Dr. Christopher A. Nordmann PhD
Christopher A. Nordmann specializes in African American and St. Louis area research. He holds a Ph.D
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His publications include "Basic Genealogical Research Methods and Their Applications to African Americans" in African American Genealogical Sourcebook. He was a researcher for "Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives Special" and the program "Who Do You Think You Are?." He has been a researcher for Reckoning, Inc., (a 501 (c)3) nonprofit organization tracing the lives of Kentucky's U.S. Colored Troops and their families and creating family trees on Ancestry.com. He serves as review editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
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Publications/Media
PUBLICATIONS
Copies of some of my publications are available on my website: https://nordmanngenealogyresearch.weebly.com/publications.html
Articles/Essay:
“Some Escambia County, Florida, Manumissions by Mobile Creoles of Color,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 7 (Issue 3, April/May/June, 2024), 9-14. (with Tracy Neely).
“Creole Slave Owners in Mobile County, Alabama,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 4, Jul/Aug/Sept 2023), 5-13.
“Mobile Creole History: Research in the Pigeon Hole Probate Records,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 2, Jan/Feb/Mar, Winter, 2023), 5-11.
“Creole Social Club,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 1, Oct/Nov/Dec, Fall 2022), 5-10.
“Life Events Timeline of Francis Gregory,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 5 (Issue 3, Apr/May/Jun, 2022), 14.
“A Lasting Relationship: Origins of the Andry Family in Mobile,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 5 (Issue 2, Jan/Feb/Mar 2022), 7-10.
“Faustin Collins Timeline of Events,” Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society, (https://mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com/data.html).
Faustin Collins Timeline of Real Property Records,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 4 (Issue 3, Apr/May/Jun, 2021), 11-12.
“Creole Mobile: Coffee Urn from the Creole Fire Department, 1913,” in Margaret McCrummen Fowler, ed., A History of Mobile in 22 Objects (Mobile: History Museum of Mobile, 2020), 50.
“Free Creoles of Color in Antebellum Mobile, Alabama: An Overview,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 1 (Issue 1, 2017), 4-5.
“Substitutes for the 1890 Census,” NGS News Magazine 33 (October -- December 2007), 23-26.
“Tracing African Americans during the Civil War,” NGS News Magazine 31 (July/August/September 2005), 19-23.
“Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave ‘Marriages,’” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 91 (September 2003), 196-216.
"A Commitment to Leisure: The Agricultural Economy of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, 1850," Louisiana History, 26 (Summer 1985), 301-312.
(Recipient of Louisiana Historical Association Presidents' Memorial Award)
Book Chapter:
"Basic Genealogical Research Methods and Their Application to African Americans," in Paula K. Byers, ed., African American Genealogical Sourcebook (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1995), 15-45.
Other:
"Some African Americans Listed in Mobile, Alabama, City Directories, 1837-1839, 1842, 1844," transcribed, Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 19, no. 2, 40-46.
Notes and Documents: "American Seamen Certificates of Citizenship: 1815," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 84 (March 1996), 39-47.
Notes and Documents: "Georgia Registrations of Free People of Color, 1819," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 77 (December 1989), 295-301.
Contributed Document: "Slave Manumissions: Andrew Jackson Davis," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 87 (March 1999), 54.
Booklet:
Preserving Mobile History: A Guide to Mobile Genealogy Research with Its Creole Community. Mobile: Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society, 2020.
Encyclopedia entries
“Freedmen’s Bureau in Alabama,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/freedmens-bureau-in-alabama/, 2008
“Mobile, Alabama,” in The Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and Free People of Color in the Americas, volume II. Stewart King, ed. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2012, 534-536.
“Alabama,” in The Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and Free People of Color in the Americas, volume I. Stewart King, ed. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2012, 18-21.
Book Reviews:
PUBLICATIONS
Copies of some of my publications are available on my website: https://nordmanngenealogyresearch.weebly.com/publications.html
Articles/Essay:
“Some Escambia County, Florida, Manumissions by Mobile Creoles of Color,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 7 (Issue 3, April/May/June, 2024), 9-14. (with Tracy Neely).
“Creole Slave Owners in Mobile County, Alabama,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 4, Jul/Aug/Sept 2023), 5-13.
“Mobile Creole History: Research in the Pigeon Hole Probate Records,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 2, Jan/Feb/Mar, Winter, 2023), 5-11.
“Creole Social Club,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 6 (Issue 1, Oct/Nov/Dec, Fall 2022), 5-10.
“Life Events Timeline of Francis Gregory,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 5 (Issue 3, Apr/May/Jun, 2022), 14.
“A Lasting Relationship: Origins of the Andry Family in Mobile,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 5 (Issue 2, Jan/Feb/Mar 2022), 7-10.
“Faustin Collins Timeline of Events,” Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society, (https://mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com/data.html).
Faustin Collins Timeline of Real Property Records,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 4 (Issue 3, Apr/May/Jun, 2021), 11-12.
“Creole Mobile: Coffee Urn from the Creole Fire Department, 1913,” in Margaret McCrummen Fowler, ed., A History of Mobile in 22 Objects (Mobile: History Museum of Mobile, 2020), 50.
“Free Creoles of Color in Antebellum Mobile, Alabama: An Overview,” Mumbo Gumbo: A Journal of Coastal Creole Culture and History 1 (Issue 1, 2017), 4-5.
“Substitutes for the 1890 Census,” NGS News Magazine 33 (October -- December 2007), 23-26.
“Tracing African Americans during the Civil War,” NGS News Magazine 31 (July/August/September 2005), 19-23.
“Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave ‘Marriages,’” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 91 (September 2003), 196-216.
"A Commitment to Leisure: The Agricultural Economy of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, 1850," Louisiana History, 26 (Summer 1985), 301-312.
(Recipient of Louisiana Historical Association Presidents' Memorial Award)
Book Chapter:
"Basic Genealogical Research Methods and Their Application to African Americans," in Paula K. Byers, ed., African American Genealogical Sourcebook (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1995), 15-45.
Other:
"Some African Americans Listed in Mobile, Alabama, City Directories, 1837-1839, 1842, 1844," transcribed, Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 19, no. 2, 40-46.
Notes and Documents: "American Seamen Certificates of Citizenship: 1815," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 84 (March 1996), 39-47.
Notes and Documents: "Georgia Registrations of Free People of Color, 1819," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 77 (December 1989), 295-301.
Contributed Document: "Slave Manumissions: Andrew Jackson Davis," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 87 (March 1999), 54.
Booklet:
Preserving Mobile History: A Guide to Mobile Genealogy Research with Its Creole Community. Mobile: Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society, 2020.
Encyclopedia entries
“Freedmen’s Bureau in Alabama,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/freedmens-bureau-in-alabama/, 2008
“Fugitive Slave Laws and Freedom Seeking,” (original title: Runaway Slaves.” Encyclopedia of Alabama, https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/runaway-slaves, 2009
“Mobile, Alabama,” in The Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and Free People of Color in the Americas, volume II. Stewart King, ed. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2012, 534-536.
“Alabama,” in The Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and Free People of Color in the Americas, volume I. Stewart King, ed. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2012, 18-21.
Book Reviews:
Lectures
Past lectures/presentations
PAPERS/TALKS PRESENTED
“Genealogy 101,” 2023 Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 10, 2023.
“Creole Slaveowners in Mobile County, Alabama,” 2023 Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 10, 2023.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” History Museum of Mobile, Alabama, November 13, 2019.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society (sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the Mobile Public Library), June 22, 2019.
“Creole Society in North Mobile County, Alabama.” 2019 Celebrate Me Home, Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 8, 2019.
“Locating your Ancestor’s Slave Owner: Records and Case Studies.” Africans to Americans Ancestry Workshop, Hosted by Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration and St. Louis Public Library, April 27, 2019.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” 2018 Celebrate Me Home, Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, 2018.
“The Freedmen’s Bureau: Resources for Documenting African American Lives.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2017.
“Locating your Ancestor’s Slave Owner: Records and Case Studies.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2017.
“Tracing Free People of Color in the Antebellum South.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2016.
“The Civil War, Reconstruction Era, and Beyond: Documenting African American Lives.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2016.
“Tracing Free People of Color in the Antebellum South.” Discover Your Roots: African American Family History Conference, St. Louis, Mo., 2009.
"Basic Genealogical Sources." Webster Groves Public Library, St. Louis, Mo., 2000
"The Reconstruction Era: 1865-1877." The Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago, Inc., keynote address, 1997, Chicago, Illinois.
"Tracing African Americans: Local, State, and Federal Sources." St. Louis Genealogical Society Fair, 1996, St. Louis, Missouri.
"St. Louis Genealogical Research." St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1995, St. Louis, Missouri. (panel discussion; other topics presented; questions answered from the audience)
"Family History Research: Some Sources for Tracing African Americans". Pratt Family Reunion, 1994, St. Louis, Missouri.
"Free Negroes in Mobile County, Alabama." United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1992, St. Louis, Missouri.
"Genealogical Research and Resources in St. Louis." Missouri State Genealogical Association, 1992, Fulton, Missouri.
Genealogy for Historians: "Career Options for Yourselves or Your Students." Louisiana Historical Association, 1992, Lafayette, Louisiana.
"Working with a Professional Genealogist: How to Jump Start Your Stalled Research When Nothing Else Will." St. Louis Genealogical Society, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991. Co-presented with Ruth Ann Hager.
"Alabama Newspapers and the Cuban Controversy, 1898." Phi Alpha Theta regional meeting, University of Montevallo, 1983.
Past lectures/presentations
PAPERS/TALKS PRESENTED
“Genealogy 101,” 2023 Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 10, 2023.
“Creole Slaveowners in Mobile County, Alabama,” 2023 Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 10, 2023.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” History Museum of Mobile, Alabama, November 13, 2019.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” Mobile Creole Cultural and Historic Preservation Society (sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the Mobile Public Library), June 22, 2019.
“Creole Society in North Mobile County, Alabama.” 2019 Celebrate Me Home, Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, June 8, 2019.
“Locating your Ancestor’s Slave Owner: Records and Case Studies.” Africans to Americans Ancestry Workshop, Hosted by Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration and St. Louis Public Library, April 27, 2019.
“Antebellum Creole Society, Mobile, Alabama.” 2018 Celebrate Me Home, Creole Family Reunion, Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society, 2018.
“The Freedmen’s Bureau: Resources for Documenting African American Lives.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2017.
“Locating your Ancestor’s Slave Owner: Records and Case Studies.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2017.
“Tracing Free People of Color in the Antebellum South.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2016.
“The Civil War, Reconstruction Era, and Beyond: Documenting African American Lives.” St. Louis Genealogy Conference, 2016.
“Tracing Free People of Color in the Antebellum South.” Discover Your Roots: African American Family History Conference, St. Louis, Mo., 2009.
"Basic Genealogical Sources." Webster Groves Public Library, St. Louis, Mo., 2000
"The Reconstruction Era: 1865-1877." The Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago, Inc., keynote address, 1997, Chicago, Illinois.
"Tracing African Americans: Local, State, and Federal Sources." St. Louis Genealogical Society Fair, 1996, St. Louis, Missouri.
"St. Louis Genealogical Research." St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1995, St. Louis, Missouri. (panel discussion; other topics presented; questions answered from the audience)
"Family History Research: Some Sources for Tracing African Americans". Pratt Family Reunion, 1994, St. Louis, Missouri.
"Free Negroes in Mobile County, Alabama." United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1992, St. Louis, Missouri.
"Genealogical Research and Resources in St. Louis." Missouri State Genealogical Association, 1992, Fulton, Missouri.
Genealogy for Historians: "Career Options for Yourselves or Your Students." Louisiana Historical Association, 1992, Lafayette, Louisiana.
"Working with a Professional Genealogist: How to Jump Start Your Stalled Research When Nothing Else Will." St. Louis Genealogical Society, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991. Co-presented with Ruth Ann Hager.
"Alabama Newspapers and the Cuban Controversy, 1898." Phi Alpha Theta regional meeting, University of Montevallo, 1983.
Degrees
PhD (History)
PhD (History)