One of the more common names in New France in the colonial period was Lefebvre. ________________________________ 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