Colonies In The Gulf Coast And Southwest

Question 1

What resources exist for colonial Louisiana family history research?

Answer 1

Census records in Louisiana for Spanish and French

Church records

Notarial records

Question 2

Why resources exist for colonial Texas?

Question 3

French American colony records that are available:

Answer 3

Church records
Census records
Notarial records

Question 4

Timeline of French acadie or French colonies?

Answer 4

1600 french acadie
1608 french establish Quebec
1659 french establish Saint Domingue
1712 french establish natchitocues
1716 french establish Natchez
1718 french establish nouvelle or leans
1763 control of Louisiana transferred to Spain
1802 control of Louisiana transferred back to France.

Question 5

Louisiana and Texas type of church records?

Answer 5

Likely Catholic records: records kept by parish, diocese d
Religious orders

Question 6

Political organization for Texas Louisiana and those areas

Answer 6

King
All the way down to the “province”
“Provincia” Spanish court organization

“Real y supremo consejo de las indias” for example.