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From: "Bertrand K. Macpherson" <>
Subject: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: Seeking a will, succession
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 14:50:04 -0400
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Hello and thanks. Yes, I received help from the Pont de'eglise genealogical
and historical society earlier this year when they sent me my GGF's obituary
and a few items from their history books on him. We checked out Acadia's
wills and his wasn't there.

Bertrand Macpherson

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Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: LAORLEAN-D Digest V03 #204


> Bertrand -
>
> You might want to check out the Acadia Parish GenWeb page (if you already
> haven't)
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~lapehgs/
> You might also wish to contact the Clerk of Court
> Acadia Parish Clerk
> P.O. Box 1342
> Crowley 70527
> clerk is Robert T. "Robby" Barousse (clerk of court's home page is:
> http://www.acadiaparishclerk.com/)
>
> Peggy Rooney
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Bertrand K. Macpherson
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:39:40 -0400
> To:
> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: LAORLEAN-D Digest V03 #204
>
>
> Ellen, if a person died in December 1903 in Texas and his will wasn't
found
> there, do you think it's possible to find it in New Orleans if he lived in
> New Orleans from about 1880 to 1895? I am stumped in trying to find my
> great-grandfather's will in Louisiana. He lived in Crowley, LA, from 1895
> until about 1901 and he died in Dallas in 1903.
>
> Bertrand Macpherson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ellen Cleary" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: LAORLEAN-D Digest V03 #204
>
>
> > I don't think the census is going to lead you to a notary.
> >
> > I am writing off the top of my head here, without verifying this
> information...but I believe the succession records at NOPL go beyond 1903.
> They are indexed in book form up through sometime in 1903, I believe. And
> then, if I'm remembering correctly, they are indexed on the microfilms
> themselves, although I am not sure every set of records that is
microfilmed
> has an index.
> >
> > At some point the microfilms end. The succession records after that
point
> in time are held by the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court, who has an index to
> those records.
> >
> > I am not sure about the wills...if there is an index to them once the
> microfilms end and if so, where that index would be located.
> >
> > >^,,^< >^,,^< >^,,^<
> >
> > *Ellen*
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~ellencleary/
> >
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