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...
Tag: North Carolina
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 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...
Hall Family History Etched In My DNA
I am a Cumbo through my grandfather and a Hall through my grandmother. My Cumbo ancestors were free people of color who settled in Northampton County, North Ca...
Cumbo Family Reunion Group Photos
We celebrated our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion July 15-17 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The reunion reconnected Cumbo family branches literally separated by hundreds...
Meet Edith Cumbo, Nation Builder
We celebrated our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion last weekend July 15-17 in Williamsburg, Virginia. One of the reasons we chose Williamsburg was because Colonial Wi...
Photo Blog: Cumbo Reunion July 15, 2016
On July 15-17, over 200 Cumbo descendants gathered from across the nation and around the world in Williamsburg, VA for our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion. Here are ...
Adventures in Haiti
I’m on my last day of vacation in Haiti. It’s been an amazing trip. My wife was born in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Her ancestors were from Les Cayes. O...