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Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

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Creoles of color in the bayou country, by Karl Brasseaux, is a very informative piece of documented history. I am bias for this book because it hits closer to home, making reference to my grand father generations ago. I have always known a rich but loosely knitted and sometimes confusing history of my family. Karl have given me the tools to dig much deeper into my ancestry. Now I can piece together better my past. Merci vraiment Monsier Brasseaux de me presenter a mon grand pere, Zenon Rideau. Those who call creoles the lost people, are obviously lost themselves.

This book was an excellent resource in my genealogy studies. In tracing the roots of our large family tree, I found myself landing on the same names in many branches. The names and relationships of the Guillory, Rideau, and Semien families recorded in this book helped me find missing branches. I had the pleasure of meeting one of the authors, Mr. Keith Fontenot, while on a research trip in Opelousas. He was a wealth of information in the ancestry of the FPC in Louisiana, the pronounciation of French names, and the history of the Creoles of Color.

Loved reading about my people and ancestors. Great research and insight on the People of Color in the Bayou Country

This book is a must if you are researching genealogy or general knowledge on Louisiana Creole cultures. It includes tons of names and is very helpful for family trees.

I'd been doing a genealogical study on my and my wife's roots using Ancestry.com. My wife turned out to be a decendant of the Donato Bello, in the book. Donato had two families he'd raised about the same time. One with Suzanne Moreau, a French caucasion, the other, with Maria Jeanne Taliaferro, a free person of color. A large portion of the book could be previewed in line. Knowing my wife's line descended from Moreau, I searched the index of what pages addressed her line. Those pages appeared to be among the few that weren't viewable in the preview. I bought it the book, only to find a paragraph or two that contained information I'd already known. I felt victimized, like I had to buy the book to read of her white ancestors, but if she were a black descendent, all the info we needed was available to us free, on line. Not to say I didn't find Martin Donato's history a tad bit helpful in developing my wife's tree, but she and I were both disappointed at what we paid for the book and how little it pertained to her side of the family. One viewable page on line would have given us all we needed and saved us some money.