Families Featured:

Augustine, Batiste, Berzat & Luc, Blackman, Demouy, Dupas/Gabriel/Celestine, Francisco, James, McGlory, Oliver, Prier, Sampson

 

"Prier's examination...rich in historical detail...historical context enlivens and enhances...solid genealogical research...integration of genealogy with rich details of individual family histories is skillfully done. The overriding value...it provides a strong foundation on which...[descendants] can learn of their genealogy and their history...likely to generate many family conversations...produce a more complete picture of...their family's history...[No] greater tribute...to have his research and writing come alive in the lives of his or her readers...this will be a fitting tribute to the years of hard work."  --Huey L. Perry, PH.D

 

Donald Gregory Prier was born in Mansura, Louisiana in 1947 to Oliver and Beulah Walton Prier. He was the 2nd youngest of 12 children. He attended Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic School in Mansura and graduated from Mary Bethune High School in Marksville, Louisiana. He graduated from Southern University with a degree in Chemistry and from Louisiana State University with a doctorate in Physical Organic Chemistry. He retired from the Dow Chemical Company as Senior R&D Leader in 2009.

Prier is the author of 3 non-fiction books on the African-American history of the Mansura, Louisiana area: Back Through the Veil, Book I; Back Through the Veil, Book II;  and Back Through the Veil, Book II, Research Edition.

Prier is the owner and CEO of Beulah's Memories, DBA, a publishing and genealogy research company.

ISBN: 978-1-985232525

8 x 10

Paperback

238 pages

2018

Back Through the Veil I