TABLES OF CONTENTS OF LE RACONTEUR [updated May 8, 2008] To Order, write to: Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane P.O. Box 1547 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1547 Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane Home Page http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/79/Default.aspx (All prices shown include postage and handling) 1984 ANNUAL EDITION (Out of Print) Le Comite' Update - 1 St. Landry Parish District Court Minute Book, April 1854 to July 1873 - 2 Constables for the Parish of Iberville - 8 The Louisiana State Militia, 1877 - 9 New State Archives Building--Status Update - 17 New Book Preserves History of Pointe Coupee Parish - 19 Letter from Secretary of State Brown - 20 Index -21 1985 ANNUAL EDITION (Out of Print) Le Comite' Update - 1 Act 238, House Bill No. 1642 - 2 State Archives Building Update - 12 Genealogical Columns - 13 Spell/Skolfield Information Sought - 21 Iberville Parish Record of Wills, No. A-A, Beginning 1854 - Ending 16 May 1892 - 22 Queries - 23 Genealogical Research in Louisiana Courthouses - 24 Centroplex Library Shortens Hours - 32 Announcements - 33 1985 Events - 34 Sale on Back Issues of Le Raconteur - 34 Records Found in Iberville Courthouse Attic - 35 L.S.U. Newspaper Microfilm Project Underway - 39 Archives Exhibits Acadian Documents - 39 Surname Index - 40 1986 ANNUAL EDITION (Out of Print) Le Comite' Update - 1 State Archives Update - 2 Le Comite' Questionnaire Results - 4 Iberville Parish Coroner's Records, 1875-1884 - 6 Jean-Philippe Goujon de Grondel--A Chronological Trail - 11 Garahy Cemetery, Robert, La., Tangipahoa Parish - 13 First Register of the Congregation of the "Dames Enfants de Marie" Ursulines Convent Archives - 14 Palmer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rapides Parish - 16 Hooper Cemetery - 17 Thompson Ferry Cemetery, Grant Parish - 18 Old Whatley Cemetery, LaSalle Parish - 19 Old Wise Chapel Cemetery, Ruby, La., Rapides Parish - 20 Terry Graveyard, Tangipahoa Parish - 25 West Baton Rouge Parish Record of Wills, Oct. 1846 - May 1926 - 26 LSU Libraries Changes Microfilm Use Policy - 29 Addresses of Major Research Facilities Around the World - 30 Queries - 32 DeSoto Parish Postmasters - 33 Inventory of Two Boxes of Genealogical Records at Rural Life Museum - 40 Surname Index - 43 1987 ANNUAL EDITION (Out of Print) Le Comite' Update - 1 Archives Reception - 2 Louisiana State Archives Dedication - 3 Louisiana (poem) - 4 Archives Volunteer Program Update - 5 Volunteer Orientation Program - 5 Le Comite' Establishes Archives Fund/Archives Fund Financial Report - 6 Upcoming Events at the State Archives - 7 Iberville Casualties in the Seige of Vicksburg, 1863 - 8 Succession of Daniel Hicky, 5 Jan. 1808 - 10 Some Genealogical Sources for Pointe Coupee Parish Research - 11 Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans - 14 Krotz Springs, St. Landry Parish, La., Postmasters and Elected Officials - 15 Charles Louis Boucher de Grand Pre - 18 Genealogical Sources in French Departmental Archives - 19 Garrett-Berwick Cemetery, Garrett Plantation, Bayou Sale, St. Mary Parish, La. - 20 Protestant Cemetery, Patterson, La. - 21 Centerville Presbyterian Church Cemetery - 23 Rentrop-Knight-Hartman Cemetery, St. Mary Parish - 25 Shadows-on-the Teche Family Cemetery, New Iberia - 26 Patterson Catholic Cemetery - 26 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia - 27 St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery, New Iberia - 28 Cemetery at Sterling, St. Mary Parish, La. - 29 Leave No Stone Unturned - 30 Acadian Cousins from Poitou, France, Visit Louisiana - 31 Les Acadiens Laboureurs de la Mer/The Acadians Plowmen of the Sea (poem) - 32 Iberville Parish Coroner's Record, 1887-1900 - 34 Ledger from Neubig's Store, Plaquemine, La. - 41 The Reids from Angus County, Scotland, to Caddo Parish, La. - 42 Queries/Announcements - 44 Alphabetical List of Articles Appearing in Le Raconteur, 1978-1987 - 45 Index - 49 1812 Map Shows Landowners Along False River - 54 1988 ANNUAL EDITION (Out of Print) President's Message - 1 State Archives Volunteer Program - 2 Upcoming Archival Events and Exhibits - 3 On Visiting the Research Room at the Louisiana State Archives Louisiana State Archives - 4 Research Room Policies - 5 Documents at the Opelousas Post - 6 Colonial Records at the State Archives - 11 Observations of Travellers in South Louisiana, 1800-1828; Genealogical Information Gleaned from Travelogues Index to Cathcart and Landreth - 27 Captain Samuel Hynes' Company, Louisiana Reserve Corps - 35 Archives Fund Financial Report - 40 West Baton Rouge Parish Enumeration of Ex Confederate Soldiers and Widows of Deceased Soldiers, 1911 - 41 Short History of the 19th Louisiana Infantry Before and During the Battle of Shiloh, Tn. - 42 Nominating Committee Report - 46 Records of the Post Office Department Record Group 28, Records of Appointments of Postmasters, 1789-1818 - 47 Le Comite' Exchanges - 48 Newspaper Collection at the State Archives - 49 1804 Inventory of Public Buildings at Galveztown - 53 Addition to Delage Material in Pointe Coupee History - 54 Corrections to Parish History Books - 56 Department of Archives, Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge - 57 Announcements - 60 The Archives of the Parish of East Baton Rouge - 61 The Morgan City Archives - 62 St. Landry Parish Jayhawkers - 63 Information Sought on Faquetaique - 64 Queries - 65 Donations to the State Archives - 66 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book, A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 Index - 68 Index - 71 VOLUME IX, NOS. 1,2, JUNE 1989 (Out of Print) Archives Update - 1 Upcoming Archives Exhibits - 2 Announcements - 2 Italian Immigrants in Iberville Parish - 3 The Montebello - 7 Roster of Captain Bailey P.L. Vinson's Company of Cavalry Scouts, C.S.A. - 8 1898 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Roll - 15 5th Field Battery, Pelican Light Artillery - 22 Some Early DeSoto Parish Elected Officials - 23 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 24 Colonial Records at the State Archives - 30 The Archives of the Parish of Lafayette - 36 The Draper Manuscripts - 37 Port Barre (St. Landry Parish) Postmasters & Elected Officials - 38 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 - 42 Beware of Indexes! - 51 Book Reviews - 52 1775 Map of the Spanish Fort at Manchac - 57 Computer Corner - 59 Donations to the State Archives - 60 Le Comite' Exchanges - 60 Queries - 61 VOLUME IX, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1989 ($6.75 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) President's Message - 65 Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, General Le Chevalier de Grondel - 67 1898 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Roll - 70 From Italy to New Orleans by Barks, Brigs, and Steamships - 75 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 80 Colonial Records at the State Archives - 83 Nominating Committee Report - 89 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 - 90 Krotz Springs Catholic Cemetery - 93 Donations to the Archives - 101 Queries - 102 Volunteers Needed to Work at Archives - 102 Archives Exhibit Schedule - 103 Archives Fund Discontinued - 103 Book Reviews - 104 Announcements - 105 Undated Map of EBR Land Index - 105 Index - 106 VOLUME X, NOS. 1,2, JUNE 1990 (Out of Print) Message from the Archives - 1 Acadian Baptisms and Marriages in Pennsylvania, the Registers of Ferdinand Farmer and Robert Molyneux - 3 Franklin Republican - 12 Two Dauphinois in Louisiana in the Eighteenth Century - 22 Iberville Naturalizations, Book #1, Iberville Parish Clerk of Court's Office - 24 East Feliciana Parish History Project - 31 14th Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters, C.S.A. - 32 Iles Cemetery, Rapides Parish, La. - 34 Melville (St. Landry Parish) Postmasters and Elected Officials - 35 Donations to the Archives - 40 McNeese State University Library Archives and Special Collections Department, Guide to the Collections - 41 A Family Inquiry on Free People of Color - 46 1898 Pointe Coupee Parish Voter Registration Roll - 47 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 52 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 - 56 Queries - 60 Book Reviews - 61 Genealogical Workshop to be Held in Plaquemine - 61 Computer Corner - 62 Le Comite' Releases First Financial Statement - 62 1822 Survey of Jacques Roman's Property, Bayou "Carron Croe" - 62 VOLUME X, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1990 (Out of Print) Report on Volunteer Activities at the State Archives - 65 Nancy and the Methodists - 67 East Feliciana Marriages - 74 Auctioneers for the City of New Orleans, 26 May 1846 - 79 Members of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 17 July 1865 - 79 Acadian Baptisms and Marriages in Pennsylvania, the Registers of Ferdinand Farmer and Robert Molyneux, 1758-1792 - 80 Sunset (St. Landry Parish) Postmasters & Elected Officials - 89 Nominating Committee Report - 93 A Proposal to Create the Feliciana Parish Historical Archives - 94 Iberville Naturalizations, Book #2 - 96 3rd Louisiana (Benton's) Battery Light Artillery - 98 1898 Pointe Coupee Parish Voter Registration Roll - 103 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 106 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 - 110 Assumption Parish Death Notices (1853-1886) - 114 Queries - 115 Book Reviews - 116 Le Comite' Donations to the Archives - 116 Plaquemine Events - 116 1794 Map of Buard Land Claim at Natchitoches - 117 Plans to Destroy Original 37 Million Social Security Applications - 117 A Proposal for a Permanent Political History Exhibit at the Old State Capitol - 118 Computer Corner - 119 Index - 120 VOLUME XI, NOS. 1,2, JUNE 1991 (Out of Print) A Message from the Archives - 1 Act. No. 212, Regular Session, 1990 - 2 The Bowmans of the Felicianas; A Collection of Records of Four Families - 3 1789 Natchitoches Militia - 11 Legacy Resumes Publication - 13 Hayes Cemetery, Effie (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana - 14 What Happened to Joseph Blanchard? - 19 A Word on Le Comite's Publishing Policies - 19 Baton Rouge Funeral Poster Abstracts - 20 1990 Financial Reports Available - 29 Cemeteries on Bayou Crook Chene, St. Martin Parish - 30 Luther Egbert Hall, Native of Morehouse Parish and Governor of Louisiana, 1912-1916 - 31 Hall Burial Plot, Bastrop City Cemetery, North Washington Street - 34 Books Needed at the Archives - 35 Baton Rouge Girls Attending School in Nelson Co., Kentucky - 36 Iberville Naturalizations, Book #3 - 37 Archives Maps - 41 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 42 Iberville Parish Original Marriage Bonds, Book A, 28 May 1842 - 21 February 1901 - 47 1991-1992 Archives Exhibit Schedule - 51 Leonville (St. Landry Parish) Postmasters and Elected Officials - 52 Use' Mystery Solved - 54 Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Watson Library, Northwestern State University of Louisiana - 55 Book Reviews - 56 Queries - 59 Announcements - 59 Le Comite' Inventories Archives Periodicals - 60 Computer Corner - 61 1797 Survey of Land on Bayou Manchac - 62 VOLUME XI, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1991 (Out of Print) Archives Events - 65 Editor's Message - 66 The Forty-Third United States Infantry Regimental History - 67 1772 Iberville Census - 79 Nominating Committee Report - 83 Abstracts from Carroll Parish Newspapers (1866-1879) - 84 Elder David Cooper - 84 1898 West Baton Rouge Parish Voter Registration Roll - 91 Innis Family Bible - 92 Inventory Donated to Le Comite' - 93 Coroners for the State of Louisiana, 1866-1870 - 94 New Iberia Militia, 1789 - 95 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 96 Iberville Naturalizations, Miscellaneous Books - 102 1920 Census to be Available Next Year - 106 Computer Corner - 107 Black Genealogy and Louisiana Church Records - 108 Queries - 110 Archives to Survey Parish Records - 111 Archives has Duplicate Books to Trade - 112 Archives to Compile Genealogical Surname Index - 118 Archives Periodicals Collection Grows - 118 Genealogical Surname Index - 119 Book Reviews - 120 1799 Map of the Land of Joseph Gradenigo - 121 Index - 123 VOLUME XII, NO. 1, APRIL 1992 (Out of Print) NHPRC Project Update - 1 Upcoming Archives Events - 2 Three Early Families of East Feliciana Parish Became Settlers of Caldwell Parish: Rogillio, Brian, Reitzell Families - 3 Louisiana Graduates of the George Washington University from 1824 to 1937 - 16 325th Anniversary of Boucherville - 18 Abstracts from Carroll Parish Newspapers (1888-1892) - 19 1991 Financial Statement Available - 24 Genealogy Sources on Quebec at the Louisiana State Archives - 25 Tobacco Manufacturers at Rapides for the Year 1789 - 28 What's New at the Archives - 29 William H. Green Family Bible - 30 State Genealogical Society to Hold Annual Meeting April 11 - 34 Death and Marriage Notices from the Gayle Family Collection, Baton Rouge, 1848-1913 - 35 West Baton Rouge Officials, 1865 - 37 Using Vital Statistics Records at the Archives - 38 Amistad Research Center - 40 Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Postmasters and Elected Officials - 45 Memorials - 50 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 51 Computer Corner - 57 Land Claim on Bayou Plaquemine - 57 Queries - 58 Book Reviews - 59 Updated Duplicate Book List - 60 VOLUME XII, NO. 2, AUGUST 1992 (Out of Print) Secretary of State Considers Archives Renovations, An Editorial - 65 1795 Tax on Slaveowners - 67 State Capitol Update - 78 Pointe Coupee Vendor/Vendee Index, 1765-1768 - 79 Abstracts from Carroll Parish Newspapers (1887-1892) - 88 Bayou Goula Heritage Tour - 96 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 97 Starhill Cemetery, Established 1882, West Feliciana Parish - 105 Notes to Weekend Researchers at the Archives - 113 Death and Marriage Notices from St. Charles Newspapers (1875-1877) - 114 LSU's Electronic Imaging Lab Opens at Hill Memorial - 116 New Archives Exhibits - 116 Archives to Hold Volunteer Training Sessions - 117 New Issue of Legacy to be Published - 117 What's New in the Research Room - 118 NHPRC Project Update - 119 Dodeman Query - 119 New Roads to Celebrate Centennial - 120 Periodicals Available on Black Genealogy - 120 Book Reviews - 121 1794 Land Claim of Joseph Connand at Natchitoches - 121 Updated Duplicate Book List - 122 VOLUME XII, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1992 (Out of Print) Archives Plans No Change in Vital Statistics Fees - 129 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 130 West Feliciana Parish Successions Filed Prior to 1900 - 140 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 148 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 158 1795 Tax on Slaveowners - 163 Abstracts from Carroll Parish Newspapers (1892-1900) - 173 What's New in the Research Room - 179 Volunteer Training Seminar - 180 Le Comite' Displays Books at Two Seminars - 180 Nominating Committee Announces 1993 Officers - 180 Book Reviews - 181 Archives to Impose Research Fee - 182 1799 Survey of Juan B. Bouillon's Land at Manchac - 182 Index - 183 VOLUME XIII, NO. 1, APRIL 1993 (Out of Print) Fire Destroys Some Pointe Coupee Records - 1 Six Letters to Ireland - 2 Duplicate Books Still Available for Trade - 13 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 19 1795 Tax on Slaveowners - 19 Le Comite' Financial Report Available - 29 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 30 West Feliciana Parish Succession Filed Prior to 1900 - 35 Abstracts from Carroll Parish Newspapers (1892-1900) Le Comite' Receives Donation for Purchase of Passenger List Index - 51 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 52 What's New in the Research Room - 57 Status of Volunteer Projects at the Archives - 58 Nilson Map Collection - 59 Queries - 60 Book Reviews - 61 Periodicals Binding Program - 62 Map Shows Land in St. James Parish - 62 VOLUME XIII, NO. 2, AUGUST 1993 (Out of Print) Archives to Establish Computerized Genealogy Center - 65 Editor's Note - 66 Germans and Alsations in Oleron During the 18th Century - 67 Beaumont Family Cemetery, Baton Rouge - 71 Orr Family Bible Records - 72 West Feliciana Parish Successions Filed Prior to 1900 - 73 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 83 Lafourche Heritage Society to Hold Seminar - 95 1795 Tax on Slaveowners - 96 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 107 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 115 What's New in the Research Room - 122 Archives to Hold New Volunteer Training Session - 123 Book Review - 123 Computer Corner, Electronic Imaging of Historical Sources - 124 LSU Library Obtains Newspaper in Electronic Format - 125 Queries - 126 Le Raconteur Tables of Contents Available - 126 1792 Map of Philip Lewis Alston Land at New Feliciana - 126 VOLUME XIII, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1993 (Out of Print) Louisiana Heritage Center Opens at State Archives - 129 West Baton Rouge Documents Come to Light - 130 Le Comite' Displays Books at Mire - 130 1788 Passenger List of the Ship Lydia - 131 Nominating Committee Report - 134 Genealogical Records from Hunstock Family Bible - 135 1994 Renewal and Ballot Enclosed - 142 1775 Will of Nicolas Ory - 143 Abstracts from the Louisiana Intelligencer for 1868 - 146 West Feliciana Parish Successions Filed Prior to 1900 - 147 Volunteer Update - 157 Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana - 158 Postmasters of Oak Ridge (Formerly Point Jefferson), Morehouse Parish - 158 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 160 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 168 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 175 What's New in the Research Room - 181 Queries - 182 Book Reviews - 183 Natchez Trace Collection to be Featured in April - 184 1801 Survey of Maes' Land at Natchitoches Index - 184 Index - 185 VOLUME XIV, NO, 1, APRIL 1994 (Out of Print) Editor's Message - 1 The Center for American History, the University of Texas at Austin - 2 The Natchez Trace Collection - 7 Preliminary Inventory of the Uninventoried Documents in the Natchez Trace Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin - 13 In the Next Issue of Le Raconteur - 21 Tax for the Prison at Ouachita, 1796-1799 - 22 Early Gulf Coast Map - 23 Death and Marriage Notices from Selected Newspapers in the Natchez Trace Collection - 24 John Dutton Papers, Natchez Trace Collection - 38 Upcoming Genealogical Seminars - 43 Iberville Parish List of Jurors ca. 1808-1812 - 44 1993 Financial Report Available - 46 1806 St. Gabriel Church Document - 47 Peregrine P. Sugg Papers, 1847-1877 - 48 1825 Iberville Parish Voter Registration - 49 Tables of Contents - 52 Isaac Johnson Documents - 53 Volunteer Update - 55 Natchez Trace Collection Inventory - 56 Pierre Porche Papers - 57 NHPRC Final Report - 58 Queries - 60 Book Reviews - 62 VOLUME XIV, NO. 2, AUGUST 1994 (Out of Print) Le Comite' to Unveil New Orleans Ship Passenger Index Microfilm at State Archives - 65 Customs Ports and Districts, National Archives Microfilm Series M334 - 66 1793 Census of New Feliciana - 67 The Family Bible of C.W. and L. Chambers - 73 Chambers Family Known to be Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 79 Excerpts from the Baton Rouge Gazette - 81 Pointe Coupee Vendor/Vendee Index No. 2, 1769-1772 - 82 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 92 Shelton, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, A Sawmill Community of the Pre-Depression Era - 101 Upcoming Events - 103 Fondelic/Adle' Mystery Solved - 104 1797 Ouachita Arrivals - 106 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 107 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 115 Old State Capitol Grand Opening - 122 Computer Corner - 123 Queries - 123 What's New in the Research Room - 124 Book Reviews - 125 1799 Map of Land Claim at Avoyelles - 126 VOLUME XIV, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1994 (Out of Print) Editor's Message - 129 Calendar of Events - 129 1795 Census of Baton Rouge and Manchac - 130 Le Comite' Presents Microfilm to Archives - 145 Nebo Cemetery, Nebo, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana - 146 1884 Family Bible - 157 1913 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration - 158 Nominating Committee Report - 165 Company F (Henry Marshall Guards), 19th Regiment of Louisiana Infantry, CSA - 166 Documents of the Opelousas Post - 175 1793 El Nuestra Senora del Carmen - 187 What's New in the Research Room - 188 Genealogy on the Internet - 189 Queries - 191 Book Reviews - 192 1779 Survey of Simon Daigre's Land at Manchac - 193 Index - 194 VOLUME XV, NO. 1, APRIL 1995 (Out of Print) Le Comite' Releases New St. Landry Book - 1 Miscellaneous Land and Court Records - 2 Syndics at Opelousas in 1796 - 17 Deaths from the Eastern Louisiana Association Minutes, Southern Baptist Churches, 1900-1940 - 18 New Findings on Jacques Blanchard of West Baton Rouge - 32 Le Raconteur Tables of Contents Available - 35 1911 Enumeration of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Widows of Deceased Soldiers, West Feliciana Parish - 36 Archives Receives Updated CD's - 37 1868 Coroners - 38 Louisiana Purchase Exhibit - 39 Authorization for the Sale of Lots at Donaldsonville - 40 Louisiana Historical Quarterlies Needed - 41 Miller Family Bible - 42 Chaney Cemetery, Evangeline Parish - 45 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 46 What's New in the Research Room - 55 Computer Corner, Language Translation Software - 56 Guide to Non-Public Records of the Louisiana State Archives - 58 Le Comite' Member Survey Results - 58 Queries - 59 Upcoming Reunions and Conferences - 59 Book Reviews - 60 1801 Land Claim at Natchitoches - 62 VOLUME XV, NO. 2, AUGUST 1995 (Out of Print) Le Comite' to Hold Annual Meeting - 65 Membership Continues to Grow - 66 Nominating Committee Presents Slate of Officers - 66 Publications Update - 66 Land Register ca. 1807, St. James, Ascension, and Iberville Parishes - 67 Unraveling Myths of the Old St. Gabriel Church - 81 Miscellaneous Court Documents - 87 Captain Demsey Cemetery, Jena, LaSalle Parish - 93 Extracts from the Richmond Compiler, Madison Parish, 1841-1844 - 94 1796 Arrivals at Natchez - 97 The Long Route to the Attakapas - 98 Ory Correction - 106 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 107 Computer Corner, Two Acadian CD-Rom Reviews - 116 Louisiana Purchase Exhibit Extended - 122 What's New in the Research Room - 123 Two Museums Now Under Secretary of State - 124 Attention DeBlanc & DeReggio Descendants - 124 Queries - 125 Upcoming Events - 126 VOLUME XV, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1995 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting - 129 Speakers Present Informative Program - 130 1996 Officers Elected - 130 By-Laws Amendments Approved - 130 Levee Repairs in the Late 1790's - 131 1796 Survey of Stephen Watt's Land - 138 Miscellaneous Confederate Records - 139 Sharp Family Bible - 145 Land Register ca. 1807, St. James, Ascension, and Iberville Parishes - 148 The History of Bonita, Morehouse Parish - 163 Lind Grove and Bonita Postmasters - 165 Extracts from the St. Landry Whig, 1844-1845 - 166 Dayton Family Cemetery, LaSalle Parish - 171 Addis Postmasters and Elected Officials - 172 1828 Catahoula Parish Conveyance - 176 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 177 Attention: 1996 Dues are Due! - 188 Queries - 189 Upcoming Events - 189 Computer Corner - 190 Book Reviews - 191 A Preview of the April Issue - 192 What's New in the Research Room - 193 Colonial Natchez Database Project - 193 Periodicals Binding Program Continues - 194 Duplicate Books for Sale - 195 Index - 196 VOLUME XVI, NO. 1, APRIL 1996 ($6.75 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Le Comite' Publishes Index to Orleans Poll Tax - 1 1798 Census of Faux-Bourg Sainte Marie, New Orleans - 2 Le Comite' Releases 1995 Financial Reports - 9 Cotton Manufacturing in the Iberville District - 10 Settlers on Lake Pontchartrain in 1795 - 12 St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Union, St. James Parish - 13 Le Comite' to Publish St. Martin Cemetery Book - 31 Change of Address Requested - 31 Louisiana State Militia 1865 - 32 Louisiana and Mississippi District Papers, "The Trudeau Papers," 1780-1827 - 38 Sale on Back Issues of Le Raconteur - 40 Michel Leger Estate - 41 Extracts from the Southern Advocate and Catahoula Register - 48 Upcoming Events - 49 Two Acadian Families Arrive in Louisiana - 50 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 51 Computer Corner - 57 Williams Research Center Opens - 58 Periodicals Needed - 58 1800 Manchac Surveys - 58 Queries - 59 What's New in the Research Room - 60 Book Reviews - 61 Duplicate Books for Sale - 62 VOLUME XVI, NO. 2, AUGUST 1996 ($6.75 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Le Comite' to Hold Annual Meeting September 21, 1996 - 65 Naturalization Records of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana - 66 New Orleans Tax Receipt Stub Book, 1819 - 82 Nominating Committee Announced - 96 West Feliciana Parish Cemeteries - 97 Upcoming Events - 106 Iberville Parish Marriage Contracts in Conveyance Books, 1787-1860 - 107 Extracts from the Constitutional, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1860-1861 - 112 German Cultural Society Seeks Memorabilia - 113 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 114 Computer Corner - 122 Information Sought for St. Martin Book - 123 What's New in the Research Room - 124 Book Reviews - 125 1796 Map of the Iberville District - 125 Duplicate Books for Sale - 126 VOLUME XVI, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1996 (Out of Print) St. Martin Parish Cemeteries - 129 Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane - 130 Index for 1851 Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New Orleans - 131 Congres Mondial Acadien Seeks Help - 132 Melville Methodist Cemetery, St. Landry Parish - 133 De la Barba Family - 151 Church Point, Acadia Parish, Postmasters and Elected Officials, 1873-1930 - 152 Three Orphan's Land at New Feliciana - 155 Naturalization Records of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana - 156 1804 Iberville Parish Census - 172 Le Comite' Begins Acquiring Old Mint Records - 176 Extracts from the Register, Monroe, Louisiana, 1859-1860 - 177 Le Comite' Obtains Touro Infirmary Records - 179 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 180 New Periodical on Louisiana African-Americans - 188 Book Reviews - 189 Computer Corner - 191 Duplicate Books for Sale - 192 Archives Guide to Non-Public Records - 192 Duplicate Periodicals for Sale - 193 Queries - 194 1793 Land Survey at Natchitoches - 194 Index - 195 VOLUME XVII, NO. 1, APRIL 1997 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) New Faces in the Research Room - 1 Touro Infirmary Golden Book of Life - 2 Le Comite' 1996 Financial Report - 10 The Assault of Joseph Marie Poiret in 1799 - 11 1807 Pointe Coupee Census - 25 Extracts from the American Patriot, Clinton, La. - 34 Extract from the Red River Whig, Alexandria, La. - 36 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Postmasters and Elected Officials - 37 State Library Acquires EBR Records - 39 1790 Residents of New Orleans Who Owe for the Road to Plaquemine - 40 1804 Iberville Petitioners - 41 Some Mexican War Correspondence - 42 Cemetery Near Morrow, St. Landry Parish - 44 Cason Cemetery, St. Landry Parish - 44 Correction to Melville Cemetery Listing - 45 In Memoriam - 45 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 45 Computer Corner - 54 Louisiana Genealogists E-Mail Directory - 56 Queries - 57 Book Reviews - 58 Upcoming Events - 59 What's New in the Research Room - 60 Duplicate Periodicals for Sale - 61 Duplicate Books for Sale - 62 1798 Survey of Leger Land at Carencro - 62 VOLUME XVII, No. 2, AUGUST 1997 (Out of Print) Le Comite' to Hold Annual Meeting September 13, 1997 - 65 An Historical Sketch of the Louisiana State Archives - 66 Archives to Celebrate 10th Anniversary - 70 Calendar of Events - 70 The Adam Family and the Hurricane of 1793 - 71 Nominating Committee Selected - 78 Pointe Coupee Parish Militia Units in 1861 - 79 Le Raconteur to Feature Native Americans - 88 Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery, St. Landry Parish - 89 More New Findings on Jacques Blanchard of West Baton Rouge Parish - 110 Extracts from The Villager, Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, 1843-1858 - 111 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 113 Computer Corner - 120 French Canadian Periodicals Bound - 122 What's New in the Research Room - 123 Book Reviews - 124 Duplicate Books for Sale - 126 1799 Survey of Trahan Land at Manchac - 126 VOLUME XVII, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1997 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane - 129 Speakers Present Excellent Program - 129 Archives Obtains Acquisitions Budget - 130 Staff Update - 130 The 1797 Mission of La Luisiana - 130 Archives Obtains EBR Parish Records - 139 Pointe Coupee Parish Militia Units in 1861 - 140 1833 Ascension Parish Census of Voters - 155 Duplicate Books for Sale - 160 St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, Leonville, St. Landry Parish - 161 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 182 Computer Corner - 190 Louisiana Genealogists E-Mail Directory - 191 Yvon Cyr to Revise Acadian CD - 191 What's New in the Research Room - 192 Louisiana Heritage Center Now Free of Charge - 192 Book Reviews - 193 Announcements - 194 1799 Survey of Trahan Land at Manchac - 194 Index - 195 VOLUME XVIII, NO. 1, APRIL 1998 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Le Comite' Debuts Colonial Court Records - 1 New Orleans Fire Victims of 1788 and 1794 - 2 Le Comite' 1997 Financial Report - 5 1840 Pointe Coupee Parish Census - 6 NOPL Completes Marriage License Index - 17 Extracts From Le Vigilant, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, 1847-1850 - 18 Volunteer Training Class Announced - 21 Annual Meeting to Feature Computer Topics - 21 St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, Leonville, St. Landry Parish - 22 Touro Infirmary Deaths, New Orleans, 1869-1916 - 40 1795 Iberville Slaveowners - 54 Le Comite' Planning Book Carnival - 57 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 58 Computer Corner - 65 Le Raconteur Tables of Contents on the Internet - 65 Queries - 66 Blanchard Correction - 66 What's New in the Research Room - 67 Book Reviews - 68 1766 Map - 70 VOLUME XVIII, NO. 2, AUGUST 1998 (Out of Print) Le Comite' to Hold Annual Meeting September 26, 1998 - 73 1798 Ascension Parish Landowners - 74 Iberville Parish Successions, Probate Court, 1790-1846 - 78 Succession of Resin P. Bowie, Iberville Parish, 15 April 1841 - 93 War of the Rebellion Available at Archives - 95 St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, Leonville, St. Landry Parish - 96 Touro Infirmary Deaths, New Orleans, 1869-1916 - 115 Extracts from the Opelousas Gazette/Gazette Des Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, 1841-1844 - 128 News From France - 130 1793 Map of Lots in New Orleans - 130 Inventory of the Concordia Archives, 1801-1804 - 131 Membership Report - 132 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 133 Computer Corner - 138 Nominating Committee Appointed - 139 What's New in the Research Room - 140 Queries - 141 Book Reviews - 142 VOLUME XVIII, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1998 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 26, 1998 - 145 Le Comite' to Publish Calendar of Natchez Trace Collection Provincial & Territorial Papers - 146 Book Carnival Set for January 30-31, 1999 - 147 1900-52 New Orleans Ship Passenger List Indexes Now Available at Archives - 147 Le Raconteur to Feature Acadians - 147 Iberville Seminar Scheduled - 147 Touro Infirmary Deaths, New Orleans, 1869-1916 - 148 St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, Leonville, St. Landry Parish - 161 Kelly Family Bible - 179 Iberville Parish Successions, Probate Court, 1790-1846 - 180 Queries - 192 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 193 Holy Family Sisters Trying to Locate the Missing Relatives of Henriette Delille - 200 War of 1812 Records Now Available - 201 Prices Recently Lowered - 201 Computer Corner - 202 Le Raconteur Indexes and Tables of Contents Now Available on the Internet - 204 Louisiana Genealogists E-Mail Directory - 204 What's New In the Research Room - 205 Book Reviews - 206 1795 Survey of De Morand Land Grant - 207 Index - 208 VOLUME XIX, NO. 1, APRIL 1999 (Out of Print) LaSalle Exhibit to Come to Archives - 1 Le Comite' 1998 Financial Report - 1 Jefferson Ezell, M.D. - 2 Jacoby Baptist Cemetery - 20 Louisiana Soldiers Who Served in the Florida War in 1836 - 25 Le Comite' Book Carnival a Success - 36 Extracts from the Louisiana Chronicle, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, 1838-1854 - 37 Used Electric Typewriter for Sale - 39 Iberville Parish Successions, 6th Judicial District Court, 1846-1861 - 40 Archives Exhibit Schedule - 54 Concordia Parish Index to Book of Plats No. 1, 1802-1803 - 55 Used Books for Sale - 57 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 58 Computer Corner - 66 August Issue to Feature Acadians - 66 Book Reviews - 67 What's New in the Research Room - 70 Upcoming Events - 70 VOLUME XIX, NO. 2, AUGUST 1999 (Out of Print) Le Comite' to Hold Annual Meeting September 11, 1999 - 73 About this Issue - 74 Le Comite' to Participate in CMA Activities - 74 Nominating Committee Selected - 74 The Origins of the Melancon/Melanson Family - 75 1895 Letters from Rev. Placide P. Gaudet to the Pastor of St. Gabriel Parish - 77 West Baton Rouge Museum to Exhibit Baton Rouge Diocese's Acadian Registers - 90 Acadian Queries - 90 New Findings on the Ayo Family of France - 91 The Extraordinary Life of Nicolas Albert - 93 1830 Map of Land Claims Along Bayou Lafourche - 96 The Acadians at Natchez, 1768-1769 - 97 Book Review - 99 Acadian Settlers at Baton Rouge, Manchac, and Cabanoce Suffer Flood Losses in 1788 - 100 Residents of Carencro in the Late 1790's - 104 Estate of Paul Leger - 107 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 131 Acadian Resources at the Louisiana State Archives - 140 VOLUME XIX, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 1999 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 1, 1999 - 145 Authors' Book Fair Planned for 2000 Annual Meeting - 145 Archives Annex Planned - 146 Avoyelles Parish Marriage Contracts, 1792-1800 - 147 Charity Hospital Records to Run in April - 163 Jean Pierre Gueydan, One Man's Legacy - 164 Iberville Parish Successions, 5th Judicial Court, 1861-1868 - 176 Queries - 181 Bozeman Family Bible - 182 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 183 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 194 Computer Corner, Civil War Images on CD 212 What's New in the Research Room - 213 Book Reviews - 214 Items for Sale - 215 Index - 216 VOLUME XX, NO. 1, APRIL 2000 (Out of Print) Archives Director Retires - 1 Father Donald Hebert - 1 Charity Hospital, Record of Interments, 1906-1914 - 2 Rosalie Malveau vs. Alexandre Daigle, St. Landry Parish, 1811 - 26 The History of Algiers, Louisiana, The Gosselin Property - 31 Algiers Postmasters - 39 1854 Algiers Map - 39 1797 Pirogue Owners Along the Mississippi - 40 Iberville Parish Successions, Parish Court, 1868-1880 - 42 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 49 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 66 Computer Corner, Some Useful Louisiana Databases on the Internet - 74 What's New in the Research Room - 75 Book Reviews - 76 Queries - 78 Announcements - 78 VOLUME XX, NO. 2, AUGUST 2000 (Out of Print) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane Annual Meeting, September 24, 2000 - 81 Hardy Appointed New State Archivist - 82 About this Issue - 83 Nominating Committee Appointed - 83 Pointe Coupee Book to be Auctioned - 83 The Chitimacha in Iberville Parish - 84 Chitimacha's St. Mary Land Claim - 100 Judicial and Land Sale Documents of Members of the Mouton Family, 1803-1814 - 101 Native Americans on the 1860 Louisiana Census - 109 Queries - 113 Upcoming Events - 113 Native Americans on the 1870 Louisiana Census - 114 Le Comite' 1999 Financial Report - 125 Burials at Indian Mound, Bayou Sorrel, Iberville Parish - 126 Resources at the Louisiana State Archives for Native American Research - 130 Some Native American Sites on the Internet - 133 Charity Hospital, Records of Interments, 1906-1914 - 134 What's New in the Research Room - 154 Vital Records Update - 156 State Archives Redesigned Web Page Address - 156 Book Review - 157 VOLUME XX, NOS., 3, 4, DECEMBER 2000 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane - 161 Marcellin Garand: "Founder" Ville Platte, Louisiana - 162 Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Postmasters, 1834-1929 - 169 Nicolas Ory and the Germans of Iberville Parish - 170 Extracts from the Webster Tribune, 1878-1883 - 175 Charity Hospital, Record of Interments, 1906-1914 - 189 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 201 What's New in the Research Room - 214 Book Reviews - 216 Survey Map of Ville Platte Area - 216 Index - 217 Society Announcements - 246 VOLUME XXI, NO. 1, APRIL 2001 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Society News - 1 St. Helena Parish Marriages, 1876-1910 - 2 Ascension Parish Jury Book, 1875-1888 - 17 Extracts from the Webster Tribune, 1878-1883 - 34 Charity Hospital, Record of Interments, 196-1914 - 44 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 54 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 65 Query - 72 Computer Corner, The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - 73 New Orleans Obituary Index Project - 73 What's New in the Research Room - 74 Vital Records Update - 75 Archives Changes Copying Charges 75 Upcoming Events - 76 Archives Holiday Closure Schedule - 76 1807 Donaldsonville Map - 76 Book Review - 77 VOLUME XXI, NO. 2, AUGUST 2001 (Out of Print) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Annual Meeting, September 9, 2001 - 81 Nominating Committee Appointed - 81 Announcements - 82 Le Comite' Book Fund Benefits Research Room - 82 The Bells of Cote Blanche Island - 83 Upcoming Events - 94 St. Helena Parish Marriages, 1876-1910 - 95 Ascension Parish Jury Book, 1875-1888 - 110 Charity Hospital, Record of Interments, 1906-1914 - 128 Archives Holiday Closure Schedule 138 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 139 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 150 Computer Corner, The 1880 U.S. Census on CD - 156 What's New in the Research Room - 157 Vital Records Update - 158 1858 Survey Map of Baton Rouge - 158 VOLUME XXI, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 2001 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 9, 2001 - 161 My Search for the Morrogh Family in New York and Louisiana - 162 Natchez District Contributors in 1793 - 168 1799 Request of Isam Strange - 179 St. Helena Parish Marriages, 1876-1910 - 180 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 190 Computer Corner, On-Line Confederate Pension Index - 200 What's New in the Research Room - 201 Fighting Men of Louisiana - 202 Selected 2001 Archives Acquisitions - 203 Archives Holiday Closure Schedule - 203 Book Reviews - 204 Used Books for Sale - 205 1772 Survey of Pedro Primo's Land - 205 Index - 206 VOLUME XXII, NO. 1, APRIL 2002 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Fire Destroys Plaquemines Parish Courthouse - 1 Upcoming Events - 2 Archives Holiday Closure Schedule - 2 2001 Financial Report - 2 St. Martin Parish Paupers, 1887-1921 - 3 1792 List of Mulattos at Attakapas - 19 Miscellaneous St. Landry Documents - 20 Le Comite' Acquires Used Microfilm Equipment - 25 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1835 - 26 Rapides Parish Postmasters, 1827-1931 - 38 Used Books and Periodicals for Sale - 56 St. Helena Parish Marriages, 1876-1910 - 57 Volunteers Needed for Nilson Map Collection - 66 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 67 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 74 Computer Corner, The Louisiana Slave Database and the Louisiana Free Database: 1719-1820 - 80 What's New in the Research Room - 82 Four New Microfilm Collections - 83 Queries - 84 Book Reviews - 85 VOLUME XXII, NO. 2, AUGUST 2002 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane Annual Meeting, September 15, 2002 - 89 Nominating Committee Appointed - 89 1930 Louisiana Census Now Available - 90 World War I Records at the Archives - 90 Shreveport Sexton's Reports, 1862-1869 - 91 1862 Caddo Survey Map - 113 Miscellaneous Legal and Judicial Documents Involving Silvestre Mouton - 114 1801 Manchac Petitioners - 130 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1835 - 132 St. Francis Regis Catholic Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, La. - 140 Archives Holiday Closure Schedule - 160 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 161 Computer Corner, Le Comite' establishes CD Library at State Archives - 169 What's New in the Research Room - 170 Vital Records Update - 171 Book Reviews - 172 VOLUME XXII, NOS. 3, 4, DECEMBER 2002 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 15, 2002 - 177 Veda Lewis Thornhill (1913-2002) - 178 President Appoints First Vice President - 178 Late Fee on Dues Increased - 178 1837 Ascension Parish Census of Voters - 179 April Issue to Mark Louisiana Purchase - 183 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1835 - 184 Upcoming Events - 194 Krotz Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - 195 Thanks to Le Comite' Helpers - 206 First Retreatants at Manresa, 1931 - 207 Erwin Query - 208 In Search of My Confederate Ancestors - 209 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 211 1881 Survey of Alman Land Near Galveztown - 215 Computer Corner, Archives Updates - 216 What's New In the Research Room - 217 Selected 2002 Archives Acquisitions - 218 Book Reviews - 219 Index - 221 VOLUME XXIII, NO. 1, APRIL 2003 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) April Issue Marks 200th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase - 1 2002 Financial Report - 1 Key Dates in the Louisiana Purchase - 2 Excerpts from the Transcripts of the Cabildo - 3 Louisiana's Population in 1803 - 6 German Coast Contributors in 1803 - 7 1804 Census of the Second Quarter of New Orleans - 15 1803 Iberville Agricultural Census - 16 In Memoriam - 19 1803 Attakapas Census - 20 Succession Documents of Julien LeSassier, Captain of the Grenadier and Commandant of the Militia of the Opelousas Post - 51 Second Battalion Infantry Regiment of Mexico - 63 Inventory of Documents at Galveztown - 64 Inventory of Documents at Plaquemines - 66 An 1803 Avoyelles Document - 68 Correspondence Between the Ursulines and Thomas Jefferson - 69 Le Comite' to Hold Second Used Book Fair - 70 Slave Difficulties at Natchitoches in 1804 - 71 Fee Schedule Changes - 74 The 1903 Louisiana Centennial Celebration - 75 Louisiana Purchase Exhibits Around the State - 79 Computer Corner, Some Louisiana Purchase Related Websites - 80 Upcoming Events - 81 What's New in the Research Room - 82 Archives 2003 Holiday Closure Schedule 83 Book Reviews - 84 Queries - 86 New Orleans of the Purchase - 86 VOLUME XXIII, NO. 2, AUGUST 2003 ($7.25 Non-Member; $5.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Annual Meeting, September 14, 2003 - 89 Nominating Committee Appointed - 89 Upcoming Events - 90 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 91 Louisiana Postmasters, 1818-1832 - 113 Used Book Fair a Success - 121 From New Orleans to Connecticut: Marianne's 1848 Letter to Elizabeth Boyd - 122 Bayou Chene Area Burials - 126 1848 Survey Map of Bayou Chene Area - 135 Bettag Selected as Co-Editor of NGS Quarterly - 135 Register of the Lindsly Family - 136 More WWII Books Available on Microfilm - 136 Two 1779 Detachments During the Galvez Expedition - 137 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1836 - 138 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 161 Computer Corner, A Review of France's Forgotten Legion - 170 What's New in the Research Room - 171 Book Reviews - 172 Change of Address - 174 VOLUME XXIII, NO. 3,4, DECEMBER 2003 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 14, 2003 - 177 Land & Land Printers Destroyed by Fire - 178 Thanks to Le Comite' Helpers - 178 LDS Seminar to be Held in Lafayette - 178 Civil Deaths for the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 1903-1911 - 179 Butte a la Rose and Atchafalaya Burials - 188 Confederate Fort Burton at Butte a la Rose - 188 Orders Regarding Tutors and the Practice of Medicine in the Colonies - 191 1802 Passenger List of the Sloop Bee - 192 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1836 - 193 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 206 Jackson/Scoggins Family Bible - 214 Book Reviews - 215 What's New In the Research Room - 218 New Rules and Regulations for the Louisiana State Archives Research Room - 219 Query - 220 Index - 220 VOLUME XXIV, NO. 1, MARCH 2004 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Editor's Message - 1 2003 Financial Report - 1 Upcoming 2004 Events - 2 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 3 Louis Diard vs. the DeSotos, 1779 - 17 1780 Landowners in the Baton Rouge District - 18 1804 Inventory of the Estate of Michael Comeau, St. Landry Parish - 19 1780 Census of Free People of Color at Opelousas - 21 Civil Deaths for the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish - 22 Tomlin Family Bible Records - 31 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1836 - 32 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 42 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 61 Computer Corner, Louisiana Library Connection Databases - 67 Book Reviews - 68 What's New in the Research Room - 70 VOLUME XXIV, NO. 2, JUNE 2004 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Edwin Davis Collections at the Louisiana State Archives - 73 Upcoming 2004 Events - 74 East Baton Rouge Parish Naturalization Records, 1825-1906 - 75 Oscar Dardeau and His Challenging Nephew, Ambroise Tate: A Brief Stay at the University of Notre Dame - 87 Editorial Assistance Needed - 92 Special Sale on Back Issues of le Raconteur - 92 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 93 Murphey Family Record - 107 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 108 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 127 Computer Corner, New Orleans Bee Images on the Web - 137 What's New in the Research Room - 138 Informal Survey - 139 Accession Number Corrections - 139 Map of St. Vincent's Academy Tract - 139 Book Reviews - 140 Queries - 142 VOLUME XXIV, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2004 (Out of Print) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Annual Meeting, September 26, 2004, Program - 145 Upcoming 2004 Events - 146 Special Sale on Publications - 146 Extracts from St. Martinville Newspapers, 1824-1908 - 147 Miscellaneous St. Martin Parish Burials - 162 The Fisk Sisters: News From New Orleans, 1837 - 163 Special Thanks to LG&HS 164 Nominating Committee Appointed - 164 Succession of Rebecca Lewis Rankin - 165 East Baton Rouge Parish Naturalization Records, 1825-1906 - 166 Additional Jacoby Burial - 175 The Story of the mv V.J. Kurzweg - 176 Woodcarving Depicts the V.J. Kurzweg - 177 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 178 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 187 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 201 Computer Corner, Some On-Line Books - 208 Selected 2002-2003 Archives Acquisitions - 209 Another WWII Book Added to Archives Collection - 211 What's New In the Research Room - 212 Book Reviews - 213 VOLUME XXIV, NO. 4, DECEMBER 2004 (Out of Print) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, September 26, 2004 - 217 Act 679 - 218 Iberville Parish Marriage Contracts in Mortgage Record Books, 1846-1889 - 219 Help Save Our Resources - 222 Last Will & Testament of Samuel Levi Wells - 223 1839 Survey of Bayou Boeuf Land - 225 A Globe for Robert B. Brashear, 1848 - 226 How Turnerville Got Its Name - 227 The Myth of the Loudunoise Origin of the Acadians - 228 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 230 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 235 1782 List of Runaway Slaves at Lafourche des Chetimachas - 240 Computer Corner, Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index - 241 Used Book Sale a Success - 242 Special Thanks to Society Volunteers 242 Search Engine Added to Le Comite's Web Page - 242 What's New In the Research Room - 243 Books Reviews - 244 Degruy Mailing List Available - 246 Index - 247 VOLUME XXV, NO. 1, MARCH 2005 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Louisiana State Archives News - 1 2004 Financial Report - 2 Upcoming 2005 Events - 2 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Wards 1-3 - 3 Passenger Arrivals at the Balize in 1785 - 21 On-Line Ordering of Some Louisiana Vital Records Now Available - 24 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 25 Extracts From Bayou Sara Newspapers, West Feliciana Parish, 1843-1888 - 38 Securing Louisiana's Western Frontier, 1807 - 45 Photo of St. Joseph's Children's Home - 46 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 47 The Conway-Casey Family Tree: An 1825 East Feliciana Parish Suit - 59 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 64 Computer Corner, State Land Office Records On Line - 68 Book Reviews - 69 What's New In the Research Room - 70 VOLUME XXV, NO. 2, JUNE 2005 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Leading the Way to Preservation - 73 Stolen St. Tammany Documents Recovered - 74 Succession of John A. Texada - 75 1857 Map of Bayou Rapides Area - 80 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Ward 1-3 - 81 Rep. Thomas Green Davidson Responds to a Request for Assistance - 99 Used Book Sale - 100 Extracts From Bayou Sara Newspapers, West Feliciana Parish, 1843-1888 - 101 1787 Passengers Aboard the Virgen Del Carmen - 105 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 106 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 121 H.L. Claiborne's Business Dealings and the Birth of A Son, 1847 - 135 Computer Corner, Searching Obituaries On Line - 136 LSU Gets Grant to Film Police Jury Minutes - 137 What's New in the Research Room - 138 Selected 2004 Archives Acquisitions - 139 State Archives Closures - 140 Book Reviews - 141 Upcoming 2005 Events - 142 VOLUME XXV, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2005 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Annual Meeting, September 25, 2005 - 145 Nominating Committee - 145 Le Comite' Donates Rare 1826 Baton Rouge Newspaper - 146 Baton Rouge Weekly Messenger, 12 April 1826 - 147 Map of Baton Rouge Area Land Claims - 153 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Wards 1-3 - 154 Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana - 172 A Poisoned Creole, 1884 - 185 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 186 More Findings on the Ayo Family of France - 203 Ship Passenger List Coordinator Needed - 204 Sadness in New Orleans: Camille Prieur's 1835 Letter to Toulouse, France - 205 Computer Corner, NARA's Access to Archival Databases - 207 Caddo Marriage Indexes On-Line - 208 What's New in the Research Room - 209 Upcoming 2005 Events - 209 St. Tammany Parish Library Plans Seminars - 210 Used Book Sale - 210 Book Reviews - 211 VOLUME XXV, NO. 4, DECEMBER 2005 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Annual Meeting Canceled Due to Hurricane Rita - 217 Upcoming Events - 218 Hurricane Damage to Louisiana Records - 219 Grants Available for Restoration - 223 Families of St. Landry Parish Officers and Soldiers Receiving Support in 1863 - 224 A New Orleans Balloon Accident, 1835 - 226 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Ward 1-3 - 227 Krotz Springs Methodist Cemetery, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - 237 Special Thanks - 238 East Louisiana Hospital Patient Cards, 1848-1900 - 239 What's New In the Research Room - 243 Computer Corner, NOVA Aids New Orleans Research - 244 Book Reviews - 245 Survey Map of New Orleans Area Claimants - 247 Index - 248 VOLUME XXVI, No. 1, MARCH 2006 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Update On Hurricane Damage - 1 Death Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1840-1859 - 3 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1837 - 12 Miscellaneous Documents Involving the Dugas Family - 26 Used Book Sale Results - 29 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Wards 1-3 - 30 Register of Free Colored Persons (1840-1864) - 45 Upcoming Events - 52 Pauline Olivier's 1855 Letter to Her Brother, William Reynaud - 53 1806 Land Claim of Dorcas Wells - 57 Le Comite' Financial News - 58 Extracts From Breaux Bridge Newspapers, St. Martin Parish, 1891-1907 - 59 1829 Plan of Breaux Bridge - 64 Computer Corner, Five Useful Reference Works On-Line - 65 Selected 2005 Archives Acquisitions - 66 What's New in the Research Room - 67 Book Reviews - 68 Queries - 70 VOLUME XXVI, No. 2, JUNE 2006 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Hurricane Preparedness - 73 Election Results - 74 New Orleans District Court Declarations of Intention Volume A, 1816-1831 - 75 Extracts From St. Francisville Newspapers, West Feliciana Parish, 1833 - 1877 - 90 Upcoming Events - 101 1894 Ascension Parish Census, Wards 1-3 - 102 Animals Furnished by Iberville Residents for the Baton Rouge Expedition of 1780 - 112 Jefferson Parish News, Gossip, and a Wife's Thoughts, 1850 - 113 What's New in the Research Room - 115 Slave Entries from Abraham Lobdell's Bayou Plantation Ledger, West Baton Rouge Parish, 1848-1849 - 116 A Recommendation for Marine LeBlanc by the Commandant of St. Pierre et Miquelon in 1788 - 117 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1837 - 118 1789 Passenger Arrivals at the Mouth of the Mississippi River - 133 Birth Reported in the Lafayette Gazette, 1893-1908 - 136 Ogea Query - 137 Brookstown Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 138 Computer Corner, Using LexisNexis to Search the Louisiana Supreme Court Records - 139 African-American SIG Under Consideration - 140 Book Reviews - 141 VOLUME XXVI, No. 3, SEPTEMBER 2006 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane Annual Meeting, September 24, 2006 - 145 Nominating Committee - 145 Records Update - 146 Records of Church of the Nativity, Rosedale, Iberville Parish, 1859-1900, - 147 Louisiana's "First" Great Storm - Last Island - 160 New Orleans District Court Naturalization Records, 1833-1836 - 162 Used Book Sale - 168 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 169 Winchester Hall in Donaldsonville: Concerns of His Kentucky Family, 1838 - 191 Grand River, Bayou Pigeon, and Bayou Sorrel Burials, Iberville Parish, Louisiana - 194 Charity Hospital Admissions Book, 1837 - 196 Computer Corner, Missouri State Archives Leads the Way With On-Line Access to Vital Records - 211 Upcoming Events - 212 Note to New Orleans Genesis Subscribers - 212 What's New in the Research Room - 213 Book Review - 214 Map of Chalmette and Bayou Gentilly Area - 214 VOLUME XXVI, No. 4, DECEMBER 2006 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Inc., Minutes of the Annual Meeting of September 24, 2006 - 217 Symposium on Protecting Louisiana's Historical Records in Emergencies - 218 1766 Attakapas Census - 219 New Orleans Public Library Hours Extended - 220 St. Gabriel Acadians Seek Payment in 1770 - 221 Pointe Coupee and Iberville History Book Photographs Donated to Louisiana State Archives - 222 1783 Passengers Aboard the Fanny - 223 Orphan Girls at the Ursulines Convent, 1787-1791 - 224 2007 Dues are Due January 1 - 225 1797 Free Men of Color Militia Lists - 226 Confirmation of an 1819 Land Claim by Elizabeth Burris, 1846 - 227 Correction to Atchafalaya (Upper Grand River) Cemetery Location - 228 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 229 An 1846 Vessel Insurance Matter: Robert Rodman Writes to His New Orleans Agents - 241 What's New in the Research Room - 242 Used Book Sale Scheduled for January 27-28 - 242 Index - 243 Special Thanks - 286 VOLUME XXVII, No. 1, MARCH 2007 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Vital Records Suffer Damage - 1 Changes to New Orleans Research Facilities - 2 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 3 Texada Shooting Incident - May 1866 - 24 Used Book Sale Best Ever! - 28 Extracts from the Lafourche Gazette, Donaldsonville, Louisiana 1826 - 29 First United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Selected Death Records, 1835-1918 - 39 Upcoming Events - 41 A Voyage From New York to New Orleans, 1832 - 42 West Baton Rouge Civil Birth Registrations, 1842-1916 - 45 Le Comite' des Archives Annual Report - 49 Surviving "This Cruel War": Two New Orleans Civil War Era Letters - 50 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 52 Computer Corner, Historic Louisiana Maps Online - 65 Selected 2006 Archives Acquisitions - 66 Notice Regarding Patoutville Cemetery - 66 What's New in the Research Room - 67 Abram Hugh Moss - 67 Book Reviews - 68 VOLUME XXVII, No. 2, JUNE 2007 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Archives Building to Mark 20 Year Anniversary - 73 St. Denis Papers, 1732-1885, Natchitoches Post - 75 Marriages Reported in the Lafayette Gazette, 1893-1909, 1920-1921 - 90 Upcoming Events - 101 "Not Many Changes on the Bayou": An 1855 Letter from Cheneyville - 102 Passengers on La Venganza Settle at New Feliciana in 1788 - 104 Ancient Church Rests on Graves of Acadian Exiles - 106 P.D. Fisher in Baton Rouge: An 1841 Letter to His Wife in Connecticut - 107 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 110 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 129 Computer Corner, High Tech Research Comes to Baton Rouge - 139 What's New in the Research Room - 140 Pearl Hebert Kranske Collection donated to Le Comite' des Archives - 141 Book Review - 142 Survey Map of Natchitoches Area - 142 VOLUME XXVII, No. 3, SEPTEMBER 2007 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane Annual Meeting September 23, 2007 - 145 Nominating Committee - 145 Upcoming Events - 146 Miscellaneous Coroners' Reports, 1884-1886 - 147 Iberville Parish Successions, 23rd Judicial District Court, 1880-1892 - 153 Ship Passenger List Indexing Project to Resume - 161 Dull Days at "Dog Springs" and an Upcoming Cousin Marriage, 1852 - 162 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 164 War of 1812 Pensioners in 1856 - 183 News of King Louis-Philippe's Abdication Reaches Louisiana, 1848 - 184 Miscellaneous Successions, Late 19th and Early 20th Century - 186 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 190 Records of Vacant Successions, 1848-1850 - 207 Rapides Parish Survey Map - 208 Identifying Marie Boudreau, An Acadian Settler in Louisiana - 209 Book Review - 210 Computer Corner, Louisiana Digital Library - 211 What's New in the Research Room - 212 VOLUME XXVII, No. 4, DECEMBER 2007 ($9.25 Non-Member; $8.25 Member) Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Inc., Minutes of the Annual Meeting, September 23, 2007 - 217 African American Genealogy Seminar Scheduled for February 23rd - 218 Deeds of Emancipation, Baton Rouge Area, 1819-1829 - 219 Special Thanks - 224 Index to Physicians' Registered Certificates, State of Louisiana, 1894-1908 - 225 Member Query - 229 Editor's New E-Mail Address - 229 An Urgency to Settle the Yost Estate - 230 Missing Anna in Philadelphia - 231 1775 Report of Broken Guns at Iberville - 232 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 234 Excerpts from The Trojan, Catahoula Parish, 9September 1887 - 241 Dues are Due - 243 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 244 Computer Corner, On-Line Finding Aids - 252 What's New In the Research Rom - 253 Used Book and Periodical Sales A Success - 253 Comments Sought on Strategic Plan - 254 Survey of Land Along Grand River - 254 Index - 255 VOLUME XXVIII, No. 1, MARCH 2008 (Available with 2008 membership only) Success Through Publishing - 1 Upcoming Events - 2 Le Comite' des Archives de la Louisiane, Inc., Annual Report - 2 St. Tammany Parish Burial Permits, 1911-1936 - 3 Iberville Museum Announced People of Iberville Series - 20 Advertised Sales of Baton Rouge Area Plantations, 1819-1829 - 21 Maggie Adams Bible - 35 Oatmeal for Lafourche Crossing, 1884 - 39 Plaquemines Parish Declarations of Death, 1821-1846 - 40 Amy Query - 41 Impressions of Mardi Gras, 1913 - 42 Parham's Holiness Campground, Webster Parish, 1903-1911 - 44 Americans Residing at the Attakapas in 1792 - 46 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 48 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 59 Computer Corner, Genealogy Videos on the Internet - 67 Selected 2007 Archives Acquisitions - 68 LSU Sets Fee for Microfilm Remote Access - 68 What's New in the Research Room - 69 Survey of Plaquemines Parish Landowners - 69 Book Reviews - 70 African American SIG Update - 70 VOLUME XXVIII, No. 2, MAY 2008 (Available with 2008 membership only) Guide Book a Big Hit - 73 Upcoming Events - 74 Good News From New Orleans - 74 Extracts from The Democrat, The Organ of the Parishes of Iberville and West Baton Rouge, 1848-1850 - 75 DeSoto Parish Microfilm Obtained - 90 Louisiana Soldiers Who Served in the Florida War in 1837-1838 - 91 1843 Waggaman Family Correspondence - 106 Joseph D. Wyman, Union Soldier at Lakeport, Writes His Maine Family, 1863 - 108 Info Sought on Winans Photos - 109 Deaths Reported in the Lafayette Gazette, 1893-1900, 1920-1921 - 110 First United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Selected Marriage Records, 1839-1900 - 119 Historical View of the Pointe Coupee Post - 126 Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - 128 African American SIG Update - 134 St. Martin Parish Voter Registration Book, 1880-1896 - 135 Computer Corner, Historical Louisiana Newspapers Online - 141 What's New In the Research Room - 142 Photo Identification Needed - 142