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Treaty of Paris, remained in effect until 2003
myNewOrleans.com - Louisiana Life, August 15, 5:55, by Jan Risher"Although the Great Deportation lasted from 1755 until 1764, legally the Order of Deportation, according to the Treaty of Paris, remained in effect until 2003."...
Louisiana Ancestors - Cajuns, Creoles, Pirates and Planters
I am very excited to learn from the LA-LGHS mailing list, Digest, Vol 4, Issue 7, that Mr. Damon Veach is publishing a new column entitled, Cajuns, Creoles, Pirates and Planters.You may read more about him from the Genealogy Blog, who tagged Mr. Veac...
Creole School
The N.O. newspaper Times-Picayune of October 6, 2008 ran a front page article (which just came to my attention today) on the immiment demolition of a creole cottage in Gretna, across the river from N.O. in Jefferson Parish. Owner of the badly neglect...
Creole, Cajun & Málagueño Genealogy on Facebook
This group has been created to provide internauts with genealogy hunting tactics, valid online resources, and primary source documentation location for the Louisiana Creole and Cajun population and diaspora.Surnames of Acadian/Cajun origin are easily...
Irish Creole
Has anyone ever heard of Irish Creole? Recently, I found references in Civil War documents to "Irish Creoles". It was a surprise as I had never thought that the Irish could be considered Creole. However, the author of the Civil War document (simply...
Whoops! I've Stumbled
Groups & HoopsDEADFREDdotCOM Yahoo!Group posted an interesting message on Feb. 15, 2008 concerning Civil War Pensions [msg. # 5720]. I've never requested Pension files. It was interesting to note that most of the information that was available ...
The Louisiana Genealogisphere
Sphere is a wonderful search tool. I've missed it in the past few months and have quite a bit of catching up to do! I've found that I missed the Creole Heritage celebration back in October, but was able to catch up through their website, thanks to ...
Rayne, Opelousas, Louisiana, and The Homesick Cajun
GIF From: Acadia Parish Page LocaleThe Genealogue posted an interesting story yesterday on Rayne, Louisiana's St. Joseph Catholic Church cemetery. I wonder how many more cemeteries in Louisiana point North-South instead of traditionally East? You'll ...
