Our Meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. for all committe members and any one wanting to attend. Our regular meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. and we will have coffee and refreshments. Our committe's will discuss redoing bulletin board in Genealogy Center, Updating our webpage, promoting our Society in newspapers, radio and T.V., new books for the library, Christmas Party, ancestor road show in January, need help on the !st Saturday at the library, still looking for sponsors, Anyone having old CD's of Family Tree they don't want or need, any old books on genealogy that the library might use. Anyone that helped with the Banquet last year please attend. I still need inquires and ideas the Society can use to promote Genealogy. Earl Gates Actting Presidentt

Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society Records Preservation and Access Committee Mission Statement "To advise the genealogical community on ensuring proper access to historical records of genealogical value in whatever media they are recorded, on means to affect legislation, and on supporting strong records preservation policies and practices." The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS) have agreed to a combined effort to address these issues through the Records Preservation and Access Committee. This cooperative venture is intended to advise the genealogical and historical communities, as well as other interested parties, on ensuring proper access to vital records, on means to effect legislation, and on supporting strong records preservation policies and practices. Records are always at risk of accidental or scheduled destruction. Today, many additional problems threaten access to the documents and collections that hold our genealogical, medical, and social history. Funding cuts resulting from budget crises, large scale natural disasters, as well as rapidly changing technology adding to the existing problems of preserving and maintaining access to records. The Federation and the National Genealogy Society cannot solve all these complex issues, but are acting to help coordinate the efforts of individuals and societies who can have a tremendous impact on these problems. The effective response to access and preservation challenges are usually from the individuals who vote and pay taxes in the specific locality. YOU, individually, and the genealogical societies of which YOU are a member, can make the difference on these issues in your area. In each state there is or will be an individual responsible for maintaining liaison and communication between the FGS Records Access and Preservation Committee and the statewide genealogical/historical community with respect to matters concerning the preservation of and access to national, state and local historical records of genealogical and historical interest. I have been appointed the Louisiana State Liaison. I am also a member of the Committee, representing the Association of Professional Genealogists. Responsibilities 1) Create and maintain within the state a communications network involving as many local genealogical/historical societies as are willing to cooperate- I plan to use the Council as the foundation for this network. 2) Monitor state and local legislative and regulatory or administrative activities relating to records access and preservation. 3) Serve as primary communications link between the genealogical/historical community of the state and the FGS Records Access and Preservation Committee.         A. Transmits information to the Committee about records access and     preservation activities within the state, including both problems (issues) and     successes.     B. Transmits information from the Committee with respect to national and     regional records access and preservation activities to the state     genealogical/historical community. 4) Provide information in a timely manner regarding state and local issues to the RP&A Committee Chairman, David Rencher at fgs-access@fgs.org. 5) Assemble data for the state and each county within the state for records that are available and the retention schedules which will be posted on the state pages of the RP&A web site.* 6) Organize and/or promote coordinated action to respond to issues with respect to records access and preservation matters. In carrying out these responsibilities the appointed liaison person may, and should, involve as many other persons within the state genealogical/historical community as s/he deems appropriate. It is not intended that the liaison do all the work his/herself. Keeping track of every Parish and town in Louisiana is not something that one person can do. I need your help. Please keep me informed about happenings in your community. Also, if you know persons in the state legislature that we could use a contact person, let me know. If any issues come up, please contact me immediately. Please pass this email along to your genealogical friends, As well as to your society presidents. Thanks. Sincerely, Cynthia M. Hofmeister Louisiana State Liaison Rep. for FGS and NGS hofsearch@aol.com (337)288-7278

Hi List: Do you have a child or grandchild who may show an interest in your family history research? If so, share this Family History contest with them. If not, still share this with them. This contest could be an excellent way to help get children involved. In addition, a way for you to share your love of Family History with them. Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com   The Godfrey Library is again sponsoring the Family History Essay Contest this year. The 2004 Family History Essay Contest is open to all students, grades 4-12th.  It is an opportunity for students to learn more about their own families and to permanently preserve their family histories. Entries will be judged by grade level, completeness, style and presentation. All entries must be postmarked by Friday, 15 Oct 2004. + Winning essays will be published by the Library + Each winner will receive a printed copy of the winning essays + Every student will receive a Certificate of Recognition Your essay can be limited to the biography of one person or can tell the story of an entire family. If you choose to write a biography of a relative, tell why you selected that person.  Each essay should be the student's best work and represent his/her best effort in writing and historical research. Students are encouraged to contact relatives, visit libraries, cemeteries and repositories to gather their family information. Interview your parents, grandparents etc. and document their lives. They can give you the answers to questions about the family like: Where did my family come from? Why did they move to where we live now? What occupations did they have?     What interesting stories are there about members of our family? In addition to your essay you should include a copy of at least one document used to verify your essay. This can include a copy of:     Census Records. The page where the family appears in the census     Vital Records. Copies of birth, marriage or death records     Newspaper Articles: Copies of a newspaper article; obituary or other item     Book: Copies of pages pertaining to the family     Cemetery Records     etc. Students are encouraged to include copies of photographs and supporting records to document their family histories. It is hoped that the students will learn more about family history and will become familiar with historical and genealogical research. The Library wants this to be a fun, learning experience that will become a treasured family record. If the Library staff can help you call us at: 860.346.4375 or e-mail us at: essay@godfrey.org and we will help you to document your family history. Please let us know if you'd like registration forms for youth in your family; school/church group etc. Tom Thomas Jay Kemp, Director Godfrey Memorial Library 134 Newfield Street Middletown, CT 06457-2534 Tel.   860.346.4375 FAX  860.347.9874 Tom@Godfrey.org www.Godfrey.org  

Ancestral Endeavors A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www.nettally.com/lgsla Volume 2004 Issue 7 July 2004 The Minutes of the July 16, 2004 Meeting Call to order for Committee Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Committee members talked about ways we could regain interest in old members. We have had over 20 members since 2001 that are no longer with us. Some of the reasons discussed were age, transportation, health problems, and lack of interest. The committee agreed to work on ways to make our society more interesting, such as our yearly periodical being done like other societies and our rootsweb news list. In addition, we talked about. Placing more items the society works on in our publications. This way our members would see progress in their hard work. As well as making "Les Memories" more appealing to non-society members. As discussed last month the Society chose to go with Rootsweb as their host for the web page. The information for our web page is completed. However, we are in need of pictures of the Louisiana area and their families to do the top boarder of the page. Cindy Hofmeister is the one designing the web page. This is taking time, but be patient as she has never done this type of thing before. If anyone in the society does know how to do web pages? Cindy has asked that you contact her (337)839-9246 or Cell (337)288-7278 or hofsearch@aol.com if you have any ideas. (Remember this is your society so volunteer with ideas) Our regular scheduled meeting was held at the Dupre Library at UL and was called to order at 6:30 p.m. By president elect, Earl Gates. The meeting consisted of a general Welcome, Moment of Silence for our military. Followed by the Pledge. Eula made it back to our meeting and presented our speaker "Estelle Perrault" It is nice to have Eula back, and making such wonderful progress. We had 24 individuals present at our meeting, several visiting from the Imperial St. Landry Genealogical & Historical Society, Dana Elow who has been present at our meetings, and Janette Comier Merrill who was seeing what our society is all about. Janette, is just starting with her family history. And welcomes any help our members can give her. The families she is researching are (CORMIER; ABSHIRE; and KRAUSE) Speaker Estelle Perrault - Estelle is the president of the Imperial St. Landry Genealogical and Historical Society. http://www.imperialstlandry.org/, Estelle, spoke to our society about a book her society is working on. Which is about the "History of St. Landry Parish" Their society is looking for anyone willing to donate stories or histories about the Parish and families that may have lived in the area. In addition, to the need for stories and history, Estelle explained problems the society has ran into while trying to work on this historical book. A local newspaper had sold out to new individuals, who in the take over process threw out old photos of the town, people and stories about the town. Some items were thrown out, because it was felt they had no value. Other items were placed out on a porch during a moving process and ended up in the trash. Never, to be seen again! This story has brought up the importance of how valuable our history is. And that each and every one of us, must do what ever we can to preserve our HISTORY. Old Business - Rayne's Genealogy Conference seminar September 25, 2004 with volunteers Brenda, Cindy, Regina and Earl. We would like to be able to sell our vital record CDs at this conference. And are in need of individuals, who know how to burn CDs. Or possibly a place that will charge a minimal fee for doing this service. However, FREE is best! If you have a CD burner, or no someone who does and are willing to help us with this project? Please contact Earl Gates or Cindy Hofmeister, ASAP. Ancestor Road Show through the library. Cindy Hofmeister has asked for the help of the Louisiana APG members for help with this project. She got responses from eight of the twenty-one members willing to help. However, they will need to be notified closer to the date. In addition, Earl Gates spoke to the new genealogical librarian about the Ancestor Road Show and requested to know when would be the best date. New Business- August Meeting Our August meeting will be at the downtown library, Thursday, August 19, 2004 and our speaker will be Lauren Smith our previous Lafayette genealogical librarian. And now the new Computer training librarian. Lauren will be teaching about Internet research with an emphasis on "Ancestry Plus" http://www.ancestryplus.com/ In addition, getting magazine articles from the libraries web site with your library card. We are in need of Saturday volunteers for the library. If you have not volunteered, Please put your name on the list!! (This is one of the ways we pay the library back for having a facility to host our meetings.) TREASURER'S REPORT PERIOD ENDING June 2004 $2,818.53 BEGINNING BALANCE JUNE DEBITS NEWSLETTER/Publication POSTAGE/BOX RENT $0.00 SUPPLIES/presents $25.00 BOOKS $0.00 Banquet/Publication $0.00 CREDITS DEPOSITS (MEMBERSHIP DUES) BOOK SALES (Calendar) Postage BANQUET $0.00 ENDING BALANCE $2,793.53 If you have any questions or concerns about this newsletter please contact Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com

Hi Everyone: I just received a newsletter from another society that I belong to (Utah Valley PAF Users Group). I have used some of the below information from an article written by Bruce Cramer "World War II Records on the Internet" published in their June 2004 Volume 14; Number 7 Newsletter. Many of us were touch by the release of "Saving Private Ryan" a movie more or less dedicated to the Men who served our country during the forgotten war. At least I know I was. The lines for this movie were huge for weeks. And I did my waiting in the long lines with everyone else. Most of us waited with anticipation to learn what our family members experienced and whether the documentary would be accurate. I myself don't know how accurate the film was, but I do know I have spoken with many veterans that state it was. And I know personally, the film was well worth waiting in those long lines for. When I went to see this movie, it was the first time in my life that I saw so many individuals touched. In fact, many never left their seats even after the lights came on. As I wiped my eyes from the flooded tears, I looked around and found myself not alone. In fact, Many present were doing the same. I saw families holding each other, men crying, some sitting in silences remembering the friends and family they lost during this war. Many individuals have asked, How could a movie have such an impact on so many of our lives? The answer is simple, for everyone who participated in the showing of this film, was touched in one way or another. Why? Because either they themselves lived the event or they knew someone within their own family who did. These individuals fought willingly or even died for their country. And Saving Private Ryan, brought life and meaning to them all. Brothers, fathers, uncles and cousins. Basically, men and women who gave diligently for this war. So you and I could have FREEDOM as we know it today. Personally, my grandfather was in the Navy for which he made it a life time career. He fought in this war and was even at Normandy. Unfortunately, he passed away just six months before the release of Saving Private Ryan and didn't get to see how it really affected so many individuals lives. However, I do believe he watched from the other side and felt great joy. That others would now know and understand what he and his comrades really did for their country. And something I'm personally grateful of my grandfather and all other military personal for. In order to show respect to these brave men and women and to help give history to their lives. I have included some websites that may benefit you in placing your relative or ancestor in this oh so important History. Many genealogist have tried in vain to get their ancestors World War II Army records only to find they have been destroyed by a fire in 1973. For those who have done this, Not all is lost. Even though these records were destroyed, 10 million medical records have been found (for ALL branches of the service) And may now be ordered. You'll first want to check out the web site for National Personnel Records center at. http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html (Note:cutting a pasting the above address will help to get to the website easier.) You can email them at NPRC.Referrals@nara.gov or write to National Personnel Records Center 9700 Page Avenue St. Louise, MO 63132-5100 You will need to provide the full name of the person, service number, branch of the service, the reason for the record request, and your relationship to the person you are looking for. (Note: turn around time can take weeks or even months) While your waiting for your reply, why not try to find some additional information on your ancestor. Each branch of the Untied States Military has their own Web site ending with .mil. They are http://www.army.mil (Army); http://www.navy.mil (Navy); http://www.usmc.mil (Marines); http://www.af.mil (Air Force). Each of these sites are connections to unit or ship histories, photos and other details officially published by the United States Government. You will find details including what happened to the unit or ship during the war as well as after the war. (Note: information on individuals is generally limited to officers) You can also search the veterans organization for more detailed information on individuals. See http://www.vet.org to find listings of some of their organizations. These organizations maintain list of their current and former members. Including their last known addresses. In addition, death dates and places for those that have died. They may have burial and next of kin information which can also benefit you in your research. I wish you luck with the pursuit of finding information and documentation on your World War II ancestor. And may we all remember our service men and women who have fought and died for our country. Without these brave individuals, we would not have what you and I know today as FREEDOM!! "Web address and sites were what were taken from the above mentioned newsletter article written by Bruce Cramer. You may order a copy of the UVPAFUG Newsletter by going to http://www.uvpafug.org" Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com

Chevalier Alexandre de Clouet, son of Jean Martin de Clouet de Piedre and Dame Cesaire Gambier, both natives of Cambrai, France, was the first commandant of the Arkansas Post under Spanish rule. From there, he was sent south where he undertook duties in the Attakapas Territory in 1774. His title was commandant and judge of the Attakapas and Opelousas Posts; he replaced Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire, until he, himself, was replaced by Captain Jean Farault de la Villebeuvre. Whether or not the commandants of the Attakapas were so used to the military way of life that they carried it over subconsciously into the other affairs of the posts is debatable, but for some reason, they seemed to have trouble with the religious authorities. de Clouet was no exception, and he and the Church fell out over what were, essentially and totally, Church affairs. One of the first projects undertaken by Father Cirillo de Barcelona after he was made Auxiliary Bishop of Cuba, was to deal with reported abuses in regard to marriage that "were finding their way into the colony," according to noted church writer, Roger Baudier."Father de Barcelona complained bitterly to Galvez. One of these cases was that of Colonel Alexander DeClouet, commandante of the Posts of Atakapas and 0pelousas." According to Baudier, DeClouet ". . had surrogated to himself powers in connection with marriages. There was no priest at Opelousas at the time, the pastor of St. Martin's church of the Attakapas Post serving at intervals ad interim. DeClouet proceeded to render decisions on separations of married couples. This was peremptorily forbidden by Galvez when Father Cirillo complained sharply to the governor, and the Friar issued instructions for the reunion of the separated couples, three in number." de Clouet was one of the French who had settled in Louisiana and who remained when the Spanish took over. Most of them were in the service of the king of France and automaticaly enlisted in the Royal Regiments of the king of Spain in the Louisiana Province. DeClouet is believed to have been 31 years old when he first came to New Orleans in February 1758. He was an officer of the detached troops of the Royal French army. While the expression was probably not known in those days, he apparently had a "shot-gun to his back," because he had comromised in a romantic affair a Beatrix de Choiseul, a sister to the Count de Stainville, who was French Minister under Louis XV. A "lettre de cachet" was issued in his name, but devoted friends took him from his home and brought him to Nantes, France. From there he immediately embarked again for Louisiana, where he was placed in command at Fort Massaic [?] until he was relieved by de Rocheblave May 22, 1768. His romance with Demoiselie Louise Favrot ended more favorably. They were married in St. Louis chapel in New Orleans on May 11, 1761. The bride was a native of the Parish of Orleans and the daughter of Claude Francois Favrot and Louise Elizabeth Brule. Both parties were of notable families and witnessses to the nuptials reflected that. They included Chevalier Ponfrac de Mazan, Louis Charles de Grand Pre, Gille Augustin Payen de Noyan, Pelletier de la Houssaye, Chevalier McCarty, Chevalier Francois Belisle, Francois Chauvin Delery, Chevalier Charles d'L'Hommer and Francois du Tillet. Louise's godchild and brother, Pierre Favrot, served under his brother-in-law's command at the Arkansas Post. I'Abbe Robin, writing in his "Voyage dans la Louisane pendant les annees" (1802-1806), described Louise thusly: "I found her with several of her children. Never have I seen old age more venerable. Her hair whitened by the years made her gentle open face more touching, a face which kept a freshness rare at her age in the colony.Ó [WHERE DO THE " (QUOTATION MARKS) STOP AND RESTART??????????"] He said her manner had Ònone of the backward coldness of the Creoles. They showed the affability and ease of a European who had spent her life in society [???NOTE: SHE WAS A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS - EXPLAIN?]. Her home was the best planned in the district. Her slaves, or rather her servants, were well-dressed, had a satisfied air, and seemed assured in her presence. She was indeed the best of mistresses." Alexandre [Alexandre Francois Joseph deClouet bc 1727 Picardie, France ] and Louise [Favrot] [m May 11, 1761 NO LA] had 12 children: Alexandre Joseph [bc1764+ minor son married on 25 March 1784], Joseph Marie, Charles-Philippe Auguste, Auguste Alexandre, Louis Jean Laurent " Brognier," Auguste Pierre Lanois, Jean-Baltazar Neuville [bc 1772 NO LA, married 17 July 1811 SM LA], Auguste Albert Lanois, Marie-Louise Hyacinthe [b 8 April 1776], Pierre-Auguste Lanois, Joseph Augustin Favrot de Clouet [b 9 Jan. 1778] and [Marie] Caroline [Marthe bc November/December 1779 - baptized 30 April 1780 at age 5 mths]. ]Alexandre Charles Chevalier Louis Brognier - is which child? or a Sept. 8, 1789 list of children?] ____________________________________ <BOLD>MISCE deClouet, Marie Louise Hiacinthe (Chevalier - "Capitaine d'Infanterie et Commandant pour le Roy des Postes" [Captain of the Infantery and Commandant for the King of the Posts of] Attakapas et Opelousas and Louise Favrot) born 8 April 1776, baptized 25 Aug. 1777 in parish of St. Bernard [?] at Attakapas. (SM Ch.: Folio B-1) deClouet, Marie Louise Hiacinthe (Mr. Le Chevalier and Louise Favrot) born 8 April 1776, baptized 25 Aug. 1777 Godparents Leon Francois Ledee and Hiacinthe Degruy. Fr. Louis Marie (SM Ch.: v.1, p.54) deClouet, Joseph Augustin (Alexandre Chevalier and Louise Favrot) born 9 Jan. 1778, baptized 19 July 1778 Godparents Joseph Favrot and Magdeleine Victoire Labbe [?LEVILIE]. Fr. Louis Marie - Cure of Opelousas (SM Ch.: Folio B-1) deClouet, Joseph Augustin (Alexandre Chevalier and Louise Favrot) born 9 Jan. 1778, baptized 19 July 1778 Godparents Joseph Favrot and Magdeliene Victoire LEVILIE [?Labbe]. Fr. Louis Marie (SM Ch.: v.1, p.62) deClouet, Marie Caroline Marthe (Alexandre Chevalier deClouet Captain and Civil and Military Commandant of Atacapas and Opelousas and Louise Favrot) baptized 30 April 1780 at age 5 mths. Godparents Alexandre deClouet Jr. and Julie OZENNE. Fr. L. M. GRUMEAU (Opel. Ch.: v. I -A, p. 34) Alexandre Joseph, their minor son married on 25 March 1784 Catherine Leyssard of Illinois, the daughter of Etienne Marafre Laissard and Helene Fazenda, at St. Martin de Tours Church in St. Martinville (SM Ch. v.2). Witnesses were Louis Grevemberg, St. Marc Darby, Le Chevalier Delahussaye, [____?] Benoit St. Claire, Dauterive, Labbee pere. Fr. Geffrotin officiated. deClouet, Joseph Alexandre (Alexandre Joseph, fils and Catherine Charlotte Lessard) born 20 Nov. 1784, baptized 29 Jan. 1785 Godparents [PAT GPs] Alexandre Francois Joseph deClouet [NOTE FULL NAME] and Louise Favrot, wife of Mr. deClouet. Fr. Geffrotin (SM Ch.: v.3, #32) deClouet, Etienne (Alexandre and Catherine Lesar) born 1 April 1787, baptized 7 June 1787 Godparents Etienne Lesar and Anne Lesar. Fr. Maseda (SM Ch. v.4, #262) deClouet, Alexandre Le Chevalier died 30 July 1789 in New Orleans, whose widow is Louise de Favrot. Statement and general inventory dated: 5 Sept. 1789 Wits: Armand Ducrest, Jean Berard - both of this Post; Martin Duralde - being of Oppeloussas, Francois Cesar Boutte, Louis Grevember; de Lavillebeuvre (SM Ct. Hse.: OA-vol. 7, #98) Alexandre le Chevalier deClouet died July 31, 1789 and was buried in New Orleans. A “Statement and general inventory dated Sept. 5, 1789 was recorded at the St. Martin Parish Courthouse (OA-vol.7, #98) with Armand Ducrest and Jean Berard, both the Atakapas Post; Martin Duralde of “Oppeloussas,” Francois Ceaar Boutte, Louis Grevember; de Lavillebeuvre as witnesses. An “Act of the Widow and Children” is recorded in the St. Martin Parish Courthouse on Sept. 8, 1789 (OA-vol. 7, No. 90). The act by Louise [Favrot] and Alexandre Charles Chevalier Louis Brognier, her major son, brought the act. Witnesses were Berard, Martin Duralde, Armand Ducrest, Don Jean DelaVillebeuvre. deClouet, Marie Louise - of Atakapas married 21 Feb. 1792 Jean Charles Benoit de la Claire - of Atakapas. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.38) deClouet, Louise Marie Hyacinthe (Alexandre and Louise de Faverot) married 29 May 1793 Jean Baptiste Benoit De St. Clair (SM Ct. Hse.: OA-14-12) deClouet, Marie Francoise (Alexandre - of New Orleans and Catherine de Laissard - of Fort Chartres in Illinois country - parish of St. Francis Xavier at Post Vincent on Wabach River, referred to as Vincennes on the Wabash) born 9 Aug. 1795, baptized 24 April 1798 Pats: Alexandre deClouet - of Picardie, France and Louise Faverot - of New Orleans; Mats: Etienne de Laissard, - of La Rochelle, France and Helene Facinde - of New Orleans; Godparents Charles deClouet represented by Jacques Fontenot and Francoise Gerard, wife of Joseph Faverot represented by Caroline deClouet. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: v.5, #41) deClouet, girl (Alexandre and Catherine de Laissard - of my parish) buried 29 Jan. 1799. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch. v.4, #172) deClouet, girl - of this parish (Alexandre and Catherine de Laissard) buried I I Aug. 1800 at age 7 wks. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch. v.4, #210) deClouet, Charlotte Caroline (dec. Alexandre - of Picardie, France, and Louise de Faverot - of New Orleans) married 10 Sept. 1801 Clair Benoit de St. Claire - of New Orleans (dec. lean Baptiste and Marguerite Poyret - of Illinois) Wits: N. deClouet, Joseph Jacques SORREL, Olivier de Vezin, Jean Berard, Antoine Boutte, Francoise Toussaint, Dominique Prevost. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: v.4, #235) deClouet, Charlotte married contract dated: 24 May 1802 Clair Benoit de Ste. Clair Wits: Francois Gonsoulin, Jean Baptiste Peytavin du Bousquet, deClouet, Marin Lenormand, Louise Favrot, Alexandre deClouet, Charles deClouet, Balthazard deClouet, Louise deClouet widow BENOIT; Louis Charles DEBLANC (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.21-1, #86) deClouet, Mr. (Alexandre and Catherine de Laissard) buried 3 Aug. 1804 at age 20 yrs. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: v.4, #356) deClouet, Etienne (major son of Alexandre and dec. Charlotte de Lessar) married 3 April 1809 Marie Aspasie Fuselier (minor daughter of Agricole and Christine Berard) Wits: Peter Regnier, Louis Veillon, Dominique Prevost, Alexis Ferry, Jean Berard, Jean Pierre Ozenne, deClouet Benoit, Levina White, --- Latiolais, Benoit de la Clair, Baptiste Berard, Marie Hortense Berard, Achille Berard, Alexandre de Clouet, A. Fuselier, Erasie Fuselier, Uranie Fuselier, Catiche deClouet, Edmond Ozenne, --- Labbe, Etienne Fuselier, Artemise deClouet. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.5, #143) deClouet, Marie Charlotte (minor daughter of Alexander - of Bayou Vermillion and dec. Charlotte de Lessard) married 7 Aug. 1809 Francois Chevalier Delommee - of St. Charles Parish on River (major son of Edme Joseph - of St. Charles Parish and Jeanne Antoinette de Glapion) Wits: Marin Lenormand, Dominique Prevost, Francois Gonsoulin, Alexandre Delhomme, Clarice de Claiborne, Julie Darby, d Bnoist, Catiche deClouet, 0. Benoit, A. Fasetin, Levina White, Francois Marc, Ran. Eastin, Anna White. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.5, #158) deClouet, Marie Lisima (dec. Etienne - of this parish and dec. Marie Aspasie Fiselier) born 21 April 1810, baptized 23 May 1816 Pats: Alexandre deClouet and dec. Catherine DE Laissard; Mats: Agricole Fuselier and Christine Berard; Godparents Alexandre deClouet - paternal grandfather, represented by Francois Benoist St. Claire and Marie Catiche deClouet. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.6, #2037) deClouet, [Jean-] Balthazar Neuville - of this parish, native of New Orleans (major son of dec. Alexandre deClouet - former Commandant for his Catholic Majesty of both Posts of Atakapas and Opeloussas and Louise Faverot) married 17 July 1811 Marie Louise deBlanc - of this parish, widow of Jean Valentin du Forest (major daughter of Louis Charles DEBLANC - former Commandant of this Post for his Catholic Majesty and Elizabeth Pomponne Derneville) Wits: Jean Berard, Dominique Prevost, Louis Judice, Alexandre DelaHoussaye, St. Marc Darby, Ron. Eastin, Jean Darby, Pelletier DelaHoussaye, Louis deBlanc, Favrot deClouet. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.5, #216) deClouet, Etienne (Alexandre and dec. Charlotte De LAISSAR) died 23 Oct. 1811 at age 24 years at the home of Mr. Lastrappe at Opelousas; buried 24 Oct. 1811 in the parish cemetery. Signed: Grevemberg, N. deClouet, Jacque Fontenette, Antoine Martinez, Th. Davisin (DEVEZIN), Louis Buhoty (Fr. Buhot of Opelousas). Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch,: v.4, #728) deClouet, Etienne Alexandre (dec. Etienne and dec. Marie Aspasie Fuselier) born 7 June 1812, baptized 23 May 1816 Pats: Alexandre deClouet and dec. Catherine de Leissard; Mats: Agricole Fuselier and Christine Berard; Godparents Agricole Fuselier, maternal grandfather and Marie Louise deClouet, widow of dec. Jean Baptiste Benoist St. Claire; Signs: A. Fuselier. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.6, #2038) deClouet, Alexandre [II, FILS (Jr) bc1760]- colonel of the militia; died 23 Jan. 1816 at age 55 years at his home at la pointe; buried 23 Jan. 1816 in the parish cemetery. Signed: Aman Dugas, F.Penne, Charles delaHoussaie. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.4, #1017) deClouet, Alexandre Children: Marie Francoise Arthemise - 20-1/2 yrs.: Marie Louis Catiche; Marie Charlotte married Christophe DELHOMME. Succ. dated 22 Feb. 1816 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#227) deClouet, Marie Francoise Arthemise (Alexandre and Catherine Lessard) married 23 May 1816 Francois Benoit de St. Clair (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-30-2933 deClouet, Marie Francoise Arthernise - native of this parish (minor daughter of dec. Alexandre - former Colonel of the militia and inhabitant and dec. Catherine de Leissard) married 23 May 1816 Francois Benoist St. Clair - native of this parish (major son of dec. Jean Baptiste and Marie Louise deClouet) Wits: Theodore Biallet, Claire Benoit Ste. Clair, Joseph Dubuclet, Francois Gonsoulin, deClouet Delhomme, Darby Dubuclet, Joseph Gonsoulin, Martin Duralde, Catiche deClouet, veuve [ ] Benoit. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.5, #408) deClouet, Marie Louise [Catiche] (Alexandre and Catherine Lessart) married 20 May 1817 Charles Henry LASTRAPE of Opel. (SM Ct.Hse.: OA30-3199) deClouet, Marie Louise Catich married 1817 Charles Lastrape *entered in the St. Martin church registers (NI Ch.: OA453) deClouet, Marie Louise Catiche - native of this parish (major daughter of dec. Colonel Alexandre and dec. Catherine DE Lessard) married 20 May 1817 Charles LASTRAPE - native of Opelousas (major son of Jean Henry - inhabitant of Opeloussas and Genevieve Boisdore) Wits: Andre Lastrape, Jean Baptiste Dejean, Clair Benoist de Sainte Clair, Charles Delhomme. Note: copy made from original left at the Opelousas church archives, not being able to carry the Register since a marriage was celebrated here in the Church on the same day. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.6, #41) deClouet, Marie Louise Catiche - of this parish (major daughter of dec. Colonel Alexandre and dec. Catherine de Lessard) married 20 May 1817 Charles Lastrape - of Opelousas (major son of Jean Henry - of Opelousas and Genevieve Boisdore) Wits: Andre Lastrape, Jean Baptiste DeJean, Clair Benoit de St. Clair, Charles Delhomme. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: Folio F) deClouet, Joseph Favrot Succ. dated April 1818 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#291) deClouet, Alexandre Succ. dated Dec. 1819 (Opel. Ct.Hse.: Succ. # 149) deClouet, Lisima (dec. Mr. deClouet and Aspasie Fuselier) died 10 March 1820 at age about 10 yrs. at the home of Agricole Fuselier - her paternal [probably should be "her maternal, grandfather; buried I I March 1820 in the parish cemetery. Sig Laurent Sigue, Edied Varnier. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch. v.4, #1329) deClouet, Caroline - spouse of Clair Benoist [Benoit] de St. Clair - inhabitant at La fausse Pointe, died 22 April 1820 at 11:30 p.m. at age about 42 years; buried 23 April 1820 in the parish cemetery. Signed: Jean Darby, Fr.Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.4, #1351) deClouet, Charlotte married [? date] Andre Fournier - In Succ. of Andre Fournier dated Nov. 1821 (Opel. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#245) deClouet, Louise - widow of Jean Baptiste Benoit; died I Sept. 1822 at age about 47 years at her home; buried 2 Sept. 1822 in the parish cemetery. Signed: Valery Martin, Baptiste Beauvais, Charles Potier. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.4, #1523) deClouet, Marie Francoise - spouse of Francois Benoit de St. Clair, inhabitant at Bayou Capucin; died 15 Jan. 1825 at age about 29 years at her home at Bayou Capucin; buried 16 Jan. 1825 in the parish cemetery. Fr. Marcel Borella (SM Ch.: v.4, #1684) deClouet, Louisa married 4 June 1825 Debruel Sallie (Frank. [?St. Mary] Ct.Hst~ Mar.#308) deClouet, Marie Succ. dated 28 Sept. 1825 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#539) deClouet, Marie Charlotte married Christophe Chevalier Delhomme, Suc., dated 22 Oct. 1829 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#629) <BOLD>Soude Villier, The Opelousas Post; Hebert, SWLR Copyright © 1998-1999-2000 Gladys LaGrange de Villiers Glad Tidings

The July 15th Meeting will be held at the Dupree Library, 3rd floor, Louisiana Room. Hours will be 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.. We would like all members on committes to come an hour early at 5:30 p.m. There have been newspaper articles in the newspapers, here and Baton Rouge. If you can bring a copy to the meeting. We want to make our meetings more available to old members and new members. Time and hours. Need Discussion We want to recruit old, ex members. Why they left? How can we get them back? Did they need a ride? Need Discussion We have a lot of experience with our members on researching genealogy. We need them to help, by speaking about some of the problems of our society to recruit, train and volunteer for some of our projects. We would like to undertake many more projects. Most of this work you can do at home or at the library. Need Discussion We need to discuss a meeting with open channel, Lafayette T.V. about our Genealogy Society. What to include. Need Discussion We want to discuss Brickwalls of members. Need Discussion We want to pair our new members with old members doing the same surname research. We want you to help them get started, not do their genealogy and be available for some of their questions in the future. Need Discussion Our speaker for tomorrow night will be Estelle Perraulet, president of the Imperial St. Landry Genealogical and Historical Society. _www.imperialstlandry.org_ (http://www.imperialstlandry.org) . I attended a meeting last saturday in Opelousas. They discussed the making of a pictorial history of the area. Her talk will be well worth coming to the meeting. Our August meeting will be at the downtown library, August 19, 2004 and our speaker will be Lauren Smith. She will be talking about _www.ancestry.com_ (http://www.ancestry.com) , How it works and how to search your history. Also she will talk about researching through the library's website for magazine articles on genealogy from Time, Life, and newspapers. This work can be done at home or at the library. One of our upcoming meetings will be a Private Investigator thats finds people and does genealogy. We also need speakers to talk about: Genealogical Resources in the Lafayette Area. Getting the most from the Census. Internet for Genealogists. Online databases. Computer Basics. Beginnine Genealogy. Using Land Records. Using PERSI in Family History Research. De-Mystifying GEDCOM. How to care for, protect and repair old photographs. Need someone to tell us how to search church records. Now this Electronic Newsletter is off and running. Any questions or problems. Earl Gates Lafayette Genealogy Society

This is to let members of our Society know about this program, coming up in August. Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~laaltga/schedule.html">Click here: Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association</A>

Many individuals don't consider what it really takes to become a member in a recognized society such as DAR and SAR. This email is for those members who have considered taking on this challenge. With most Hereditary Societies it is a requirement to supply a linage complete with irrefutable proof. And becomes a surprise to some individuals, when they find that the documents they have collected are not adequate to complete the requirements. One of the common mistakes made by individuals applying for a recognized society, Is that sometimes, individuals feel they have documented their case quit well. By relying on printed material, gravestone inscriptions, or records in a family bible. Not realizing there possibly may be better records to substantiate the line. In fact, some times individuals don't even bother sending for death certificates. They merely copy a record from a book, along with the name and call number (i.e., Southwest Louisiana records: church and civil records) and not photocopied the frontispiece. Nor did they collect probate records, which can prove invaluable when making links between generations. And sometimes they may have just used a soundex for information instead of going to the actual census. Even if you don't plan to join a hereditary society, it still is a good idea to start with yourself and examine each ancestor to the end of the line. Evaluate your documentation, making sure you haven't relied to much on secondary sources for your information. Check all the facts, dates and places and where you have made assumptions on the "preponderance of the evidence," did you write down the steps that you took to achieve your conclusion? Did you fully identify photocopies of your material that authenticates your line? In case you haven't, It's not to late to "make it right." Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com

Hi Everyone: Today while thinking I'm truly tired of all this rain.<G> A thought came to me about Hurricane season and are we genealogically prepared? 1. Have we made copies of all our important documents? 2. Have we placed these copies in a separate location, such as safety deposit box, at one of our children's homes, or at a relatives in another state? 3. Of the documents that we do have in our home, are they in a location that is temperature controlled? Not in garages or in attics. 4. Do we have these documents in containers, such as the plastic ones, which can help protect these precious documents from flood or water damage? 5. Have we made a recent back up, if not two or three of our genealogical data bases? I Bring these above items to mind, Since this is the time of year when thunderstorms are the norm and many computers crash. Not to mention, the loss of all information on our hard drives. Then to think of all the flooding going on and the moister. We truly should evaluate whether or not we are taking care of our hard work for our posterity. Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com

July 3-Sept. 18: “We Rode the Orphan Train” exhibit, Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center, 315 N. Main St. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 948-2589.

Ancestral Endeavors A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www.nettally.com/lgsla Volume 2004 Issue 6 June 2004 The Minutes of the June 17, 2004 Meeting Call to order for Committee Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Committee members talked about donations for our society and ways that were the best to represent our society. Allowing us to gain possible businesses to support our efforts. In addition, the committee spoke about the speakers and classes which will be offered at our up coming October Conference. The help we will need from our members such as contact committees; press committee; printing committee's; etc. The committee spoke about ways to get our vital records CDs burned, possible future projects, and additional ways to promote the Society. Another topic of Discussion was about updating our Web Page. The society web page has not been updated for about 2 years. And members would like to see it more productive. It was brought up that our society could possibly use ProPay for people to pay for the conference through our new web site. If we find ProPay works out for the conference. We will then think about it's possible use on our web site, to renew membership, obtain new members, ordering items we have for sell, such as our cemetery books, CDs, etc. It was discussed that the Lafayette Genealogical Society should change their host for their web site. By using Rootsweb.com, a genealogical site that several societies use and are frequented by many genealogists. Rootsweb does not charge our society a fee to host our site. Plus they will give us unlimited web space. This making it possible to do a lot more with our web site. An additional benefit for our society, is that web updating can be maintained even when someone moves or is out of town. As all passwords are property of the society. Cindy Hofmeister has offered to help design the new web site for our society. And has asked for help from all members. She is looking for ideas and things to put on our site. Please contact her at hofsearch@aol.com if you have any ideas. (Remember this is your society so volunteer with ideas) Our regular scheduled meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. and consisted of a general Welcome, Moment of Silence for our military and for Eula's progress. Followed by the Pledge. We had 20 individuals present at our meeting, two of which are new members Please welcome James and Norma Deshotels. We are glad to have you become members of our society. And look forward to working with you in your ancestral needs. If you have any questions or are in need of personal help? Please contact one of our committee chairs. We will be glad to assist you in anyway possible. Speaker Cindy Hofmeister - TRICKS FOR HAVING SUCCESS WITH INTERNET RESEARCH. Cindy briefly discussed some of the more widely used web sites such as Ancestry.com; FamilySearch.org; Genealogy.com; Rootsweb.com; Cyndi'slist.com. this part of the class was a basic over view of their pros and cons. She then went on to discuss different tricks for using search engines. "Google" being the main example. Below is information included in Cindy's class handout, this area contains different tricks when using search engines Many genealogists don't understand different search engines and how they work. For the purpose of this class, I will discuss some of the more widely used ones. Such as google.com; altavista.com; yahoo.com And different tricks to use, in order to have success when researching your family. Typically I will use google. 1. Try is just placing your surname in the search field. See how many hits come up. Such as hofmeister 2. Next try doing this search. Rootsweb: hofmeister 3. Try doing a search. Rootsweb: Louisiana hofmeister 4. When you want to narrow your hits, try putting quotation marks around your particular name. "george hofmeister" 5. You can also try such things as Native Americans Try searching different search engines this way. You will see some of the same results. But several times you will get different hits. In addition, Cindy spoke on using different archives to obtain genealogical information. She mentioned several states and national archives are making information available online and these should be resources you use often. If you missed our June meeting and would like a copy of the handout please contact Cindy Hofmeister at hofsearch@aol.com and she will send you a copy of the handout. Old Business - Rayne's Genealogy Conference seminar September 25, 2004 with volunteers Brenda, Cindy and Regina. We would like to be able to sell our vital record CDs at this conference. And are in need of individuals, who know how to burn CDs. Or possibly a place that will charge a minimal fee for doing this service. However, FREE is best! Ancestor Road Show through the library. The society talked about the Ancestor Road Show and voted on having this take place in January. We are in need of society members to volunteer for this project who have a variety of knowledge in genealogy. We are in need of Saturday volunteers for the library. If you have not volunteered, Please put your name on the list!! (This is one of the ways we pay the library back for having a facility to host our meetings.) New Business - Earl Gates spoke about the software program called GenSmarts. Information about this program was sent out in LALGS email list earlier in the week. GenSmarts uses artificial intelligence to analyzes your genealogy file, produces research suggestions you should try and why. In addition, GenSmarts gives a To Do List (marriage date missing for relative), ( birth date missing, death date missing) and offers places you can find you answers. Visit http://www.ohanasoftware.com/. Earl Gates spoke with Lauren Smith about adding HeritageQuest to the library's databases. Lauren said in the past, she was told the money was not in the budget. However, she is now in charge of database management for the library (She has been promoted to Electronic Resources Librarian). She has spoken with a representative and gotten some information. She will see if this is one database that can be added, but cannot promise anything though until she has reviewed this year's budget. We have a new Genealogy Librarian. Ms. Fedrick has worked as a paraprofessional before receiving her masters to become a librarian at the Blue Bonnet Library in Baton Rouge. Ms. Fedrick will start in July. Please be nice to our New Genealogical Librarian and welcome her with open arms. We get success better with honey, not with vinegar!!! TREASURER'S REPORT PERIOD ENDING MAY 2004 $2,829.68 BEGINNING BALANCE MAY DEBITS NEWSLETTER/Publication POSTAGE/BOX RENT $0.00 SUPPLIES/presents $11.18 BOOKS $0.00 Banquet/Publication $0.00 CREDITS DEPOSITS (MEMBERSHIP DUES) BOOK SALES (Calendar) Postage BANQUET $0.00 ENDING BALANCE $2,818.50

Hi Everyone: I wanted to send this message out and remind every one of our meeting tomorrow night. Our regular scheduled meeting will take place at 6:30 PM. However, we will not be meeting at the Lafayette Public Library like normal. We will be meeting at the Dupre library instead. Note: For those members on the committee. Please come a half an hour early, so we can have a committee meeting. Our class will be "Different Tricks For Success With Internet Research" If I can have my laptop fixed today, I can show what kinds of items can be found. Other wise the class will just have hand out with sites that you can use to further your research. This should be a very informative class <G> Hope to see you all there! FYI Earlier this month I was sent this email from a company I deal with. From what I have read, I think this program would be of great to help us all. It would allow us to see what records we need to search. In addition, helping us create research logs, etc. If you would like to learn more about GenSmarts I have included the email below. Ohana Software is pleased to announce the availability of GenSmarts. GenSmarts knows where you need to research and why. GenSmarts uses artificial intelligence to analyze your genealogy file and produce research suggestions. Think of it as your personal expert research assistant. It works with many popular genealogy programs. It helps you plan online research and trips to libraries, court houses, etc., by generating "to do" lists and printing worksheets to track your search results. Download the free trial version now at www.ohanasoftware.com. 1. GenSmarts makes "To Do" lists for you. What records you should check...based on the data you have collected in your genealogical software file. Items on your list can be checked off when a search has been completed. The logic behind the recommendation is shown so that you understand why. For records that can be found online, there are links to take you there. 2. GenSmarts maintains Inventories of Places you can do Research Addresses of research locations Inventories of what is available at each location You can view or print a "To Do" list for a specific trip or location. Websites are also included 3. GenSmarts makes smart reports for you to use. GenSmarts reports are really smart. For example, if you are searching a census, you are given helpful information for your search.Soundex codes, alternate spellings, ages calculated to the census, and other helpful background information. Visit www.OhanaSoftware.com today.

Our meeting will be Thursday, June 17, 2004. Our speaker will be Cindy Hofmeister and she will talk about Good Web Pages and tricks for internet searching. Earl Gates

Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of creating a new website for our genealogical society and need help from our members. What I'm looking for are any websites you have found that may have helped you in your genealogical research. These would be sites that you feel others visiting our site would benefit from. I'm also looking for pictures. These pictures would be of family or anything pertaining to the Louisiana area that you feel would be a nice background for our website. It is our hope that this site will be beneficial for anyone doing research in our area. So any help would be GREAT! I do feel it would be something that will benefit our society and help grow our membership. Please remember that I'm not a computer programer and that I don't really do this type of thing. However, I'm willing to try and learn something new to help our society<G> If there is something you have always dreamed of doing or thought it would be nice to learn. Why not take the step and just do it!! We need all the help we can get, so please volunteer and make our society the success we would all like it to be. Thanks! Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com

ANCESTRAL ENDEAVORS A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOLLOW UP TO NOTES SENT IN TO PASS ON. _www.nettally.com/lgsla_ (http://www.nettally.com/lgsla) Volume 2004 Issue 5a May 2004 Our Lafayette Genealogy Society Meetings for June 17, 2004 and July 15, 2004, 6:30 - 9:00 will be at the Dupree Library. Family History Center Hours: Will be closed Tue and Wed for maintenance and will be open again Sat 12 June. The National Archives has recently made its indexes and abstracts to the records of World War II Army service men abailable on its website. Here is the web address: _http://aad.archives.gov/aad/title_list.jsp_ (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/title_list.jsp) You can search online for VETERANS' BURIAL SITES _http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1_ (http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1) _http://www.cem.va.gov_ (http://www.cem.va.gov) Arlington National Cemetery _http://www.cem.va.gov/arlington.htm_ (http://www.cem.va.gov/arlington.htm) Recording Ages on Tombstones By Bill Churchill in the USA I don't know why gravestones contained the age at death rather than the birth date, but prior to 1776 or so in the United States and 1837 in England there was no civil registration of births. In England Parish records contained baptism, marriage, and burial records, but exact birth and death dates were not recorded. This can be seen in early Plymouth Colony gravestones where the age of individuals at death are given. Oftentimes the age is only in years, sometimes months and years. It has been said that in early times many people did not actually know their exact birth dates but recokoned births to some reference such as the first week of Easter in 1770, a month before the king's coronation,etc. I would speculate that the giving of ages on gravestones in years, months and days simply developed into a customary practive. Very obviously, when an age at death is given down to the day the exact birth date was known so it is logical that this simply came to be the custom. * * * Calendar Change Created Problems By Jeff Hamilton, Minister at the La Vista Church of Christ In regard to "Tombstone Recording Customs," by Bill Bambach, the practice probably came about because there was a shift in dates in the mid-1700s. It causes genealogists plenty of headaches trying to figure out if a date given was under the old system or the new. I'm sure it caused families plenty of headaches as well. It was easier just to state the age at death. Once the practice entered the culture, it remained long after it was needed. * * * Thanks to Wayne Vial, you have a list of the Catholic churches of New Orleans and the dates of their founding. Another list is here: _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/directry/churches.txt_ (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/directry/churches.txt) A list of the German-language churches (Catholic and Protestant) can be found here: _http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~neworleans/german_church_records/inv entory.html_ (http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~neworleans/german_church_records/inventory.html) I'm not aware of a comprehensive list of other Protestant churches. (My understanding is that there were no Protestant churches in colonial New Orleans prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.) Colleen Fitzpatrick posted a list of al the churches in the 1859 ciry directory here: _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/directry/chur1859.txt_ (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/directry/chur1859.txt) Remember that this list is not comprehensive and the names of many churches have changed. * * * ACADIAN TALL SHIP SAIL... At last the tall ship EUROPA has given us the go-ahead for the Acadian sail to Nova Scotia from France. Could you please include this as a news feature/event on your site? We are hoping to have as many Acadians as possible join the voyage and already have interest from folks in Nova Soctia, New Brunswick and Louisiana. CBC's Land and Sea will be along to film and I will be writing a series on the sail for the Halifax Chronicle Herald and others. Thank you so much, Vaughne Madden. from Todd Jarrell, acadia_nsail@earthlink.net_ (mailto:acadiansail@earthlink.net) from _guidryrm@cox.net_ (mailto:guidryrm@cox.net) * * * The New Orleans newspaper know as L'Abeille(The Bee), 1827-1923, is now online in Adobe Acrobat format. It is available on the website of the Jefferson Parish Library System: _http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/genealogy/NewOrleansBeeMain.htm_ (http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/genealogy/NewOrleansBeeMain.htm) or if that doesn't work, then go to _http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/_ (http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/) Choose "Reference" then, "Genealogy", then "New Orleans Bee." The English editions are also included, although it is best to check both, as the English is not an exact translation of the French. From Jean Kiesel * * * A Genealogical codicil to my last will and testament To my spouse, children or guardian: Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or all of my Genealogical records, books, files, notebooks, photos or computer programs for a period of two years. During this time period, please attempt to identify one or more persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family history. In the event you do not find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical organizations that I have been a member of and determine if they will accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. Please remember that my genealogical endeavors consumed a great deal of time, travel and money. Therefore, please do not ignore my requests. Signed Date Witness: Witness: From Dorothy Burleigh * * * Earl Gates _GatesEarlG@aol.com_ (mailto:GatesEarlG@aol.com) Lafayette Genealogy Society P.O. Box 52041 Lafayette, Louisiana 70505

ANCESTRAL ENDEAVORS A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www,nettally.com/lgsla Volume 2004 Issue 5 May 2004 The Minutes of the May 20, 2004 Meeting The regularly scheduled meeting of the Lafayette Genealogical Society was called to order by Acting President Earl Gates at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Lafayette Public Library. We had 24 people in attendance. After a moment of silence in honor of our veterans and their families, Earl led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Guests and new members present included Charles Peyton and Tom Moore. The minutes and the treasurer's report were accepted as reported in the newsletter. Program: No speaker tonight but we had a talk from each member about who they were researching, their roadblocks and successes. The two new members found a cousin that could help them with their research. Old Business: Donations we approached all auto dealerships for donations for the genealogy society, We need speakers? We have approached the radio and TV stations to promote the society on the air. We have sent letters to the newspapers: Lafayette Advertiser and Baton Rouge Avocate thru Damon Veach genealogy column on Sunday. Lauren Smith suggests we put on a Ancestor Road Show, set up four tables in the meeting room on Saturday. There would be a signup sheet at a table with a list of professionals and their specialities. While talking about this idea the members suggested that we would do this Ancestor Road Show helping any people interesting in doing genealogy. We would set up four tables with members at the tables taking care of anyone coming in and help them do their family history. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. and refreshments were served. Copies of Ancestral Endeavors will be available at the meetings for members who do not have e-mail. Those that are not picked up will be sent by snail mail. Lafayette Genealogy Society P.O. Box 52041 Lafayette, LA 70505

ANCESTRAL ENDEAVORS A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www.nettally.com/lgsla Volume 2004 Issue 3 The Minutes of the April 15, 2004 Meeting The regularly scheduled meeting of the Lafayette Genealogical Society was called to order by Acting President Earl Gates at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Lafayette Public Library. We had 28 people in attendance. After a moment of silence in honor of our veterans and their families, Earl led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Eula's progress, unfortunely she had therapy 3 to 5 days a week and can no longer drive. Program: Our guest speaker was Regina English, on organizing you Genealogy Files. Disorganized stacks of papers are the true hallmark of a genealogist spending hundreds of hours doing research. If we can not find what we are looking for all that time has been wasted. 1. A filing cabinet or file boxes with lids. The boxes need to be strong, preferably plastic, with horizontal inner ridges or grooves for letter-size hanging files. 2. Colored, letter-size hanging file folders in blue, green, red, and yellow. Look for ones with large tabs. 3. Folders should have slightly smaller tabs than the hanging file folders, and should have reinforced tops to last through heavy use. 4. Labels for file folders should have blue, green, red and yellow strips along the top. Once you've assembled your supplies, it's time to get started with the file folders. Use different colored file folders for the lineages of each of your four grandparents - in other words, all folders created for the ancestors of one grandparent will be marked with the same color. The colors you select are up to you, but the following color choices are the most common: BLUE - ancestors of your paternal grandfather (father's father) GREEN - ancestors of your paternal grandmother (father's mother) RED - ancestors of your maternal grandfather (mother's father) YELLOW - ancestors of your maternal grandfather (mother's mother) Using the colors as outlined above, create a separate folder for each surname, writing names on the hanging file tab insert with a black permanent marker (or printing inserts on your printer). Then hang the files in alphabetical order in your file box or cabinet by color (i.e. put the blues alphabetically in one group, the greens in another group. etc.). If you're new to genealogy research, this may be all you need to do. New Business: Family History Center new hours: Tuesday 9-6 and 7-9 p.m., Wednesday 7-9 p.m. and Saturday 9-1 a.m. Old Business: Rayne's Genealogy seminar September 25, 2004 with volunteers Brenda, Cindy and Regina. Copies of Ancestral Endeavors will be abailable at the meetings for members who do not have e-mail. Those that are not picked up will be sent by snail mail. Our meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. and refreshments were served. Our meeting was considered very productive and closed.

Our Genealogy Meeting is tonight at 6:30 p.m. See you there. Earl

Our Genealogy Meeting is today 6:30 p.m. at downtown library.