Hi List, I responded to this new Kathy about Roll Call. I suppose Born is German and Borne is French, but who knows? Always good to have a new looker with us. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Jacob Born/Wilhelmina Rice Marriage Aug 3 OR 5,1854 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA > Dear Kathy, > Welcome to LAORLEAN. Not that I am the official welcom-er, but we do have > a > feature called Roll Call, and we have just completed some new documents a > few weeks ago. I am attaching them here. One document shows what surnames > each of our members are searching, and then there is a sort, and all of > the > surnames are pulled together, and the list has all of the people who are > searching each surname. Look, and you will see that it is pretty > self-explanatory. So, I looked for Born and Rice. They are not there, but > there are people searching for Borne. Might that be the same family? > Welcome, again, and good luck in your searches. > Joan Schaefer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Cochran" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "'gbishida'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:19 AM > Subject: [LAORLEAN] Jacob Born/Wilhelmina Rice Marriage Aug 3 OR 5,1854 > New > Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA > > >> Hello, I am new to this list, and would love some assistance. My >> GG-grandfather, Jacob Born was born in Germany, in some censuses it says >> Baden, on his Naturalization papers it says Hesse Darmstadt. >> >> >> >> His 1st son, my G-grandfather, was Edward Augustus Born, b 7 August 1855. >> >> >> >> Both the marriage and the baptism occurred at the Lafayette Presbyterian >> Church (sometimes known as the Fulton Street Church) in Orleans Parish, >> New >> Orleans. The church burned down in 1860, but the records were saved, >> and >> the LDS has put them on film. >> >> >> >> I am hoping to be able to locate church records for either of the two >> events, either the marriage or the baptism which occurred at the >> Lafayette >> Presbyterian Church (sometimes known as the Fulton Street Church) that >> would >> state the town or village in Germany where Jacob was born. >> >> >> >> His father's Americanized name was John, he was probably Johannes in >> Germany, and early on. >> >> >> >> Jacob's naturalization papers say that they came over in 1836, but no >> ship's >> name or port was listed, so I am wondering if even the year is correct. >> (It is very possible that they landed 1st in Ohio, because that is where >> Mena was born, and so maybe they met there, but I haven't been able to >> ascertain this as yet.) >> >> >> >> So, from what I have learned, this is what I need: >> >> >> >> >> >> FHL US/CAN Film 1311102 Item 2 I believe the whole film is from the >> Lafayette Presbyterian Church, in Orleans Parish. >> >> >> >> This has Marriages 1843 - 1871 (I am looking for Aug 3 OR 5, 1854) >> Jacob >> and Mena Born >> >> >> >> This has Baptisms 1841-1855 (My G-grandfather Edward Augustus Born) was >> born Aug 7, 1855, but I don't have a baptismal date for him. >> >> >> >> >> >> Does anyone out there have access to these records? >> >> >> >> I would be thrilled, to say the least, if anyone can share this >> information. >> >> >> >> Kindest regards in advance, >> >> >> >> >> >> Kathy Cochran >> >> San Andreas, CA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >