Map of the German Coast by Guillaume Delisle (d. 1726) This week's prompt from #52ancestors is #immigration leaving many choices since we...

My father's father was born in Batchelor, Louisiana, on August 28, 1909, but his father did not like living in New Roads (not sure why...

This week's prompt was difficult for me because so many people in my family could be considered Influencers but because I am writing this...

The prompt this week from #52ancestors is Witness to History so I set out to focus on some serious goings on in #colonial #Louisiana....

In week three of #52ancestors we were asked to share a favorite photo and the story behind it. I cheated a bit and put up a few taken at...

Louis Antoine Juchereau de St. Denis was my 7th great granduncle on my mother's side--another recent surprise in my research. My 6th...

Possible portrait of Jean Lafitte from the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas My mother's side of the family often took a back seat to...