Hello, John, By any stretch of the imagination, could your Bourgeois surname possibly be construed as my d-i-l's maternal Burgess family? Corine in Dallas TX --- Original Message --- From: JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Choquopoulou, Mississippi >Hello list members, > > have any of you encountered a place name around Bay St. Louis, >Mississippi, called Choquopoulou, Mississippi, or spelt Chucupulu, >Mississippi. > > I've discovered this name in the "Dispensation Records" with regard to >some of my Ladner/Bourgeois ancestors and was wondering if it was a Choctaw >name or, if not, was it an Indian name at all and if so from what tribe would >it have been around Bay St. Louis, circa 1801? Where would this place be in >relation to contemporary Bay St. Louis? > > John Craven > New Orleans > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >Need more CHOCTAW information. Try Judy White's NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER at http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, newsletters, lookups, articles, etc. >