The mission of the Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society is to continuously promote and improve understanding of the culture and history of the Creole community of the Mobile region and to facilitate the research efforts of those exploring their ancestral connection to this community.
Guided by this mission, our specific objectives are to . . .
∙ Promote understanding of the significance of the history of Mobile Creoles in the context of the African American experience and the social history of America’s gulf region
In 2011, in an attempt to learn more about the Creole families of Mobile and to bring together those people with ties to the area who also had an interest in the Creole culture and genealogy, Mobile, Alabama Creole Connections began as a simple Facebook group founded by Tracy Neely with the blessing of her long-time friend and newly discovered cousin, Kimberly Chestang Carter. By 2017, it had culled a group of nearly 700 people from all over the United States and France--all with connections to the Mobile area Creole population. Over the years, its members have shared documents, photos, histories, genealogies, food, and a renewed sense of connection.
In July of 2017, one member of the group, Dr. Shawn L. Williams, an associate professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University, asked if there was a way to create a conference that was both a family reunion in nature and an academic weekend of presentations. The response to this idea was tremendous! It was quickly realized that to maintain a long-term strategy with regard to the conference concept, a more established foundation needed to be created. With the assistance of Dr. Christopher Nordmann, Angie Schusse-Warren, Susan Pope, Barja Wilson and G. Alfred Stiell, the Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society was born.
We are an organization with 501(c)3 status.
Guided by this mission, our specific objectives are to . . .
- Foster a network through which genealogists and family history researchers who share common ancestral links to Mobile Creole families can engage in shared research and educational exchange.
- Create a forum for interaction and intellectual exchange among amateur researchers and professional historians with an interest in Creole culture
- Promote the preservation of documents, artifacts, burial grounds, and structures that are of importance to the chronicling of the Creole presence in Mobile
- Promote public accessibility to records relevant to the study of Mobile Creoles
∙ Promote understanding of the significance of the history of Mobile Creoles in the context of the African American experience and the social history of America’s gulf region
- Create a significant body of scholarship on the history of the Creoles of Mobile
In 2011, in an attempt to learn more about the Creole families of Mobile and to bring together those people with ties to the area who also had an interest in the Creole culture and genealogy, Mobile, Alabama Creole Connections began as a simple Facebook group founded by Tracy Neely with the blessing of her long-time friend and newly discovered cousin, Kimberly Chestang Carter. By 2017, it had culled a group of nearly 700 people from all over the United States and France--all with connections to the Mobile area Creole population. Over the years, its members have shared documents, photos, histories, genealogies, food, and a renewed sense of connection.
In July of 2017, one member of the group, Dr. Shawn L. Williams, an associate professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University, asked if there was a way to create a conference that was both a family reunion in nature and an academic weekend of presentations. The response to this idea was tremendous! It was quickly realized that to maintain a long-term strategy with regard to the conference concept, a more established foundation needed to be created. With the assistance of Dr. Christopher Nordmann, Angie Schusse-Warren, Susan Pope, Barja Wilson and G. Alfred Stiell, the Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society was born.
We are an organization with 501(c)3 status.