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Laura Guccione
Feb 16, 20242 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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Laura Guccione
Feb 8, 20242 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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Laura Guccione
Feb 3, 20242 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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Laura Guccione
Jan 14, 20243 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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Laura Guccione
Jan 5, 20242 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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Laura Guccione
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Misbeliefs
A Linguistic Look At A Beloved New Orleans Fruit #NewOrleans has a long history of mispronouncing and misunderstanding words, whether it...
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