I was thinking of preparing abstract cards from the church records, civil records, etc. and then putting in books like DOBR, Fr. Hebert SWLR etc. For example, There isn't a good source for North Louisiana records, many parishes in the 1910 and 1920 census records aren't indexed and the 1930 census isn't indexed! Stanley LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: Judy Riffel [mailto:j.a.riffel@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:32 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd I'm wondering what you mean by "convert the church records"? What church records and convert to what? Thanks. Judy Riffel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cajun" <cajun@thecajuns.com> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:43 PM Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd > We could use a project today to convert the church records!!!! > > Stanley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:29 PM > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd > > > received these replies and I thought I'd forward them to the listers: > > Subj: WPA > Date: 12/3/03 10:01:47 AM Central Standard Time > From: eoubre@charter.net (Elton Oubre) > To: don2717@aol.com > > Hi, Don. Good explanation. Just to remind you, some of the most > valuable > > works of the WPA unemployed intellectuals for historians and > genealogists in our area included: histories of each civil parish, > translation of some of the > oldest French records in the courthouses, at least conveyances and > mortages, and > indexing of the Superior Court Records (Little Black Boxes), and > negative > filming of the so called Little Red Church Records. > > > Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] "Gulf Coast Colonials" by Winston De Ville > Date: 12/3/03 11:19:39 AM Central Standard Time > From: jleblanc@eatel.net (James R Le Blanc) > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > > > The Work Projects Administration was involved in other efforts that > were/are important to genealogist. They sent their people into > courthouses (the Louisiana State Library has books of many of the La. > courthouses) to inventory, even showing drawn maps of the buildings). > > So much more important was their work in producing the soundexs of > many of the census. > > Jim Le Blanc > Baton Rouge, La. > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

| ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Cajun" <cajun@thecajuns.com> | To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:43 PM | Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd | | | > We could use a project today to convert the church records!!!! | > | > Stanley | > | -----Original Message----- | From: Judy Riffel [mailto:j.a.riffel@worldnet.att.net] | Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:32 PM | To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com | Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd | | | I'm wondering what you mean by "convert the church records"? What | church records and convert to what? | | Thanks. | | Judy Riffel | ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cajun" <cajun@thecajuns.com> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:55 PM Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] WPA, cont'd | I was thinking of preparing abstract cards from the church records, | civil records, etc. and then putting in books like DOBR, Fr. Hebert SWLR | etc. For example, There isn't a good source for North Louisiana records, | many parishes in the 1910 and 1920 census records aren't indexed and the | 1930 census isn't indexed! | | Stanley LeBlanc | Stanley, Judy, and List: There is a real need for someone or group to take up the challenge of continuing the work of Fr. Hebert's SWLR, where it leaves off (roughly 1900) and develop abstracts of the Lafayette and Lake Charles Dioceses to 1930 (which is the latest release of the U.S. Census). That could be published in book or CD format. Will the Catholic Church in Louisiana allow access to these records of OUR ancestors? Carl HUVAL Vicksburg, Mississippi U.S.A. Email: CarlHuval@huvalfamily.com HUVAL PAGE: http://www.huvalfamily.com