1848

December 21st – A Day Dedicated to My Ancestress

1 Comment / 1848, Actes D'individualités, Africa, African roots, ANOM, Banque Numérique des Patrimoines Martiniquais, Eglantine Lautin, Esclavitud, Esclavo, Famille Lautin, Garnier Laroche, Genealogy, Julienne Malvina Lautin, Lapierre, Lautin, Martinica, Martinique, Puerto Rican, Slave, Slave Owner / By

As I am currently living France, last month while I was on vacation I decided to create a specific and intentional route for my travels. Why? Because I knew that on the 21st of December I wanted to be in the town of Saint-Malo. Currently in my family tree, I have no genealogical connection to …

December 21st – A Day Dedicated to My Ancestress Read More »

Archives Départementales de la Guadeloupe – An Updated Resource!

2 Comments / 1848, ancestry, Archives Départementales, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Rivière Salée, Terre-de-Bas / By

In late spring/early summer, I got two emails regarding the same thing – a updated new resource that could prove fruitful for my research! Both David Quénéhervé and Mickaël Mange, who have helped in different ways throughout my Afro-French Caribbean research, reached out to me to mention this website. Mickaël mentioned the website was fairly …

Archives Départementales de la Guadeloupe – An Updated Resource! Read More »

A Change in the Past, A Change for the Future

1848, Actes D'individualités, ancestry, Eglantine Lautin, emancipation, Genealogy, Julienne Malvina Lautin, Lautin, Martinica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, slavery, slaves / By

I haven’t blogged in a while and with the holidays being both a busy yet relaxing time, I’ve decided to write a post! Recently, a day passed in December that wouldn’t have meant anything special to me until recently. December 21st would have been any other day for me this year; it was a Saturday, …

A Change in the Past, A Change for the Future Read More »