I'm not sure about new resources for the 19th century, the only new resources are for the 20th century being compiled by the Terrebonne Genealogical Society and others.  Rechecking some of the old sources is always a good idea, especially online sources that keep being updated. Who was the mother of John Morris' children? Maybe his family were fairly recent immigrants when he was born, or maybe first generation in the country?  Maybe their name wasn't originally Maurice?  I found lots of interesting names:  Morice, Morrisey, Morse...various spellings of similar names. I did see several people named Jean Maurice and even more name John Morris (many black) so it's a daunting task.  Was Jean/John born in the Lafourche area where he died? I wouldn't advise researching all the MAURICE and MORRIS in Louisiana.  I would say checking out all the people named Jean Maurice and John Morris born about the same time as your two Jeans, and near the same area/s could be a start. I have to say, this line is as bad as my GEORGE line, a whole slew of people who want to remain hidden.  To make it worse, they have such common names.  MAURICE isn't so common, but it gets more so when Jean is added, especially in Louisiana.  If I had a nickel for everyone I've encountered in my research! I found these people in the Terrebonne Life Lines Index.  Twenty-five years of publishing and these are the only ones with the Maurice name: Maurice, Albertine; 5:37 Summ '86 Maurice, Charles; 8:29 Fall '89 Maurice, Etienne; 8:30 Fall '89 Maurice, Joseph; 13:41 Summ '94 Maurice, Justilien; 8:29 Fall '89 Maurice, Justillien; 10:36 Fall '91 Morris & Schaffer; 9:17 Summ '90 Morris, Antoine; 10:52 Summ '91 Morris, Barry; 9:3 Summ '90 Morris, Benjamin; 10:49 Summ '91 Morris, Calvin; 2:75 Summ '83; 4:16 Fall '85; 5:33 Wint '86 Morris, Charles; 13:57 Summ '94; 9:20 Sprg '90 Morris, Charley Jr.; 19:309 Wint '00 Morris, Charlotte; 18:222 Fall '99 Morris, David; 4:16 Wint '85 Morris, Ed. W.; 18:125 Summ '99 Morris, Edward; 18:121 Summ '99 Morris, Emile Edouard; 18:121 Summ '99 Morris, Emma Cenac; 1:66 Fall '82 Morris, Emma Claire Cenac; 4:73 Fall '85 Morris, Ephraim; 7:96 Fall '88 Morris, F. L.; 11:27 Wint '92 Morris, George; 16:254 Wint '97; 7:6 Fall '88 Morris, Ivy L.; 19:91 Summ '00 Morris, James G.; 19:58 Sprg '00 Morris, James Gardner; 19:65 Sprg '00 Morris, Joseph R.; 6:59 Summ '87 Morris, Mary A.; 18:221 Fall '99 Morris, Paul; 13:32 Fall '94 Morris, Private; 1:7 Summ '82 Morris, Raphael; 9:34 Sprg '90 Morris, Robert Lane; 16:142 Summ '97 Morris, Sidney; 18:218 Fall '99 Morris, Sylvester; 19:310 Wint '00 Morris, V.; 10:11 Wint '91 Morris, W. S. P. O.; 16:37 Sprg '97 Morris, W.; 16:262 Wint '97 Morris, W.L.P.O.; 4:38 Wint '85 Morris, W.P.L.O.; 10:47 Sprg '91 Morris, W.S.C.P.; 10:46 Sprg '91 Morris, W.S.P.O.; 10:54 Sprg '91 Morris, William; 18:121 Summ '99 Morris, Willie; 18:229 Fall '99 Morris; 14:4 Sprg '95; 3:17 Wint '84; 4:70 Sprg '85; 4:74 Summ '85 Alexa --- On Sat, 6/23/12, Shelia Salomone <salomos@comcast.net> wrote: From: Shelia Salomone <salomos@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] My brick wall from the newbie To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 5:17 AM I agree with your logic. But, unfortunately I can't do this with this couple. The only information I have is their son Jean's family. And he would not talk about his family so even this couples grandchildren did not know anything about their grandparents or even Aunts or Uncles or cousins. We don't know if their son Jean had siblings even. So, there is no where to go with the extended family. But, I think I will just start putting together all of the MAURICE families in LA and see if something pops! I have searched all of Father HEBERT's books, Diocese of Baton Rouge, Diocese of New Orleans, and several books. Also, Roots Web, familysearch, and ancestry. What would you suggest as more sources in LA where I might get lucky? Like I said earlier many of my LA family have done research over the last 40+ years with no luck and they had access to many of the resources there. Is there any newer sources that they might not have searched? I estimate this couple was probably born around 1830s but is only a guess. Thank you, Shelia -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alexa Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 1:23 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] My brick wall from the newbie Another thing I do is track people with the same surname in the same locality.  I track their extended families, too.  Most times I've found a relationship connection to my original person. Another trick is to research thoroughly all of the people related to the original person, even people related to spouses of siblings, cousins, etc.  Can't tell you how many times those extended "relatives" have given me clues and solved mysteries. Obituaries and society marriage notices are extremely helpful. Don't forget cemeteries.  Many times family members are buried in the same cemetery, in the same tomb, or sometimes in the same area of a cemetery.  Copy the names and research them, too. Alexa   --- On Fri, 6/22/12, jans884@bellsouth.net <jans884@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: jans884@bellsouth.net <jans884@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] My brick wall from the newbie To: "LAOrleans" <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 22, 2012, 9:10 AM As a matter of fact I did this with two parts of my family from Louisiana I collected all the HEPP and the POTTIER/POTIER/POTHIER folks in trees and then began to put them together.  That and tons of suggestions from Christophe Landry and Creole KCat finally figured out my group.  Works great and then can be merged when you figure it all out. Jan S - Orlando, FL -------Original Message------- From: Shelia Salomone Date: 6/22/2012 4:36:56 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] My brick wall from the newbie I forgot to ask another question regarding this query/help request. Does anyone know who the MAURICE and SEMOUR/SYMOURE progenitors were? I might try to work backwards. And another thing I thought about doing was to list all MAURICE names that can be found in LA.  (Just do genealogy trees with this name.). And then try to group them into families. Has anyone ever done this kind of strategy and been successful with finding their long lost brick wall ancestor? ------------------------------- 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