Guadeloupe

A New Piece to the Puzzle! The Jean Charles Gustave Mystery Continues…

ancestry, Basse-Terre, Cholera Epidemic, Françoise Jackson, Genealogy, Guadeloupe, Jean Charles Gustave, Martinique, Vieques /

When fellow French Guadeloupean genealogist David Quénéhervé began his email with “Hi, I think that I’ve found something in Basse-Terre“, I knew that I was going to be delivered some new information pertaining to my ancestors. David has helped me numerous times from finding and using the BNMP, to understanding documents and life in Martinique […]

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Tracing a Surname

Guadeloupe, Gustave, Gustavo, immigrants, Lobben, Lote, Loter, Lotett, Lotis, Lotiz, Lotten, Martinique, Puerto Rico /

There’s a pair of 4rd great grandparents that have been the topic of a few of these posts and the point of some of my frustrations with searching for their information. They are Juan Carlos Gustavo and Julia/Balbina Lotten (and all their many alternations/alter-egos included) who according to documents immigrated from either Guadeloupe or Martinique

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ReConstructing/DeConstructing Race

23andme, ancestry, Correa, DNA, Genealogy, Guadeloupe, identity, labels, Martinique, Puerto Rico, slaves, Spain /

So this post was inspired by my grandfather’s results from 23andme and my conversation with him while I had him taking the test. During Spring Break, I visited my grandfather in Puerto Rico who I rarely see and built up the courage to ask him to take the DNA test. I had to semi-explain (and I

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