When researching Lefebvre also look for the names Decato/Decoteau/Descoteaux... A dit name. Stephen Decato has a rather extensive file of Lefebvre and dit names. His website is http://www.decato.net/swdecato.html Message: 4 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:41:16 -0500 From: "mladner" <marshaladner@att.net> Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] possible name changes To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BABE3B3556C9453798B59FF9DC552A16@marsha3d5da47e> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1" I am  researching two people from c. 1800 Louisiana.  I think the names have been Americanized or something.  The names are as follows:           DETRESSE, Evan    (possibly DUTRESSE?)             LEFAIBRE, Claudio Epiphanio        "possibly DeFeuvre"?       Any ideas as to how they may have changed?           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