Great help with Aufrere... Thanks Wally and Bill. Don't expect that pedigree chart soon. My Huguenot connection says I'll get into copyright problems.... I don't know how I could have known about copyright problems with the Huguenot Society because there is nothing on any of the pages of this book about any copyright notices. The book was published in 1940. Were there copyright laws at that time? If he thinks it will do any good I will write a formal letter requesting the society to allow us to publish just that chart to our private web site.... But it might not work. At the least I can transcribe some of the English commentary.... Will keep you posted. Renee slideaus wrote: >I have a photocopy of a page from the Louisiana Genealogical Register >which has the following information: > >(DEGRUIS) VERLOIN, Joseph, Jr. & Maria Luisa SOLÉ, 19 Sept. 1800, third >degree. (The groom's surname is given as Degruis on the calendar cards, >but is shown under Verloin in the index.) Jose Degruis, age 19, of Ph. >Of St. Charles of the First German Coast, is s/o Maria COUTURIER and >Jose Degruis; s/o Pedro Degruis & Maria OFRE; d/o Mr. Ofre of Paris & >Degruis' grandmother whose name he does not know. Maria Luisa, who has >two sisters and is a native of St. Louis Ph. Of New Orleans, is d/o of >Tomas Solé & Maria Teresa PERY; d/o Mr. Pery & Teresa Ofre; d/o >Degruis’ grandparents. The proposed marriage is with consent of their >parents and was announced publicly a year ago. Witnesses, Joseph >BONNEVILLE, aged 34; Alexandro DILHOMME, aged 22. Granted. > >This appears to be the grant of a dispensation due to consanguinity – >they were 2nd cousins. > >Note that “Mr. Ofre” (Antoine Aufrere) is identified as “of Paris.” > >I will try to track down the specific volume and issue; it is on page >303. > >Wally > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Richardson [mailto:wrichardson@dcnet2000.com] >Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:33 PM >To: DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: Huguenot fellow is trying to help us with Aufreres > >Sacramental records of Antoine's death does not indicate his origins but >does give his age at 80 at death in Sep 1775. Other citations I have >from census records and colonial record extracts in Louisiana Historical >Quarterly do not indicate origin. I do not have him from Paris, so I >did not run across that city in my limited research. > >If Marie Mathurin was from Quebec she should be easily found in either >Jette or Tanguay volumes on French Canada. I doubt this as this would >have been a bit early for Quebecois to be migrating to La. Something >which did not occur for the most part until after the Seven Years >(French and Indian) War which ended in 1763, which also concided with >the Acadian migration to Louisiana and movement down the Mississippi >after the French loss of their forts and settlements in the war. > > > >