descendants - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/descendants/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:37:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 descendants - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/descendants/ 32 32 103504436 Descendants write holiday’s hallowed history – PressReader https://houstonnewmedia.org/descendants-write-holidays-hallowed-history-pressreader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=descendants-write-holidays-hallowed-history-pressreader Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:37:41 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=206fe59ec1afecca11ef532adaa5b07b She celebrated Juneteenth every year in her Brazoria County hometown. But she's still learning what that day really meant to Texas and to her family.

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]]> 972388 Researchers seek Sugar Land 95 descendants to aid in identification efforts https://houstonnewmedia.org/researchers-seek-sugar-land-95-descendants-to-aid-in-identification-efforts-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-seek-sugar-land-95-descendants-to-aid-in-identification-efforts-3 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:38:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=11413e1ca2642bec2a95fd6710003fe3 Additionally, the district is working with Fort Bend County Precinct 3 commissioner Andy Meyer to finalize an agreement that would provide a ...

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]]> 968454 Researchers seek Sugar Land 95 descendants to aid in identification efforts https://houstonnewmedia.org/researchers-seek-sugar-land-95-descendants-to-aid-in-identification-efforts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-seek-sugar-land-95-descendants-to-aid-in-identification-efforts Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:38:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=492967bd4e0076fb2966cdde4081a2f1 In fall 2019, the Texas Historical Commission granted Whitley and PRG a permit to conduct the 10-year study to conduct DNA, genealogical and ...

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]]> 968196 Sugar Land 95 descendants’ DNA is in the wrong hands (Opinion) – Houston Chronicle https://houstonnewmedia.org/sugar-land-95-descendants-dna-is-in-the-wrong-hands-opinion-houston-chronicle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sugar-land-95-descendants-dna-is-in-the-wrong-hands-opinion-houston-chronicle Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:45:55 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=28540d3f723a2b860de2b6d77f26fcd2 It would be a horrible irony if the DNA of victims of the convict lease system, the Sugar Land 95, were used to convict their descendants.

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]]> 737331 Texas’ first settlement descendants appeal to Fort Bend County leaders to preserve stone gravesite https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-first-settlement-descendants-appeal-to-fort-bend-county-leaders-to-preserve-stone-gravesite-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-first-settlement-descendants-appeal-to-fort-bend-county-leaders-to-preserve-stone-gravesite-2 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:01:07 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=de613b381c2a7e3fb5deb739f13bfefa Marshall Kuykendall, who descended from the Old 300 first Texas settlers, wants Fort Bend County to preserve his ancestors' gravesite on Williams ...

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]]> 728145 Texas’ first settlement descendants appeal to Fort Bend County leaders to preserve stone gravesite https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-first-settlement-descendants-appeal-to-fort-bend-county-leaders-to-preserve-stone-gravesite/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-first-settlement-descendants-appeal-to-fort-bend-county-leaders-to-preserve-stone-gravesite Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:53:56 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=560514534d205d5183904ba5ce0d8c55 Hallowed ground, Kuykendall believes, doesn't just belong to his family. SEE ALSO: New research unveils horrific history of Sugar Land 95 in Fort Bend ...

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]]> 728112 Finding Descendants – Sugar Land Podcast https://houstonnewmedia.org/finding-descendants-sugar-land-podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-descendants-sugar-land-podcast Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:38:36 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=2e6271de9458564286c5d2e3351cfaba The following are men who we believe could be buried in the Sugar Land 95 cemetery. To find their names, we cross referenced property records and ...

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]]> 630554 Can descendants of the Sugar Land 95 be found? We start our genealogical journey https://houstonnewmedia.org/can-descendants-of-the-sugar-land-95-be-found-we-start-our-genealogical-journey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-descendants-of-the-sugar-land-95-be-found-we-start-our-genealogical-journey Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:13:35 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fe279ce241b5311f8c5e0ced6e26139c After the Sugar Land 95 are reburied, Fort Bend ISD says it's not going ... And the Texas Historical Commission essentially gave the project its ...

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