+CREOLE FRENCH CULTURAL TIES+ (louisiana back to paris) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FASCINATING AND DYNAMIC+ (w/ amazing synchronicity) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >for some reason the response i made to helen's questions have disappeared from my in box, sent box & draft box. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I HOPE YOU RECIEVED IT+ >i did send it but essentially the answers can be found via my earlier essays. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >google.com (search) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY +de NOAILLES de AIME+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY +KING'S SHIP SOMME+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ >(the officer who kept the > ship journal is unrevealed<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOAILLES-DEGRUY LINKS+ +VIA JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >you may remember the links also of the noailles/degruy w/ lafayette's.. +google.com (search)+ >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY +PIOCHE-de LA VERGNE+ >..wife and pres. thomas jefferson. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROCHE-FOUCAULD & DEGRUY+ >let us remember the fantastic links of lafayette's (pioche de la vergne) wife w/ her rochefoucauld lover who ("FATHER" OF LA. PURCHASE) >assisted her writing the famous novel +PRINCESS OF CLEVES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(the de la vergne-du fouchard degruy intermarriage vital in louisiana) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOTEL de COULANGES+ >next to the place des vosges in paris is where madame lafayette's writer friend +MADAME SEVIGNE+ >was born as her mother was +MADAME COULANGE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +COULANGE IN NEW ORLEANS+ >this is important to our history as the son of our antoine j.b.v. degruy's >commander on the somme +(SIEUR D'AYME de NOAILLES)+ was married to... +MARIE de LEVILLIERS de COLLANGE+ who married +FRANCOIS BOULIGNY+ (creole cultural royalty at its best) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOAILLES IN FRANCE+ >the noailles family in france are very wealthy possessing palatial chateaux & townhouses w/ a modern villa at hyres of world class fame w/ an +ABSTRACT GARDEN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PATRONS OF THE ARTS+ >(most important in france) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >PROMOTERS OF SURREALISM< >they have been very famous as patrons and friends of famed artists salvador dali, bunuel, earnst and man ray. (not his real name) +FINANCING SURREAL FILMS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOAILLES IN PARIS+ >it takes months of preparation for our planned pilgrimage to france in the >SPRNG OF 2011< >i am hard at work deciding the strategy in paris and the south of france for daily agenda and chosen hotels. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOTEL NOAILLES+ >in paris is like the noailles family a very elegent and refined place w/ rather +LOUVRE VICINITY+ >expensive high design rooms. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOTEL PLACE des VOSGES+ >as much as i like high design we shall probably stay near the place de vosges close to the arsenal library of our +HUGO-NODIER FAME+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALCHEMY ARCHIVES LIBRARY+ >this arsenal library is owned by the french government but houses +ALCHEMY & OCCULT BOOKS+ (a very french interest) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY+ (LA LIBRAIRE DU GEANALOGISTE) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is also in the place des vosges area of paris and i shall visit this facility to >find if they can be of service< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOTEL SULLY ARCHIVES+ ("hotel" as in townhouse) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >french national chateaux archive close to the place des vosges ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this archive and bookshop is where an exellent selection of chateaux data is available and i shall persue the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CHATEAU BARBERIE ST. SULPICE+ >where our la roy family lived >just west of troyes, france) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >plus the louis xiv destroyed< w/ the aid of cardinal +MAZARAIN+ ^^^^^^^ +CHATEAU BARBARY @ NEVERS+ >the famed chateau of the plantard family where st. vincent de paul studied the +ART-SCIENCE OF ALCHEMY+ >w/ the legendary "jean the alchemist"< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH CREOLE GENEALOGY+ (tie back to priory de sion) >let us remember our degruy/plantard inter-marriage in st. charles parish +TEMPLAR HERITAGE+ >w/ the dusseau de la croix and rillieux/degas/dumas links. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TO BE CONTINUED... gene ray, san diego, california