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Spiritual Sunday: A visit to the Whitney Plantation

July 24, 2017 By dionneford 1 Comment

I had a chance to visit the Whitney Plantation museum in Edgard, Louisiana on Sunday, the first in the United States to focus exclusively on slavery. The visit was an emotional 180 after celebrating a very different kind of history the day before - my 30th High School Reunion. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, family history, Uncategorized Tagged With: Edgard, John Cummings, Louisiana, sugar cane, Whitney Plantation

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

Treasure Chest Tuesday: The family historian

March 14, 2017 By dionneford Leave a Comment

Yesterday's New York Times article "A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Georgetown" reminded me just how much genealogy is a group effort.  It took a network of people, from descendants of the enslaved and slave owners to historians and archivists to get that remarkable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry Tagged With: Georgetown University, Herbert Gutman, Lewis Stirling, Louisiana, Michael Willis, Osbern Sterling, Patrice Bayonne-Johnson, Rachel Swarns, Sterling Family, The New York Times

Treasure Chest Thursday: Stirling Family Papers

July 29, 2010 By dionneford Leave a Comment

Google is the gift that keeps on giving. After finding out that a Dr. Stirling owned some of my great, great-grandmother Tempy's relatives, I punched his name and a few other facts into the search engine  and was thrilled when a collection of papers popped up. According to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: geneology, Louisiana, slavery

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