The Henry Claiborne Talton Family in the late 1800s

This is a picture taken in the late 1800s of my great grandfather Henry Claiborne Talton with his second wife and the children of him and his deceased first wife and the children of him and his second wife. He was the son of a slave and slavemaster and born into slavery in 1839 in Houston County Georgia. He later lived enslaved in Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana. After slavery ended he and his family lived in Ashdown (Little River County) Arkansas where the picture was taken.
He died in Arkansas in the 1920s.

Adding Pictures to the Blogs

It is beneficial to add pictures to Blogs. This is especially relevant to genealogy and family history. Often individuals have no pictures of ancestors or even of relatives in the early or mid 20th century.

Recently I took a class on Blogging and how to add pictures to the blogs. This class was at the Manhattan (Kansas) Public Library. We visited Flickr which is a method to add pictures.

Unknown African American Family

Unknown African American Family
Originally uploaded by thirkelle

This is a picture that was taken of an unknown African American family shortly after the Civil War.

It is important to label all pictures immediately so that anyone in the future will have this knowledge. The label should include the names, dates, and locations of all pictures.