Saturday, November 23, 2019

How Much Did They Sale Green Burton For?

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The Sale of Green Burton One Negro Man named Green Burton sold for $1070.00 Source St. Helena Parish Courthouse

Who Purchased Jacob Burton Enslaved People in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.

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Dr. Antoinette Harrell researching history T his information can provide  helpful information to the genealogists that looking for thei...

The Enslaved People Owned By Jacob Burton of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Enslaved list on Jacob Burton Place T he Inventory of Jacob Burton of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. This record is dated March in the y...

Grandfather Charlie Married Twice

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Charlie Mckay and his wife Julia Bickham McKay M y father passed away this past February, and for something strange reason, I'm lea...

Finding My Mississippi Roots; Harrell, McKay and Williams

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Chatawa, Mississippi M y Mississippi roots are strong. All of my ancestors lived on the border of Louisiana and Mississippi. The Ha...
Friday, November 22, 2019

DNA Test Results Revealed Our Grandmothers Were Sisters

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DNA Test Connected Cousins A couple days ago a lady named Georgia Marie Strickland message me about a DNA result. She said that our gra...

Four Enslaved People on John Burton and Rebecca Womack Burton Place

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Jacob "Jake" Boykins and his wife Martha Burton Boykins I spent the day researching my paternal ancestors in St. Helena Par...
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...