On May 23, 2001, Cricket at: graciante@juno.com posted the following inquiry on the Landry genforum: Would the lady I was helping with Joseph Landry and Marie-Rose Melancon & Marianne Melancon please e-mail me. My computer has been down and I lost everything ======================== RESPONSE: There were two Joseph Landrys who married Marie Melancons about the same time and named their children with similar names. This has caused some confusion to researchers. There was Joseph Landry s/o Firmin Landry and Francoise dit Elizabeth Thibodeau bn 1750 at Pisiquid, Acadia and exiled with his parents to Maryland, married ca 1775 at Attakapas (St. Martinville) to Marie-Anne Melancon bn ca 1760 d/o of Paul Melancon and Marie Theriot Children: Elise Landry, bn 24 December 1778 Agricole Landry, bn April 23 1780 Celestin Landry, bn 1781 Marie Magdeleine Landry, bn 22 June 1782 Adelaide Landry, bn 7 February 1784 Anastasie Landry, bn 15 July 1785 Cyrille Landry, bn 7 February 1787 Joseph Dionisius Landry, bn 9 December 1788 Louise Doralise Landry, bn 23 February 1790 Joseph Pantelon Landry, Jr., bn 11 November 1790 Seraphie Landry, bn 11 November 1793 Eloi Landry, bn January 1795 Lucy Landry, bn 1780 Marie Mealanie Landry, bn 1788 Onesime Landry, bn 1790 Maximillien dit Similien Landry, bn 11 November 1795 ======================================= Then there is Joseph (dit Rene) s/o Rene Landry & Marie Marguerite Theriot, bn 8 july 1753 at Grand Pre m. 12 October at St James parish, La to Marie Rose Melancon bn 1 March 1772 at St James d/o Jean-Baptiste Melancon and Marguerite Dupuis Children: Celestine Landry, bn 3 January 1791 Marie Marcellite Landry, bn 17 March 1793 Eloy Joseph Landry, bn ca 19 January 1795 Rosemond Landry, bn 18 June 1797 Marie Magdeleine Landry, bn 4 November 1802 Ursin Landry, bn 4 December 1804 Joseph Estinville Landry, bn 15 February 1807 Onesime Landry, bn 27 October 1810 I hope this helps unravel some of the confusion. Don Landry don2717@aol.com