One of the really interesting things I picked up while doing this research is the fact that some of the kin of my Walker family were able to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for property lost during the burning of Alexandria by Federal Troops during the Red River Campaign. If you were a native southerner, tough luck on your loss. But if you were a foreign subject (and some of these Germans never got around to being naturalized) you could apply to the government for reimbursement (I think it was called the Omnibus Claims Bill). Floreda -----Original Message----- From: ViniL@aol.com [mailto:ViniL@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:50 AM To: LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] Germans to Louisiana--when and why? In a message dated 12/17/2003 9:11:44 AM Mountain Standard Time, tallygators@earthlink.net writes: Gottlieb WALKER (1828 Wuertenberg, Germany, 1871 Alexandria) and wife Annie SMITH (about 1829 Prussia, 1904 Alexandria), had five children: Julia, Alphonse Lombard, Heida "Ida", William and Gottlieb. Julia was born 5/2/1855 and died 9/30/1960 at age 105 - she never married. She is buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery in Pineville. I don't know anything about this family but does anyone know anything in general about Germans coming to this area? ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== Have you backed up your data lately?