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See a name that's you but greyed out? Tap "ππΎ Is this you?" to claim your own profile. Only you can claim yourself β nobody fills in anyone else's details.
Family on the tree who shared their contact are in the π directory on the Family tab.
NOLA ONE Shuttle Service β Jamie has them on call for the family. Only 2 vans, so schedule ahead! Their 6-passenger taxi-van does airport pickups, regular rides, and guided tours.
π· Sunday Jazz Cruise: two 6-passenger golf carts will carry anyone who can't walk to the steamboat dock β $5/person each way for family. Jamie will share the pickup spot.
Also plenty of taxis, the streetcar/trolley, and Ubers.
Everything near our hotel β tap any place for directions. Search what you need:
Congo Square (Louis Armstrong Park, a 20-min walk) is sacred ground β under French rule it was the one place enslaved Africans could gather on Sundays to drum, dance, and trade. The rhythms kept alive there became jazz. TremΓ©, just beyond it, is one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in America.
Catch a second line if one passes β brass band first, everybody else dancing behind. Joining in is the point.
βοΈ August real talk: mid-90s and humid. Water bottle, hat, sunscreen β and do like locals: mornings & evenings outside, AC + cafΓ© stops midday.
It's pinned in the GroupMe and on the welcome table. You enter it once and your phone remembers β it's what keeps this space family-only.
Family tab β "οΌ Add me." Only your name is required β naming your parent drops you right under them in the tree. Add your spouse, siblings, and kids too; each becomes a profile they can claim later.
It makes a profile yours β after that, only you can edit it. Prove it's you with Google sign-in, or make up a 4-digit PIN if you don't have Google. Greyed-out names are waiting to be claimed by that person.
No stress β ask a historian (Contacts above) to reset your profile, then claim it again with a fresh PIN.
Nobody, unless you turn on "Share my contact" β then it shows in the π Family directory for family. You can switch it off anytime. The organizers can always reach you either way.
Open their card and tap π‘ Suggest a fix β it goes to the family historians, who review and update it. Only the person themself (or a historian) can edit a profile directly.
The family historians verified that person and their connections. β³ "Family, is this right?" means it's still waiting on their review.
Post photos and updates on the Photos tab β they show after a quick family review. Your profile selfie is separate and shows right away.
Recently married? Had a child? Add or correct a family member β please provide as much detail as possible.
π Open the Genealogy Updates form βThe official "Stephany George Graham Family Tree" lives on Ancestry (sign in to view) β link up top. Questions? Curtis Smith Β· [email protected] Β· (856) 466-4484
Tisby Graham is the one who binds us all β mother of Stephany, Tishia, Benjamin Augustus, Katie and Rebecca. From generation to generation, we remain beautifully connected through her.
Stephany George Graham was born enslaved on May 25, 1846, in Lake City, SC, on the plantation of Nelson Myers Graham. Though it was against the law to teach the enslaved, a minister was granted permission to teach Stephany; he was 18 when the enslaved were freed, and later passed his teacher's certification. He married Caroline Elizabeth Eaddy in December 1878; together they had 10 children. A senior deacon, store owner, and farmer, Stephany transitioned July 24, 1920. We are Forever Grahams.
Nelson Myers Graham appears in the 1860 slave schedule ("N. M. Graham, 61 slaves," Williamsburg Co). Stephany's exact birth & death dates are confirmed on FamilySearch (profile GS22-WL2) with 1910 census + SC death records. Lake City was originally named "Graham's Crossroads." Caroline's father Sampson Eaddy (1835β1916) is documented in a formerly-enslaved cemetery.
β οΈ One to confirm: the well-documented Lake City "St. James" is A.M.E. (Methodist), not Baptist β the family may want to verify.
Family who have gone on to the other side β gone from our sight, never from our hearts.
This is a private family space π Enter the family code β it's pinned in the GroupMe and on the welcome table.
Don't have it? Ask any cousin, or the folks at the welcome table.