This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laurendine-Weeks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TS.2ADE/124.725.833.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: So Regina (Miss Regina as I knew her) Weeks was my father's second cousin since Joseph Rogation Laurendine was my Grandfather's, William Waller Laurendine's (b.1/2/1888;d.9/8/1970) brother. Was the Weeks she married her first cousin? My Dad always said that they moved from Weeks Island because they were marrying first cousins but no one ever mentioned Mr. Weeks because I believe he was deceased by the time they moved to Metairie, La. sometime in the 1940's or 1950's. I know for sure that in 1952 or somewhere close around that date they were living in Metairie because they lived on the street right behind ours and we spent alot of time over there as childre. My Dad also had 3 cousins named Ruby, Mary and? Weeks. These were sisters who moved to Metairie so that the youngest, Mary sould get over her love for her first cousin who she was about to marry. None of the three girls ever married and were called old maids. Are you a part of this lineage? I am very interested in the free people of color aspect and how and when the crossover came. We have some in this line whio were free people of color at baptism but turned whte by death. We were raised Caucasians so we have little knowledge of this big family secret. Any info you have I'd be interested in and I'll be happy to share what I've learned so far. Joan Laurendine Scanlan