In a message dated 97-06-16 13:11:32 EDT, you write: << 1. Could you please give us your name along with your email address. 2. Could you please give a list of the St. John Parish surnames that you are researching and what kind of information you are looking for. >> I'm John Sheldon Perilloux Louis Nicaise Madere,son of Nicaise Madere and Marie Josephe Triche, born 28 oct 1819 and married Emerante Froisy in 1846. I'm searching for information on ancestors and descendants of all of those. ------------------------------