Exploring and Preserving African American History in the Louisiana Florida Parishes

Welcome to Preserving Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana. "Our History, Our Story, Our Legacy!" Dr. Antoinette Harrell is a native of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. She is a genealogist and local historian with a broad emphasis of African Americans in the Louisiana Florida Parishes.

Monday, October 26, 2020

A Homegoing Celebration For Sister Janie Bell Williams

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Mrs. Janie Bell Williams   S is.   Janie Bell Cutrer Williams was born to Dave Cutrer and Claudia Vernon Cutrer. at Stony Point, LA. on Octo...

"Celebration of Life" Robert Lee Richardson

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  Robert Lee Richardson O n Tuesday events, November 6, 2007, at 8:12 p.m. at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, Louisiana the angel of s...

Celebrating the Life of Willie Pearl Temple

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Willie Pearl Temple W illie Pearl Temple departed this life gently at home in the early morning hours of September 11, 2010. She was 93, bor...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

My visit to Tangipahoa-Quinn-Brown Cemetery

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Eliza Johnson Headstone Photo Courtesy: Dr Antoinette Harrell T oday was such a beautiful and sunny day that I could resist taking a back ro...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

The Amite White Sox's

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Amite White Sox's Source: Ancestry  Contributed by Michael Hughes The picture represents three families who lived in the Amite City circ...
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John Finn, Sr. of Amite, Louisiana.

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J ohn Finn, Sr, was born in 1900 to Marcel Finn and Samuella Tate Finn. John died in 1998 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. John was married to Mab...

Carrie Butler Finn of Amite, Louisiana

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Carrie Butler Finn Source: William, Riley, Family Tree Ancestry C arrie Butler Finn was born in Amite, Louisiana in 1848 and died in Amite, ...

Charles Finn of Amite, Louisiana

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Charles L. Finn Sources: Ancestry C harles L. Finn, was born in 1888 in Amite, Louisiana and died in in 1954 in Monticello, New York, He was...
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Thursday, October 22, 2020

The Obsequies of Mattie Bush Patrick

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Mattie Bush Patrick O n August 1, 1882, in Tangipahoa Parish she was born to the late Mary Temple Bush and Toney Bush, a baby girl given in ...

Richardson Funeral Home of Amite, Louisiana Preserving History Through Funeral Programs

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Richardson Funeral Home, Inc. CEO & Staff Photo Courtesy: Antoinette Harrell W hen a loved one passes away in the African American commu...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Walter and Minnie James of Tangipahoa Parish

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W alter was was born March 8, 1885 in Tangipahoa Parish. He died at the age of seventy-six in 1962 in Tangipahoa. His home was in Roseland, ...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

157 Years Later Our Harrell Families Reunite

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Primus Harrell Descendants Zoom Meeting I'm the 5th great-granddaughter of Primus Harrell. Primus was held as a slave on Leroy Harrell p...

The History of Tennessee and Reba Matthews Jackson of St. Helena Parish

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Reba Jackson  T ennessee Jackson was born in April 1908 in Darlington, Louisiana. According to the 1920 United States Federal Census, Tennes...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Jeanette Miller Roberts Was Beaten in the Hammond City Jail in 1947

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James Osby Roberts Registration Card On  February 21, 1947,  Jeanette Miller Roberts was accused by her uncle of stealing his money. She was...
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Friday, September 4, 2020

Finding My Harrell Family Connections Through DNA

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Little Egypt Plantation, East Feliciana, LA Source: Ancestry L ike most genealogists who are researching our family history for answers and ...
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Joseph Deamer, Sr. & Louella Richardson Deamer of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Joseph Deamer Photo Courtesy: Lorriane Lizana J oseph (Joe) Deamer was born  in September 1887 and died in 1965. According to his U.S. World...
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Saturday, August 29, 2020

Maude Temple Fox Obituary

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Maude Temple On June 22, 1931, Maude Temple was born the 3rd of 6 children to Charlie and Lena Temple in Amite, Louisiana. She graduated fro...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Eddie Jackson, Jr and his Wife Deloris Peters Jackson

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E ddie Jackson, Jr. was born on April 24, 1927, to Eddie Jackson, Sr., and Rosabell Richardson Jackson. He was the father of Betty Jackson C...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Joseph Baker and Edna Coleman Marriage License

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Joseph Baker was born in St. Helena Parish  in 1893 to Solomon and Elizabeth Baker. According to the 1920 United States Federal Census, he w...

Joseph Baker, Sr.

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