Helaire Family

The Helaire family worked on Oakland Plantation as enslaved people from the late 1700s until 1865.

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

I was featured in today’s National Public Radio (NPR) “Here And Now” segment on Ancestry’s newly digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records. Listen in and check it out! https://t.co/M4KHBrRs8M

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

Black genealogists make "startling" revelations tracking their former enslaved ancestors using https://t.co/GRU7jwTw0o's extensive Freedmen's Bureau records. https://t.co/8aGypMK4CM

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Gina Paige @ African Ancestry yesterday about Genealogy! Check it out! https://t.co/1MFoP3Q1e7

[KTBS @KTBS]

SHREVEPORT, La - What does a 105 year-old get for a birthday present? It's better than cake and ice cream. Find out below... https://t.co/y9h2H3viZ9

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

KTBS News Channel 3, PK Cannon reports on our matriarch’s legacy.

Our dear Elvira Helaire-Davis speaks with such conviction and the words spoken by granddaughter Sandra Lister and Councilwoman Tabatha H. Taylor shows why she was honored today. Listen & watch! Powerful.

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

105-year old Shreveport woman honored with street dedication from city leaders for her birthday https://t.co/YGOoYwTJQC Check out my grandmother on KTAL News channel 6!!
For all that she has seen, she’s able to tell how she survived it all, with grace, faith & humility.
#Helaire

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

https://t.co/vI7CMgqqfz via @FacebookWatch Today my 105 year old grandmother, Ms. Elvira Helaire Davis, was recognized by the Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, the Mayor of Shreveport, LA, and other local City Officials! Check out the street sign & the official statement!

[BlackProGen @blackprogen]

Catch us LIVE, TONIGHT! Deets below. 👇🏾 #BlackProGen

[Genealogy Adventures @genealogadvent]

.@TomCottonAR I know your hands are full with your job and dealing with COVID19, justice & policing reforms, etc. However, in your spare time, read this book. It's free to download. Read it and tell me how slavery was a "necessary evil". https://t.co/8IZ3XDupx2

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

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[Genealogy Adventures @genealogadvent]

You can catch my interview with @AncestorsAlive's podcast. We chat about my books - and I candidly discuss how @Ancestry's proposed changes to its DNA matching threshold will negatively impact my #geneticgenealogy research work https://t.co/vde1T1m16B

[National Low Income Housing Coalition @NLIHC]

Nikole Hannah-Jones to Address “Racial Equity and Housing Justice During and After COVID-19” on July 7 - https://t.co/xaOC9HTiQr

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

Jordan's Graduation 2020 https://t.co/BKTvqog6p2