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| Photo Courtesy: Juanita Harrell Stewart Collection Cheryl Lyn Clark, Carmen Clark, Vear Roscoe Rudolph Clay, Roemary Dennis, Cassie Johnson, Delores Gaskins, Freddie Mae Jackson, Geraldine Manager |
I'm working with my photo collection and organizing it for the repository at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans. Several years ago, Juanita Harrell Stewart, my cousin 2x, removed lived with me in her elderly age for care. We moved all her photo albums and boxes into my home. Over the years, I went through every box and found a photograph of her family and her church family. She was a lifelong member of Petty AME Zion Church in New Orleans, Louisiana.
I post a picture of her collection on my personal Facebook page, hoping that someone could help identify the people in the photograph. To my surprise, two women said that they could identify everyone in the picture. I was so happy that this picture would not be labeled as unidentified people. Brenda Johnson and Juanita Cunningham, who were both members of the church, knew everyone. My cousin Juanita was a secretary at one time for the church.
If you have a photograph and know who the people are in the picture. Take a chance and post it on your social media sites; you never know who can help you identify the people.
It's beautiful, what you're doing - I'm just recently on a journey to discover my Roots - this is where my Forefathers and Mothers lived in the early days-dating back to the late 1700s. I've never been to Louisiana myself, though my entire history is there. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteI found the Harrell's ( Cousans ) connected to my Cyprian Family Tree. I wish I knew you all.
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