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Today I decided to write about Juneteenth. Although I am Southern born and bred I did not know about this historical event until I was a junior in my International High School. So for your enjoyment here you are: Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger , landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free . Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863 . The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order . However, with the surrender...

Oldest Living Person Dies in Japan at 116 By MARTIN FACKLER   NAHA, Japan — A Japanese man who was the world’s oldest living person, and the longest-lived man in recorded history, died Wednesday at the age of 116 at a hospital near the city of Kyoto.     Jiroemon Kimura, a retired postal worker who was born in 1897, and who worked before World War II in what was then the Japanese colony of Korea, died of natural causes in the city of Kyotango, local media said. He had been hospitalized for a month for pneumonia and blood-sugar problems, the reports said. In his final years, Mr. Kimura was widely quoted as advising people to “eat light to live longer,” attributing his own longevity to consuming only healthy food in moderate portions. Japanese media said he had seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great grandchildren, though they did not say if all were still alive. With Mr. Kimu...

Surprise! We are up to more than 16,000 relatives on our family tree.  I guess anyone who really thinks about it will realize they have more than 16,000 people to which they are related. However, how many of those people have documented evidence, hmmmmm?  Well, we do! Thanks to all of the people family and friends who have helped with stories, pictures, sharing their trees, and resources we are now up to more than 16,000 relatives, documented on the tree with more being added every day. Remember, we are always willing to add, edit and credit so get involved!    

JUNE BIRTHDAYS & CELEBRATIONS     Date Name 6/3 Ara Viverette 6/4 Mario Shannon & Jamarl Clark 6/5 Kristian Sales & Nicole Williams 6/12 Jessie Webb,Michael Starks, & Lida Berry 6/15 Lawrence Brown 6/16 Me 6/17 Jerrold Webb 6/20 Bisi Smith & Beverly Tolbert none none none none

MAY BIRTHDAYS & CELEBRATIONS       Date Name 5/2 Ingrid Edmonson 5/7 Jazzy Jones & Jeanette Voltaire 5/12 Jarmal Webb 5/14 Betty Wiggins 5/17 Mary Kay Malloy 5/18 Niyiara Allen 5/23 Yvonne Keen Zic 5/28 Tesia Smylor GRADUATES: Bisi Onunka (Smith) , Rune Wingfield Jr. &  Clark Jones Jr.

Our Family or at least the death's in our family will now be updated weekly! Feel free to download, view and share the information provided to us by our State, National archives and yours truly. Here is the Site.