A military Portrait, « mon Capitaine »!

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis

The registers of military recruitment indicate the identity and service records of recruits, but imagine my surprise when I found one of the few records with a photograph!

« On an Island where We Confuse Pistachio and Peanut… »

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
marchande de pistaches, pistachio merchant

"On an island where we confuse pistachio and peanut..." You have probably already read this expression or its variants if you are a reader of the Bondamanjak site. In fact, historically speaking, we don't confuse anything at all; we....

« Fatal Passion », Story of a Femicide in Martinique, 18th Century.

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis

I am going to speak to you about a press article which particularly marked me. It would be nowadays tidied up in the sections news stories of France-Antilles; it is nothing more and nothing less only the narrative of a femicide in the 18th century.

The Centenarians of Martinique before 1900

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis

Not long ago, I discovered on Twitter the hashtag #100ansavant1900 (100yearsbefore1900). This is a participatory project launched by Nouvelles branches to identify the centenarians of France prior to the twentieth century.

Genealogical Research Guide for Martinique

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
Guide recherche de généalogique en Martinique

Many of you want to know more about your family's history, but it's not always easy to know where to start your genealogy. If you read French, I propose to you today to dwell on a genealogical research guide, published by the Territorial Archives of Martinique, available online and which deserves to be better known.

Joseph Mosneron and « The Black Gold »

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
Joseph Mosneson, Or Noir, Black Gold

"L'Or Noir", a documentary tracing the history of the Atlantic slave trade in the last third of the eighteenth century, from the account of the shipowner Joseph Mosneron of Nantes.