Greetings, I arrived home from visiting Washinton State for the first birthday of my littlest grandchild.... late Monday and left by 7 am Tuesday for a driving trip to Champaign Urbana to take digital photos of our Ancestor Antoine Valentin Degruÿsverloin's journal.... Had never used a digital before so the photos may be useless. Still have to work with them. Will let you know if I am successful. I had obtained photocopies from them but the quality was so poor as to make translation most difficult. They have a very poor copy machine there.... too bad. While there the librarian told me about two people doing research on Fort De Chartres and Kaskaskia: Robert de Berardinis and Winston de Ville. So, I suggest you check out the following site: www.provincialpress.us <http://www.provincialpress.us/> I was delighted to find the elusive: Vaudreuil Papers there as well as The Village of Chartres. Now I have to wait to be able to afford them!!!! I also had a shock... when I returned to St. Louis, a record was waiting for me from the Archdiocese which said : Marriage Certificate reads: This is to certify that Albert DeGruy of New Orleans, son of Henry De Gruy and Mary Cunningham and Mary Ruth, of New Orleans, daughter of John Ruth and Pauline Herzog were lawfully Married on the 12th day of June 1889 According to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church Rev. M. J. Farrelly in the presence of H. L Puf.... [illegible] Bufield? and Mrs. H. L Bufield [?] Witnesses. A true and exact extract from the Marriage Registers of St. John the Baptist Church, Dryades street which are now in the Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Vol Marriage Bk 4 Page 87 Act No.... Part 1: 1882-1900 Certifed by Jack Belsom Compare this with a previous record from the Archdiocese: Certificate of Baptism Albert Joseph Degruy Child of Pierre Degruy and Marie Cecilia Cunigham Born on the 30th of April 1870 at [not stated] Baptized on the 4th of August 1870 at St. Augustine Church According to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church by the Rev. J. B. Jobert, curé the Sponsors being: Manuel Joseph Traneihead [?] Emma Luna A true and exact extract from the Baptismal Registers of St. Augustine Church which are now in the Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Vol Baptism Bk. 4 [a863-1871] Page 311 Act No - certifed by Jack Belsom Date 26 May 2004 So my question is..... Is the P. H. Degruy that I've seen listed Pierre Huxelle Degruy or Pierre Henry Degruy.... and are Pierre Huxelle and Pierre Henry one and the same or different????? If different... has anyone come across a Henry DeGruy? I'm trying to figure out if I have to toss out the death date I had had for Pierre Huxelle... which was: De Gruy Pierre Huxelle 66 yrs - W 09/11/1883 83 602 Orleans Parish Death Index Reel 2 (1877-1895) HTR Pierre Huxelle De Gruy . white- a native of this city aged 66 years 6 mos departed this life on the eleventh instant 11 Sept 1883 on Baronne bet Delachaise and Foucher Streets in this city; cause of death malarial fever [billous Remittent] certificate of Dr LF Salomon; deceased was married . a clerk by occupation got this at La Archives on 8-12-04... have to verify that Huxelle is our Peter Degruy.... can't find name Huxelle anywhere else Anyone have any ideas about this latest "mess."??????? Date 15 November 2004