On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:05:12 -0500 (EST), Heidi D Streetman wrote: > >Greetings from Pittsburgh! > I am using the Baton Rouge Diocese Catholic Church Records to >trace my ancestors in Louisiana. At the end of each entry for each >name, I find a little reference to the original record. Some of these are >easy to decipher, but some are not, and no key is provided. For example, >"ASC" is Ascension Parish. However, I have begun to wonder if SMI is St. >Martin or something else. What is SGA? I have just begun to run >across this abbreviation in the early volumes. > So, if anyone out there has a minute, would you be so kind as >to tell me for certain how to interpret SMI and SGA????? > I would really appreciate it! >Clueless in Pittsburgh, Hello Heidi, The "code" to the individual parish churches is in the front of each of the Baton Rouge volumes. A few are as follows: ASC is Ascension Church in Donaldsonville, Ascension Civil Parish. SMI is St Michael Church in Convent, St James Civil Parish (St Martinsville Church is in the Diocese of Lafayette, not Baton Rouge). SGA is St Gabriel Church in St Gabriel, Iberville Parish. SJA is St James Church in St James, St James Civil Parish. ASM is Assumption Church in Plattenville, Assumption Civil Parish. PCP is St Francis Church of Pointe Coupee and later St Francis Church of New Roads, Pointe Coupe Parish. SJBR is St Joseph Church in Baton Rouge. There are several others which I can send if you need them. Regards, Dwayne Montz damontz@infinet.com ____________________________________________________ MONTZ Genealogy: http://www.infinet.com/~damontz/montzfamily