This is the method applied to a real Black American line, person by person. Each page shows what a record says (found), what only points somewhere (maybe), what the family itself says (family said), and what was searched and not there (looked, not there), with the record to open next. Living people and private branches are left out by construction.
| Generation | People (link to parents, in plain words) |
|---|---|
| generation 2 | Philip Laurence Handy Sr. 1943–2023 · link to parents: found |
| generation 3 | Dewey Handy 1923–1997 · link to parents: found (several records agree) Georgiana Breaux 1927–2013 · link to parents: found Laura (Livingston) Charles 1907– Oliver Charles 1899– Rev. Robert Stewart 1930–2021 · link to parents: found Lela L. (Flint) Dessaw 1930–2019 · link to parents: found Johnie Lee Sims 1932–2001 · link to parents: found (several records agree) Jimmie Louise (Gavins) Sims 1935–2000 · link to parents: found (several records agree) |
| generation 4 | Julius/Julien Handy 1902– · link to parents: found (several records agree) Mary LeBlanc 1902–1930 · link to parents: maybe Clarence Breaux 1908–1944 · link to parents: maybe Rita Stevenson ?– Artemus Stewart 1899–1963 · link to parents: found Idella (Farrow) Stewart 1899–1990 Willie Sims 1910– Ella (McCullum) Sims 1914– Rev. Willie H. Gavins Sr. 1905– Spicie (Newell) Gavins 1906– |
| generation 5 | Jules Handy 1878–1964 · link to parents: found Mary Elodie Chantlin 1881–1953 Edras Breaux Sr ?– Elonie Wilturner Breaux ?– Peter Stewart ?– Harriet (mother of Artemus Stewart) ?– Joseph "Joe" LeBlanc (candidate father of Mary LeBlanc Handy) 1877–1932 · link to parents: found Uranie "Winie/Eurine" Arceneaux (candidate mother of Mary LeBlanc Handy) 1879–1926 · link to parents: found |
| generation 6 | Gilbert Handy Jr. 1855– · link to parents: maybe Julia Sibille 1858– Octave Leblanc 1831– Philozia (Felicia) Green 1842– Zenon Arceneaux Sr 1832– Marie Josephine Boulerisse (Boutrisse) 1857–1936 |
| generation 7 | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1825– · link to parents: maybe Divine Minique 1826– |
| generation 8 | Mintey Handy 1778– Magdelaine (enslaved, b.~1790 St Landry) 1790– |
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