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Note: Swedish Officer who was Commandant of the German Coast

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The report is an 12-page Outline Descendant Tree [ODT] in PDF format.

Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier had 4 sons and 7 daughters.  Marie Mercer was the daughter of Francoise Gaudet and Unknown Mercer.  Francoise Gaudet's second husband was Daniel LeBlanc. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Antoine and Marie were exiled along with their families.

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The report is a 20-page Outline Descendant Tree [ODT] in PDF format.

Daniel LeBlanc and Francoise Gaudet had 6 sons and 1 daughter. No information is available on one son. The other 5 sons and daughter married into the other Acadian lines as did their children.  The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Daniel and Francoise were exiled along with their families.

Note: Francoise Gaudet had a daughter named Marie Mercer who married Antoine Babin.

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Note: Reports are in PDF format

The first documented arrival of Acadians in Louisiana was in 1764. Other groups arrived between 1765 - 1769 and then the large group from France in 1785. As the Acadians arrived in New Orleans, they had children baptized, married or had marriages re-validated. The records provide invaluable genealogical information.

Note: Many on the List went to Louisiana

Note: Isle Deniere [Last Island] was a resort spot for the rich and powerful so many influential persons from South and SW Louisiana died there when it was Annihilated! Incredibly, there were some survivors!

St. John's Episcopal Church was consecrated on Palm Sunday, March 16, 1845 by the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, DD, Bishop. See Polk Family on the Book Page.

Note: Reports are in PDF format

Note: Reports are in PDF format

Note: Reports are in PDF format

Note: This census included parts of current-day Ascension and Assumption Parishes and current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes

Note: This census included parts of current-day Assumption Parish as well as current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and includes most of the Acadians who arrived in 1785.

Note: This census included parts of current-day Assumption Parish as well as current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and includes most of the Acadians who arrived in 1785

Note: This census included parts of current-day Assumption Parish as well as current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and includes most of the Acadians who arrived in 1785

Note: This census included parts of current-day Assumption Parish as well as current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and includes most of the Acadians who arrived in 1785

Note: This census included parts of current-day Assumption Parish as well as current-day Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and includes most of the Acadians who arrived in 1785

Please use the Index to determine which census or list a specific surname is recorded for 1699-1732 records.  The 1745 Census of Pointe Coupee is at the end of the 1699-1732 records.

Note: The following Militia Lists are available for family research and DAR/SAR documentation.  If you don't know if your ancestor served in the Colonial Militias, send an email for a Free Search to cajun @ thecajuns.com and provide the surname. The search is free. A fee will be charged for the roster as shown. 

Note: Reports are in PDF format

Galvez Rosters of 1779 and Rosters of Attakapas & Opelousas of 1/19/1780

When Winston Deville published Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution, militia lists for 1779 and 1780 hadn't been found in the archives, but subsequent research found rosters for 1779 & 1780.

Galvez had provided "unofficial support" to the American cause as early as 1776, but Spain didn't officially declared war on England until May 8, 1779. In a letter dated June 25,1779 to Commandants Bellile, Robin, Judice and Cantrelle and one dated July 28, 1779 to Declouet [Attakapas/Opelousas], Galvez sent secret communications to identify bachelors not encumbered by family duties whether militiamen or not and Free Blacks, Mulattos and Slaves who could be trusted.

The Pointe Coupee Post wasn't included because of its critical location and the militia there would be needed to guard against a descent via the Mississippi River. The Arkansas, Natchitoches and Rapides Posts were also not inlcuded in the request.

The Galvez Rosters of 1779 identify men from St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, La Fourche [this would have been Lafourche Interior which included areas from current-day Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes], Cabahanocce [St. James] and Iberville. In a letter dated January 19, 1780 from Galvez to Declouet, men from the Attakapas and Opelousas Posts were identified. There is also a letter from Francisco Bouligny to Galvez [spelled Galbez] dated September 3, 1779 that lists the men from New Iberia who arrived to supplement the Attakapas/Opelousas group.

These three lists provide documentation for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] and the Sons of the American Revolution [SAR] . Note: The lists don't identify all the men on the militia at the various posts - only the bachelors not encumbered by family duties. Descended of the militiamen who weren't identified for the list requested by Galvez are still eligible for membership in the DAR/SAR.

For a Free Check to determine if your ancestor is on the lists, send an email to cajun @ thecajuns.com [note - no space before and after the@ symbol] and show 1779 & 1780 Militia Lists in the subject line.

Note: This is a one-page report that gives the names of the officers.  The report gives commission dates back to 1765.

Note: If you don't know if your ancestor was on one of the ships, send an email to cajun @ thecajuns.com and provide the surname.

Note: Reports are in PDF format

Note: These two ships are combined because the Index for the two are combined.

Note: If you know or think that your Acadian Ancestor was exiled to France, but don't know what ship they sailed upon from France to Louisiana in 1785, thecajuns.com will conduct a free check. Send an email to cajun @ thecajuns.com and provide the name.

Note: Reports are in PDF format