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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

Tombstone Tuesday: Great, Great-Grandma’s Gussied Up Grave

August 10, 2010 By dionneford Leave a Comment

While on our research trip last week to the Mississippi Gulf, my cousin Monique and I paid our respects to our ancestors' graves, including great, great-grandma Tempy Burton's located at the Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.  We were overcome with emotion (and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: genealogy, graves

Searching Saturday: Still Tracing my Ancestors' Footsteps

August 7, 2010 By dionneford 4 Comments

On the second leg of our Ancestry Tour today, my cousin Monique and I visited with my uncle, Henry, paid our respects to our ancestors at three different cemeteries, then bought some voodoo dolls.  In the evening, we tracked our ancestors all over town from the Cotton Exchange … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family history, geneology Tagged With: Cafe du Monde, genealogy

Follow Friday: My Ancestor's Footsteps

August 6, 2010 By dionneford Leave a Comment

Inspired by finding another generation of our family last month, my cousin Monique and I decided to get babysitters for our girls and head down to our ancestral homes of Ocean Springs, Mississippi and New Orleans. Driving around the charming town of Ocean Springs, retracing our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: genealogy

Treasure Chest Thursday: Six Degrees of Slave Owner Separation

July 15, 2010 By dionneford Leave a Comment

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIyuYwbVnA] It's nice to be back from a great vacation where I unplugged from my computer and soaked up the surf and sun. Even though I wasn't blogging or researching, genealogy was never too far from me.  As we made our way down to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ancestry, Boddie, Hilliard, slavery, vacation Tagged With: genealogy

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