Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The Burton and Boykins Family of Tangipahoa & St. Helena, Parishes

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Lewis and Malinda Burton's Marriage License 1867 I recently started researching my father's side of the family this year after ...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Preserving Family Photographs

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Ella Keith Harrell: 1885-1960 Photo Courtesy: Monteral Harrell M y maternal Great Aunt Ella Harrell Keith died January 17, 1960, at the...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Strong Family Resemblance to Aunt Ella

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Tyra Climmons Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell M any of us can attest to how some family members have strong DNA resemblance. The...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Uncle Henry Migrated Up North in the Early 1920s

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Henry Harrell H enry was born to the union of Alexander and Emma Mead Harrell in 1887. He died in Racine, Wisconsin in 1967. Uncle Henr...

Finding My Priscilla

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Randall and Priscilla "Silla" Blackburn Harrell Marriage License: December 26, 1867 Source: Union Parish Courthouse W henever...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Martha Burton Boykins Family History

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Malinda and Louis Marriage License 1867 M artha Burton Boykins is my paternal 2nd Great grandmother. She was born circa 1868  in St. He...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Courthouse Genealogy Research in Sumner, Mississippi

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Sumner Courthouse Peonage Research Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.  I've had the opportunity to travel to many courthouses throu...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Ernest and Mary McKay Boykin of Fluker, Louisiana

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Ernest and Mary McKay Boykin Photo Courtesy: Sharon Boykin D uring the time that my dad transitioned, my cousin Sharon shared family i...

The History of Percy and Creola Atkins Johnson

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Creola Atkins Johnson Photo Courtesy: The Johnson Family I heard a lot about the Atkins family of St. Helena. People often talk about...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Mack H. McCraney Became the First African -American to Practice Law in Tangipahoa Parish

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R ev. Mack H. McCraney is a native of Hammond, Louisiana. he graduated from Greenville Park High School and went on to serve six years in...

Joyce Ann Jackson, First Black Female Warden of Tangipahoa Parish

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J oyce Jackson was hired by Sheriff J. Edward Layrisson. On September 1, 1984, as deputy and placed in the jail's kitchen to supervis...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Deputy Marshal Henry Jackson, 7th Ward, Hammond, LA

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Henry Jacksoon, Sr.  I n 1972 Marshal Vic Anderson, City Marshal for the City Court of Hammond, 7th Ward Tangipahoa Parish hired Henry ...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Bobby Carter First African American Deputy Clerk for the City of Hammond

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M s. Carter was appointed as the first African American Deputy Clerk for the City Court of Hammond, Louisiana by the Honorable Judge Leon Fo...

Donald Dotey First African American Louisiana State Trooper in Tangipahoa Parish

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D onald Dotey, Master Trooper was the first African-American State Trooper in Tangipahoa Parish. Donald was from Tangipahoa Parish. He serve...

Connie L. Dotey First African American State Trooper Southeast Louisiana

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C onnie L. Dotey was the first 1st Black Female State Trooper Southeast Louisiana. The 2nd in the State of Louisiana. Trooper First Class ...

Dr. J. L. Garrett the first African American Veterinarian in the City of Hammond

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D r. J. L. Garrett is a native of Newton, Texas. He graduated from Liberty High School in Newton. Dr. Garrett then attended Prairie View ...

Melvin Finn Was the Amite First Black Policeman

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M elvin Finn was appointed as the first black policeman in Amite on August 15, 1966. His duties were to patrol the black areas of Amite. He...

Rudolph Paul Gibson of Tangipahoa Parish

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M r. Gibson served on many boards in the State of Louisiana and the Parish of Tangipahoa. He was appointed by Gov. Edwin Edwards to serve...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Sheriff's Deputy Edward Toefield, Jr., Killed in the Line of Duty

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Sheriff Deputy Edward Toefield, Jr.  February  2, 1984, Sheriff's Deputy Edward Toefield, Jr., was shot and killed by a bank robber...

Celebrating the Life of Walter James Boykins

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W alter James Boykins was born to mary and Ernest Boykins in Fluker, La., on August 6, 1938. His is the third child of seven. Walter atte...