| NOS HOMMES ET NOTRE HISTOIRE ~ Our People and Our History ~ |
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| BIENVENU! WELCOME TO CREOLEGEN.COM !!! |
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| "There is no State in the Union, hardly any spot of like size on the globe, where the man of color has lived so intensely, made so much progress, been of such historical importance and yet about whom so comparitively little is known. His history is like the Mardi Gras of the city of New Orleans, beautiful and mysterious and wonderful, but with a serious thought uderlying it all. May it be better known to the world some day." Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar Nelson, 1916 |
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| Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes (1849-1911) The First Chronicler of Our History |
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| Visit the Louisiana Creole Research Association online! www.LACreole.org |
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| ORLEANS PARISH GenWeb ARCHIVE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Join the CreoleGen Online Group! Correspond with members about your brick-walls and successes. Plus great research tips! |
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| GENEALOGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here for a case study on finding enslaved ancestors. This case study, "Finding Your Enslaved Ancestors" was prepared by Jari Honora. All Rights Reserved. Sacramental Records for Slaves of the Daublin-Foutelet Family in Ascension Parish. List of Colored Leaders in Louisiana during Reconstruction Ross-Zion Cemetery at Shrewsbury, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. RECONSTRUCTION DESCENDANTS Activist, Bandleader, Composer, and Friend of the Orphaned: Daniel Desdunes COMMON FRENCH TERMS FOUND IN RECORDS Louisiana Division New Orleans Public Library |
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| The Creole undertaker Alcee Labat, left, and the sail and awning maker Arthur Esteves, right, were members of the Comite' des Citoyens, or Citizen's Committee, which was the leading force behind the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson Case. Are you related to a member of the Comite'? Click here for more information on the book, We As Freemen: Plessy v. Ferguson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS These men of color served valiantly in the War Between the States. The soldier pictured is Francis E. Dumas. Perhaps you are descended from a member of the NATIVE GUARDS! |
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| PIERRE CALISTE LANDRY First Mayor of Color in United States Donaldsonville, La. |
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| Mother Henriette Delille (1812-1862) was the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family, an order dedicated to educating and ministering to people of color. They founded St. Mary's Academy for Girls in New Orleans and staffed several dozen schools throughout the South. Mother Delille's cause for canonization is well under way! Click here for more information. |
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| DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE ARCHIVES Sacramental Records for Ascension, Assumption, Pointe Coupee, St. James, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Feliciana, Tangipahoa, and Livingston Parishes. |
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| Names Extracted from the Charters of Various Benevolent Societies & Churches of New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||