The two sites below may be of interest for those interested in the founding in 1718 of New Orleans itself. I dont know when the one in Barbados got its name but if it was after that they I guess it was borrowed from the US town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans http://www.madere.com/history.html Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [Carib] New Orleans, West Indies > Hi Augusta: I have no idea where the name comes from or how far back it > dates, but my very reliable informant has just sent me the following info: > > ..."Yes, there is a district called New Orleans situated between St. > Leonard's Secondary School and Baxter's Road, St. Michael...." > > That is in the capital, Bridgetown; and he adds that it is now a very > poverty stricken neighbourhood where there was much conflict in the 1990s > between police and drug gangs! Sound familiar? > > That would certainly not have been the case in the 1920s and 1930s, the > drug > culture being a very recent phenomenon, but one that has had devastating > effects in so many Caribbean territories. So much for "progress". > Ernest > > -----Original Message----- > From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Augusta Elmwood > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:56 PM > To: caribbean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Carib] New Orleans, West Indies > If I may jump in here... why was it named New Orleans? Do you suppose at > some time a group of N.O. natives re-settled there & gave it that name? > Interesting! It's a good thing we have all you erudites on this list or > Marge would probably be climbing up the wrong tree! Hooray for networking > and the internet and all the good people of the Caribbean List ! > Thanks, > Augusta in... > the OTHER New Orleans :-) > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Listers New Orleans takes its name from a city in France: Orleans situated on the Loire. It is ancient, existing prior to the Roman era, During the Middle Ages it was a small kingdom. It was most important for it's location along the River, which for much of its early modern history allowed very substantial shipping. With the exception of names derived from indian languages, US place names usually were taken from european sources. Since most of the West Indies were well established sooner (exceptions: St Augustine, New Amsterdam, Boston) the mainland is seldom a source of names for the islands. For instance "Boston" in eastern Jamaica was firstly a plantation name for a place in England. Later the area adopted the name of the plantation. Assumptions can be quite dangerous in the Gen game... fun thread ChrisCod -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Richard Oliver Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:33 AM To