Ujama

What started as a remedy to random curiosity with regards to members of his family wound up as a genealogy project that has taken on a life of its own.

Five generations deep and information still turning up fairly regularly, are the ingredients that go into the research I have been doing with regards to the Fenner family which according to the information that I have come across thus far, primarily came from the Halifax, North Carolina area.  Present day family members notwithstanding, as it is with most families in the country, many members, especially the younger ones, move away for various and sundry reasons.

I should start by saying that most of the information that I have uncovered has been via census records, birth and death certificates, and actually there is still in existence a family bible which has helped me past many a  brick wall.  While the information is not all encompassing, it does show the proof of  the existence of the family members and in some instances solves long held mysteries.

What begins here is a telling of their lives and connections as best can be told with the limited information available. It is the beginnings of a community project as it were, as  this blog is published and updated there may be out there some who have information and or additional clues to some of the names and people mentioned. They are welcomed to post and contribute to this blog, In fact mean for this to be a gathering place not only for the family but for those also involved in the research process those trying to figure out this madness called Genealogy .
But before i start  weaving those ends together,  a n explanation of sorts is needed. for those of you who are not familiar with Swahili, Vyanzo  is translated to mean  Beginnings, Origins, Source,  or root causes - for a blog about familiy history research in two specific families I couldn't think of a better or more meaningful name.

and so  indeed this is Vyanzo by way of the Wazee (elders)

"If you understand the beginning well, the end will not trouble you." - Ashanti Proverb