A Parish [used only in Louisiana] is the same as a County in other States. Youngsville is within Lafayette Parish but it isn't a suburb as the term is used for comunities surrounding large cities. Stanley -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Kosmakos (Duhon) [mailto:dawn@calliopeconsulting.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:28 PM To: Cajun Cc: Rootsweb Listserve Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style Hi Stanley, Actually, I believe it is part of Lafayette Parish. I am not sure if a parish is the same as a suburb though. http://www.enlou.com/maps/lafayette_map.htm Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Cajun [mailto:cajun@thecajuns.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:03 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style I should have mentioned to Mr. Press that Youngsville isn't a suburb of Lafayette! Stanley LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:01 PM To: cajun@thecajuns.com; ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style For your information: Youngsville, LA Town Population 2000: 3,992 Metro area: Lafayette Latitude: 30.099N Longitude: -91.99W Time zone: Central Standard ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -caj un 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