WOW what a find, that's the sort of stuff I would love to come across. -------Original Message------- From: Penny Tveiten Date: 6/9/2008 9:30:55 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAORLEAN] 1706 census and an excerpt about Old Cemeteries Hello All, I found an ex library copy of the Louisiana Historical Society Publications 1-5 1895-1911 and 6-10 1895-1917.There are many interesting adresses given by society members and guests.There are some very interesting pieces of Louisiana History on the pages of these two volumes, with quite a bit written in French and some translated into english.There is are census in french dated 1706. One is titled Annee 1706 another seems to be for Fort St Jean Baptiste and yet another for New Orleans. There is a DE Lery listed. Do any of you have ancestors from that time? An excerpt from "New Orleans -- Its Old Streets and Places" "Adress delivered by the Honorable James S Zacharie at the meeting of the Louisiana Historical Society, held at Tulane Hall, University Place, New Orleans, Wednesday, January 17th, 1900" : " Old Cemeteries. On some old map I have seen the S. E. corner of Royal and Conti streets, where the Mortgage Office is situated, marked as a cemetery. The second cemetery was located in the square bounded by Burgundy, Rampart, Toulouse and St. Peter streets. Dauphine street, for many years, had a canal, and the cemetery was therefore on the rear line of the city.After Baron De Carondelet had erected the fortification and dug the old basin canal, he opened a new cemetery beyond the lines which has been gradually narrowed down by the opening of streets to the square bounded by south Basin, Treme, Conti, and St Louis streets; and is known as St Louis No. 1. Within its walls are the tombs of the families whose names are often mentioned in the history of Louisiana, and to read the inscriptions on these venerable tombs is like calling the roll of statesmen, soldiers, historians, lawyers and merchants, who have made its history. It is a curious place where tombs are scattered without egard to lines, and it is still under the control of the Cathedral of St. Louis. The portion adjoining in the rear called the "Old Protestant Cemetery" now abandoned, and a forlorn lace covered with a mass of broken tombs, tangled bushes and debris, belongs to Christ Church, and at one time extended up Bienville street. It was in the rear of the Roman Catholic cemetery, and was set apart for the burial of Protestants and strangers; and in 1807 was placed by the City Council in charge of the corporation of the Christ Church The opening of Treme street narrowed this cemetery down to a small strip, one hundred feet wide on the east side of Treme street; but in 1821, the Girod street cemetery was opened, and became the princial burial place of Protestants. Beyond this old Protestant cemetery, was a place surrounded by cypress pickets, called pieux, and reserved for the burial of negroes."VOL II PART III pgs 56-58 Penny T ------------------------------- 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

There is a 1706 census of Louisiana published in the New Orleans Genesis (vol. 42, #168, Oct. 2003, pp. 359-360). Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Strickland" <jans884@bellsouth.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] 1706 census and an excerpt about Old Cemeteries > WOW what a find, that's the sort of stuff I would love to come across. > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Penny Tveiten > Date: 6/9/2008 9:30:55 PM > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAORLEAN] 1706 census and an excerpt about Old Cemeteries > > Hello All, > > I found an ex library copy of the Louisiana Historical Society > Publications > 1-5 1895-1911 and 6-10 1895-1917.There are many interesting adresses given > by society members and guests.There are some very interesting pieces of > Louisiana History on the pages of these two volumes, with quite a bit > written in French and some translated into english.There is are census in > french dated 1706. One is titled Annee 1706 another seems to be for Fort > St > Jean Baptiste and yet another for New Orleans. > There is a DE Lery listed. Do any of you have ancestors from that time? > An excerpt from "New Orleans -- Its Old Streets and Places" "Adress > delivered by the Honorable James S Zacharie at the meeting of the > Louisiana > Historical Society, held at Tulane Hall, University Place, New Orleans, > Wednesday, January 17th, 1900" : " Old Cemeteries. On some old map I have > seen the S. E. corner of Royal and Conti streets, where the Mortgage > Office > is situated, marked as a cemetery. The second cemetery was located in the > square bounded by Burgundy, Rampart, Toulouse and St. Peter streets. > Dauphine street, for many years, had a canal, and the cemetery was > therefore > on the rear line of the city.After Baron De Carondelet had erected the > fortification and dug the old basin canal, he opened a new cemetery beyond > the lines which has been gradually narrowed down by the opening of streets > to the square bounded by south Basin, Treme, Conti, and St Louis streets; > and is known as St Louis No. 1. Within its walls are the tombs of the > families whose names are often mentioned in the history of Louisiana, and > to > read the inscriptions on these venerable tombs is like calling the roll of > statesmen, soldiers, historians, lawyers and merchants, who have made its > history. It is a curious place where tombs are scattered without egard to > lines, and it is still under the control of the Cathedral of St. Louis. > The > portion adjoining in the rear called the "Old Protestant Cemetery" now > abandoned, and a forlorn lace covered with a mass of broken tombs, tangled > bushes and debris, belongs to Christ Church, and at one time extended up > Bienville street. It was in the rear of the Roman Catholic cemetery, and > was > set apart for the burial of Protestants and strangers; and in 1807 was > placed by the City Council in charge of the corporation of the Christ > Church > The opening of Treme street narrowed this cemetery down to a small strip, > one hundred feet wide on the east side of Treme street; but in 1821, the > Girod street > cemetery was opened, and became the princial burial place of Protestants. > Beyond this old Protestant cemetery, was a place surrounded by cypress > pickets, called pieux, and reserved for the burial of negroes."VOL II PART > III pgs 56-58 > Penny T > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >