Hi, I have a two page document which Carolyn very kindly sent from the Orleans Parish Recorder of Wills, vol. 2 pg. 9-10. It's one of those oversized microfilm copies with streaks all over the page. It is written in a small French script. It is difficult to read. It is the will of Pierre Duminy Degruy. My French isn't all that good but I'm pretty sure that this line says that he had never been married. I'll also include the section where he identifies himself. "Je me nomme Pierre Duminy Degruy natif de la [illegible] age [hard to read: O? enverol? cinquante huit and ? Fils legiteme de ? Sieur Jean Baptiste Verloin [might be Duminy, hard to read] et dame Marie Therese Aufrère. Je déclare n'avoir jamais étè Marie." [note that I now know how to add the grave accent.... it's option then same key,, upper left as the cedilla and then the "e"\] Also have an obituary for Azelie St. Amant DeGruy, which reads: ST. AMANT - At half past 12 A. M. Wednesday, April 15 (1874) AZELIE ST. AMANT, widow of the late Pierre Verloin DeGruy aged 75 years. The friends of the family, and those of her sons, P. H. L.F. and J. C. DeGruy, and of her sons-in-law, Wm. Salomon and C. H. Forno are respectfully invited to attendher funeral from her late residence, 266? Melpomene street, on Thursday Evening, 16th ?? at 4 o'clock." Now this one is important to me personally because I believe her son, P. H. Degruy is my GGG Grandfather.... But I have so many different possibilities for names for him... and this is where I am so confused. Is P. H. for Pierre Huxelle? Is it for Pierre Henry? Is he Pierre Henry Huxelle? [remember that he appears on the birth record of one of his children as "Henry" And what about other references to him [using names like Pierre Dufouchard Verloin... David Perrin has him listed as Pierre Verloin Degruy]. How can I be sure he really is the same man as my GGG Grandfather? Anyone have any ideas. His siblings are: Lucien Florestan and Joseph Camille... Marie Zelina Verloin is married to Charles Henry Forno. Where is Solomon coming from? I have Adelaide Verloin married to Alphose Desforges, Luisa Verloin married to ??? Nicaud. Somebody must have gotten remarried, but who? and François Verloin married to ???? Brown. Where are these folks and who is married to Salomon? If anyone has information, please let me know. R.