Since 2014, the shantyboat has traveled more than 2,600 miles, gathering river histories for a public archive.

Creole Culture Day will take place this Sunday, offering the community a chance to embrace and honor Creole heritage.

From live performances to cultural exhibits, Lafayette’s annual Zydeco Extravaganza celebrates the sound and soul of South ...

Louisiana and Creole genealogists are passionate. There is a reason they are so passionate. Creole history tells the racial story of the U.S. in a completely different way. Creole history has ...

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

The revelation that Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots shines a light on a community of Catholics that has shaped New ...

Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues of race and class in American history.

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...

To understand how “Creole” became synonymous with race, we have to examine Louisiana’s pre-American history as a French, and later a Spanish, Catholic colony. Compared with English American ...

a co-founder with Honora of The Creole Genealogical and Historical Association, said that the research appeared to signal a tremendous moment for the history of Louisiana Creoles, if a branch of ...

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...