Does anyone have information which might explain a relationship with the DANTINs & DANTICs? This is a portion of a recent letter from myself to the LaFourche Hereitage Society Dear Sir; To clarify the reason for my request, (this was a request asking that the Society place a folder labeled, DANTIN/DANTIC next to their DANTIN folder). My Mothers maiden name was DANTIC. When I began searching my tree, the first day I easily found my Grandfather, Gr Grandfather and Gr Gr Grandfather (Paul DANTIC). The last one I found in a US Census 1820, Madison County, Ky.. This document established that he was an un-naturalized Foreigner. Further investigation shows he wed in June 1819 with parental consent, of Hazzard WOOD for the bride, Lucinda WOOD. My Mother knew only that, the DANTICs came from France and that, " A man and two sons came without a woman accompanying them". I was never to find further trace of this family in Ky, and after a fruitless effort, I posed the question to myself, Where would I go if I were a French speaker and unhappy in Kentucky? The answer was Louisiana, of course! The following gets more to the point asto my request for help: Those in Item A, were previously DANTINs. Item A, 1840 US Census, Bayou LaFourche. Paul DANTIC Joseph DANTIC F. DANTIC In the La. index one of these men was referenced as Dantie(or unsure) Further research: Item B1, 1820 US Census, Bayou LaFourche. Louis DANTON, ( Father) Charles DANTON Louis DANTAN (Son) Item B2, 1820 US Census, Bayou LaFourche. Baptiste DANTAN Joseph DANTAN Item C 1, 1830 US Census, Bayou LaFourche. Charles DENTIN Item C 2, 1830 US census, Bayou LaFourche. Joseph DENTEN Baptiste DENTEN 1850 US Censuses and thereafter: This Family name is spelled DANTIN. DANTAN & DANTON in the 1820, DENTIN in the 1830, DANTIC in the 1840 and DANTIN in the 1850 & thereafter. I easily understand the problems of phonetics which confronted the census takers of the era, however I can not imagine a phonetic error that would produce Dantic( pronounced as dan-tik) . This is my first inquiry to this post. I greatly hope someone can help. Jim Adams Miami Fl