ACROSS ERIC’S RECORDED ANCESTRY · OCTOBER 26, 2026
Testing the recorded family tree
Original evidence strengthens some family links and exposes impossible dates elsewhere. The conclusions stay with each record.
Read the storyLouisiana, Europe & Texas
Waguespack
From early Louisiana records to school days in Marfa, a family name becomes a collection of lives.
GENERATIONS
The recorded Waguespack line
A family framework, supported event by event rather than assumed all at once.
Read the story1753 & 1755
Louis in the Louisiana records
A sponsor and a witness appear in original parish pages.
Read the storyREADING THE ACTS
An estate is not a death date
The newly read 1794 printed partition names seven heirs and a widow whose names still need reconciliation.
Read the storyA BOUNDED SEARCH
Looking for Barbe’s missing estate
The surviving record sequence helps frame a life without manufacturing an exact date.
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Three European originals
Original pages replace copied citations, while the missing Louisiana relationship stays unresolved.
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Where was Joseph from?
A difficult place name and precise journal references guide the next search.
Read the storyWAGENBACH · WAGENSPACH · WAGUESPACK
The long history of a name
A history reaching into medieval records, without an invented medieval pedigree.
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MARFA TO ODESSA
Edward’s school photo and the Marfa years
A 1964 Odessa portrait joins the earlier school and working-life records; Davis and Eva’s marriage entry is now located.
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Clement of Marfa
A contemporary obituary strongly fits the family—and challenges an inherited middle name.
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