The ones that I found were mostly in the first three volumes of the "blue books" Southwest Louisiana Records. So, I guess they have to be pretty far back to be included in these records. Volume three stops at 1840. I found a little more in vol 4, but most of that I already had. No, the churches didn't do birth certificates, but many of the records give the age of the person at the time of baptism. Good luck finding your folks. Jan At 05:02 PM 10/22/99 EDT, you wrote: >Jan, what books are you speaking of? I practically moved into our library >and have never found anything on my Baptist/Lutheran ancestors in books even >similar to Father Hebert's books. I can find some things at the churches >where they were married, etc. I'd love to be able to find this in the >library. Father Hebert's books gives the name of each church for each >happening, therefore you can go to these for documentation. Not birth >certificates which of course you have to mail off for. > >I was just trying to make what seemed like a very hard task into something >simple for the person asking the question, since I live in the Lafourche >area. Terrebonne to be exact. >Louvenia > >P.S. Please send me the name of the books you're speaking of. I've been >stuck on one ancestor for six years. > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. >To submit an article to be considered for publication in The Register, >contact David Howell at <[email protected]> > > >