document the direct paternal ancestry of the Cumbo family in Ame...
Using Y-DNA to Uncover Cumbo Connections
Author’s Note: All All living males born with the last name Cumbo (or its derivatives) who have Y-DNA tested are invited to join our Cumbo US South Y-DN...
The Cumbos of Halifax, NC & the Famous Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment
I have been researching the family tree of Hilliard and Sarah Cumbo. Here is what I have discovered. 1. There were Cumbos in Halifax County, North Carolina. I ...
The Life and Times of a Northampton County Cotton Farmer
Here’s what I have been able to uncover about the life of my 5th great grandfather Britton Cumbo Sr., a free man of color born 1776-1794 of Northampton County, ...
Using Social Media, AncestryDNA & Gedmatch to advance family research
Author’s Notes: All All living males born with the last name Cumbo (or its derivatives) who have Y-DNA tested are invited to join our Cumbo US South Y-DN...
How Hertford & Northampton Cumbos Connect?
Author’s Notes: All All living males born with the last name Cumbo (or its derivatives) who have Y-DNA tested are invited to join our Cumbo US South Y-DN...