One ‘mo time trying to send this after being reconnected to group by the Administrator Oh and by the way, no one can convince me that Harry Jr. didn’t know the meaning of the term “privateer” ... unless he slept through grammar school at Isidore Newman School and high school at Jesuit, which would in my opinion have been impossible given the top quality of education and discipline provided by both institutions. Cate ;-} From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:01 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: This is Cate not the Spammer - Finding Your Roots program Didn’t get a transmission on this so I’m sending again. I would also like some DNA guidance. Cate ;-} From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:25 PM To: LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com Subject: This is Cate not the Spammer - Finding Your Roots program All of these kinds of “reality” programs are subject to the views of producers, directors and editors to send their message. Personally, I think both programs made all the subjects look “naïve” if not outright dare I say it “dumb” ... especially when the prof., who always sounds to me to be condescending when he does these programs, had all the answers, which were quite limited in their scope. Yes, I know there are time constraints with programming, but please, I can’t believe the Congressman never had any family history research done or knew anything about his family history from family stories told around the dinner table prior to this. They continued to live in the area of Troy, AL. and I know my grandmother told me lots of family stories (some true, some embellished or outright incorrect) which sparked my family history interest and led me to find lots of information and hit more than a few brick walls. And especially troubling to me, was when Dr. Gates told Harry, Jr. about his g/g/grandfather’s job on the “docks of Mobile on the Mississippi river” ... at least that’s what I think I heard. This is a factual error which never should have been missed by the editors, Dr. Gates or Mr. Connick and made it into the final cut. Mobile is in Alabama, the Mississippi river is not. I’m going to watch the program again next time it’s on to make sure I’m not mis-reporting what was said. If I did misunderstand, I will let you all know. If what I heard was what I think I heard, I’ll forward this email or a version hereof to Dr. Gates. I like Who Do You Think You Are? better for entertainment value. But I will continue to watch Finding Your Roots, albeit the later broadcasts, because I love Once Upon A Time ... also a version of family history research, but more entertaining to me than either of the other two. P.S. Carolyn Long ... should I italicize the program names or underline them? Cate;-}

Hi Mariela,   These are the names I found on other Ancestry family trees. I did not use them on my tree because there was no documentation. I have records from the New Orleans Archives on Barbara and her husband Manuel Solis. They are mentioned in the baptisms of their grandchildren. I actually decend from two of Barbara's children, Graciana married to Juan Ronquillo and Jose married to Antonia Perez. Both born in Cuba. 1751 and 1757.   Barbara married Manuel Solis. Some have the date as Feb. 3, 1737 in Pinar del Rio or San Felipe, Camaguey, Cuba. Another tree has they married November 14, 1745 Cuba.   Her mother is shown as Francisca de Rosas, born 1686 San Miguel, Vizcaya, Spain. Married Gonzalo del Valle, married July 27, 1712, Cathedral de Cuba.   Francisca's mother is shown as Estefania de Cardenas married to Francisco de Rosas. Her death date is shown as the same date her daughter Francisca married. July 27, 1712 in Santiago, Cuba.   That's all I have, and as I mentioned, there is no documentation. I have no idea where this came from. I wrote to Cuba in 1984 for information and received my letter back with " No tenemos solamente --- ----de los anos 1963 en adelante" written across it.   Regards, Sally From: Mariela Fernandez <lumari@prodigy.net> To: 'Sally Viada' <sgvjada@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:22 AM Subject: RE: [LAORLEAN] DNA Hi Sally, I looked at your spanish names and we have in the club a database that gives me more of your ancestors. Do you have more names after Barbara del Valle y Rosas? Mariela Fernandez www.rojasspencer.com www.cubangenclub.org -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sally Viada Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:39 AM To: laorleans Subject: [LAORLEAN] DNA I need suggestions/advise on something I really wanted to do on my mother's line.   I did the DNA test from Ancestry and it came back my mother's line goes back to Africa some 50000 years ago. I kinda knew this. Doesnt' everybody. Thats it.   After watching Finding Your Roots on PBS again tonight I am thinking 23andme and/or familytreeDNA might offer something a little closer to present time.   My mother's line is in Plaquemines Parish and goes back to Graciana Solis, born 1751 in Cuba. Her mother was Barbara de Valle y Rosas. Am wondering where Barbara's line goes. Probably goes back to Spanish explorers of South America, but I would like to know.     All suggestions welcomed,   Sally ------------------------------- 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

Sally, I am fascinated to hear about your Ancestry DNA results, confirming what "you already knew." Well, I got something so totally different from my Ancestry DNA sample that I was convinced that it was a mix-up with someone else's. I have been searching for my roots, and have found myself to be about 3/4 German, according to research that has gotten me back to the early 1600's in several lines. My results claimed that I (no, really, my uncle, my last living Cochran relative, thinking that the male line was a better line to trace than a female line, for reasons that only DNA scientists cam explain) am 75% Scandinavian! Nowhere have I found a single indication of Scandanavian blood in my research. I am totally blown away. Did all Germans come from Scandinavia some 50,000 years ago? Maybe that is the answer, and I may be too ignorant of immigration patterns to realize it. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! ! Kathy Cochran San Andreas, California -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sally Viada Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:39 PM To: laorleans Subject: [LAORLEAN] DNA I need suggestions/advise on something I really wanted to do on my mother's line.   I did the DNA test from Ancestry and it came back my mother's line goes back to Africa some 50000 years ago. I kinda knew this. Doesnt' everybody. Thats it.   After watching Finding Your Roots on PBS again tonight I am thinking 23andme and/or familytreeDNA might offer something a little closer to present time.   My mother's line is in Plaquemines Parish and goes back to Graciana Solis, born 1751 in Cuba. Her mother was Barbara de Valle y Rosas. Am wondering where Barbara's line goes. Probably goes back to Spanish explorers of South America, but I would like to know.     All suggestions welcomed,   Sally ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4896 - Release Date: 03/26/12

I need suggestions/advise on something I really wanted to do on my mother's line.   I did the DNA test from Ancestry and it came back my mother's line goes back to Africa some 50000 years ago. I kinda knew this. Doesnt' everybody. Thats it.   After watching Finding Your Roots on PBS again tonight I am thinking 23andme and/or familytreeDNA might offer something a little closer to present time.   My mother's line is in Plaquemines Parish and goes back to Graciana Solis, born 1751 in Cuba. Her mother was Barbara de Valle y Rosas. Am wondering where Barbara's line goes. Probably goes back to Spanish explorers of South America, but I would like to know.     All suggestions welcomed,   Sally

I am a HUGE admirer of Dr. Henry Lewis Gates. In case any of you on this list don't know the story, he returned from a business trip, discovered that he didn't have his house key, started to enter his own home through a window, and a neighbor called the police--note that it was a NEIGHBOR--where did anybody get the idea that the PRESIDENT called the police? Anyway, a policeman came, Dr. Gates showed his Harvard University ID but the police still didn't believe he lived there, handcuffed him, and took him to jail. It was as a result of this that President Obama called Dr. Gates and the policeman to the White House to talk things out over a beer--the so-called "beer summit." Carolyn Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Mills" <siess@bellsouth.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 59 > Just beware the source. You all remember who Henry Lewis Gates is, I > suppose. He is the left-wing professor who was arrested by the police > going > in to his own house. This sparked the so-called <beer summit> when Obama > called the local police <stupid> > > Carol

Just beware the source. You all remember who Henry Lewis Gates is, I suppose. He is the left-wing professor who was arrested by the police going in to his own house. This sparked the so-called <beer summit> when Obama called the local police <stupid> Carol -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of laorlean-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 2:00 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 59 Today's Topics: 1. Finding Your Roots_ Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Sally Viada) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:42:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Sally Viada <sgvjada@yahoo.com> Subject: [LAORLEAN] Finding Your Roots_ Henry Louis Gates Jr. To: laorleans <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1332729776.90484.YahooMailNeo@web111101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Very interesting program this evening. It was about Mayor Cory Booker of New Jersey (I think) and Congressman John Lewis. On PBS ------------------------------ To contact the LAORLEAN list administrator, send an email to LAORLEAN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the LAORLEAN mailing list, send an email to LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 59 ***************************************

The hour prior to that the program was about Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. Very interesting for New Orleanians also. Julie ---- Sally Viada <sgvjada@yahoo.com> wrote: > Very interesting program this evening. It was about Mayor Cory Booker of New Jersey (I think) > and Congressman John Lewis. > On PBS > > ------------------------------- > 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

Very interesting program this evening. It was about Mayor Cory Booker of New Jersey (I think) and Congressman John Lewis. On PBS

On 3/22/2012 5:47 PM, laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Hi Rita, Good to hear others also write in their research books. I can't read a book without a highlighter close by. Whoever gets my books will only be happy if we share some of the same ancestors. One of mine is Francois Hery dit Duplanty. The author mentions that he was the son of Francois Hery dit Duplanty the elder, but I haven't found any such person (the elder) in my research. I have Jacques Hery as the father of Francois (the son). Guess I need to do some more digging. Jan > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:20:08 -0500 > From: Rita<ersatzrat@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > Hey Jan > I hope you're getting a copy that has the folding map in the back pocket. That's what you'll really want. I have that book since the 1990s and it is well marked up. The next owner of my copy (when I' m gone) will either love or hate me margin notes. As you read it, please note that the author assumes the Jean Baptiste Baudreau (the alleged scoundrel) mentioned is his father, Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline. The father was one of Bienville's men and the son is from his native american wife. The son really wasn't a scoundrel, but aurhorities made him out to be. He was more of a Robin Hood of his day. > Needless to say, I'm one of his descendants. > Rita > >

Good to know! On Mar 22, 2012 5:47 PM, "Harold Wilkinson" <roywfgs@cox.net> wrote: > To expound a little more: During the 1600's and 1700's most French military > (not at all unlike today's U.S. servicemen), were known by their nickname. > Subsequently and later in life, they signed official documents using their > nickname. Some used both by adding "dit" [surnomme' - referred to as] > between the surname and their nickname. Other, just dropped the surname and > used only their nickname as their surname. I have one family whose male > descendants used their father's nickname as their surname, while the > daughters were known by their father's original surname. > > > Happy to Help, > Harold Wilkinson > Pensacola, FL > > -----Original Message----- > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Harry C Ward > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:06 PM > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > "dit" means "called" or "known as": Jean Baptiste Baudreau "called" > Graveline > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:49 PM, jans884@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > Not sure what it means, but I have found in my research that it generally > > means that for a time, a person used both or either name. > > > > Example > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau > > Jean Baptiste Graveline > > or > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau Graveline.... > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Kathleen Deao > > Date: 03/22/12 15:30:35 > > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline > > > > What does "dit" mean, please? > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

To expound a little more: During the 1600's and 1700's most French military (not at all unlike today's U.S. servicemen), were known by their nickname. Subsequently and later in life, they signed official documents using their nickname. Some used both by adding "dit" [surnomme' - referred to as] between the surname and their nickname. Other, just dropped the surname and used only their nickname as their surname. I have one family whose male descendants used their father's nickname as their surname, while the daughters were known by their father's original surname. Happy to Help, Harold Wilkinson Pensacola, FL -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harry C Ward Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:06 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 "dit" means "called" or "known as": Jean Baptiste Baudreau "called" Graveline On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:49 PM, jans884@bellsouth.net wrote: > Not sure what it means, but I have found in my research that it generally > means that for a time, a person used both or either name. > > Example > Jean Baptiste Baudreau > Jean Baptiste Graveline > or > Jean Baptiste Baudreau Graveline.... > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Kathleen Deao > Date: 03/22/12 15:30:35 > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline > > What does "dit" mean, please? > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Thanks for that explanation! On Mar 22, 2012 3:05 PM, "Harry C Ward" <hcw43@comcast.net> wrote: > "dit" means "called" or "known as": Jean Baptiste Baudreau "called" > Graveline > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:49 PM, jans884@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > Not sure what it means, but I have found in my research that it generally > > means that for a time, a person used both or either name. > > > > Example > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau > > Jean Baptiste Graveline > > or > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau Graveline.... > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Kathleen Deao > > Date: 03/22/12 15:30:35 > > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline > > > > What does "dit" mean, please? > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Not sure what it means, but I have found in my research that it generally means that for a time, a person used both or either name. Example Jean Baptiste Baudreau Jean Baptiste Graveline or Jean Baptiste Baudreau Graveline.... -------Original Message------- From: Kathleen Deao Date: 03/22/12 15:30:35 To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline What does "dit" mean, please? ------------------------------- 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

"dit" means "called" or "known as": Jean Baptiste Baudreau "called" Graveline On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:49 PM, jans884@bellsouth.net wrote: > Not sure what it means, but I have found in my research that it generally > means that for a time, a person used both or either name. > > Example > Jean Baptiste Baudreau > Jean Baptiste Graveline > or > Jean Baptiste Baudreau Graveline.... > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Kathleen Deao > Date: 03/22/12 15:30:35 > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 > > Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline > > What does "dit" mean, please? > > ------------------------------- > 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

Jean Baptiste Baudreau *dit* Graveline What does "dit" mean, please?

Hey Jan I hope you're getting a copy that has the folding map in the back pocket. That's what you'll really want. I have that book since the 1990s and it is well marked up. The next owner of my copy (when I' m gone) will either love or hate me margin notes. As you read it, please note that the author assumes the Jean Baptiste Baudreau (the alleged scoundrel) mentioned is his father, Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline. The father was one of Bienville's men and the son is from his native american wife. The son really wasn't a scoundrel, but aurhorities made him out to be. He was more of a Robin Hood of his day. Needless to say, I'm one of his descendants. Rita laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Vieux Carre Survey (Jan Dean) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:33:40 -0500 >From: Jan Dean <janvdean@bellsouth.net> >Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Vieux Carre Survey >To: laorlean@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <4F69F4D4.4090406@bellsouth.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >On 3/21/2012 2:00 AM, laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >Great that you may be spending more time here, Carolyn! I just found a >book at Latter (Bayou St. John in Colonial Louisiana 1699-1803) and >can't believe I never knew about it before since so many of our >ancestors settled that area before moving to the French Quarter. You'll >be living right there where so much history happened! I ordered the book >from Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive so I can mark it up. > >Jan > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:45:47 -0400 >From: "Carolyn Long"<carolynlong@earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Vieux Carre Survey > >I'm so glad you're enjoying Madame Lalaurie. I spent some time searching the >online Vieux Carre Survey last night and didn't find any great surprises, >just confirmed what I already knew. If everything works out, my husband and >I will be spending mid-November to mid-April in New Orleans, renting a >friend's house on City Park Avenue. We'll be driving down and bringing our >cat, my computer equipment and art supplies, and our clothes. Yikes! It's >pretty exciting to think about being able to live normally, instead of the >intense pace that I have to keep up when I'm just there for a few weeks. So >I'll see more of you. > >Carolyn > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the LAORLEAN list administrator, send an email to >LAORLEAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the LAORLEAN mailing list, send an email to LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >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 >email with no additional text. > > >End of LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 >***************************************

I'm one of his descendants, too, Rita. ________________________________ From: Rita <ersatzrat@yahoo.com> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 Hey Jan  I hope you're getting a copy that has the folding map in the back pocket.  That's what you'll really want.  I have that book since the 1990s and it is well marked up.  The next owner of my copy (when I' m gone) will either love or hate me margin notes.  As you read it, please note that the author assumes the Jean Baptiste Baudreau (the alleged scoundrel) mentioned is his father, Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline.  The father was one of Bienville's men and the son is from his native american wife.  The son really wasn't a scoundrel, but aurhorities made him out to be.  He was more of a Robin Hood of his day. Needless to say, I'm one of his descendants. Rita laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >Today's Topics: > >  1. Re: Vieux Carre Survey (Jan Dean) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:33:40 -0500 >From: Jan Dean <janvdean@bellsouth.net> >Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Vieux Carre Survey >To: laorlean@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <4F69F4D4.4090406@bellsouth.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >On 3/21/2012 2:00 AM, laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >Great that you may be spending more time here, Carolyn! I just found a >book at Latter (Bayou St. John in Colonial Louisiana 1699-1803) and >can't believe I never knew about it before since so many of our >ancestors settled that area before moving to the French Quarter. You'll >be living right there where so much history happened! I ordered the book >from Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive so I can mark it up. > >Jan > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:45:47 -0400 >From: "Carolyn  Long"<carolynlong@earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Vieux Carre Survey > >I'm so glad you're enjoying Madame Lalaurie. I spent some time searching the >online Vieux Carre Survey last night and didn't find any great surprises, >just confirmed what I already knew. If everything works out, my husband and >I will be spending mid-November to mid-April in New Orleans, renting a >friend's house on City Park Avenue. We'll be driving down and bringing our >cat, my computer equipment and art supplies, and our clothes. Yikes! It's >pretty exciting to think about being able to live normally, instead of the >intense pace that I have to keep up when I'm just there for a few weeks. So >I'll see more of you. > >Carolyn > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the LAORLEAN list administrator, send an email to >LAORLEAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the LAORLEAN mailing list, send an email to LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >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 >email with no additional text. > > >End of LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 55 >*************************************** ------------------------------- 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

On 3/21/2012 2:00 AM, laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Great that you may be spending more time here, Carolyn! I just found a book at Latter (Bayou St. John in Colonial Louisiana 1699-1803) and can't believe I never knew about it before since so many of our ancestors settled that area before moving to the French Quarter. You'll be living right there where so much history happened! I ordered the book from Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive so I can mark it up. Jan Message: 2 Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:45:47 -0400 From: "Carolyn Long"<carolynlong@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Vieux Carre Survey I'm so glad you're enjoying Madame Lalaurie. I spent some time searching the online Vieux Carre Survey last night and didn't find any great surprises, just confirmed what I already knew. If everything works out, my husband and I will be spending mid-November to mid-April in New Orleans, renting a friend's house on City Park Avenue. We'll be driving down and bringing our cat, my computer equipment and art supplies, and our clothes. Yikes! It's pretty exciting to think about being able to live normally, instead of the intense pace that I have to keep up when I'm just there for a few weeks. So I'll see more of you. Carolyn

Thanks Alexa and Carolyn, I appreciate your responses. I need to spend more time looking at their web site..... I really appreciated all your hints, Carolyn. I would not have known any of that. Kathleen

I live in DC and, in the days before Ancestry.com, I frequently went to the National Archives to use the census, etc. Haven't been there in years. Certainly the Louisiana census is there, along with every other state--but it's also available at NOPL. The only thing I know of that is not available at NOPL is the muster rolls for Louisiana soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans. That's how I found the military record for Marie Laveau's partner Christophe Glapion. In the same folder I found his application for the pension and bounty lands that had been promised, which was denied because he gave the name of his commanding officer as Captain "Barthelemy Fabré Daunoy," and the military knew him as "Bartholomew Fabre." There might be all sorts of other Louisiana material there--see what you can find on their website. Take Metro and get off at the Archives stop. You DO NOT want to drive your car into downtown DC. If you're going into the reading room and using original materials, you can't take ANYTHING with you. No purse, no notebook, nada. You have to leave it all in a locker. Put some money in your pocket in case you need to use the copy machine. They give you paper for taking notes. And they check you when you leave to make sure you haven't stolen anything. I can't remember what the procedure is for the microfilm reading room. Carolyn Long --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Kathleen Deao <kgdeao@gmail.com> wrote: I will be in Washington DC soon, and might spend some time at the National Archives. It sounds both exciting and daunting! If you have been there, or have any ideas on this: do they have LA records there that would not also be obtainable from the usual sources in N.O. or Baton Rouge or on Ancestry.com? I got confused looking at their site on line... Thanks, Kathleen ------------------------------- 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