Forwarded to the list. ************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Thibodeau" <thibodeauroots@shaw.ca> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Dit, Alain, (L'Ainee) Castin (Castain) Thibodeau > Hello, and thank you for help in my research. I found my Acadian ancesters used these names beginning with Pierre L'Ainee Thibodeau b 1670 Port Royal Rene Castin Thibodeau b 1705-1706 Alain Castain Thibodeau b 1732 the name was not given to generation Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau b 1768. Does anyone know the origins? As you can see the period was during expulsion. Thanks again Len Thibodeau