The Book: The Connected Dot
On May 23, 2003, I received an e-mail from my brother, Clarence AKA
Allen Omega. He expressed his interest in creating a hard copy (book)
on his research. His exact words were, "I think me and you
should go ahead and make a hard copy for sale. I figure with a lot
of hard work (trips to libraries, court house and LDS centers) a book
could be completed by Christmas."
During early part of 2005 he posted the following on his site:
There will be no more updating of information on this site.
All additional information will be included in another project that
I am going to begin shortly.
That project was to be a work describing his research into the
relationship between the Ned Edmund Autry and Ned Edward Autry.
In another posting he stated the following:
Just as I have blindly researched and searched from the present
back to the past to put this puzzle together, the average individual
can view and search this site and put that same puzzle together.
For anyone who cannot, there will be a straightforward presentation
when my new project is completed.
Sometime in late November of 2005, I received a call informing
me of his cancer diagnosis.
In calling to talk with him after the diagnosis, he was still optimistic
about producing "the book." While visiting him I asked,
"What would you like the title of the book to be?" Without
hesitation he responded, "I want to call it 'Connecting
the Dots between the Autry, Herring and Johnson families'."
It has taken me from the time of his interment to this point to
draw this line in the sand and say, "This will make up the
first edition."
As of today, April 1, 2008, The working document includes 15 chapters
with almost 30,000 words. The first 10,000 words were professionally
edited by a noted author that has written numerous books.
The book WILL be available on or before Jan. 14, 2009. It will
be available from a "on demand" printing service. Which
means when you order the book, the book will be printed and sent
directly to you. So the price per copy will be very reasonable.
The book will be made available for the most part at cost. Please
return to this page for additional information about the book.
The following is extract of the current work's table of content.
Acknowledgments:
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Virginia Company of London
Chapter 2: The Slaves
Chapter 3: The First Settlements in Colonial North Carolina
Chapter 4: The Second Settlements in Colonial North Carolina
Chapter 5: The Autry and Herring Family Connection
Chapter 6: Ned Edward Autry (1826 - 1909)
Chapter 7: Ned Edmund Autry (1854 - 1929)
Chapter 8: The Ned Edward and Ned Edmund Connection
Chapter 10: The Children of Ned Edward Autry
Chapter 11: The Children of Ned Edmund Autry
Chapter 12: Ned Edmund's Maternal Siblings
Chapter 13: Ned Edmund's Aunts and Uncles
Chapter 14: Other African American Autry Families in Southeast NC
Chapter 15: Ralph Autry
End Notes
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