In a message dated 5/25/02 6:02:00 PM Central Daylight Time, LACALCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Hi my name is Joseph Joubert and I'm also interested in Augustin Lede. His > name is listed as a relative on my great-great aunt Adele Joubert Malveau's > probate 1885. I have on the 1860 census Augustin Lede..age 31(1829) mulato > wife Celestine Roujeau age 31(1829) with children Augustin Lede age 8, > Celeste age 7, Louis age 5, Victoire age 4, and Sidonie age 2. In the > Hebert books it lists Augustin Lede(Victorin & Honorine Matheo) m. 4 Feb > 1851 Celeste Rougeau(Casimir & Celeste Guillory). It also lists Victorin > Lede d. 28 Aug 1868 at age 68 yrs. Augustin Lede married for the second > time Marceline Gaubert(Gobert) 3 May 1870. Still can't figure out how he > was related to Adele Joubert Malveau(1838-1885) or her husband Louis > Malveau(1822-1882) Feel free to e-mail me directly at < > joejoubert@earthlink.net> > Joe...try using Father Donald Hebert's Southwest Louisiana Records which is an index of church as well as ceivil records. I have seen tons of LeDay information there. Cherryl Forbes Montgomery, <A HREF="mailto:CherrylM@AOL.com">CherrylM@AOL.com</A> <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/cherrylm/myhomepage/heritage.html">My Louisiana Afri-Creole Family</A> //\\//\\//\\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\// \\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\//\\//\\//\\//\\// Researching Southwest Louisiana parishes of Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Landry, and Iberia Parish surnames of MERCIER, WILTZ, ESCLAVON, DeCLOUET, MASSE, GREGOIRE, JEAN LOUIS, SHAY (CHAIX), GUIDRY, BASILE (CHIASSON), BARRAS, LeMELLE, LeBLANC, GUILLUAME, HENRY, and SIMON Also researching Louisiana old West Florida Parishes of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, East and West Feliciana surnames of FORBES, DUNN, CARTER, SCOTT, DeARMOND, EVANS, RICKS, BROWN, GAINES, CURRY, PATTERSON and ANDREWS.