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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. It is a typical misconception that the parish was named after Hernando de Soto, the Spaniard who explored the future southeastern United States and discovered and named the Mississippi River. The parish, established in 1843, was in fact named after the unrelated Marcel DeSoto, who led the first group of Euro...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Acadia Parish, Louisiana . Acadia Parish was created on 1887, from St. Landry Parish and the parish was named in honor of the Acadians , descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia. The Parish seat is Crowley. The first settlement of what is now Acadia Parish was made by the exiled Acadians who were induce...
Caddo History and GenealogyThe goal of this project is to develop genealogical and historical knowledge of the Caddo, indigenous peoples of North America.===Who are the Caddo?The Caddo Nation is a confederacy of several Southeastern Native American tribes. Their ancestors historically inhabited much of what is now East Texas, Louisiana, and portions of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma. They were ...
Primarily for early colonists of French and Spanish Louisiana and British and Spanish West Florida who have descendants throughout the Gulf Coast.One goal is to develop standardized surname spellings to allow for easier matching and merging in Geni.Includes people mentioned in Winston De Ville's "Gulf Coast Colonials," Stanley Clisby Arthur's "Old Families of Louisiana," Grace King's "Creole Fa...