Jeff Lombard wrote: > > On a few of the birth certificates I received from St Lucia a new family name had appeared Parigau from Martinique does this name mean anything to anyone or sound familiar? It is the only time I have entered a general search on the computer through Google and come up with basically no mentions of this last name except my posts. Any ideas? ------- Sorry I can't help, Karen, except to say that the name doesn't appear in any of Martinique's 17th c./very early 18th c. census records. Regards, Dick in Princeton, NJ

Dear Dick, I think we may have spoken about the Noel gang before. Can I be so bold to ask if there are any Bonnet's or Renault"s listed. Thank you for your help. I have been at such a dead end on all my West Indies gang I need some break to surface! Best wishes, Karen Lombard ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Meyers To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:30 AM Subject: Re: name question Jeff Lombard wrote: > > On a few of the birth certificates I received from St Lucia a new family name had appeared Parigau from Martinique does this name mean anything to anyone or sound familiar? It is the only time I have entered a general search on the computer through Google and come up with basically no mentions of this last name except my posts. Any ideas? ------- Sorry I can't help, Karen, except to say that the name doesn't appear in any of Martinique's 17th c./very early 18th c. census records. Regards, Dick in Princeton, NJ ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/

Jeff Lombard wrote: > > Dear Dick, > > I think we may have spoken about the Noel gang before. Can I be so bold to ask if there are any Bonnet's or Renault"s listed. Thank you for your help. I have been at such a dead end on all my West Indies gang I need some break to surface! --------- Yes, Karen, we're old friends re: Noel & Bonnet. The last time we communicated was on Feb. 16 & 17 of this year, when I sent you all the Bonnet info I have fm Roget & Bruneau-Latouche's "Personnes et Familles à la Martinique au XVII siècle." I still have copies of those msgs, so let me know if you'd like them re-sent. Renault, though, is a new name for us, and the book has 18 entries. I'm a little pressed for time at the moment, but whenever I can clear a few hours (probably not until the weekend), I'll scan the info & forward it to you. If there's a particular Renault you're looking for, though, I can do a quickie lookup before I leave for work about 3 hrs fm now. Regards, Dick in Princeton, NJ