Hi all.  Grew up in Shreveport, La. which is just across the river from Bossier.  We basically  called the city Bosure with only 1 s.  If I remember right, Bossier  City, located in Bossier parish, was named after a  creole  french planter by the same name.  Maybe some one who knows french from the early days of Louisiana's history can give you  the correct pronunciation. H. McCarthy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Wieland" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2010 2:35:10 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Help w/ surname Considering the possibility that this could be a surname whose original spelling the family altered to get folks to pronounce it correctly, how IS it pronounced?  Any idea of the ethnic origins?  It suggests Germanic to me.  Just speculating... Kathleen Wieland in Connecticut, by way of New Orleans ----- Original Message ----- From: Tami Johnston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:33:57 -0000 (UTC) Subject: [LAORLEAN] Help w/ surname Hi List: I am jumping back into research & am wondering if anyone can help me locate where my Doclar family came from. I attempted to do a Google search, but had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Many thanks. Tami Johnston New Orleans, Louisiana, USA www.johnstonfamily.tribalpages.com www.arnoultfamily.tribalpages.com ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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