Regarding the exhibit at the Commonwealth Museum: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/exhibits/onlineexhibits/acadianonline/acaidx3.htm The first page came up, but the other selections came up blank. Anyone else tried this? Don Louviere --- [email protected] wrote: > > ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 39 > > Today's Topics: > #1 RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge ad [Andy > <[email protected]>] > #2 RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge ad ["Stanley > LeBlanc" <[email protected]] > #3 The Commonwealth Museum ["Lucie > LeBlanc Consentino" <luciem] > #4 Georgia Gazette 1763 ["Lucie > LeBlanc Consentino" <luciem] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ACADIAN-CAJUN-D, send a message > to: > > [email protected] > > ...that contains in the body of the message, the > single > word command: > > unsubscribe > > ...and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if > _your_ software require one, just use the word > "unsubscribe" > in the subject, too. > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or > browse. And if you require assistance, contact me > personally: > > Margy Bousman, Facilitator > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:34:13 -0500 > From: Andy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - > How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > Hi, > > In addition, Elton covers the areas of > responsibility of Cantrelle & Verret > as well. :-) > > AS > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stanley LeBlanc [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - > How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > 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. 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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-caj > un > 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 > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:41:26 -0600 > From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - > How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > 1721 was 7 years after Natchitoches was settled! > > An interesting romantic story involves St. Denis > [Denys]. St. Denys was a > French-Canadian from a very prominent family who had > come into Louisiana > with Iberville and Bienville. Soon after > establishing Natchitoches in 1714, > he led a trading party into Texas. He was arrested. > While awaiting > transport to Mexico City, he fell in love with the > niece of the Spanish > Governor. When he was released, he married the > niece and their descendants > remain in Louisiana some have become Cajuns! > > Another interesting historical tidbit! When the > Spanish gained control of > Louisiana in 1763 [didnt take control until 1766], > the role of the Spanish > at Los Adaes was clouded. Finally, the Viceroy > decided that the Spanish > would have to leave Los Adaes and go to San Antonio. > The Spanish from Los > Adaes were miserable in San Antonio and convinced > the authorities to let > them go to Nacogdoches, Texas. Since Nacogodoches > was close to the > Louisiana border, many former Los Adaes families > gradually moved back into > Louisiana. The SWLR records have numerous > references to Los Adaes. > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com <http://www.thecajuns.com/> > > _____ > > From: Roger Rozendal [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:21 PM > To: Stanley LeBlanc > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - > How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > According to "The Handbook of Texas Online": > > The Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayoqv was a veteran > soldier and a wealthy > man, thanks to his wife, Ignacia Xaviera de > Echeverez, who owned vast > estates in Coahuila. At his own expense, he accepted > the viceroy's request > to deal with the troublesome situation in Texas and > to undertake the > establishment of missions in East Texas for a third > time. In the early > spring of 1721, Aguayo set out for Texas. He had > recruited 500 men and > collected 2,800 horses, 4,800 cattle, and 6,400 > sheep and goats. Although > livestock had accompanied previous entradas, Spanish > ranching in Texas began > with the arrival of these large herds in 1721. > Aguayo reestablished all of > the abandoned missions in East Texas; founded a new > presidio, Nuestra Señora > del Pilar, at Los Adaes;qv and made a lasting peace > with St. Denis, who had > become commandant of the French settlement at > Natchitoches. > > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/nps1.html > > Roger A. Rozendal > > On Jan 30, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Stanley LeBlanc wrote: > > > > The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot > chronologically predate the > Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded > in 1714 and created > large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes > [current-day Robeline, LA > - 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response > to the Natchitoches > settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish > Texas was in current-day > Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! > > One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the > fact remains that the > Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly > predated the cattle > industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > ______________________________> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:16:25 -0500 > From: "Lucie LeBlanc Consentino" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: The Commonwealth Museum > > Regarding the exhibit at the Commonwealth Museum: > > > > The archivist who put the exhibit together is not > Acadian but was very moved > by the documents he came across regarding the exile > of the Acadians from > Nova Scotia. So much so that he asked for > permission to put the exhibit > together. In addition to all of the petitions and > records contained in > Volumes XXIII and XXIV at the archives [which are > all of the petitions, > etc.] he contacted the Massachusetts Historical > Society and was able to scan > some of the documents from Winslow's Diary and other > pertinent and important > documents. It is a simply marvelous exhibit both at > the museum and online! > > > > It is the first time such an exhibit has been put > together by the State of > Massachusetts 250 years after the first Acadians > arrived in Boston as > exiles. > > > > As an Acadian descendant, I am very grateful to Mark > Vassar, the archivist > who put it all together. The exhibit was supposed > to end in June as I had > posted earlier but Mark now tells me that it will > remain for another six > months and perhaps more - he will keep me informed. > > > > Again, the url is: > http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/exhibits/onlineexhibits/acadianonline/acaidx3 > .htm > > > > Lucie LeBlanc Consentino > > Acadian Ancestral Home > > <http://www.acadian-home.org> www.acadian-home.org > > ACGS Drouin Primary Records > > <http://www.acgs.org/> www.acgs.org > > > > > > ______________________________> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:27:57 -0500 > From: "Lucie LeBlanc Consentino" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Georgia Gazette 1763 > > According to an article in the Georgia Gazette dated > December 22, 1763: > > > > "Yesterday more of the Acadians, in number about 21, > went in a vessel for > Mobille, from which place they are to go to New > Orleans." > > > > Lucie LeBlanc Consentino > > Acadian Ancestral Home > > <http://www.acadian-home.org> www.acadian-home.org > > ACGS Drouin Primary Records > > <http://www.acgs.org/> www.acgs.org > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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