Monday, March 20, 2023

Preserving History Through Funeral Programs.

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

The land had been in Larry Freeman's family since 1873

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Larry Freeman Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell   It has been over a decade since I first met Larry Freeman and his wife Shirley Freeman.  Th...
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Sunday, March 12, 2023

The legacy of black history is preserved by a local man

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Walter Wren III African American Funeral Collection A local genealogist and historian, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, recently saw some of Walter W...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Tri-Parish Vegetable Growers & Angus Cattle Community Farmers Association, Inc., honor local + 70 farmers

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+70 Farmer Honorees Who is Craig Coleman?  Gathering of Hearts embarked on mission work some years ago, and I met Craig's mother and sis...
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...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Black Homesteaders of the South with Bernice Bennett

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Honoring the Legacy of African American History Keeper

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Black History Month has been very busy this year for  me.  When  black history can be taught 365 days a year, the stress of speaking engagem...

Whose shoulders do you stand on?

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Dr. Valarie Richardson and Earl S. Richardson     We have all heard people say that we stand on strong shoulders. On whose shoulders do you ...

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, February 21, 2023

Genealogy with Antoinette & Karran

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Hurricane Ida damage headstones and vaults at Rocky Hill Cemetery

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Damaged Vault Rocky Hill Cemetery Photo Credit:  Dr. Antoinette Harrell In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, I visited Rocky Hill Cemetery. Th...

Hammond Magnet School focus on local history for Black History Month

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Hammond Magnet School Photo Credit: Mr. Kip Andrews Dr. Antoinette Harrell was invited to speak at Hammond Magnet High School in Hammond, Lo...

St. Helena Parish Clerk on a mission to preserve local records and creating online access

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Mildred Cyprian St. Helena Parish Clerk Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell   I have conducted genealogy research for the past 30+ years at...
Monday, February 13, 2023

Ephraim Bates Succession and Probates 1829, St. Helena Parish Files B-1

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Dr. Antoinette Harrell Conducting Genealogy Research  St. Helen Parish Clerk's Office March. 23, 1829- Inventory: a tract of which decd ...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Civil Rights Leaders Climon Ricard Sr, of St. Helena, Louisiana

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Climon Ricard Military Draft Cart Ancestry Climon Ricard, Sr.  was born on July 30, 1915 to George Samuel Ricard and Susan Ricard. He died o...

Livingston Parish Civil Rights Leader Lester Youngblood

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Lester Youngblood Courtesy of  Bernice Alexander Bennett Funeral Program Photo I'm familiar with the name Youngblood since author and ge...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Campbell's African American Funeral Home was established in 1940 in Hammond, LA

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Samuel Levy Campbell Military Draft Card Courtesy of Ancestry Kathe Hambrick, founder and director of the River Road African American Museum...