One of the many joys (and miseries) of my tenure as a specialist of Louisiana Creole genealogy is tracking individuals due to surnameRead More
Creole given name etymology discovery
have been conducting genealogical research since high school. Like many genealogists, I occasionally come across oddities which pique my interest. One of those oddities hasRead More
Using diminutives of given names to identify ancestors
iminutives are common to many world cultures. Louisiana’s Creole culture is by no means an exception. In fact, even in 2016, Louisiana CreolesRead More