Showing posts with label Alex Haley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Haley. Show all posts
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Dwayne Taylor Sr, finding his biological roots in Fluker, Louisiana

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Dwayne at the Boykin's gravesites. Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Although I did not undergo surgery yesterday, I had an amazing day e...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Genetic testing is used by enslaved descendants on Richardson plantation to determine their family relationships

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Carl Richardson Descendants My maternal grandmother's surname name is Richardson. Throughout my childhood, I  was acquainted with  my gr...
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Monday, February 27, 2023

Jeremy's ancestors called his name

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Jeremy Taylor-Collins Photo Credit:Antoinette Harrell I have studied my maternal family history for decades. I met new relatives on my pater...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Buried between two cotton fields on Locust Ridge Plantation

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Dr. Antoinette Harrell Photo Credit:  Annie Harnet t Annie Harnett and I was  introduced several years ago by a mutual friend, Steve  Godfre...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Watt family of Tangipahoa Parish

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Photo Courtesy of  Karen Hart Stewart Front Row: Earl Watts, Ed Watts, Clara Hollins Watts, Celeste Watts Wagner, Adouloh Watts. Back Row: A...
Friday, November 11, 2022

John Wesley Richardson 1885-1952

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John Wesley Richardson 1885-1952 Photo Courtesy: Lorraine Deemer Lizana & Supt. Jimmy Richardson John Wesley Richardson ws born on Augus...

Amanda Breland Richardson and Great granddaughter Isabel Harrell Cook

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Amanda Breland was born in 1862 and died in 1937 in St. Helena Parish.  Her  husband was Thomas Richardson, Sr.,  There were five children b...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The Children of Emma Vining Richardson Williams

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E mma Vining was born on October 1, 19886 in St. Helena, Louisiana to Allen Vining and Rosa Hart Vining. Emma Vining died in Amite, Louisian...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

A Tribute to Our Mother Isabel Harrell Cook

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Robert Vernon, Jr., Weaved Baskets and Chairs

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R obert was born in 1854 in Rankin, Mississippi. He was the the seventeen children born to  Robert "Free Bob" Vernon, Sr. He was m...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Finding My Enslaved Ancestors in the Inventory Records of the Slaveholder

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Slavery Inventory of Jesse and Martha Vining Dr. Antoinette Harrell ancestors, Courtesy of the St. Helena Parish Clerk's Office It's...

New Found Relatives in My Family Tree

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Mayor Rochell Bates and Dr. Antoinette Harrell Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. I moved back to the Parish, where my ancestral lived in 20...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

A History Road Trip with Family

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Bernard mailing his African Ancestry DNA in Virginia W hen my youngest son Bernard was a child, we visited many, archives, libraries, ...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Theodore and Gladys Chapman Dunn Family Reunion

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Theodore and Gladys Chapman Dunn This years Dunn family reunion was organized by Paulette Gilmore Sims, the daughter of the late Charli...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Robert and Willie Pearl Temple of Amite, Louisiana

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Robert and Willie Pearl Temple Source: The Collection of the Late Coltidle Aaron Zanders and the Late Deloris Levy. Submitted to ...
Monday, September 22, 2014

In Touch With Our History in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Antoinette Harrell and Bernice A. Bennett researching family history in St. Helena Clerk's Office Whenever I visit the St. Helena ...