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Feb 162 min read

Chevalier Charles Frederick D'Arensbourg, settler of the German Coast

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

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Feb 82 min read

Earning a living in the United States: My grandfather, the Sicilian tailor

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...

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Feb 32 min read

My Dad, the Influencer

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...

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Jan 143 min read

SAINT DENIS and Natchitoches, the founding father who established the first permanent French colony in Louisiana

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

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Jan 52 min read

FAMILY LORE, or how I might be related to the famous New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte

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...

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