And that is where the problem starts. Most of the records of the German Coast were lost when the pastor's residence for the Little Red Church burned down in 1788. Most of the info we can get comes from militia census and later court records. ________________________________ From: Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 2:27 PM To: Acadian Cc: Cecil Van Duzee Subject: Re: Pontife: new idea That’s a possibility I never even considered! I wonder if there are any Charles Bischofs of the right age? cheers, g > On Apr 10, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Cecil Van Duzee via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Let's try a new idea ---- direct name translation. Pontif means Bishop. We are at the German Coast so we want Bischof. > > > C > > > . > ------------------------------- > 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

It was a family name!!!!! J Hanno Deiler, The Settlement of the German Coast p 65 St john the baptiste church register first entry (1772) ... Anton Manz (Now Montz) .....married Sibylla Bischof d/on Joseph Bischof & Anna Maria Raeser ================================== Conrard First Families of Louisiana v 2 In the General Roll of Louisiana Troops 1720-1770 P 224 Pontif or Pontis, Francois ----- Handed over to the land forces, 1760. See the letter of Berryer to M. Hocquart at Brest dated Oct 31 1760 What the h*ll does this mean? Most entries are killed or discharge dates etc. I wonder if he changed his name after separation -----Original Message----- From: Cecil Van Duzee <cvanduzee@msn.com> And that is where the problem starts. Most of the records of the German Coast were lost when the pastor's residence for the Little Red Church burned down in 1788. Most of the info we can get comes from militia census and later court records.