'My Great-great grandparent's family photo!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes


Howdy and welcome,

Here's a photo that my 99-year-old grand-aunt just gave me to scan.

It shows her mother, Emma (at right end ) and my grandmother's parents (George and Mary, seated with baby in lap) and 8 of 13 siblings (plus one cousin, 2nd from left).

Photo was taken in front of the family homestead on their tobacco farm (formerly a plantation owned by a Fulton Tobacco's owner) in Mount Airy, NC, USA - circa 1902.


 
 
 























The parents were formerly slaves as children working at neighboring plantations. I'm still researching the parents of my great-great grandfather (center) on ancestry.com.

One family legend say his father (my great-great-great grandfather) was a 'Cherokee Indian hog drover'. And I have a copy of a sworn affidavit that indicates his father was a 'Cherokee Indian'.

However,
recent research this month has revealed a surprisingly different story about the ancestry of my great-great-great grandfather. So  I'm curious to know the true story whenever the facts are substantiated!


YOUR TURN

Do you have old photos of your family?


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Peace,
Mary Lou

Another original photo ACCEPTED for publication!

I'm happy to announce that another of my original photos will be published in the SPRING 2010 issue of the BAC Street Journal (No. 3)!

This is the second time my work has been published in the BAC Street Journal. Last year, the premier issue of the BAC Street Journal - published in Spring 2009 - included two of my works - an original poem and an original photo!

The Beverly Art Center, publisher of the BAC Street Journal, is throwing a reception on Sunday May 23, 2010 for all of us artists who are being published in this Spring issue!

Woo-hoo!

So Artful Challenge - Bouquet

'Les Fleurs - Bouquet'

Digital image

7" x 7"

approx. 20 mins

Here's my entry for a So Artful Challenge for Bouquet. My original photo that I'd played with in Photoshop (PSE) a few months back. Then I added some filters, gradients edges and transparent layers in MS Digital Image Editor (DIE).

This image was quick to make using the default edges in DIE on my flower photo.

What do you think of this one? Email me here

Thanks for stopping by. Would love for you to come back for a visit - often!

Peace,

LuLu

Old Galena Farm

Here are digital photos I took of an old abandoned farm building - during our vacation last May in Galena, Illinois. Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think. Fyi, the watermark URL is wrong - should read http://www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/...

Digital Photo -
enhanced with layers and effects

Microsoft Digital Image Editor

Galena Farm Hayloft

Digital Photo - 5" x 3.75"