Definitely will be memorable in so many ways. Got a call short while ago, our granddaughter in Montgomery, TX is now down with strep. It's really been a trip. We actually set-up the game room as the intensive ward. All so far in this house seems to be in good shape. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "mladner" <marshaladner@att.net> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > Ah, Lafayette.... > Seems to me Shirley had a Christmas full of good memories, and some not so > happy, for her family to pass down thru the generations. > > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley T. LeBlanc" <shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> > To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > >> Lafayette. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "LYNN LABAUVE" <lclabauve@gmail.com> >> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >> >> >>> Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful >>> Christmas! >>> >>> Lynn >>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < >>> shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Paul, >>>> My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since >>>> Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for >>>> some >>>> to >>>> ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all >>>> been >>>> under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one >>>> stayed in a hotel. >>>> >>>> Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night >>>> , >>>> our son and wife brought crawfish pie. >>>> >>>> Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go >>>> to >>>> emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really >>>> just >>>> turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot >>>> of >>>> beef & veggie soup. >>>> >>>> Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd >>>> tooth >>>> is also loose. >>>> >>>> I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget >>>> Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. >>>> >>>> It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where >>>> both >>>> my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the >>>> history >>>> of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were >>>> both >>>> deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families >>>> visited >>>> our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. >>>> Imagine >>>> a >>>> group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery >>>> wisiting >>>> loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. >>>> >>>> What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we >>>> will >>>> possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. >>>> >>>> God is good and I have been Blessed. >>>> >>>> Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> >>>> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Paul: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is >>>> > dominating >>>> > the house. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the >>>> > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to >>>> > the >>>> > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Best wishes, >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > T-Louis >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>>> > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com >>>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>>> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM >>>> > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >>>> > send >>>> > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>>> > message ------------------------------- >>>> > >>>> > Today's Topics: >>>> > >>>> > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) >>>> > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) >>>> > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) >>>> > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> > >>>> > Message: 1 >>>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 >>>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>>> > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Cousins >>>> > >>>> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >>>> > traditions, >>>> & >>>> > recipes. >>>> > >>>> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands >>>> > on >>>> > your table. >>>> > >>>> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost >>>> > to >>>> the >>>> > family or you would like variations. >>>> > >>>> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed >>>> > in >>>> > the last 250 years. >>>> > >>>> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >>>> > >>>> > Paul >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > = >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > >>>> > Message: 2 >>>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) >>>> > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> >>>> > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>>> > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> >>>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos >>>> > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. >>>> > >>>> > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days >>>> > Come >>>> > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! >>>> > >>>> > Fr John L >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>>> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> >>>> > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am >>>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Cousins >>>> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >>>> > traditions, >>>> & >>>> > ecipes. >>>> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands >>>> > on >>>> > your >>>> > able. >>>> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost >>>> > to >>>> the >>>> > amily or you would like variations. >>>> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed >>>> > in >>>> > the last >>>> > 50 years. >>>> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >>>> > Paul >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > o check our Archive >>>> > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to >>>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >>>> > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>>> > body >>>> of >>>> > the >>>> > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop >>>> > "machine" >>>> > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >>>> > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>>> > body >>>> > of >>>> > he message >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > >>>> > Message: 3 >>>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 >>>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. >>>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>>> > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there >>>> > will >>>> be >>>> > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the >>>> > way >>>> > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the >>>> > families >>>> > to >>>> > find their way to midnight mass. >>>> > >>>> > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church >>>> > was >>>> > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. >>>> > His >>>> two >>>> > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the >>>> transfer >>>> > period from France to Spain. >>>> > >>>> > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the >>>> > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. >>>> > >>>> > Some are >>>> > >>>> > Baton Rouge >>>> > www.wafb.com/-CBS >>>> > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC >>>> > >>>> > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > New Orleans >>>> > www.abc26.com/ - ABC >>>> > >>>> > www.wdsu.com - NBC >>>> > >>>> > www.wwltv.com/- CBS >>>> > www.fox8live.com - Fox? >>>> > >>>> > The national stations news may also pick up the stories >>>> > >>>> > Paul >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > >>>> > Message: 4 >>>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 >>>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys >>>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>>> > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the >>>> > outdoor >>>> > frying of small turkeys. >>>> > >>>> > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and >>>> > deep >>>> > fry in peanut oil. >>>> > >>>> > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby >>>> > would >>>> > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. >>>> > >>>> > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. >>>> Sometime >>>> > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. >>>> > >>>> > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars >>>> would >>>> > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the >>>> White >>>> > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. >>>> > >>>> > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the >>>> > gang >>>> > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the >>>> > straggles. >>>> > >>>> > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a >>>> > fried >>>> > turkey from the store. Boohiss >>>> > >>>> > Paul >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>>> > *************************************** >>>> > ------------------------------- >>>> > To check our Archive >>>> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >>>> > ------------------------------- >>>> > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to >>>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a >>>> > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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Paul: The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas.  She is dominating the house. When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to the list.  This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. Best wishes, T-Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com To: acadian@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Today's Topics:    1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc)    2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L)    3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc)    4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note To: acadian@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"  Cousins Let us take our Holiday break.  Please share holiday stories, traditions, & recipes.   Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on your table. Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to the family or you would like variations. Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in the last 250 years. We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). Paul   = ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note To: acadian@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"    Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e.  Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos Jours.  --  Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s.   Merry Christmas.  Good and Happy New Year.  And Heaven When Your Days Come To An End.  -- But don't be in any hurry! Fr John L -----Original Message----- From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note Cousins Let us take our Holiday break.  Please share holiday stories, traditions, & ecipes.   Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on your able. Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to the amily or you would like variations. Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in the last 50 years. We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). Paul   ------------------------------ o check our Archive ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------ o subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the essage.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" nrollment spam.  Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. To: acadian@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"  On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will be the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families to find their way to midnight mass. The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His two son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the transfer period from France to Spain. There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. Some are Baton Rouge                                                                             www.wafb.com/-CBS                                                                             www.wbrz.com/ -ABC                                                                                                              www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC                                                                        New Orleans                                                                             www.abc26.com/                            - ABC                                                                                                              www.wdsu.com - NBC                         www.wwltv.com/- CBS                                                                             www.fox8live.com - Fox? The national stations news may also pick up the stories Paul                                                                         ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys To: acadian@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"  A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the outdoor frying of small turkeys. You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and deep fry in peanut oil. Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby would shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. Sometime during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars would get together.  The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the White collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the gang home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the straggles. Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a fried turkey from the store.  Boohiss Paul      ------------------------------   End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 ***************************************

Ah, Lafayette.... Seems to me Shirley had a Christmas full of good memories, and some not so happy, for her family to pass down thru the generations. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley T. LeBlanc" <shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > Lafayette. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LYNN LABAUVE" <lclabauve@gmail.com> > To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > >> Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful >> Christmas! >> >> Lynn >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < >> shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: >> >>> Paul, >>> My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since >>> Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some >>> to >>> ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all >>> been >>> under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one >>> stayed in a hotel. >>> >>> Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night >>> , >>> our son and wife brought crawfish pie. >>> >>> Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go >>> to >>> emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really >>> just >>> turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot >>> of >>> beef & veggie soup. >>> >>> Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd >>> tooth >>> is also loose. >>> >>> I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget >>> Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. >>> >>> It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where >>> both >>> my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the >>> history >>> of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both >>> deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families >>> visited >>> our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine >>> a >>> group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery >>> wisiting >>> loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. >>> >>> What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we >>> will >>> possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. >>> >>> God is good and I have been Blessed. >>> >>> Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> >>> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM >>> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>> >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > Paul: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is >>> > dominating >>> > the house. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the >>> > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to >>> > the >>> > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Best wishes, >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > T-Louis >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com >>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM >>> > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >>> > send >>> > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>> > message ------------------------------- >>> > >>> > Today's Topics: >>> > >>> > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) >>> > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) >>> > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) >>> > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) >>> > >>> > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >>> > Message: 1 >>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 >>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>> > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> > >>> > >>> > Cousins >>> > >>> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >>> > traditions, >>> & >>> > recipes. >>> > >>> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on >>> > your table. >>> > >>> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to >>> the >>> > family or you would like variations. >>> > >>> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed >>> > in >>> > the last 250 years. >>> > >>> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >>> > >>> > Paul >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > = >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > >>> > Message: 2 >>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) >>> > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> >>> > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>> > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> >>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> > >>> > >>> > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos >>> > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. >>> > >>> > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days >>> > Come >>> > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! >>> > >>> > Fr John L >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> >>> > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am >>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Cousins >>> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >>> > traditions, >>> & >>> > ecipes. >>> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on >>> > your >>> > able. >>> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to >>> the >>> > amily or you would like variations. >>> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed >>> > in >>> > the last >>> > 50 years. >>> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >>> > Paul >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > o check our Archive >>> > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to >>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >>> > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>> > body >>> of >>> > the >>> > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" >>> > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >>> > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>> > body >>> > of >>> > he message >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > >>> > Message: 3 >>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 >>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. >>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>> > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> > >>> > >>> > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there >>> > will >>> be >>> > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the >>> > way >>> > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families >>> > to >>> > find their way to midnight mass. >>> > >>> > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was >>> > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His >>> two >>> > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the >>> transfer >>> > period from France to Spain. >>> > >>> > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the >>> > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. >>> > >>> > Some are >>> > >>> > Baton Rouge >>> > www.wafb.com/-CBS >>> > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC >>> > >>> > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC >>> > >>> > >>> > New Orleans >>> > www.abc26.com/ - ABC >>> > >>> > www.wdsu.com - NBC >>> > >>> > www.wwltv.com/- CBS >>> > www.fox8live.com - Fox? >>> > >>> > The national stations news may also pick up the stories >>> > >>> > Paul >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > >>> > Message: 4 >>> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 >>> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >>> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys >>> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >>> > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> > >>> > >>> > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the >>> > outdoor >>> > frying of small turkeys. >>> > >>> > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and >>> > deep >>> > fry in peanut oil. >>> > >>> > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby >>> > would >>> > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. >>> > >>> > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. >>> Sometime >>> > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. >>> > >>> > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars >>> would >>> > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the >>> White >>> > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. >>> > >>> > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the >>> > gang >>> > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the >>> > straggles. >>> > >>> > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a >>> > fried >>> > turkey from the store. Boohiss >>> > >>> > Paul >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >>> > *************************************** >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To check our Archive >>> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to >>> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a >>> > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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Thanks; many of my relatives lived in Abbeville.; in fact, I saw the old family home when I visitedfor the Brusly Bi-Centennial in 2004. Lynn LaBauve On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Lafayette. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LYNN LABAUVE" <lclabauve@gmail.com> > To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful > > Christmas! > > > > Lynn > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < > > shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > >> Paul, > >> My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since > >> Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some > >> to > >> ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all > been > >> under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one > >> stayed in a hotel. > >> > >> Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night > , > >> our son and wife brought crawfish pie. > >> > >> Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go > to > >> emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really > >> just > >> turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot > of > >> beef & veggie soup. > >> > >> Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd > >> tooth > >> is also loose. > >> > >> I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget > >> Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. > >> > >> It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where > >> both > >> my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the > >> history > >> of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both > >> deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families > >> visited > >> our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine > >> a > >> group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery > wisiting > >> loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. > >> > >> What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we > >> will > >> possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. > >> > >> God is good and I have been Blessed. > >> > >> Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> > >> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM > >> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > Paul: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is > dominating > >> > the house. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the > >> > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to > >> > the > >> > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Best wishes, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > T-Louis > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com > >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > >> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM > >> > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > >> > send > >> > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > >> > message ------------------------------- > >> > > >> > Today's Topics: > >> > > >> > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) > >> > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) > >> > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) > >> > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) > >> > > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > Message: 1 > >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 > >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > >> > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> > > >> > > >> > Cousins > >> > > >> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, > >> > traditions, > >> & > >> > recipes. > >> > > >> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > >> > your table. > >> > > >> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > >> the > >> > family or you would like variations. > >> > > >> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed > in > >> > the last 250 years. > >> > > >> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > >> > > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > = > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > > >> > Message: 2 > >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) > >> > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> > >> > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > >> > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > > >> > > >> > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos > >> > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. > >> > > >> > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days > >> > Come > >> > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! > >> > > >> > Fr John L > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > >> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> > >> > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am > >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Cousins > >> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, > >> > traditions, > >> & > >> > ecipes. > >> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > >> > your > >> > able. > >> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > >> the > >> > amily or you would like variations. > >> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed > in > >> > the last > >> > 50 years. > >> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > o check our Archive > >> > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to > >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > >> > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body > >> of > >> > the > >> > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > >> > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > >> > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > >> > body > >> > of > >> > he message > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > > >> > Message: 3 > >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 > >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. > >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > >> > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> > > >> > > >> > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there > will > >> be > >> > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the > way > >> > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families > >> > to > >> > find their way to midnight mass. > >> > > >> > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was > >> > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His > >> two > >> > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the > >> transfer > >> > period from France to Spain. > >> > > >> > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the > >> > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. > >> > > >> > Some are > >> > > >> > Baton Rouge > >> > www.wafb.com/-CBS > >> > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC > >> > > >> > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC > >> > > >> > > >> > New Orleans > >> > www.abc26.com/ - ABC > >> > > >> > www.wdsu.com - NBC > >> > > >> > www.wwltv.com/- CBS > >> > www.fox8live.com - Fox? > >> > > >> > The national stations news may also pick up the stories > >> > > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > > >> > Message: 4 > >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 > >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys > >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > >> > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> > > >> > > >> > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the > >> > outdoor > >> > frying of small turkeys. > >> > > >> > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and > >> > deep > >> > fry in peanut oil. > >> > > >> > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby > >> > would > >> > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. > >> > > >> > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. > >> Sometime > >> > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. > >> > > >> > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars > >> would > >> > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the > >> White > >> > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. > >> > > >> > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the > >> > gang > >> > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the > >> > straggles. > >> > > >> > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a > >> > fried > >> > turkey from the store. Boohiss > >> > > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > >> > *************************************** > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To check our Archive > >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > >> quotes > >> > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > >> > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it > >> > the > >> > "Name" you would like us to call you. > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To check our Archive > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > >> ------------------------------- > >> To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > >> ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > >> confirmation > >> e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas! Lynn On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Paul, > My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since > Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some to > ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all been > under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one > stayed in a hotel. > > Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night , > our son and wife brought crawfish pie. > > Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go to > emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really just > turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot of > beef & veggie soup. > > Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd tooth > is also loose. > > I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget > Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. > > It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where > both > my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the > history > of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both > deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families visited > our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine a > group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery wisiting > loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. > > What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we will > possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. > > God is good and I have been Blessed. > > Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> > To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > > > > > Paul: > > > > > > > > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is dominating > > the house. > > > > > > > > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the > > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to the > > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > T-Louis > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM > > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send > > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message ------------------------------- > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) > > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) > > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) > > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > Cousins > > > > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, > & > > recipes. > > > > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > > your table. > > > > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > the > > family or you would like variations. > > > > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > > the last 250 years. > > > > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > = > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) > > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos > > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. > > > > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days Come > > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! > > > > Fr John L > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > > > > > > > Cousins > > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, > & > > ecipes. > > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > > your > > able. > > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > the > > amily or you would like variations. > > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > > the last > > 50 years. > > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > > Paul > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > o check our Archive > > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > > ------------------------------ > > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > > the > > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > > ------------------------------ > > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of > > he message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will > be > > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way > > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families to > > find their way to midnight mass. > > > > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was > > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His > two > > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the > transfer > > period from France to Spain. > > > > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the > > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. > > > > Some are > > > > Baton Rouge > > www.wafb.com/-CBS > > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC > > > > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC > > > > > > New Orleans > > www.abc26.com/ - ABC > > > > www.wdsu.com - NBC > > > > www.wwltv.com/- CBS > > www.fox8live.com - Fox? > > > > The national stations news may also pick up the stories > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the outdoor > > frying of small turkeys. > > > > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and deep > > fry in peanut oil. > > > > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby would > > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. > > > > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. > Sometime > > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. > > > > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars > would > > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the > White > > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. > > > > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the gang > > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the > > straggles. > > > > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a fried > > turkey from the store. Boohiss > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > *************************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To check our Archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > > ------------------------------- > > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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Lafayette. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LYNN LABAUVE" <lclabauve@gmail.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful > Christmas! > > Lynn > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < > shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Paul, >> My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since >> Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some >> to >> ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all been >> under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one >> stayed in a hotel. >> >> Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night , >> our son and wife brought crawfish pie. >> >> Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go to >> emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really >> just >> turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot of >> beef & veggie soup. >> >> Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd >> tooth >> is also loose. >> >> I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget >> Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. >> >> It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where >> both >> my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the >> history >> of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both >> deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families >> visited >> our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine >> a >> group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery wisiting >> loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. >> >> What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we >> will >> possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. >> >> God is good and I have been Blessed. >> >> Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> >> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM >> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >> >> >> > >> > >> > Paul: >> > >> > >> > >> > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is dominating >> > the house. >> > >> > >> > >> > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the >> > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to >> > the >> > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. >> > >> > >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > >> > >> > >> > T-Louis >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM >> > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >> > send >> > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> > message ------------------------------- >> > >> > Today's Topics: >> > >> > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) >> > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) >> > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) >> > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Message: 1 >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> > >> > >> > Cousins >> > >> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >> > traditions, >> & >> > recipes. >> > >> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on >> > your table. >> > >> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to >> the >> > family or you would like variations. >> > >> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in >> > the last 250 years. >> > >> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > = >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 2 >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) >> > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> >> > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> > >> > >> > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos >> > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. >> > >> > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days >> > Come >> > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! >> > >> > Fr John L >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note >> > >> > >> > >> > Cousins >> > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, >> > traditions, >> & >> > ecipes. >> > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on >> > your >> > able. >> > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to >> the >> > amily or you would like variations. >> > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in >> > the last >> > 50 years. >> > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > o check our Archive >> > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >> > ------------------------------ >> > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >> > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> of >> > the >> > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" >> > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. >> > ------------------------------ >> > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >> > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> > body >> > of >> > he message >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 3 >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> > >> > >> > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will >> be >> > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way >> > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families >> > to >> > find their way to midnight mass. >> > >> > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was >> > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His >> two >> > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the >> transfer >> > period from France to Spain. >> > >> > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the >> > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. >> > >> > Some are >> > >> > Baton Rouge >> > www.wafb.com/-CBS >> > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC >> > >> > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC >> > >> > >> > New Orleans >> > www.abc26.com/ - ABC >> > >> > www.wdsu.com - NBC >> > >> > www.wwltv.com/- CBS >> > www.fox8live.com - Fox? >> > >> > The national stations news may also pick up the stories >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 4 >> > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 >> > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> >> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys >> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> > >> > >> > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the >> > outdoor >> > frying of small turkeys. >> > >> > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and >> > deep >> > fry in peanut oil. >> > >> > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby >> > would >> > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. >> > >> > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. >> Sometime >> > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. >> > >> > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars >> would >> > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the >> White >> > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. >> > >> > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the >> > gang >> > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the >> > straggles. >> > >> > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a >> > fried >> > turkey from the store. Boohiss >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > >> > >> > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 >> > *************************************** >> > ------------------------------- >> > To check our Archive >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >> > ------------------------------- >> > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to >> > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the >> quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a >> > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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Paul, My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some to ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all been under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one stayed in a hotel. Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night , our son and wife brought crawfish pie. Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go to emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really just turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot of beef & veggie soup. Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd tooth is also loose. I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where both my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the history of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families visited our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine a group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery wisiting loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we will possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. God is good and I have been Blessed. Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. ----- Original Message ----- From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > Paul: > > > > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is dominating > the house. > > > > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to the > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > T-Louis > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Cousins > > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, & > recipes. > > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > your table. > > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to the > family or you would like variations. > > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > the last 250 years. > > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > > Paul > > > > > = > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. > > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days Come > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! > > Fr John L > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > > > Cousins > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, & > ecipes. > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > your > able. > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to the > amily or you would like variations. > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > the last > 50 years. > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > Paul > > > > ------------------------------ > o check our Archive > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------ > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will be > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families to > find their way to midnight mass. > > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His two > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the transfer > period from France to Spain. > > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. > > Some are > > Baton Rouge > www.wafb.com/-CBS > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC > > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC > > > New Orleans > www.abc26.com/ - ABC > > www.wdsu.com - NBC > > www.wwltv.com/- CBS > www.fox8live.com - Fox? > > The national stations news may also pick up the stories > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the outdoor > frying of small turkeys. > > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and deep > fry in peanut oil. > > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby would > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. > > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. Sometime > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. > > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars would > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the White > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. > > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the gang > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the > straggles. > > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a fried > turkey from the store. Boohiss > > Paul > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the outdoor frying of small turkeys. You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and deep fry in peanut oil. Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby would shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. Sometime during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars would get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the White collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the gang home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the straggles. Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a fried turkey from the store. Boohiss Paul

On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will be the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families to find their way to midnight mass. The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His two son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the transfer period from France to Spain. There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. Some are Baton Rouge www.wafb.com/-CBS www.wbrz.com/ -ABC www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC New Orleans www.abc26.com/ - ABC www.wdsu.com - NBC www.wwltv.com/- CBS www.fox8live.com - Fox? The national stations news may also pick up the stories Paul

Joyeux Noël. Bonne et Heureuse Année. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas pressés. Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days Come To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! Fr John L -----Original Message----- From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note Cousins Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, & ecipes. Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on your able. Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to the amily or you would like variations. Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in the last 50 years. We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). Paul ------------------------------ o check our Archive ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------ o subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

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Marsha, These are found in the SOUTH LA series: Donald J. Hebert, South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840, p. 50. Marie Caroline BENOIT, daughter of Joseph Marie & Justine Angelique THIBODEAUX, born 16 Jan 1820 (Thib.Ch.: v.2, p. 3). ------------------- Donald J. Hebert, South Louisiana Records, vol. 2, 1841-1850, pp. 36 & 115 Jean Baptiste DANION, son of deceased Vincent & Victorine DUGAS, born in Assumption & resident of Terrebonne, married 30 Mar 1841 Marie Caroline BENOIT, daughter of deceased Joseph & Josephine [sic] RICHARD [sic] (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #756). Elmyr Victoire [DANION], daughter of Adolphe & Marie BENOIT, born 11 Nov 1845 (Thib.Ch.: v.4, #1165). ------------- Donald J. Hebert, South Louisiana Records, vol. 4, 1861-1870, pp. 71 & 200. Washington Berger BERGERON from Terrebonne Parish, son of Jean Charles & Arthemise ARCENEAUX, married 11 Jan 1864 Elmire DAMIEN, from Terrebonne Parish, daughter of Adolphe & Marie BENOIT (Houma Ch.: v.3, p. 146). Bride's family variously spelled name DAMIEN, DANION, DANIEL, DAGNON Karen Theriot Reader

OBITUARY OF ROGER JOSEPH GAUDET, extracted by Eileen Horan, from the Wednesday December 22nd 2010 edition of the Prince Albert Daily Herald: Gaudet, Roger Joseph passed away peacefully on December 20th at the age of 80 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his family. Roger was born in St. Isidore de Bellevue on March 6th, 1930 to Jean and Germaine (Bachand) Gaudet. He married Rolande (Gaudet) on October 18th, 1951 and raised 6 children. At an early age, Roger demonstrated an aptitude for mechanics and opened Bellevue Garage with the help of his father and later on with his brother Gilles. He later continued this business with his three sons. His greatest love was his family. He enjoyed many family fishing trips, playing cards with family and friends as well as curling in the winter and golf in the summer. Roger was also an active member in the development and growth of his community. He leaves to mourn his passing: his spouse of 59 years, Rolande; his children: François, Bellevue; Constant, St. Louis, (James, Joel and their mother Norine); Jean (Laurel), Bellevue (Adele, Camille, D.J.); Claire (Lyle) Bassingthwaite, Warman (Tiffiny, Jordin, Stefanie); Lucie (Randy) Altman, Saskatoon (Jared, Sean); and Michelle, Saskatoon. He is also survived by his brothers, Gilles (Lucille) and Sylvain (Charlene); his sisters: Lydia Gaudet, Roseline Deault and Nicole (Don) Brooks; his brothers-in-law: Gilles (Monique) Tremblay, Rev. Ghislain Gaudet and Edouard Deault; his sisters-in-law: Hélène Gaudet, Thérèse Gaudet, Yvette Gaudet, Sylvianne Gaudet and Camilla Gaudet. He was predeceased by: an infant grandson, Lorne; his parents, Jean in 1969 and Germaine in 2005, his step-father Edmond Bétemps; his parents-in-law, Hector and Armandine Gaudet; his sister Annette; his brothers: Ronald (Alice) and Fernand; brothers-in-law and sisters in law: Jean-Camil Gaudet, Jean Deault, Elaine Gaudet, Marie-Ange (Pierre Gareau, Adrien Hamel), Anida Deault, Henri Gaudet, Andreas Gaudet, Noëlla (Alphonse) Jobin, Alain Gaudet, Ovide (Laurianne) Gaudet, Emile Gaudet and Alcide Gaudet. Prayer Vigil will be held on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. and the Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Both Services will be held in St. Isidore de Bellevue Roman Catholic Church. Interment will follow at St. Isidore de Bellevue Roman Catholic Cemetery. Donations in memory of Roger may be made to the Foyer Jesus-Marie Care Home in Bellevue. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Roman and Elaine Kushneryk, Kushneryk Family Funeral Service, Wakaw, SK, (306) 233-4403. *********** Addendum to Obituary, written by Eileen Horan December 22nd 2010: Roger Joseph Gaudet was the fourth child, in a family of nine, born to Jean Marie Ulric Gaudet [1892-1969] and Germaine Bachand [1907-2005] - a daughter of Pierre-Olivier-"Napoleon" Bachand [1878-1937] and Lydia Fortin [b.1875; d. About 1909]. After the death of her Mother [Lydia Fortin], Germaine's father married Mary-Marie-Jeanne-Alma Gaudet [1875-1961] on June 15th 1914 in Bellevue, Saskatchewan - the Widow of Alphonse Ashby; and a daughter of Ernest Gaudet [1850-1929] and Cordelie Ethier [1851-1926]. Roger's Parents were married June 10th 1925 at the St Isidore de Bellevue Roman Catholic Church in Bellevue, Saskatchewan. After the death of his Father Jean Marie Ulric Gaudet, his Mother {Germaine] married Edmond Felix Betemps [1907-1991] in 1983 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, a son of Jacques Betemps and Marie Cecile Serazine Amiot. Germaine passed away in the Goodwill Manor at the age of 97 years, in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Siblings of Roger Joseph Gaudet: 1. Lydia Therese Gaudet [still living] married Jean Camille Gaudet [1919-2005] in 1947 in Bellevue, Saskatchewan. He was a son of Hector Gaudet [1892-1968] and Armandine Gareau [1898-1983]. Lydia and Jean Camille had six children. 2. Ronald Gaudet [1926-1994] married Alice Marie Albertine Deault [1926-2005] in 1948 in Bellevue, Saskatchewan. She was a daughter of Edmond Deault [1893-1960] and Antoinette Legault [1900-1988]. They had nine children. 3. Roseline Gaudet [still living] married Jean Deault [1923-2008] in 1948 in Bellevue, Saskatchewan, a son of Edmond Deault and Antoinette Legault. They had nine children. 4. Gilles Gaudet [still living] married Elaine Boyer [1938-1991] in 1958 in St Louis, Saskatchewan, a daughter of Pierre Francis Boyer [b.1908; died unknown] and Elsie Tournine [b. circa 1910; died unknown]. They had five children. 5. Fernand Gaudet [1933-2005] married Helene Lajeunesse [still living] in 1915 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, a daughter of Roland Lajeunesse [1903-1989] and Beatrice Marie Bilodeau [1908-2005]. They had three children. 6. Annette Gaudet [1936-1963] married Gilles Tremblay [still living] in 1957 in Bellevue, Saskatchewan, a son of Arthur Tremblay [b.1904; died unknown] and Leonie Duret [1909-1964]. They had three children. Gilles later married Monique Rocher in 1975. 7. Nicole Gaudet [still living] married Alfred Boutin [still living] in Domremy, Saskatchewan, a son of Jean Marie Boutin [b. circa 1909; died unknown] and Irene Tessier [b.1911; died unknown]. They had two children; later being divorced. Nicole married Donald Brooks. 8. Sylvain Gaudet [still living] married Charlene Johnson in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, a daughter of Curtis Virgil Johnson [1917-2007] and Odelie Sidonie Marie Benoti [1920-2009]. They had one son. Roger Joseph Gaudet married Rolande Gaudet in 1951 at the St Isidore de Bellevue Roman Catholic Church in Bellevue, Saskatchewan, a daughter of Hector Gaudet [1892-1968] and Armandine Gareau [1898-1983]. Roger's Father, Jean Marie Ulric Gaudet, was a son of Edmond Gaudet [1850-1909] and Delvina Lepage [1861-1925]. Rolande's Father, Hector Gaudet, was a son of Camille Gaudet [1852-1915] and Marie Louise Lepage [1854-1894]. Edmond and Camille Gaudet were Brothers, being sons of Elie Gaudet [b. circa 1820; died unknown] and Adeline Dupuis [b. circa 1827; died unknown]. Roger and Rolande lived in the district of St Isidore de Bellevue, Saskatchewan. They had six children. 1. Francois Gaudet never married 2. Constant Gaudet married Norine Roy. They had two sons. 3. Jean Pierre Gaudet married Laurel Bertrand. They had three children. 4. Claire Gaudet married Lyle Bassingthwaite. They had three children. 5. Lucie Gaudet married Randy Altman. They had two children. 6. Michelle Gaudet never married. *********

All of Joseph & Alexandre Broussard descendants did not make it to la Louisiane Joseph's son Jean-Gregory married Anne Le Blanc the daughter of (32)Rene Le Blanc (a Mirimachi) & (7g) Anne Theriot. Jean-Gregory dies and Anne remarries to Pierre Benjamine Bourgeois abt 1763. Jean-Gregory & Anne's children children are split among the relatives. Some made it to la Louisiane & some stayed in what would become Canada. Anne dies mid 1768. Maria Breau has two lines from,Jean-Gregory & Anne Le Blanc & one from (1d) Catherine-Josephe Broussard (1)Francois Broussard m (1c) Catherine Richard d/o (1)Michel Richard & (1a)Madelaine Blanchard (3)Joseph Broussard m 1725 Agnes Thibodeau d/o (5)Michel Thibodeau & (2h)Agnes Dugas Jean-Gregorie Broussard m 1750 Anne Le Blanc d/o Rene Le Blanc & Anne Theriot Elizabeth Broussard m Francois Bourg s/o (25)Jean-Baptiste Bourg & (12c) Marie Theriot Modeste Bourg m Pierre Dupuis s/o Cyperin Dupuis & Francoise Judith Prejean Anne Depuis m 1830 Francois LeBlanc s/o Jean LeBlanc & Marguerite Bourgeois Modeste LeBlanc m Hubert s/o Amand LeBlanc & Claire Gauvin Domithilide LeBlanc m 1875 Calixte Breau s/o Joseph Breault & Ester Saulnier Dominque Breau m 1911 Sarah Anne Dupuis d/o Anselme Dupuis & Marguerite LeBlanc PaPa Breau m mama Robichaud d/o Fidele Robichaud & Marie-Nathalie Gray Maria (1)Francois Broussard m (1c) Catherine Richard d/o (1)Michel Richard & (1a)Madelaine Blanchard (3)Joseph Broussard m 1725 Agnes Thibodeau d/o (5)Michel Thibodeau & (2h)Agnes Dugas Jean-Gregorie Broussard m 1750 Anne Le Blanc d/o Rene Le Blanc & Anne Theriot Elizabeth Broussard m Francois Bourg s/o (25)Jean-Baptiste Bourg & (12c) Marie Theriot Modeste Bourg m Pierre Dupuis s/o Cyperin Dupuis & Francoise Judith Prejean David Dupuis m 1831 Marie Bourgeois d/o JB Bourgeois & Marguerite Breau Andre Dupuis m 1865 Marie Bourque d/o Francois Bourque & Anne Melanson Anselme Dupuis m Marguerite LeBlanc d/o Taddi LeBlanc & Louise LeBlanc Sarah Anne Dupuis m 1911 Dominque Breau s/o Calixte Breau & Domithilide LeBlanc PaPa Breau m mama Robichaud d/o Fidele Robichaud & Marie-Nathalie Gray Maria

Would someone with access to the Sac. Records please do a look=up for me? Need to find more complete documentation for the following marriage and people, especially the spelling of the bride's name...and her family. Jean Washington Bergeron and Elmire/Edmire/Edmee Damien/Danniah Jan. 11, 1864 Houma Church. Jean W. was s/o Jean Charles Bergeron & Athenaise? Arceneaux As for Elmire/Edmire/Edmedee Damien, my nephew is not convinced as to who her parents were. So am hoping her parents are named in the Church records in order to convince him one way or the other. My records indicate she was b 1845 and bt. in Thobodeaux Church. Thanks, Marsha

Hi P Am trying to determine the correct last name/spelling of the following head of household. I am finding it spelled many ways. I am totally confused as to which parishes aree involved at this point. Anyhow.......Jean Bapt. Adolph Damien/Danion/Damion(HH) ? m Marie Benoit 1841 Thibodeaux Church. Jean Bapt. Adolph Damion b1819 s/o Vincent Danion & Victoire Dugas who m in Plattenville in 1817 Marie Benoit b1820, bt. Thibodeaux Church, d/o Joseph Benoit & Justine Thibodeaux. Jean B. Adolph Damion & Marie Benoit had a daughter born 1845, bt. Thibodeaux Ch. named Edmire/Elmire Danien/Damien who m Jean Washington Bergeron in 1854, Houma. The above daughter Edmire is the person whose family supposedly came from Isle de Pines. Hope this is not too confusing. Thanks, Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L LeBlanc" <pleblan@aim.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Terrebonne Census 1840 & 1830 > Mardha > > Thibodaux is now in Lafourche Parish Any idea when Lafourche interior > split into LaFourche & Terrebonne. > > What first names & last names of heads of household are we looking for? > Best guess of year of birth? > > The 1830 & 1840 census only had the name of the head of household & > counts in age groupings. > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mladner <marshaladner@att.net> > > Needing help researching the Damien and Bergeron families in > Terrebonne > (Thibodeaux, La.) Does anyone have access to the census of 1830 or > 1840? > > Thanks, Marsha > > > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mardha Thibodaux is now in Lafourche Parish Any idea when Lafourche interior split into LaFourche & Terrebonne. What first names & last names of heads of household are we looking for? Best guess of year of birth? The 1830 & 1840 census only had the name of the head of household & counts in age groupings. Paul -----Original Message----- From: mladner <marshaladner@att.net> Needing help researching the Damien and Bergeron families in Terrebonne (Thibodeaux, La.) Does anyone have access to the census of 1830 or 1840? Thanks, Marsha

We seen to have a twin couple (both spouses same names, location & close dates) We have Anne (-Marie) Brun d/o Charles & Anne Marie Caissy Anne (-Denis) Brun d/o Francois Brun & Madeleine Dupuis Or Anne Brun d/o Joseph & Marguerite Pellerin BRUN, Anne m. to Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD, who was "major domo" [trustee or church warden] of the Church and in the military. bur. 6 Nov. 1798 at age 59 yrs. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #166) JB Broussard is the son of (4)Alexandre Broussard & Marguerite Thibodeau ========================== The memorial has Joseph & Marguerite Pellerin Has anybody sorted them out?

Needing help researching the Damien and Bergeron families in Terrebonne (Thibodeaux, La.) Does anyone have access to the census of 1830 or 1840? Thanks, Marsha

This finishes up the LeBlanc. Did I miss anybody who sent in lines? In a few days we will do our 1st how related to the Broussards ================================== Maurice LeBlanc >From Daniel Le Blanc One line My 9th to 9th 2R (1)Daniel Le Blanc & (1a)Francoise Gaudet 16 ways Brenda Hebert 9th 2R to 9th 3R (1)Daniel Le Blanc & (1a)Francoise Gaudet 5 ways Maurice is from the youngest son Pierre. This is the only one of their children I am not descendant from. For the most part the family stayed in what would become Canada. Pierre's Daughter (6a)Marie who married Claude Bourgeois was one of the few who has descendants in la Louisiane. Marie's Descendant Don Boudreaux of Lafayette area is Maurice's 8th cousin (6) Pierre LeBlanc & Magdelaine Bourg one way 8th 1R to 9th 1R (1)Daniel Le Blanc & (1a)Francoise Gaudet 14 ways Jean Doris LeBlanc of Cheticamp, CB Maurice's 7th 1R cousin (6) Pierre LeBlanc & Magdelaine Bourg one way 9th (1)Daniel Le Blanc & (1a)Francoise Gaudet one ways Alan Decato of New England 7th 1R & 8th cousin (6) Pierre LeBlanc & Magdelaine Bourg three way 9th (to 9th 2R 1)Daniel Le Blanc & (1a)Francoise Gaudet 11 ways