I've been doing research on my STEVENS line, which settled in Lafayette about 1850. I'd like to do some research in their church records, and I see the familysearch.org site has some Catholic records on microfilm. Unfortunately, while the dates I need range from births in the early 1850s to those in the early 1900s for St. Ann's Catholic church, the microfilm records for St. Ann's seem to start only from 1884. I see St. Mary's records go back to 1857...so I am wondering...even though my STEVENS family's later records indicate St. Ann as their parish, was this parish only established in 1884? Was there a different parish serving the Catholic community in Lafayette before that time? And would the original church be St. Mary's? If anyone could advise me on this, it would sure help me know where to look for records on my Catherine (KELLY) STEVENS who d. 1858 in Lafayette, as well as 1850s births for James, John, and William STEVENS, Catherine's sons to John STEVENS (Sr.). Thanks for any help on this! Jacqi