Appendices: Genealogical Research on Biological Ancestry—Tracing the Brand, Brandt, and Flu/Comvalius Lineages (Volume 3)

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Why go halfway through my ancestral journey? Now that your appetite is whetted with the enthralling reveals of my biological ancestors in the main text, complete the journey with the missing documentary proof on my biological family who hail from Jamaica, Suriname, and Holland.
A quick look into the plight of slavery in Suriname, and possibly two ancestors who were instrumental in lending humanitarian aid to the slaves. Abraham Sigismundus (A. S.) Comvalius, a translator/advocate and Theodorus Adriaan Charles Comvalius, a teacher and religious educator. A historical map of Suriname is provided for context
As a mentor, Audley Morais and the Gleaner Company, helped my grandfather to circumnavigate life as a Dutch immigrant in Jamaica. Remember famed Harvard law professor Lani Guinier? Though we are not blood relatives (she is related to my biological family), I featured her, her works as an American Civil Rights Theorist, and her extended family including her father. Too often we forget those who fought for us to enjoy the freedoms that we do.
DonÕt miss out on the ancestral tracing tips and guidelines I provided to help you navigate your own journey in the form of a relationship chart, the code map for each parish in Jamaica, You will also be able to traverse the Kingston streets and lanes where I lived in my formative years. The Jamaica Civil Registration coverage area along with surname and other supporting maps for the 1881 origins of the Brand, Brandt, and Brand Flu/Comvalius last names complete the navigational tracks and pointers.
Surely, you will want to know the derivatives of my biological family and meet their acquaintance or reacquaint with them vicariously through photographs and artifacts such as listings of family membersÕ careers (in brief), immigration and travel records, obituaries, and legal documents summarizing their past lives. DonÕt miss out on the illuminating and telltale correspondence thrown in for good measure.
For the future, a TOG – Table of Generations was started, as breadcrumbs, specifically for the next generation of biological descendants to feed from, among many, many more family treasures and ancestral findings.
Closure comes in the form of a poem on family heritage titled: Thick Blood or Thin Water Family?

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