Join the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum on Saturday, April 5th at Dillard University’s Professional Schools & Sciences Building for the second annual GenFest. This year’s theme is “Creating Community”: the act of creating community and history with one another. The New Orleans Housing Authority will debut a new collection of over 300 photographs, primarily taken from the 1940s to 1970s. More than 40 organizations specializing in genealogy, preservation, history, and culture will be represented at the event. Presentations start at 10:30, beginning with Gaynell Brady of Our Mammy’s showcasing historical records and discussing the crucial role laundresses have historically played in supporting their families and communities.
All Day | Organization Information Tables
and HANO Image Display
10:30-11:15 | Discovering Josephine with Gaynell Brady
11:00-11:45 | Uncovering the Past: Plantation History, Enslaved Narratives, and Descendant Research with Ja’el Gordon
12:30-1:30 | Panel Discussion: Creating Community
2:00-3:30 | A Place Called Desire: HANO Records and Legacy with Leonard Smith III and the City Archives
3:00-3:45 | How Cemetery Destructions Affected Louisiana Law with Ryan Seidemann
Participating Organizations include:
Afro-American Historical and
Genealogical Society, LA ChapterAlgiers Historical SocietyAmistad Research CenterArchdiocese of New Orleans
Archives and RecordsBaton Rouge Room Archives &
East Baton Rouge Parish Library GenealogyBernice Bennett – Ancestor’s FootprintsBonnet Carré Historical SocietyClaiborne Avenue History ProjectCongregazione di San Bartolomeo ApostoloContessa Entellina SocietyCreoleGenNikki Caruso
Crescent City StationsResearching Chinese AmericanDescendants of Jesuit Enslavement
Historical and Genealogical SocietyThe Descendants ProjectDillard University Archives &
Special CollectionsDiocese of Baton Rouge
Archives & Records CenterFamilySearchGenealogical Research
Society of New OrleansGerman-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical SocietyGerman-American Cultural Center
and Museum of GretnaLes Guédry et Petitpas d’AsteurHebrew Rest CemeteryHermann-Grima + Gallier
Historic HousesThe Historic New Orleans CollectionIberia African American Historical SocietyJefferson Genealogical SocietyJefferson Parish Library
Special CollectionsKeywords for Black LouisianaLe Comité des Archives
de la LouisianeLGBT+ Archives Project
of LouisianaLos Isleños Heritage and
Cultural Society of St. BernardThe Louisiana Creole Research
Association (LA Creole)Louisiana AppleseedLouisiana Endowment for the Humanities
64 Parishes MagazineLouisiana Landmarks Society
Pitot House MuseumLouisiana Historical SocietyMidlo Center for
New Orleans Studies at UNOMuseum of the Southern
Jewish ExperienceNew Orleans Pharmacy MuseumNurturing Our Roots
Dr. Antoinette HarrellOur Mammy’sPlaquemines Historical AssociationResearching Chinese American
History in New OrleansSoutheast Louisiana Legal ServicesSt. Tammany
Genealogical SocietySt. Tammany Public Library
Genealogy ServicesBarbara TrevigneThe National World War II Museum