Mornin', Anyone know if the census of slaves at Cannes Brulees (July 6, 1795) is to be found anywhere online? If not, does anyone know where Legajo 215 for 1798 might be found? I saw this reference in a book entitled: Descriptive catalogue of the documents relating to the History of the United States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de Indias by Roscoe R. Hill. Thanks in advance for any help. Renee

The Historic New Orleans Collection has a lot of the legajos (meaning bundles of papers) from the Archivo General de Indias, Papeles Procedente de Cuba and the Audiencia de Santo Domingo on microfilm. These relate to the Spanish colonial government of Louisiana. The original documents are in Seville, Spain. Contact THNOC to find out if they have the one you want, and then you can make copies from the microfilm. Of course they are handwritten in archaic, eighteenth-century Spanish, with all sorts of strange abbreviations and curlicues. I copied several hundred pages relating to the Spanish Intendente Ramon Lopez y Angulo, who was the first husband of Delphine Macarty (later Madame Lalaurie). I had a native Spanish-speaking friend help me translate them, and even she had trouble. Fortunately for Renee, the document she wants is published in Le Raconteur, but the microfilm at THNOC is a good resource to know about. Carolyn Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Data" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb Mailing List: LAORLEAN" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:44 AM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Cannes Brulees > Mornin', > Anyone know if the census of slaves at Cannes Brulees (July 6, 1795) is > to be found anywhere online? > If not, does anyone know where Legajo 215 for 1798 might be found? > I saw this reference in a book entitled: Descriptive catalogue of the > documents relating to the History of the United States in the Papeles > Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de Indias > by Roscoe R. Hill. > Thanks in advance for any help. > Renee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >