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Forename etymology discovery – Mélissaire and Mélius

Many of us who conduct genealogical research occasionally stumble upon a few odd forenames (given names).

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Filed Under: Descriptors, Free People of Color (FPOC), Genealogy, History, Language, Names, Slavery Tagged With: 1777 Census Attakapas, Adrien Mercier Désirée, Adrien Mercier St Martinville, Alexandre Joseph Declouet, André Mercier St Martinville, Charles Pétion Francisque, Charles Pétion Francisque Declouet, Creolization, Édouard Navarre Rochon, Félicité Francisque, Francis Declouet, Francisque Declouet, François Fondal, free people of color Louisiana, gens de couleur libres Louisiana, griffe libre, griffone, griffonne, griffonne libre, Jean Baptiste Benoît Declouet, Joseph Fondal, Kourí-Viní, Louisiana colonial census, Louisiana Creole linguistics, Louisiana Creole people, Louisiana Creoles, Louisiana linguistics, Louisiana slave emancipations, Marie Anne Masse Declouet, Marie Louise Favrot Declouet, Marie Magdeleine Declouet Rochon, Mélisœur Francisque Declouet, Mélissaire Francisque Declouet, mulâtre, mulâtresse, Nanette Masse, quarteron, quarteronne

Results of Online Census on Identity, Language, and Residence among Latin Louisianians

On 25th March 2016, Christophe Landry launched an online census, as part of an academic project in history, to survey Latin Louisianians onRead More

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Filed Under: Identity, Language, Latinité Tagged With: Adaesano, Adaeseño, Bilingualism, Cajun, Creole, créolité, French in Louisiana, Isleño, Kourí-Viní, Kréyol Lalwizyan, Kréyol Lalwizyann, Louisiana Creole, Louisiana Creoles

1830 Census Slave Holders in St Landry Parish

1830 Slave Holders in St Landry Parish by Louisiana Historic & Cultural Vistas

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Filed Under: Genealogy, History, Slavery Tagged With: FPOC St Landry Parish, free people of color, GDCL St Landry Parish, Gens de couleur libres, Louisiana Creoles, Louisiana genealogy, St Landry Parish, St Landry Parish Acadians, St Landry Parish Creoles

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