Tag Archives: Louisiana
Follow Friday: Stirling Family Register of Slaves
I wonder if Princeton University will give me some kind of honorary degree for all of the hours I’ve been logging in their microfilm library. In the past two weeks, I’ve been down there three times. (No easy feat with … Continue reading
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Wedding Wednesday: Genealogy Genie Strikes Again
Yesterday, our genealogy genie, Shannon made another one of our unspoken wishes come true. She sent my cousin, Monique and I the above copy of Alfred Burton Stuart’s and Clara Harding’s marriage certificate. Alfred B. Stuart was my great, great-uncle … Continue reading
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Friend of Friends Friday: 20 Slaves of William R. Stuart
Yesterday, while she was looking for something else, my cousin Monique found the above manifest on Ancestry.com. It names 20 slaves aboard the Barque Pioneer transported from Baltimore to New Orleans and owned by our ancestor, Col. W.R. Stuart. It … Continue reading
Motivation Monday: Finding Ancestors in the Stirling Family Papers
Finally, the Stirling Family papers have arrived on five rolls of microfilm at my local library! The Stirling Family papers are a collection of deeds, wills, diaries of slave life, and letters that belonged to the Lewis Sterling family, owner … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Stirling Family Papers
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 … Continue reading
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Follow Friday: Finding my Enslaved Third Great-Grandmother
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wNklqfgInw&feature=geosearch] Yesterday, I shared with you all that I’d found another generation of my family tree. I now know that Eliza Burton was my third great-grandmother, a slave on a plantation in Attakapas, Louisiana and was owned by a Dr. … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Another enslaved ancestor found!
“I desire to find my people.” That’s how my great, great-grandmother Tempy Burton begins her June 4, 1891 ad in the Southwestern Christian Advocate. Known simply as the Southwestern, this paper was started in 1877 and covered the African Methodist … Continue reading
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Monday Madness: My Serious Slave-Owning Ancestor
In the past year, I’ve often wondered just how big a slave owner was my second great-grandfather, Col. W.R. Stuart and just how much property did he amass. To my mind, the fewer slaves he owned, the easier it might … Continue reading
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