Books
Vidrine, Jacqueline Olivier. Védrines-Vidrine: Our Védrines in France 1600-1750. Lafayette, LA: Acadiana Press, 1981.
Vidrine, Jacqueline and Vidrine, Drouet Warren fils. Governor Vaudreuil’s Voyage to Louisiana: The Passenger List of the Charente and the Navigational Logbook of the Lion d’Or for their Voyage of 1743. San Clemente, CA: Vidrine Publishing, 2014.
Vidrine, Rev. Jason, La Famille de Vidrine at 275 Years, Ville Platte,
LA: Vidrine Family Publishing, 2019.
Vidrine, Rev. Jason, The Religious History of the Vidrine Family, Ville Platte, LA: Vidrine Family Publishing, 2021.
Vidrine, Rev. Jason, The Letters of Jean Baptiste [Preignac] De Védrines 1780 – 1802, Ville Platte, LA: Vidrine Family Publishing, 2025.
Ardoin, Robert Bruce L., Recueil de divers documents historiques et genealogiques relatifs aux families Vedrines et Tisserand, Paris: Roussel Uclaf Publishing, 1981.
Voorhies, Alice Joyce. The Promise: In Memory of Joyce V. Voorhies 1920-2007. Lafayette, LA, 2013.
Deville, Winston. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts. Ville Platte, LA: W. De Ville, 1987.
______. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1785. Ville Platte LA: W. De Ville, 1991.
______. Opelousas: The History of a French and Spanish Military Post in America, 1716-1803. Ville Platte, LA: W. De Ville, 1986.
______. “Census of of the Opelousas Post, 28 May 1796” Louisiana Genealogical Register, XIII, March, 1966.
______. Pointe Coupée Documents, 1762-1803: A Calendar of Civil Records for the Province of Louisiana. Ville, Platte, LA: Provincial Press, 1997.
Baudier, Roger, The Catholic Church in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA: Provincial Press, Claitor’s Pub. Division, 2013.
Brown, Margaret Kimball and Dean, Lawrie Cena. The Village of Chartres in Colonial Illinois: 1720-1765. Baton Rouge, LA: Provincial Press, Claitor’s Pub. Division, 2012.
Eckberg, Carl, “Marie Rouensa-8cate8a and the Foundations of French Illinois,” Illinois Historical Journal, Vol, 84, No. 3 (Autumn,
1991)
MacDonald, David. Lives of Fort de Chartres: Commandants, Soldiers, and Civilians in French Illinois, 1720–1770. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.
MacDonald, David and Waters, Raine. Kaskaskia: the Lost Capital of Illinois. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2019.
Norbut, Mary Catherine. Descendents of Chief Francois Xavier Rouensa. Old Mines, MO: Old Mines Historical Soceity, Inc, 2007, Second Edition.
Pease, Theodore Calvin. Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years War, 1747-1755. Springfield, IL: The Trustees of the State Historical Library, 1940.
Snyder, J. F. “The Kaskaskia Indians: A Tentative Hypothesis”, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 5, No. 2, Jul., 1912.
Harper, John N., The Mother Church of Acadiana, Opelousas, LA:
Hebert Publications, 1993.
Lanclos, David. The letters of Dr. Franc̦ois Robin 1784-1826. Pecaniere, LA, 2009.
Internet Sources
Archives Nationales Coloniales.http://anom.archivesnationales.culture
Brown, Margaret Kimbell and Dean, Lawrie Cena. Calendar of Kaskaskia Manuscripts.
Manuscript Sources
Archives Nationales Coloniales, Special Collections. (AN Col.) Edith
Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
Archives, Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New Orleans. (CANO), University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Parish Records, Sainte-Livrade Church, Sanite-Livrade, France
Parish Records, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ville Platte, LA
Parish Records, Saint Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA
Huntington Manuscripts, Loudoun Collection (HMLO), Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Jacqueline O. Vidrine Papers, Collection 272, 1792-1986, Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
Kaskaskia Manuscripts 1714-1816, Microfilm in 14 reels. Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.
Pointe Coupée Parish Civil Records, 1765-1967, Collection 356. (PCP) Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
Spanish Colonial Document Index Binders: 1769-1804, Louisiana State Museum, Historical Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
Archives Nationales Coloniales. Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
Baptism Records. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ville Platte, LA.
Baptism Records. Saint Anthony Catholic Church, Ville Platte, LA.
Baptism Records. Saint Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA.
Burial Records. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ville Platte, LA.
Burial Records. Saint Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA.
Colonial Archives. Louisiana Historical Center, Black Books, Baton Rouge, LA.
Huntington Manuscripts, Loudoun Collection. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Marriage Records. Saint Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA.
Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, microfilm, LSU Libraries Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA.
Pointe Coupée Parish Civil Records, 1765-1967, Collection 356. Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
Spanish Colonial Document Index Binders: 1769-1804. Louisiana State Museum, Historical Center, Baton Rouge, LA.