Hi, thank you for replying. Yes, I have used Fr. Hebert's books extensively. In fact, they have helped me so much in my research. It was in his vol. that I found the info on the first child born to Thomas Jefferson Gordon and Lucrettia Bushnell. That was the very first,earliest, documentation I had found on them. It is a Baptizmal document. I found more on Lucrettia Bushnell, but nothing else on TJ Gordon in Hebert's books. They are truly a boon to researchers. Strangely enough, my gr.grandfather is listed as Jefferson Gordon on the certificate, but on the 1870 and 1880 census for Calcasieu Parish, he is listed by his full name. Thanks for any help. Ethel.