All, Charles Whipple, Deener 1873/09/03 VEE 678 327, 328 VEE 678 Seems to be referring to the Fourth Justice of the Peace Marriag licenses dated 1846-1880 (This seems to be from St. Louis to Esplanade) or 1864 and after the 3rd Mun. district of New Orleans. the link http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/neh/nehva.htm#va6 is very helpful. I referred the VEE 678 and found which reel I need to order to view. Thanks so much--my search for my family continues. Above is the entry. Anyone with information on the above names? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Hellmers" <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] JP MARRIAGE RECORD > Hello Economy Water Wells, > > VEE 678 apparently indicates a marriage license from the Fourth Justice of > the Peace. See: > http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/neh/nehva.htm#va6 > > In addition to the link Judy sent, see also: > http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/marriagerecords.htm > > A license from a JP did not necessarily mean that he married the couple. > Many (and perhaps most) licenses were issued to clergymen. Have you > checked (or had the NOPL check for you) the JP marriage license index? > Where did you get the VEE 678 number from? The license will give the name > of the JP. > > I too have never seen a list of the JPs. This system was in place for 34 > years, and there were as many as eight JP districts, so a list has > probably never been made. > > Norm > > --- On Thu, 6/19/08, Economy Water Wells <econh20@eatel.net> wrote: >> Does anyone know what VEE 678 means? How can we tell what >> Justice of Peace >> married the couple? Is there a list for the names of the >> Justice of Peace for New Orleans? > . . . > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
MARRIAGE RECORD Hotard and St. Amand The last I heard, the document is so old, very fragile its not advisable to copy it. Hopefully it has been filmed......and a copy can be made from it. ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)
Hello Economy Water Wells, VEE 678 apparently indicates a marriage license from the Fourth Justice of the Peace. See: http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/neh/nehva.htm#va6 In addition to the link Judy sent, see also: http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/marriagerecords.htm A license from a JP did not necessarily mean that he married the couple. Many (and perhaps most) licenses were issued to clergymen. Have you checked (or had the NOPL check for you) the JP marriage license index? Where did you get the VEE 678 number from? The license will give the name of the JP. I too have never seen a list of the JPs. This system was in place for 34 years, and there were as many as eight JP districts, so a list has probably never been made. Norm --- On Thu, 6/19/08, Economy Water Wells <econh20@eatel.net> wrote: > Does anyone know what VEE 678 means? How can we tell what > Justice of Peace > married the couple? Is there a list for the names of the > Justice of Peace for New Orleans? . . .
This write-up on the New Orleans Public Library's website answers some of your questions. http://www.nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/jpmarrindex/jpmarrindex.htm I have never seen a published list of Justices of the Peace, but there may be some records in the Commission Books at the Louisiana State Archives. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Economy Water Wells" <econh20@eatel.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] MARRIAGE RECORD Hotard and St. Amand > Does anyone know what VEE 678 means? How can we tell what Justice of > Peace > married the couple? Is there a list for the names of the Justice of Peace > for New Orleans? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norm Hellmers" <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> > To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] MARRIAGE RECORD Hotard and St. Amand > > >> Carolyn et al, >> >> It doesn't apply in this case, but don't forget the >> Justice of the Peace marriage records that go back to >> at least 1846. >> >> Norm >> >> --- Carolyn Long <carolynlong@earthlink.net> wrote: >> . . . >>> Remember that there are no civil >>> marriage records until about 1870. >> . . . >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Does anyone know what VEE 678 means? How can we tell what Justice of Peace married the couple? Is there a list for the names of the Justice of Peace for New Orleans? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Hellmers" <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] MARRIAGE RECORD Hotard and St. Amand > Carolyn et al, > > It doesn't apply in this case, but don't forget the > Justice of the Peace marriage records that go back to > at least 1846. > > Norm > > --- Carolyn Long <carolynlong@earthlink.net> wrote: > . . . >> Remember that there are no civil >> marriage records until about 1870. > . . . > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Afternoon, My goodness, the great help continues! I truly appreciate all the information. Andy -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Smileson@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:06 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 249 SWLR VOL 1 PGE 115 PIERRE OF MOBILE & GENEVIEVE ROUSSEAU OF PC SON FRANCOIS CARMOUCHE M- FRANCOISE ARSONNEAU (SJ (SM CH) they had a child die in 1790 7 mths old bapt child in 1795 child bn 1802 died 1809 another entry in 1801 has F & F FROM MISS RIVER SJ ON MISS. I HAVE SEEN THE BIRTH OF PIERRE CARMOUCHE AT PC, SANTA ROSA, MOBILE NOT SURE WHICH IS CORRECT Pierre Carmouche born on (c) - - 1734 at ? died at Lafayette LA on 5 - Dec - 1822 and his ( 1st ) wife Genevieve Katherine Rousseau born on 5 - May - 1746 at St Charles Par LA died at Point Coupee LA on 10 - Oct - 1776 married on 3 - Nov - 1761 2) WIFE FRANCOISE GUEH Francois Carmouche born on 14 - Apr - 1768 at LA Narcisse Carmouche born on ? at _______________ Hypolite Carmouche born on (bp) 4 - Dec - 1774 at St James Par LA PIERRE CARMOUCHE SERVED UNDER GALVEZ IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANOTHER ENTRY PIERRE CARMOUCHE (JEAN & ANNE CHENET) M 21 OCT. 1751 GENEVIEVE ROUSSEAU PC CT. HSE. V. 1779 #1021 PGE 115 SWLR ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
SWLR VOL 1 PGE 115 PIERRE OF MOBILE & GENEVIEVE ROUSSEAU OF PC SON FRANCOIS CARMOUCHE M- FRANCOISE ARSONNEAU (SJ (SM CH) they had a child die in 1790 7 mths old bapt child in 1795 child bn 1802 died 1809 another entry in 1801 has F & F FROM MISS RIVER SJ ON MISS. I HAVE SEEN THE BIRTH OF PIERRE CARMOUCHE AT PC, SANTA ROSA, MOBILE NOT SURE WHICH IS CORRECT Pierre Carmouche born on (c) - - 1734 at ? died at Lafayette LA on 5 - Dec - 1822 and his ( 1st ) wife Genevieve Katherine Rousseau born on 5 - May - 1746 at St Charles Par LA died at Point Coupee LA on 10 - Oct - 1776 married on 3 - Nov - 1761 2) WIFE FRANCOISE GUEH Francois Carmouche born on 14 - Apr - 1768 at LA Narcisse Carmouche born on ? at _______________ Hypolite Carmouche born on (bp) 4 - Dec - 1774 at St James Par LA PIERRE CARMOUCHE SERVED UNDER GALVEZ IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANOTHER ENTRY PIERRE CARMOUCHE (JEAN & ANNE CHENET) M 21 OCT. 1751 GENEVIEVE ROUSSEAU PC CT. HSE. V. 1779 #1021 PGE 115 SWLR ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)
Morning, Pierre CARMOUCHE, son of Jean CARMOUCHE & ANNE CHENET married 3 Nov 1761 [PCP-1, 227 & PCP-3, 101], DOBR, v. 1b, p. 32, Pointe Coupee Records 1722-1769 Genevieve ROUSSEAU daughter of Antoine ROUSSEAU & Genevieve CHEVAL. Jean CARMOUCHE & ANNE CHENET had other children that were born and baptized in Mobile, Alabama but it appears that the couple may have moved into Lousiana [New Orleans Parish] where I suspect that Pierre was born. I do not have access to the early volumes of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, so would sks please do a lookup for me? Any help would be appreciated. Andrea Scott
Hello, I was looking for a police officer that had died years ago, for a resident of mine, and came across this site. I have never seen it before and thought someone might find it useful. The earliest date in LA is 1856. I found my great great great uncle Benjamin Martin who died in the line of duty in Illinois in 1902. Penny T http://www.odmp.org/search.php
>From the Times Picayune June 16, 2008 Facelift begins at Violet cemetery Flooding displaced many of the tombs Monday, June 16, 2008 By Mary Elise DeCourseySt. Bernard bureau The edge of Merrick Cemetery in Violet is lined with about 50 identical white concrete tombs, distinguished only by spray-painted numbers and letters as authorities work to identify the remains disinterred by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters. The neat rows of temporary tombs contrast with the rest of the cemetery, where massive cinder-block vaults remain toppled and strewn about. A few lie open with the coffins exposed, while others rest precariously on cracking tombstones. The scene is a chilling reminder of Katrina's wrath nearly three years ago. But far from being desolate or abandoned, the cemetery had about 15 visitors Saturday. They were there to honor the dead, but not with flowers or candles. Jay Fiala and volunteers from his business, B&I Services, came bearing paint brushes and pressure washers. "It's just unfortunate we can't do more," Fiala said. "The sooner we get this place back in shape, the better." St. Bernard Parish Councilman Fred Everhardt and the Merrick Cemetery Association secured a $10,000 grant from the Meraux Foundation to repair the cemetery. Everhardt visited the cemetery with his wife after receiving calls from residents with family members buried there. The couple was upset by what they saw and vowed to help. Merrick is one of the oldest African-American cemeteries in the country, said the Rev. Henry Ballard, who is working helping to coordinate volunteer efforts. "This is a historic place for the community, a place to pay respect and remember the dead," Ballard said. "That's what this is all about. We want it to be important to everyone." For Laura Allen, a B&I volunteer, the day was especially important. Almost all of her family are buried there, including her mother, father and husband. While her mother's tomb remained intact, she is unsure of what has become of the tombs of her uncles, who served in World War II. "I know they used to be there," Allen said, pointing to a patch of grass with a bouquet of yellow roses. "I hope they can put them back in their spots." As volunteers took a break, Joan Addich, the human resources manager for B&I, noticed Allen's mother's tomb. "If we don't do anything else today, we need to paint that one," she said. Ballard said the biggest challenge is finding money and volunteers to complete the process. Most of the grant has been spent on whitewashing the tombs, Everhardt said. Crews will need a crane to lift displaced vaults, and Everhardt would like to get a cherry picker to remove debris so the heavy equipment doesn't damage fragile tombs. "I'm going to everyone I know to ask for donations," Everhardt said. Ballard and cemetery association President Bernell Sino have been working with family members to help identify tombs and their original locations. The remains in half of the temporary concrete tombs have yet to be identified, Sino said. Wooden stakes mark unidentified graves and spray paint marks where plaques or headstones are missing. "It's a process, and we are working on it," Ballard said. "We don't want people to assume nothing is being done." The work came to a halt Saturday afternoon for the funeral of Lionel King, a longtime Violet resident, who was interred in a new tomb at the front of the cemetery. Despite Katrina's devastation, Merrick remains a working cemetery. Noting that the first post-Katrina burial was in January 2007, Ballard and Sino said the cleanup isn't just to preserve the past, it's to ensure the cemetery's future. "People don't stop dying," Ballard said. "I've got family here and Bernell (Sino) has family here, and one day, we'll probably be here, too." Mary Elise DeCoursey can be reached at mdecoursey@timespicayune.com or (504) 826-3362. 'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.' ........ Thomas Jefferson
Already voted and passed it on to all I know. But, thanks for posting. I hope more will vote for our lighthouse. The free windows will help reduce the project cost. Barney ________________________________ From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Kathleen Wieland Sent: Fri 6/13/2008 11:08 PM To: LAORLEAN Subject: [LAORLEAN] N.O. Lakefront Lighthouse Please pardon me if someone has sent this out already. I hadn't seen it until it was sent to me today by a highschool classmate. I thought some of you might be interested in casting a vote to help save this piece of our New Orleans heritage. Kathleen in Connecticut by way of New Orleans New Orleans Lakefront Lighthouse- I'm hoping ya'll will take a sec, (and it only takes a sec) to help out. The lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans was destroyed by Katrina. Built in the 1890s, the lighthouse has been a lakefront landmark for years, guiding boats in and out of the Orleans Marina and the Municipal Yacht Harbor. Some of the original materials were salvaged and they're trying to rebuild it but of course it takes money the city doesn't have right now. There is a company that restores lighthouses and has a contest going on right now to donate new windows and doors for a lighthouse in need of restoration, and the Canal lighthouse is on the list! PLEASE help out and vote for New Orleans!! Look for the VOTE button about a quarter way down the page. www.jeld-wen.com/lighthouse ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
Kathleen there is a picture of the lighthouse here.....before and after Katrina and in progress what they are doing to restore it. http://www.saveourlake.org/lighthouse.htm ************** Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)
Actually this site is combining all records they have in file, I just found Sera* Baumgartner and the 1900 LA census records, check out what they have http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 -------Original Message------- From: Rosemary Ermis Date: 6/14/2008 11:03:48 AM To: Orleans Rootsweb Subject: [LAORLEAN] TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATES Hi Ya'll, This came through my TexasCzech list. Yes, you can print the actual death certificate on your own printer. Rosemary Ermis ******************************* This is a great site. Enjoy!! Gerri Original forward deleted. LDS has placed on-line FREE all Texas Death Certificates from 1890-1976. You can search, print and save!!! You get the actual microfilm image of the original death certificate!! http://pilot.familysearch.org/ Drop down the page to VITAL RECORDS and click on TEXAS DEATHS, 1890-1976 and begin your search. This info was sent from Lynna Kay Shuffield tx-loose-ends@rootsweb.com Have Fun!! ============================================================ === This is an automated message from PGST.org ============================================================ __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Members | Calendar Remember: You can alway set your account to Digest Mode for less mail. MARKETPLACE You rock! Blockbuster wants to give you a complimentary trial of Blockbuster Total Access. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 7New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Get it all here Breaking news to entertainment news Autos Group on Yahoo! Groups Discuss ways to fix your car. Health Groups for people over 40 Join people who are staying in shape. . __,_._,___ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Ya'll, This came through my TexasCzech list. Yes, you can print the actual death certificate on your own printer. Rosemary Ermis ******************************* This is a great site. Enjoy!! Gerri Original forward deleted. LDS has placed on-line FREE all Texas Death Certificates from 1890-1976. You can search, print and save!!! You get the actual microfilm image of the original death certificate!! http://pilot.familysearch.org/ Drop down the page to VITAL RECORDS and click on TEXAS DEATHS, 1890-1976 and begin your search. This info was sent from Lynna Kay Shuffield tx-loose-ends@rootsweb.com Have Fun!! ============================================================ === This is an automated message from PGST.org ============================================================ __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Members | Calendar Remember: You can alway set your account to Digest Mode for less mail. MARKETPLACE You rock! Blockbuster wants to give you a complimentary trial of Blockbuster Total Access. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 7New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Get it all here Breaking news to entertainment news Autos Group on Yahoo! Groups Discuss ways to fix your car. Health Groups for people over 40 Join people who are staying in shape. . __,_._,___
Please pardon me if someone has sent this out already. I hadn't seen it until it was sent to me today by a highschool classmate. I thought some of you might be interested in casting a vote to help save this piece of our New Orleans heritage. Kathleen in Connecticut by way of New Orleans New Orleans Lakefront Lighthouse- I'm hoping ya'll will take a sec, (and it only takes a sec) to help out. The lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans was destroyed by Katrina. Built in the 1890s, the lighthouse has been a lakefront landmark for years, guiding boats in and out of the Orleans Marina and the Municipal Yacht Harbor. Some of the original materials were salvaged and they're trying to rebuild it but of course it takes money the city doesn't have right now. There is a company that restores lighthouses and has a contest going on right now to donate new windows and doors for a lighthouse in need of restoration, and the Canal lighthouse is on the list! PLEASE help out and vote for New Orleans!! Look for the VOTE button about a quarter way down the page. www.jeld-wen.com/lighthouse
I thought some of you on the list might be interested in this book. Carolyn Long > [Original Message] > From: H-Net Reviews <books@WWW.H-NET.ORG> > To: <H-REVIEW@H-NET.MSU.EDU> > Date: 06/12/2008 3:54:12 PM > Subject: Fitzgerald on Faragher, _A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland_ > > H-NET BOOK REVIEW > Published by H-NewEngland@h-net.msu.edu (June, 2008) > > John Mack Faragher. _A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the > Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland_. New > York: W. W. Norton, 2005. xx + 562 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, > index. $28.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-393-05135-3; $17.95 (paper), ISBN > 978-0-393-32827-1. > > Reviewed for H-NewEngland by Monica Fitzgerald, Department of History, California State University, East Bay > > Lessons from the Borderland: Ethnic Cleansing, Colonial Identity, and > Cultural Persistence > > Henry Wadsworth Longfellow memorialized the story of the expulsion of > the Acadians from their homeland in his 1847 fictionalized account, > _Evangeline_. His poem recounted the trials of a young Acadian maiden > searching for her long-lost lover from whom she was separated during the > forced migration out of Acadia (Nova Scotia). The Longfellow-Evangeline > State Historic Site in Saint Martinville, Louisiana, is home to a > reconstructed Acadian homestead and serves to instruct visitors on the > rich historical tradition of cultural diversity in the area. Indeed, it > was a visit to this museum that spurred John Mack Faragher to explore > the story of the Acadians and produce a comprehensive study of the > peopling and un-peopling of the far corner of North America, known as > Acadia. _A Great and Noble Scheme_ provides a detailed account of what > Faragher calls "the first episode of state-sponsored ethnic cleansing in > North America" (p. 473). > > Considering the issues of ethnic cleansing throughout the world in the > twentieth and twenty-first centuries, explaining the Acadian experience > within the framework of modern definitions of ethnic cleansing is a > compelling enough story. Faragher argues that war often justifies > conduct that would otherwise be unconscionable, especially against > groups who faced racial stereotyping, as the Acadians did. The English > combined their anti-Catholic, anti-French, and anti-Indian hatred in > full force against the Acadians. Lessons for us resonate on identifying > the signs and dangers of "othering" groups who differ in heritage, > culture, religion, and ethnicity. However, Faragher offers many > additional lessons as well. He provides an account of a type of > settlement in North America that could have been, one that assimilated > with various peoples to create a distinct and new identity. His account > is also a lesson about cultural persistence, and the Acadians' fight to > maintain their identity through the battles of two empires, mass > expulsion, and eventual resettlement. Perhaps it is in the borderlands > of North America that we can learn most about our complex past, about > the type of cultural interchange that was possible, the struggles for > autonomy, and the painful reminders of the cost of fear and loathing. > > When the French arrived in Port Royal in 1606, they first developed as > an agricultural colony. The settlers quickly established trade and > alliances with the Micmaq Indians. The French adapted many Micmaq > customs, intermarried, and created a unique culture with few ties to a > European identity. Yet, through trade, these French, who came to call > themselves Acadians, also developed ties to the English. Kinship, > politics, and commerce connected Acadians in "tangled webs of alliances" > (p. 104). Faragher describes how over time the Acadians considered > themselves a distinct people; no longer French, they "were truly > becoming a people in between" (p. 75). Living in the margin of empire > between New France and New England, Acadians promoted a policy of > neutrality, under which they prospered until the escalation of > hostilities of the French-Indian War found them directly in the middle > of the fight. However, for over one century, the Acadians lived and > prospered, truly creating a multiethnic, diverse new world. The reader > must assume that left alone Acadians would have continued on such a > path. The story of Acadia serves as an excellent example of the > possibility that existed in North America for cultural exchange and > interchange; that settlement did not necessitate the removal of Native > Americans, but could have involved coexistence and cooperation. It was > not a path readily taken, but it was a path that the Acadians proved > possible. > > Yet, in the very foundation of their success, they also cemented their > undoing. It was their distinctiveness, their "otherness," their > Indianness that the English exploited to remove them from their > homeland. While the Acadian policy of neutrality sought to maintain ties > to the French and English, neither empire considered Acadians one of > their own. Each side used the Acadians as pawns in their imperial > battles for control of North America. In 1755, the English created a > legal justification for their removal, explaining that the Acadians > refused to offer an unconditional oath to the British crown. However, > what really made the expulsion of the Acadians possible was the utter > hatred the English had for anything French, Catholic, or Indian. > Acadians' steadfast history of honoring their policy of neutrality was > no match for the English arguments that they would always be the "secret > enemies" of the British (p. 333). Of the estimated eighteen thousand > Acadians, the English deported seven thousand to various British > colonies in 1755. Another eleven thousand refugees escaped into Indian > territory or attempted to reach Quebec, only to face disease and > starvation. Considering statistics of reasonable population growth, > Faragher estimates that ten thousand Acadians lost their lives in this > ethnic cleansing. After the English burned their homes and pillaged > their towns, they sent Protestant families to settle on the fertile > land. The English wanted to disperse the Acadians in small groups > throughout the British colonies to prevent them from organizing any > resistance or maintaining their allegiance to their Acadian identity. > Yet, there are some things even brutal force cannot take away from > people. > > Ten years after their expulsion from their homeland, thousands of > Acadians began migrating to New Orleans, some still looking for lost > family members, others just searching for their Acadian community. > Acadian refugees who were dispersed as far as France, sought out their > people in New Orleans where they established a new Acadia, cultivating > their rich and varied identities. In a final act of borderland irony, > they asked to be considered neutrals during the American Revolution. > Today, visitors to Louisiana find much evidence of their Acadian > influences, which intermixed with Indian, black, Spanish, and Anglo > influences to create an entirely new Cajun identity. > > In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II issued a Royal Proclamation acknowledging > the role of the British in the deportation of Acadians. No such American > acknowledgement has occurred, even though "Yankees" were intricately > involved in the ethnic cleansing. Americans have begun to confront the > atrocities of the nineteenth-century policy of Cherokee Removal, but > have not yet examined the tragedy in Acadia. _A Great and Noble Scheme_ > offers readers lessons from the past, which expose issues that continue > to challenge not just America, but the rest of the world, issues of > discrimination, diversity, and cultural identity. Readers interested in > the histories of the borderlands, New England, New France, imperial > diplomacy, or family history will find much to appreciate in this book. > Faragher creates a poignant and usable past, one that I hope gains many > readers. > > > Copyright ��� 2008 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits the > redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, educational > purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the author, web > location, date of publication, originating list, and H-Net: Humanities & > Social Sciences Online. For any other proposed use, contact the Reviews > editorial staff at hbooks@mail.h-net.msu.edu. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1499 - Release Date: 06/12/2008 7:13 AM
Send hard copies of transcribed indexes to : Al Barron St. Tammany Parish Library 310 W. 21st Ave. Covington, La. 70433 EADAZZO@aol.com wrote: > Please let me know the address to send the hard copies of the Orleans parish > marriage, birth and death indexes. I just found some that I thought I had > already mailed. I have lost the address. > > Thanks, > Erin Ahrens Dazzo > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
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Sometimes the requests are delayed by the vacations of the volunteers. I know Jack Belsom makes occasional opera trips to Europe for several weeks. Then, it takes a while to catch up on the backlog. Be patient. I'm sure it will arrive eventually. Remember there is no paid staff to handle researchers' requests. God bless the volunteers! Rita http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WestBankGenealogySociety