Hello Gordon The family name Ratel is a name that came to Louisiana from Quebec. But.....the two you are looking for info on were surnamed Ritter (a name that came from Germany as Reider/Reyder). Cecil Van Duzee ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Bonnet<mailto:jaggy227@fltg.net> To: acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com<mailto:acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Rat(t)el I found two Rat(t)els in St. Landry Parish, LA, both born in the 1830s, and I suspect they were siblings, but I have no birth or parent information for them. There was Celestine Ratel who m. Hypolite Bogard, and Jean Baptiste Emile Rattel who married Elodie Carriere. Does anyone have further information? This is a surname I'm completely unfamiliar with. Thanks! Gordon Bonnet Trumansburg NY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message