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Creole herein refers to people of French or Spanish descent born in the New World colonies, particularly in the Caribbean and French and Spanish Louisiana and West Florida, including those of European and mixed ancestry. Profiles are the immigrant ancestors of these families which primarily resided in New Orleans and surrounding areas (1st and 2nd generations).
One goal is to develop standardized surname spellings to allow for easier matching and merging.
Resources
- Winston De Ville: Gulf Coast Colonials and other works.
- Shannon Lee Dawdy: Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans
- Stanley Clisby Arthur and George Campbell Huchet De Kernion: Old Families of Louisiana (1931)
- Grace King: Creole Families of New Orleans