Stanley I was just trying to make point that they are/were called Germans but John Law recruited from all over Europe. Weren't there also some what is now called Hungarians? Paul [email protected] wrote: >Paul, > >The Germans were definitely non-French! They also played a major role in >Colonial Louisiana. The large influx of settlers between 1718-1721 came from >Hainaut [now part of Belgium], Alsace-Lorriane, Switzerland and the German >States [The Nation State of Germany didn't exist until 1871]. The original >intent was to send the German settlers to the Arkansas Post, but the Company >of the West Indies went bust and Louisiana became a Crown Colony in 1721. >Thus, the First and second German Coast has existed since 1718 and 1721. The >French-Creoles were at Pointe Coupee. > >Elton Oubre spent 25 years researching the issue that you mention. It is all >explained in his book Vacherie. > >Stanley LeBlanc >http://www.thecajuns.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:40 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > >Weren't the NY Acadians settled with/near the Germans (non-French >Europeans)? There really were no hard boundries of Verret, Cantrelle, >German Coast was there? We know that they approximately ended near >Verret's & Cantrelle's other son-in-law homes. but didn't each census >have different boundries? > >Commandant (Pierre) Nicholas Verret was my 5th ggfather so anyting I can >do to help please ask. > >Paul Le B > >[email protected] wrote: > > > >>The New York group arrived in 1764 but didn't go to Attakapas. Some men of >>the 1764 group showed up on Verret's Company in April 1766, but aren't on >>the 1766 or 1769 census of The Acadian Coast. They show up on the 1777 >>census. Roger Rozendal [with help from Elton Oubre] has been trying to find >>out more about Verret's Company and the 1766 and 1769 census. >> >>Stanley LeBlanc >>http://www.thecajuns.com >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >>Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >> >>Review of French & Indian War show >>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html >> >>letter to the editor >>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html >> >>enjoy >> >>Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? >> >>Paul Le B >>l'Ascension LA >> >> >>==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >>The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to >>the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the >>person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >To verify the RootsWeb Mailing Lists to which you are currently subscribed, >check Password Central: http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Mark the box >to have a list of your subscribed lists e-mailed to you. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >==== 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. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >