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I wrote, "Louisiana Surnames" no less than four times before it finally posted. I checked two areas for posting: Global Posting: Family Surname Research, and two Personal Catagories: Lousiana and News and also added the surname list to the list of surnames that the post pertains to and it would not post. The message "Journal Entry 0" popped up, however, when I did not utilize two areas in either Global or Personal Catagories and then did not list the surnames this post pertained to, the message finally posted. I wonder what is the glitch?
I emailed Scott and Ally Cat to see if they have an answer.
St. Michaels Cemetery
St. Martin de Tours Church to Repossess St. Michael Cemetery Spaces!
St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville is in search of descendants of some of its cemetery?s oldest residents.
Debbie Hebert, bookkeeper and cemetery administrator for the church, said several plots in the church?s cemetery are either abandoned, in disrepair or have never been issued a title and the church is following the proper procedures to notify family members before other action is taken.
The Louisiana Cemetery Board governs the operations of cemeteries in the state and requires that for a period of 25 years, a list of these funeral plots must be published in a local newspaper in an effort to notify family members of their maintenance needs and current states.
The church also is required to send a registered letter to the last known family contact.
After the required attempts to contact decedents have been met, the cemetery authority is allowed to transfer ownership of the gravesites.
Stanley LeBlanc, born in New Iberia and currently living in Dallas, is concerned about disturbing these historic final resting places.
Heavily involved with a similar issue at St. Nicholas Cemetery in Patoutville, LeBlanc, who is an authority on the Teche Area?s genealogy, said it is a gray area and the church should proceed with a great deal of care and caution.
One of LeBlanc?s main concerns is the difficulty in finding descendants two or three generations down a family line who may be unaware of ancestor names or where the final resting place of their ancestors might be.
Leblanc said many of the surnames printed on the St. Michael?s Cemetery list are of those families that were original settlers in the area and their burial sites represent a great deal of rich history.
Published gravesites:
Aurilien Doucet
Prosper Lopez
Jules Champagne
M/M J Jules Babin
Arthur Gaudin Jr.
Teles Peltier
Camilia Elridge
Oreste Peltier
Valsin Bernard
Mrs. Anthony Albert
Adolphe Dugas
Clovis Romero
Rita Romero
M/M Evalture Bonin
Celestine Lavergne
William Montfort
Mrs. Eliante Dugas
Charles Blanchard
Adler Boudreaux
Jennifer Crocker
Rene Potier
C.M. Olivier
Felix Berard
Charles Theriot
Winston Smith
Adolph LaSalle
F.N. Vincent
Laurent Broussard
Septime Lasseigne Est.
John Ducloset Mouton
Mrs. Eloise Courville
Octave Price
Florence L.F. Savoy
Joseph Jean Rodriguez
Wilfred Lawrence
Clet Castille
William Eastin
Thomas
Albert Barras Est.
Jules Francoise
Darcourt Dugas Jr.
Celestine B. Dugas
John F. Franz
Alosia Eastin
Arthur Gaudin Sr.
Preston Boudreaux
Louis J. Bienvenue
Mrs. Eudolie Guilbeau
Lee Wiltz
Mrs, Gustave Menard
Lester Journet
Martha Gagne
Martin Cazine
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