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Those of us in the US will soon be celebrating
Thanksgiving. Listmembers, if you could have one of your ancestors
with this surname join you for Thanksgiving Dinner, which ancestor
would you invite? What questions would you ask him/her?
If you are not in the US, which ancestor would you like to have join
you for any special dinner, and what questions would you ask?
Please send a post to this list telling us about this ancestor - and
please remember to include dates and locations.
Carol C-H <cch(a)netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oUI.2ACEB/132
Message Board Post:
I am a historian for a Creole plantation in St. John the Baptist parish. I am currently working on turning my Masters thesis into a book on Creole women. While I have been able to uncover some letters, diaries, and memoirs, the scarcity of material written by Creole women compared to their Anglo American counterparts can be discouraging. I know that many papers, diaries, letters, etc., written by Creole women remain in private hands. If any families descended from Creole women possess documents that they would be willing to allow me to see, I would greatly appreciate it. I am particularly interested in the time period from 1704 to 1865, although memoirs written later describing life in antebellum Louisiana would also be considerably useful. I respect the privacy of families and individuals and would only use these sources with the express permission of the owners in order to better the understanding of Creole women and Creole culture as a whole.
Thanks,
Katy F. Morlas
Historian, Whitney Plantation