6634: Naming practices. (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: madison bell <mbell@goucher.edu>

I'm posting this question for a nonlistmember-- please reply directly to 
mbell@goucher.edu.  Thanks for all the info on pelen tet!  many replies 
which help tremendously....

>On another note, I have been looking over some parish colonial records and
>could use some help with naming practices.  For example, I am looking for
>the parents of these New Orleans emigres.  They are listed with last names
>in the emigres' marriage records (bride is native of Jeremie, child of Jean
>Louis L'Herisse and Marie Peillon, for example).  Do these last names
>suggest to you that they were born free?  Or could they have acquired last
>names once they emigrated to New Orleans to satisfy naming practices in LA.

help with this one appreciated...

msb



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