Community Studies
Colonial Gypsies (Romani)
Assimilation? Or Marginalization and Discrimination? Romani Settlers of the Colonial Gulf ViewCite
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Demythicizing History: Marie Thérèse Coincoin, Tourism, and the National Historic Landmarks Program (Louisiana History) ViewCite
Family and Social Patterns of the Colonial Louisiana Frontier: A Quantitative Analysis, 1714–1803 (Thesis) ViewCite
Isle of Canes and Issues of Conscience (Southern Quarterly) ViewCite
Laying a Legend to Rest: Marie Thérèse Coincoin & Archaeological Sites 16NA785 and 16NA789ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Missionaries Compromised: Early Evangelization of Slaves (Cross, Crozier and Crucible) ViewCite
Quintanilla’s Crusade, 1775–1803: ‘Moral Reform’ and Its Consequences (Louisiana History) ViewCite
Social and Family Patterns... Louisiana (Sociological Spectrum) ViewCite
Historiography & Genealogical Theory
Evidence Analysis & Usage
Working with Historical Evidence ViewCite
Evidence Analysis: A Process Map ViewCite
Interdisciplinary Prospects
Academia vs. Genealogy: Prospects for Reconciliation and Progress (1983) ViewCite
Ethnicity and the Southern Genealogist (2018)ViewCite
Genealogy in the Information Age: History’s New Frontier? (2003) ViewCite
Bridging the Historic Divide: Family History and ‘Academic’ History (2007) ViewCite
Individual Case Studies: By Ethnicity
African America & Slavery
Demythicizing History: Marie Thérèse Coincoin, Tourism, and the National Historic Landmarks Program (Louisiana History) ViewCite
Documenting a Slave’s Birth, Parentage, and Origins (Marie Thérèse Coincoin, 1742–1816): A Test of "Oral History" ViewCite
Laying a Legend to Rest: Marie Thérèse Coincoin & Archaeological Sites 16NA785 and 16NA789ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Mézières, Trichel, Grappe: A Study of Tri-Caste Lineages ViewCite
Mother, Thy Name is Mystery! Finding the Slave Who Bore Philomene Daurat ViewCite
Slaves and Masters: The Louisiana Metoyers View Cite
Which Marie Louise Is ‘Mariotte’? Sorting Slaves with Common Names ViewCite
Creole Louisiana
Demythicizing History: Marie Thérèse Coincoin, Tourism, and the National Historic Landmarks Program (Louisiana History) ViewCite
Deliberate Fraud and Mangled Evidence ... Anne Marie Philippe ViewCite
Identifying Jean Baptiste Derbanne of ... the Gálvez Campaigns ... Revolutionary War ViewCite
Laying a Legend to Rest: Marie Thérèse Coincoin & Archaeological Sites 16NA785 and 16NA789ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Louise Marguerite: St. Denis’ Other Daughter ViewCite
Parallel Lives: Philippe de La Renaudière and Philippe (de) Renault ViewCite
(See also African America and Slavery)
The Forgotten People of America ViewCite
Anglo South
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study in Family Reconstruction within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 1) ViewCite
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 2) ViewCite
A Husband for Phoebe Jefferson ViewCite
Applying the Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Principle to a Southern Frontier Problem: Medders of Alabama ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums—Appendix ViewCite
In Search of ‘Mr. Ball’: An Exercise in Finding Fathers ViewCite
Roundabout Research: Pursuing Collateral Lines to Prove Parentage — Hanson of Georgia ViewCite
Testing the FAN Principle Against DNA: Zilphy (Watts) Price Cooksey Cooksey ViewCite
The Search for Margaret Ball ViewCite
Unravelling Balls of Yarn: Lessons in the Use of a Skeptical Eye — William Bartholomew Ball ViewCite
William Mills (c1695–1755): Correcting His Identity & Identifying His Y Signature ViewCite
Individual Case Studies: By Type of Problem
‘Burned Counties’ (Record Losses)
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study in Family Reconstruction within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 1) ViewCite
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 2) ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums—Appendix ViewCite
The Search for Margaret Ball. ViewCite
Cluster Research (FAN Principle)
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study in Family Reconstruction within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 1) ViewCite
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 2) ViewCite
A Husband for Phoebe Jefferson ViewCite
Applying the Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Principle to a Southern Frontier Problem ViewCite
Frontier Research Strategies—Weaving a Web to Snare a Birth Family: John Watts (ca. 1749–ca. 1822) ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums—Appendix ViewCite
In Search of ‘Mr. Ball’: An Exercise in Finding Fathers ViewCite
Laying a Legend to Rest: Marie Thérèse Coincoin & Archaeological Sites 16NA785 and 16NA789ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Roundabout Research: Pursuing Collateral Lines ViewCite
Testing the FAN Principle Against DNA: Zilphy (Watts) Price Cooksey Cooksey ViewCite
The Search for Margaret Ball. ViewCite
Female Lives
A Husband for Phoebe Jefferson ViewCite
Documenting a Slave’s Birth, Parentage, and Origins ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums—Appendix ViewCite
Laying a Legend to Rest: Marie Thérèse Coincoin & Archaeological Sites 16NA785 and 16NA789ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Louise Marguerite: St. Denis’ Other Daughter View Cite
Mother, Thy Name is Mystery! Finding the Slave Who Bore Philomene Daurat ViewCite
Testing the FAN Principle Against DNA: Zilphy (Watts) Price Cooksey Cooksey ViewCite
The Search for Margaret Ball. ViewCite
Genetics for History Research
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Testing the FAN Principle Against DNA: Zilphy (Watts) Price Cooksey Cooksey ViewCite
William Mills (c1695–1755): Correcting His Identity & Identifying His Y Signature ViewCite
Illegitimacy
In Search of ‘Mr. Ball’: An Exercise in Finding Fathers ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Louise Marguerite: St. Denis’ Other Daughter ViewCite
Mother, Thy Name is Mystery! Finding the Slave Who Bore Philomene Daurat ViewCite
The Search for Margaret Ball. ViewCite
Name Changes
The Search for Margaret Ball ViewCite
Parental Identity
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study in Family Reconstruction within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 1) ViewCite
Anderson of Buckingham: A Case Study within a ‘Burned County’ (Part 2) ViewCite
Applying the Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Principle to a Southern Frontier Problem: Hanson of Georgia ViewCite
Deliberate Fraud and Mangled Evidence ... Anne Marie Philippe ViewCite
Frontier Research Strategies—Weaving a Web to Snare a Birth Family: John Watts (ca. 1749–ca. 1822) ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums ViewCite
Identifying a Teenaged Mother: Odom, Williams, Sessums-Appendix ViewCite
In Search of ‘Mr. Ball’: An Exercise in Finding Fathers ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Mother, Thy Name is Mystery! Finding the Slave Who Bore Philomene Daurat ViewCite
Testing the FAN Principle Against DNA: Zilphy (Watts) Price Cooksey Cooksey ViewCite
Which Marie Louise Is ‘Mariotte’? Sorting Slaves with Common Names ViewCite
William Mills (c1695–1755): Correcting His Identity & Identifying His Y Signature ViewCite
Separating Identities
Frontier Research Strategies—Weaving a Web to Snare a Birth Family: John Watts (ca. 1749–ca. 1822) ViewCite
Identifying Jean Baptiste Derbanne of ... the Gálvez Campaigns ... Revolutionary War ViewCite
Louis Monet’s Daughters Dorothée and Dorothée: Sorting Tri-Racial RootsViewCite
Parallel Lives: Philippe de La Renaudière and Philippe (de) Renault ViewCite
Unravelling Balls of Yarn: Lessons in the Use of a Skeptical Eye — William Bartholomew Ball ViewCite
Which Marie Louise Is ‘Mariotte’? Sorting Slaves with Common Names ViewCite
William Mills (c1695–1755): Correcting His Identity & Identifying His Y Signature ViewCite
Professional Issues
Census Records
Interpreting the Tick Marks on Federal Censuses ViewCite
Census Tick Marks and Codes—Revisited ViewCite
Census Tick Marks and Codes—Revisited Yet Again! ViewCite
Ethics
How Do I Keep My Hats Straight? ViewCite
Evidence
A Template for Evaluating Evidence ViewCite
What’s Your Citation Style? ViewCite
Kinship Terminology
The Kinship Maze: Navigating It with Professional Precision ViewCite
Reconstructing Female Lives
Breathing Life into Shadowy Women from the Past (Coming Soon)Cite
Finding Wives, Mothers, and Old Women with Suitcases View Cite
Resources
Spanish Records: Locating Anglo and Latin Ancestry in the Colonial Southeast ViewCite
Writing
The Great American Novel, Starring ... Your Own Family. Coming Soon Cite