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Follow Friday: Can the 1852 Constitutional Convention of Louisiana help find my Enslaved Family?

June 16, 2017 By dionneford 1 Comment

In the binders in my office that are full of my family's history, I keep lists of things to follow up on. Recently I checked something off the top of one such follow-up list that might help shed some light on what happened to my great, great-grandmother's enslaved family.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, family history, Uncategorized Tagged With: Attakapas, Constitutional Convention, Dr. Ruffin Gray Stirling, Eliza Burton, F.D. Conrad, genealogy, John Lobdell, Lewis Stirling, Louisiana, Robert C. Hilliard, slavery, St. Mary, Sterling Family, Tempy Burton, Times Picayune, William Taylor Palfrey

Follow Friday: Andrew Jackson Wishes

May 5, 2017 By dionneford Leave a Comment

President Donald Trump's comments earlier this week lauding the seventh president Andrew Jackson reminded me of a document I recently found at the Library of Congress website while trying to track down anything about my great, great grandmother Tempy Burton's family.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, family history, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Jackson, Civil War, Donald Trump, Eliza Burton, Library of Congress, Lost Friends, MD, Robert C. Hilliard, Southwestern Christian Advocate, Tempy Burton

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