From the VERY COOL Files! Some of you may watch the show Finding Your Roots on PBS. Someone told me last month following a presentation I gave about Kaskaskia and the Fort de Chartres to the Lafayette Genealogical Society that Kaskaskia had been mentioned on a recent episode. Yesterday, a distant
The Vidrine Family in LA celebrates the 275th anniversary of Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Védrines’ departure from France and arrival of LA in 2018. It’s a time to remember and reflect on the details (that we’re able to know) of his departure from France and arrival in LA as well as the 275 years
During this 275th anniversary of Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Védrines’ departure from France and arrival in LA in 2018, we remember his extraordinary life. 45 years after arriving in New Orleans, Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Védrines died on this day – January 15 – in 1788, making this the 230th
The Vidrine Family in LA celebrates the 275th anniversary of Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Védrines’ departure from France and arrival of LA in 2018. It’s a time to remember and reflect on the details (that we’re able to know) of his departure from France and arrival in LA as well
Happy feast of All Saints! There are at least two connections to the Védrines-Vidrine family that we can remember on All Saints Day. One was Fr. Jean Védrine (1743-1807). He is considered a Confessor of the Faith of the Diocese of Limoges (one who suffered for the faith, although they
Today is the 185th anniversary of the death of Fr. Michel Benard Barrière who died on this day in 1832. He was a Priest from France who fled the French Revolution and spent his exile serving in south LA – at the Attakapas Post (St. Martinville), then the Opelousas Post,