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AFTERWORD A longtime interest in the history of his family and south Louisiana in general prompted initial research by Christopher E. Cenac, Sr. for this book. His primary influence in honoring family ties came from his father Philip Louis Cenac, who had great respect and affection for his relatives. His father’s attitude instilled in Chris, even as a child, an appreciation for the stories of older relatives, and encouraged his own frequent interaction with extended family members. In his teens, he began collecting memorabilia and artifacts. As a younger adult, his interest in historic places resulted in restoration of Orange Grove plantation house in the late 1970s for his residence in his home parish of Terrebonne. Around the year 2000, he made a conscious decision to begin active family research, with the ultimate goal of compiling it in some form. His first trip to the French village of his greatgrandfather ’s birth was in 2003. He visited distant cousins, and collected more information. At the time of his transition to semiretirement in the summer of 2007, he realized that he had the desire, the foundational documentation and artifacts, and the time to begin the actual writing phase. Claire Domangue Joller took on the writing/compiling side of the project, and Chris redoubled his research and acquisitions efforts. During the course of the next four years, they sought assistance from multiple individuals in their respective fields of expertise while they wrote and revised many drafts of the book now in print. This same interest in preserving historical information gave rise to a soon-to-be-published book, The Firebrands of Terrebonne 1822-1940. A pictorial history of Terrebonne is now being compiled for publication and outlines are being completed for a book about two Cenac families’ transition from oysters to oil and medicine. 261 Afterword ...

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