Welcome back for the part 2 of our story on how Smith became the most common surname in America! We'll go through the whole shebang from Capt. John Smith to Mr. & Mrs. Smith with all the racist awfulness in between!
Be sure to support these and other Black creators who are doing groundbreaking work in the fields of genealogy, science, and history!
Nicka Sewell-Smith
whoisnickasmith.com
Professional genealogist, speaker, host, documentarian
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/whoisnickasmith/channels
BlackProGen
Instagram: neeksmith
Twitter: @neeksmith, @blackprogenlive
Dr. Gina Paige & Dr. Rick Kittles, PhD.
African Ancestry, Inc. Co-Founders
Africanancestry.com
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Wewi5HTH9x0sWR1km19sw
Instagram: africanancestry
Twitter: @africanancestry
Lolly Bowean
Award-Winning Journalist, Media & Storytelling Officer for the Field Foundation of Illinois
https://fieldfoundation.org/meet-our-new-ms-program-officer-lolly-bowean/
Twitter:@lollybowean
Sources:
Websites:
https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/changing-names
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=47
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2018-08-10/we-are-family-over-500-descendants-of-joseph-smith-sr-and-lucy-mack-smith-gather-for-one-epic-reunion-9490
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/
http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/page/mission
http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1458
https://www.thoughtco.com/smith-name-meaning-and-origin-1422624
https://www.jaunequicktoseesmith.org/
https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/name/NAME%20CHANGING%20JEWISH%20REFUGEES%20CENTRAL%20EUROPE%20IN%20US,%20ERNEST%20MAAS%20SEPT%201958.pdf
census.gov
Books:
Smith, H. (1891). Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. classics.us.
Welcome back for the part 2 of our story on how Smith became the most common surname in America! We'll go through the whole shebang from Capt. John Smith to Mr. & Mrs. Smith with all the racist awfulness in between!
Be sure to support these and other Black creators who are doing groundbreaking work in the fields of genealogy, science, and history!
Nicka Sewell-Smith
whoisnickasmith.com
Professional genealogist, speaker, host, documentarian
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/whoisnickasmith/channels
BlackProGen
Instagram: neeksmith
Twitter: @neeksmith, @blackprogenlive
Dr. Gina Paige & Dr. Rick Kittles, PhD.
African Ancestry, Inc. Co-Founders
Africanancestry.com
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Wewi5HTH9x0sWR1km19sw
Instagram: africanancestry
Twitter: @africanancestry
Lolly Bowean
Award-Winning Journalist, Media & Storytelling Officer for the Field Foundation of Illinois
https://fieldfoundation.org/meet-our-new-ms-program-officer-lolly-bowean/
Twitter:@lollybowean
Sources:
Websites:
https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/changing-names
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=47
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2018-08-10/we-are-family-over-500-descendants-of-joseph-smith-sr-and-lucy-mack-smith-gather-for-one-epic-reunion-9490
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/
http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/page/mission
http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1458
https://www.thoughtco.com/smith-name-meaning-and-origin-1422624
https://www.jaunequicktoseesmith.org/
https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/name/NAME%20CHANGING%20JEWISH%20REFUGEES%20CENTRAL%20EUROPE%20IN%20US,%20ERNEST%20MAAS%20SEPT%201958.pdf
census.gov
Books:
Smith, H. (1891). Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. classics.us.