Sources




Research Sources






Louisiana Acadian Sources

A.D.S., Legajo 2595 (Archivo General de Indias at Seville - microfilm copies at Library at UL, Lafayette, LA

CENSUS OF MILITIAS & OF INHABITANTS OF THE COLONY OF LOUISIANA, 1766

Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies

http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/csls/about_the_center/index.html

The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies maintains the Southeastern Louisiana University Archives and Special Collections and provides a closed-stack research library.

Some Late 18th Century Louisianians, 1758-1796", by Jacqueline Voorhies

South Louisiana Records and Southwest Louisiana Records; Rev Donald Hébert.

The Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records covers the area of Assumption, Ascension, St-James, and St-Gabriel parishes.




Centers for Genealogical Research

The Centre d'études acadiennes of the University of Moncton, NB
Steve White, is at the UMoncton. les cahiers, vol 25, nos. 2 & 3. This site is in French

Family History Center of the Mormon Church - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The American Canadian Genealogical Society, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, NH.

The Centre Acadien, at the Universite Ste. Anne, at Church Point, N.S.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston MA (617) 536-5740.




Published and Unpublished Sources

Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Vol. 1a, revised: Acadian Records, 1707-1769; Vol. 1b, revised, 1722-1769; Vol. 1: 1707-1748; Vol. 2: 1770-1803; Vol. 3: 1804-1819; Vol. 4: 1820-1829; Vol. 5: 1830-1839; Vol. 6: 1840-1847; Vol. 7: 1848-1852; Vol. 8: 1853-1857; Vol. 9: 1858-1862; Vol. 10: 1863-1867
Volumes can be ordered through:

Diocese of Baton Rouge
Department of the Archives
P.O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2028

Order Form Download Available Here:
Click Here to Download Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Order Form

ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE ACADIANS FROM "HALIBURTON'S HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NOVA SCOTIA."

Acadia; or a Month with the Blue Noses, by Frederic S. Cozzens; Derby & Jackson, New York, 1859; pp. 302-314.

Acadia Parish Cemetary Listings.

ACADIA"-Edourd Richard Vol. 2, Chapter XXXI, pp. 120-121

Acadia Parish Marriage License Index 1887-1999.

A HISTORY OF NOVA-SCOTIA OR ACADIE; BEAMISH MURDOCH, Esq., Q. C; VOL. II; HALIFAX, N. S.: JAMES BARNES, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER, 1866.; Microfiche. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1983. 7 microfiches (343 fr.) ; 11 x 15 cm. (CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches ; no. 37227); Reproduction of original in: National Library of Canada

Arsenault, Bona. Historie et Genealogie des Acadiens. Quebec 1966. 6 vol (cited as: Ar(2), with volume and page numbers).

"A Project on Paul Monique - Amatile Clavelle Descendants." Courville, Rhonda Leger.

BALTIMORE: ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE; BY VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS; CLAYTON COLMAN HALL, LL.B., A.M. GENERAL EDITOR; VOLUME I HISTORY; LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY; NEW YORK CHICAGO; 1912

Bergeron: Le Grand Arrangement des Acadiens au Québec

Bodin, George A. Selected Acadian and Louisiana Church Records. St Martinville, Louisiana 1968 (listed citations used by Bodin).

Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens.

Extensive and reliable source: 6-volumes; published 1988

The earlier version of this book (mainly available through microfilm), copyright 1965, has less information and errors which Arsenault corrected in the later edition.

Canada's National History Society; The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; June 2005

Coll. doc. inédits Canada et Amérique, I, 142, 148; II, 146. Correspondence of WilliamPitt (Kimball), I, 140. [Charles Lawrence], Journal and lettersof Colonel Charles Lawrence (PANS Bull., 10, Halifax, 1953). Military affairs in North America, 1748–1765: selected documents from the Cumberland papers in Windsor Castle, ed. S. M. Pargellis (New York, London, 1936). Northcliffe coll. N.S. Archives, I. PAC Report, 1894; 1905, II, pt.iii. Royal instructions to British colonial governors, 1670–1776, ed. L. W. Labaree (New York, 1935). [Abijah Willard], “The journal of Abijah Willard, an officer in the expedition which captured Fort Beauséjour in 1755,” N.B. Hist. Soc. Coll., 13 (1930). Winslow, “Journal,” N.S. Hist. Soc. Coll., III (1883); IV (1885), 113–246.

Doucet, Richard (Compiler). Les Doucet du Monde Family Book. Church Point, 1999 (cited as: LDDM-FB) (compiled from information submitted to the Doucet Family Organization, Richard Doucet, President)

Doucet, Ethel Beulah. “Notebook - Collection and births and deaths in family.” (Unpublished).

Doucet, Huey Louis. "Notebook - Collection of Names and Information from a Doucet Family Reunion, 1977." (Unpublished).

Doucet, Louella Marie. “Notebook – Collection of Names as remembered by Louella Marie Doucet.” (Unpublished).

Doucet GenForum Site. (0000 represents message number on site - drop any zeros before number).

Doucette GenForum Site. (0000 represents message number on site - drop any zeros before number)

Doucet, Dean William. "Collection of Headstone Data, Gatte Family Cemetery, Acadia Parish, Louisiana."

Fruge, J. Cleveland. The Fruge's of Fakaitaic.

Gregory A. Wood - THE FRENCH PRESENCE IN MARYLAND - 1524-1800 - p. 65-66

Hebert, Donald J. Acadians in Exile.

Hebert, Donald J. South Louisiana Records. Eunice, Louisiana. 13 vol (listed citations used by

Hebert, Donald J. Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Settlers. Eunice, Louisiana 1974+. 41 vol (listed citations used by Hebert)

History of Louisiana, Vol. II, Ch. 2 thru Vol. III, ch. 1 (q.v.).; Charles Gayarréa

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY TO THOUGH DEPARTURE OF GOVERNOR O'REILLY IN 1770, FORMING THE FIFTH OF THE SERIES OF HISTORIC AT, COLLECTIONS OF LOUISIANA, B. F. FRENCH, NEW-YORK; LAMPORT, BLAKEMAN & LAW, No. 8 PARK-PLACE, 1853.

Institut Genealogique Drouin. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens-Francais (1608-1760). Montreal 1958.

Jennings (Louisiana) Daily News Obituaries.

Journal of John Winslow of the Provincial Troops While Engaged in Removing the Acadian French Inhabitants from Grand-Pré, and the Neighbouring Settlements, In the Autumn of the Year 1755; From: Report and Collections of the Nova Scotia Historic Society for the Years 1882-1883, Vol. 3; Halifax, N.S., Printed at the Morning Herald Office, 1883 : p71-196 Transcribed from the original manuscript journal, in the library of the Historical Society of Massachusetts, by permission of the Society, in March 1880, under the direction of the record commission.
Online transcription available at Nova Scotia Historical Society III - Journal of Colonel John Winslow .

Lefebvre, Jean J. Une Dynastie Acadienne de Notraires Quibecois, les Doucet. Quebec 1956

LaVergne, Rebecca, and Mim Bordelon (Compilers). Les Doucet du Monde Ancestor Table. Church Point, 1999 (cited as: LDDM-AT: with page number of contributor) (compiled from information submitted to the Doucet Family Organization, Rebecca LaVergne, Chairperson, Genealogy Committee).

Maryland Historical Magazine - Vol. III No. 1, March 1908 - "The Acadians (French Neutrals) Transported to Maryland" - Basil Sollers

Naomi E.S. Griffiths - "THE ACADIAN DEPORTATION: Deliberate Perfidy or Cruel Necessity" - p. 143 [quoting a manuscript account of Brown compiled in 1760's]

Rieder, Milton P. Jr. & Rieder, Norma Gaudet, The Crew & Passenger Registration Lists of the Seven Acadian Expeditions of 1785 (Milton P. Rieder, Jr. and Norma Gaudet Rieder; Metairie, LA; 1965)

Robichaux, Albert J. Jr. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche.

The Acadian Exiles A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Arthur G. Doughty

The British Empire Before The American Revolution - Vol. VI by Lawrence Henry Gipson 281

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. International Genealogical Index. Salt Lake City, Utah 1984 and later editions (cited as: IGI, including region (country, state, province) and location code).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Ancentral File. Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Deportation of the Acadians. 1986, Publication of the Minister of Supply and Services, Canada.

SELECTIONS FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA, Published by resolution of the House of Assembly on March 15, 1865 in 1869

Social Security Death Index.

Tanquay, Cyrien. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Famillies Canadiennes. Montreal 1967. 7 vol.

THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808; By Nathaniel Hawthorne (1841)

United States Bureau of the Census. "Federal Census Returns" (1810 through 1910) (cited as: C81 through C91, with a number assigned for reference purposes) (An extract of the Doucet families in Louisiana was done by Dean W. Doucet for genealogical research purposes.)

White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Famillies Acadiennes. Moncton, New Brunswick 1999.



Where to Search for Reliable Books

Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Vol. 1a, revised: Acadian Records, 1707-1769; Vol. 1b, revised, 1722-1769; Vol. 1: 1707-1748; Vol. 2: 1770-1803; Vol. 3: 1804-1819; Vol. 4: 1820-1829; Vol. 5: 1830-1839; Vol. 6: 1840-1847; Vol. 7: 1848-1852; Vol. 8: 1853-1857; Vol. 9: 1858-1862; Vol. 10: 1863-1867
Volumes can be ordered through:

Diocese of Baton Rouge
Department of the Archives
P.O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2028

Order Form Download Available Here:
Click Here to Download Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Order Form

For books on Acadian Genealogy:

The Acadian Cultural Exchange of Northern Maine
RFD #2, Box 99
Madawaska, ME 04756
(207) 728-4272