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 MINNIE EVANS                       June 21, 1972 
                       2            evening 
                                    X1 

NHS: You don't know his address?

ME: No I don't know it. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] onliest way I can find out is to - I'll send [[strikethrough]] Marchie [[/strikethrough]] Lisha to get James.

NHS: I see

ME: and get her address and I will ask him to get Annie Mae's address and send it to you. 

NHS: What relation is she to you?

ME: My, her father was named William Lamb. Now my grandmother, not my grandmother, my great grandmother was named Rachel Williams. She was married three-her first husband was named Peter Krons. He died, died before freedom. Died with smallpox. Then she married again. She married [[strikethrough]] William [Warren] Lamb. She had three [[strikethrough]] sons [set?], Uncle Bill, Mahalia and [[strikethrough]] Peirce [Perce]. An[yway] she had four children for him and William Lamb was Annie Mae's father and he was [Rachel's]

NHS: Annie Mae[/yes]

ME: Yes and

NHS: And Rachael's son

ME: yes

NHS: That was Rachael's son

ME: That's right and so that makes me, makes us through my grandmother you know

NHS: Your great grandmother ^[Rachel]?

[M.E. That's right]

[NHS.] You knew her didn't you?

ME: Yes, [[strikethrough]] I did [indeed]. I knew her. Grandmother Rachael [[strikethrough]] was and it was bought on 5th Avenue

NHS: This paper?

ME: [[strikethrough]]Yes[U huh — See — green book for spelling.]

NHS: Before you were born? That's before you were born. 

ME: That's right. It was over at the Airlie's and they broke up the house over there

NHS: Where did you?

ME: It was at the Airlie's. They broke up the house over there. When Miss [[strikethrough]]Polk[[Pope] came out and threw out everything and they gave me that book. It had one or two pictures in it of somebody's pictures. Old pictures [[strikethrough]] and [that] I tore [[strikethrough]] th 'em out. So I taken the books and I [[strikethrough]] 've been [went to] painting it.