Oops sorry about the previous message: I clicked too fast and was trying to answer Joan's post concerning Creole Riggs people from Louisiana. My father Warren Riggs was from Lafayette Louisiana, and the family are Creoles of mixed race who spoke French. I am told that one of his parents, my grandparents, was part Cherokee. Dad was born in 1908. He had two brothers and 2 sisters one of whom is still living. However, the other surnames mentioned do not ring a bell. I am told that our Riggs family has ties with the surname Arcenaux (spelling?). Does any of this tie in with any other Riggs people from Louisiana? Please let me know. Sandra Riggs > #1 RIGGS in Louisiana (Creole descent [family@seventh-son.com] > From: family@seventh-son.com > Date: vendredi 6 août 2004 19:53 > To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RIGGS in Louisiana (Creole descent) > > Surnames: Louisiana: RIGGS BELLARD CASTILLE HAWKINS PITRE > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1469 > > Message Board Post: > > I am researching my husband's RIGGS family in Louisiana. His father was > Felicien Riggs, whose parents were Felix RIGGS and Lucy BELLARD. They were > French-speaking Creoles of mixed race, living in the Lawtell/Opelousas area in > St. Landry Parish but not I believe they moved there from Acadia Parish > (Church Point area). Felicien's grandfather might have been Sam REED or REID. > I am not sure why the family name might have changed. This info was verbal > from an elderly RIGGS aunt. Felicien was a sharecropper at one time and a > parish deputy before he retired. > > If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Other family names include BELLARD > and CASTILLE. > > Thank you, > Joan Riggs >