Lisa, Don't know if you received responses. I remember that there were books/records of notaries at the Conveyances Office in downtown New Orleans. Maybe a lead.... Rose -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Allen Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:38 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries I would like to know about how to find a notary too....I have a cousin that may or may not have been adopted (obit says "adopted mother" in it). His mother died in late 1890's and he is living with someone who is not "family" in the 1900 census. I also have a receipt paid and signed by my g-grandfather for "room and board" on this cousin who was only a few years old then. G-grandfather lived in Algiers and was Irish. Thanks, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JUDY A RIFFEL Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:23 PM To: Orleans Subject: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries What notary might someone of German descent have been most likely to use in New Orleans in the 1850s and 1860s? I've been searching through the indexes online for possible activity, but so far, have had no luck finding the people I'm looking for. Will appreciate any suggestions. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge ------------------------------- 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: 2114/4904 - Release Date: 03/30/12 ------------------------------- 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 Rose...do you know the address and if they are open on Saturdays? Someone had told me once years ago that you had to know the notary to get the information. -----Original Message----- From: Rose Core <rosecore@airmail.net> To: laorlean <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 8:11 pm Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries Lisa, Don't know if you received responses. I remember that there were books/records of notaries at the Conveyances Office in downtown New Orleans. Maybe a lead.... Rose -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Allen Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:38 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries I would like to know about how to find a notary too....I have a cousin that may or may not have been adopted (obit says "adopted mother" in it). His mother died in late 1890's and he is living with someone who is not "family" in the 1900 census. I also have a receipt paid and signed by my g-grandfather for "room and board" on this cousin who was only a few years old then. G-grandfather lived in Algiers and was Irish. Thanks, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JUDY A RIFFEL Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:23 PM To: Orleans Subject: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries What notary might someone of German descent have been most likely to use in New Orleans in the 1850s and 1860s? I've been searching through the indexes online for possible activity, but so far, have had no luck finding the people I'm looking for. Will appreciate any suggestions. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge ------------------------------- 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: 2114/4904 - Release Date: 03/30/12 ------------------------------- 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

I'm late in replying to this because I've been in Guatemala and without e-mail access. To answer your questions: the Conveyance Office is in the same high-rise office building as the Notarial Archives, 1340 Poydras, right across from City Hall. They are open Monday - Friday, I think 9 - 5. Note that, unlike some of the other archival repositories, the staff at the Conveyance Office isn't very helpful. Ask for the Index to Purchasers and Vendors to look for your ancestors. The books (seperate books for vendors and purchasers) are arranged roughly by year (consult the chart on the wall) and roughly alphabetically within each book--for example, if you're looking for "Lalaurie" as I was, that would be in the LA section--there would also be LE, LI, LO, and LU. That will give you a citation for a volume and page in the Conveyance Office Books--COBs. When you find that, it will give you a summary of the transation, the date, and the notary. It might be written in English but more likely in French (I've never seen one in German, but maybe so for German-speakers). Then, if you want even more detail, go downstairs to the Notarial Archives Research Center and access the actual notarial act. Although familys often used the same notary for years, this wasn't always so, and if your person was the purchaser in the transaction, the vendor might have been using his/her own notary. Hope this helps. Carolyn Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Allen" <mykithnkin@aol.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries > > > > Thanks Rose...do you know the address and if they are open on Saturdays? > Someone had told me once years ago that you had to know the notary to get > the information. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rose Core <rosecore@airmail.net> > To: laorlean <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 8:11 pm > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries > > > Lisa, > > Don't know if you received responses. I remember that there were > > books/records of notaries at the Conveyances Office in downtown New > Orleans. > > Maybe a lead.... > > Rose > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of Lisa Allen > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:38 PM > > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries > > > > I would like to know about how to find a notary too....I have a cousin > that > > may or may not have been adopted (obit says "adopted mother" in it). His > > mother died in late 1890's and he is living with someone who is not > "family" > > in the 1900 census. I also have a receipt paid and signed by my > > g-grandfather for "room and board" on this cousin who was only a few years > > old then. G-grandfather lived in Algiers and was Irish. > > > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > > > On Behalf Of JUDY A RIFFEL > > > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:23 PM > > > > To: Orleans > > > > Subject: [LAORLEAN] New Orleans Notaries > > > > > > > > What notary might someone of German descent have been most likely to use > in > > > > New Orleans in the 1850s and 1860s? I've been searching through the > indexes > > > > online for possible activity, but so far, have had no luck finding the > > > > people I'm looking for. Will appreciate any suggestions. > > > > > > > > Judy Riffel > > > > Baton Rouge > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > 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: 2114/4904 - Release Date: 03/30/12 > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > 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 >