Hello I am searching for DeRichebourg family of West baton Rouge LA thanks for any help my great grandfather was Achilles Philosie DeRichebourg son of Louis Terrence DeRichebourg DeRichebourg has been spelled many different ways Derishberg/Darisburg/Derischebourg/ and others thanks pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathews, Dixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/137 Message Board Post: Can someone do a census lookup for me in West Baton Rouge Parish? I am searching for a Caroline Mathews and possible children or family either in 1860, 1870 or 1890. I truly appreciate anyone who can take the time to do this for me. Thank you so much!! Marlene

Hi All If you have someone you are looking for in this parish that last names starting with the letter C are D post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you need my help go ahead and email me. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

Hi All Let see if we can get this list going. If you have someone you are looking for in this parish that last names starting with the letter A are B post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you need my help go ahead and email me. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

Hi All How about we list a genealogy webpage or site that you like . Here a good one if you are doing research in New Orleans http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

Hi All This list is for the discussing and genealogy research on the familles and history of West Baton Rouge Parish. This list is not to post virus warnings because a lot of the virus warnings are a HOAX, if your computer happens to get a virus, post that if you like or let me know and I will see if it needs to be posted. No Attachments in email and please no personal messages. If there is a family or friend who is sick or needs help you may post that because some of the list members are family. There will be NO FLAMING. It may lead to removal from the list. Any posting of way off topic subjects may lead to removal from the list. If you post a question send it to me first, the list Mom and I will decide if it should be forwarded. Have fun in your research. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/136 Message Board Post: I am looking for the name and exact location of a plantation owned by Judge Mike(Michael) Delaney(Delany) or Judge Mike(Michael) Jones, who lived in West Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana between 18300 to 1880. If you have any information contact me here or directly at Bballpayne@aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/135 Message Board Post: I am looking for descendants of Judge Mike(Michael) Delaney who may have lived in this parish between 1830 to 1880. If you have any information on this family contact me here or directly at Bballpayne@aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GEB.2ACE/30.1 Message Board Post: Are you looking for African Americans or Caucasians? What part of South Carolina? My Henry Evans is from Berkeley County,SC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Templet, Dupuy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/130.4 Message Board Post: I have listed a Jules Templet born June 9, 1854 in Brusly, LA married to Amelie Dupuy on January 11, 1877 in SS BB. I have information on his ancestors if interested. Please email me halvers7@aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: peletier,pelletier,dupeletier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GEB.2ACE/134 Message Board Post: To any one who may have information concernig Etienne Dupletier, please let me know. He had a small plantation in WBR adjoining a Duplantier plantation. I'm curious to know what if any links between the two places/families.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/130.1.2 Message Board Post: Dolly please e-mail me about infor on Jules Templet

Hello... I was wondering if someone had access to the 1890 West Baton Rouge census? My ancestor was listed and I was wondering if someone could please do a lookup for me. Ingram Collette W. Baton Rouge Parish 1890 Veteran Schedule Hermitage Township Page 016 Thanks so much! Sincerely, Barry Collett

Local historians to speak at Louisiana Purchase symposium on March 22, 2003 Authors will discuss Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, Natchitoches, Rapides genealogy Three preeminent Louisiana author/historians are scheduled to present papers at the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial symposium set for Saturday, March 22, 2003 at the Mansura Pavilion, L’Eglise Street in Mansura, Louisiana. With the theme “The Creole Trail: Home of Louisiana’s First Families,” this program will feature presentations on the interconnected histories and genealogies of Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles and Natchitoches Parishes, three of the oldest settlements in the Mississippi Valley. The symposium, open to the public without charge, is being coordinated by La Commission des Avoyelles, and participants will be welcomed by the La Commission executive committee consisting of Carlos Mayeux, president; Faye E. Treux, vice president; Marilyn B. Coco, secretary-treasurer; Dan Michel, historian; Clyde M. Neck, executive officer; and Wayne L. Coco, architectural advisor. Registration will open on the morning of the event at 9 a.m., and pre-registration may be made by contacting the Avoyelles Commission of Tourism at 1-800-833-4195. The program, consisting of three presentations and a refreshment recess, will last from 9:30 until 12:30. The three speakers will be Brian Costello of New Roads, Robert “Bobby DeBlieux of Natchitoches and Randy DeCuir of Marksville, all of whom are descended from Louisiana’s earliest French settlers and have published extensively since their earliest professional careers. Brian Costello, former editor of the Pointe Coupee Banner, has published 11 books on Louisiana history and culture since 1993, with his 12th anticipated for release this summer. He has compiled tens of  thousands of entries on the Creole families of Pointe Coupee, St. James, St. Martin, St. Landry, Iberia, St. Mary, Natchitoches and Rapides Parishes. President of Le Cercle Historique in New Roads and chairman of the famous New Roads Lions Carnival parade, it was Brian Costello who formulated the concept of a Louisiana “ Creole Trail.” “The river parishes from Baton Rouge to New Orleans are commercially touted as the Great River Road, Southwest Louisiana is widely promoted as Acadiana and Bayou Lafourche has existed as another, self-proclaimed segment of French Louisiana,” Costello stated. “But what about Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, Rapides and Natchitoches Parishes? They were not areas of Acadian immigration but bastions of an older Creole society that included European, African and racially mixed peoples, predating the “Cajun” communities by several generations. Indeed, a ‘Creole Trail” runs through our four subject parishes, and it is my genuine hope that we come to be acknowledged as such,” Costello continued. Costello, one of the youngest, and last, speakers of Pointe Coupee Parish’s unique Creole dialect, will offer as his presentation at the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial symposium a paper entitled “Genealogical ties along the Creole Trail.” Robert DeBlieux, former mayor of Natchitoches, is the author of The Garden Club (fiction) as well as numerous tour guides on his native parish. A nationally recognized authority on Louisiana vernacular architecture, he is also an accomplished landscape painter. Founder of the Natchitoches Historic Landmark District, DeBlieux is the owner and operator of a bed and breakfast establishment in the historic Tante Huppe House on Natchitoches’ Front Street, which is filled with vintage 19th century family furnishings, portraits and rare books. DeBlieux’ presentation will be entitled “A European Creole finds his roots in France, and the European Creoles of Natchitoches and the Cane River Country.” Randy DeCuir has published six books since his teenage years and is the publisher of three Avoyelles Parish newspapers: The Weekly News, The Bunkie Record and The Avoyelles Journal. For several years, he published the Louisiana Roots periodical, while continuing his genealogical and historical calling. DeCuir, who has traveled extensively in the home communities of his French ancestors, was the coordinator of the huge DeCuir family reunion in New Roads in 1995, which attracted descendants of pioneer Albert DeCuir from across the nation. Randy DeCuir’s paper will be entitled “Origins of the French Families of Avoyelles.” All historians, genealogists and students of Louisiana history and culture are encouraged to attend this event, which will form one of the highlights of the yearlong, statewide observance of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase. Thank you! bjcpca@bellsouth.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/130.3 Message Board Post: Shelly, I have just read your queary concerning the Jules Templet Family history. I am married to James Hebert. Jules Templet (spouse - Louise Robeau) was my husband's grand parents. I have a lot of information concerning this family. In fact, all the way back to France. I would very much like to correspond with you if you would like.

Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- March 01, 2003 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch 314 East Thomas <<<<<<<<<<Parking in the Rear. Hammond, Louisiana 70401 Guest Speaker: Barbara Comeaux Strickland The Sons & Daughters of West Florida

Please note on your calendar and disseminate this information on the next meeting of the Edward Livingston Parish Historical Association, which will be held at the Livingston Parish Library in Livingston on Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 6:00 p.m:     Dr. Jerry Salomone,former dean, current professor of sociology and scholar in residence at SLU in Hammond, will discuss his recent book, Bread and Respect: The Italians of Louisiana.     Being a native of Livingston's neighboring parish, Tangipahoa, he will share, in the words of his book jacket, "...how Italian culture shaped the lives of the immigrants to Louisiana and, in turn, how their experiences in Louisiana modified their values and culture...."     Those attendees who do not know that Livingston has one town named for an early Italian immigrant will learn its identity.  So a number of the "Free State" citizens have Italian ancestors.     Dr. Salomone is as entertaining as he is informative, and there will be ample time for questions and answers.  His Ph.D. dissertation at LSU is titled "An Attitudinal Study of Funeral Customs in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana:  A Sociological Analysis," 1966. For additional information, please contact Iris Stilley at the Livingston Library, 225-686-2436, or Clark Forrest at 225-567-3015. Your assistance will be appreciated. Cordially, Clark Forrest ELHA, Pres.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/39.40.36.35.42.49.52.87.89.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ben: Read your message of 7 Jan 2001 and have the information you wanted in case you did not find it. I am also a decendant of the Longuepees. Marie Rose Longuepee born 27 Feb 1805 in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA married Augustine Seguin born in 1801, in WBR Ph on 19 June 1924. He was the son of Francois Seguin born 1795 married to Marie Pelagie Bourg. Francois' father was Francisco Seguin born 1760 and married to Marguerite Goddard. That's as far back as I go. I am also related to the Seguins. If you have other information or would like to correspond you can e-mail me at:Maltazan@cox.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longuepee & Achee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/39.40.36.35.42.49.52.88 Message Board Post: Hi Ben: \saw your message of 14 Feb 2000, and thought I might give you some information on he Longuepees who are in my family tree. Jean Jacques Longuepee was born 20 Aug 1776 in St. Servan Ile-et-Viliane, France. He was the son of Jean Longuepee and Marie Francoise Bourg. He died 3 Jan1815 in New Orleans, LA. He married Marie Rose LeBlanc on 7 Jan 1802 in St. Gabriel Cathlic Church in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, LA, She was the daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Tarsille Hebert. They had five children including Marie Rose born 27 Feb 1805 in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA. He had 11 siblings. I have a good deal of information on the Longuepees since my] lineage begins with Vincent Longuepee, born in 1671 in France and died in 1714. He was married to Madeline Rimbault in 1691 in Port Royal Acadia. She was the daughter of Rene Rimbault and Anne-Marie?. He was a sailor and arrived in Acadia circa 1689. My youngest sister was married to Ronald Achee from the Covington, LA area. If you would like to correspond with me, feel free to e-mail me at: Maltazan@cox.net. Milon D. Altazan 2101 Allene Street Brusly, LA 70719-2060

Nature guide has a voice all its own By GREG LANGLEY Books editor I used to love to follow my grandfather around our farm in Tennessee, especially on trips in the woods to hunt or cut wood. My grandfather could name every plant and tree that grew on our place, and that was a lot of plants since we lived in the Cumberland Mountains, an area renowned for its plant diversity. Not only could my grandfather identify all the plants, he could tell you how you could use them. "That's fever weed," he'd tell me, pointing out a small, low-growing weedy plant. "You can make a tea with that that's good to break a fever." My grandmother's brother was a college-educated botanist, but he never found my grandfather in error in any of his plant identifications. Not everyone had a grandfather like that or open woods to use as a classroom. But I always felt I was learning more than just the names of plants when I went with my grandfather on a tramp through the woods. I get the same feeling reading a new book by Charles Allen, Dawn Allen Newman and Harry H. Winters. Trees, Shrubs, And Woody Vines Of Louisiana (Allen's Nature Ventures, $20 softcover). Charles Allen is a retired professor of biology who taught at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Newman, his daughter, holds a master's degree in botany. Winters is a retired physician who used to practice in Columbia. A somewhat eclectic collection of authors, one might observe, and a group with a decided lean toward academia. You might expect them to produce a dry, scientific tome. Not so. Right at the beginning there is a delightful list of colloquialisms, jokes and jibes which includes such gems as "How do you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on it," and "How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way, unique up on it," and "Never make small forecasts, especially about the future," and "Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork," and "Never go to a doctor whose house plants have died." And many more. Then there's a tree zodiac, which tells you about your personality according to your "birth tree." I found I was a poplar tree, fittingly, the state tree of Tennessee. By the time you get to the descriptions of the trees, plants and vines, you'll have a smile on your face and will have realized the authors don't take themselves too seriously. But their subject matter is a different story. They offer short, concise and factual descriptions of each tree or plant, including detailed descriptions of the leaves, bark and, yes, uses of the tree or plant. The range of the plant in Louisiana is defined. You might be surprised to know that a plant like the altitude loving Mountain Laurel actually occurs naturally in at least one Louisiana parish (Washington). What can you do with Mountain Laurel? "The wood is used for making woodenware articles, pipes, handles, and fuel. The leaves have been used medicinally, in internal treatment of diarrhea and syphilis, and in external treatment of skin diseases. The leaves are poisonous to sheep or cattle; seem to be eaten by white-tailed deer in small quantities with impunity, but are toxic in large amounts. Records also exist concerning human fatalities from Kalmia honey. At one time, the burls were tried as a replacement for Italian briar for pipes but the taste was not favorable and the attempt was dropped." That's the kind of detail that field guides don't offer. There is a short guide to botany and plant classification at the beginning of the book. The only drawback to the book is the lack of color illustrations. That would have been a nice addition, but the strength of this book is its comprehensiveness (400 species with black-and-white illustrations of most), its organization (alphabetized instead of grouped by plant families), its range (just Louisiana) and its voice (almost like listening to somebody's grandpa). I want to keep this one for hikes with my kids. You can get your own copy and play grandpa by sending $Use url or email to get price shipping to Allen's Native Ventures, 5070 Highway 399, Pitkin, LA 70605. The book can be ordered on the Internet at http://www.native ventures.net, or e-mail Allen at <A HREF="mailto:native@camtel.net,"> native@camtel.net,</A> or just call 337-328-2252.