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Continue reading →: Iberia Parish Courthouse.
The Iberia Parish Court Building is located at 300 Iberia Street in New Iberia, Louisiana. On the day of my visit, Succession Records were on my mind. My second-great Grandfather, Hildebert Theriot (sometimes spelled without the silent H, Ildebert), and his wife, Louise Elmina Delahoussaye, lived and died in Iberia…
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Continue reading →: Saint Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.
Saint Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery is in Baton Rouge on North 15th Street, between ‘North Street and Main Street. There are two entrances, one on the cemetery’s north side and the second on the southern edge. This is a historic cemetery, and I was impressed with the overall disrepair and lack…
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Continue reading →: The East Baton Rouge Public Library.
The East Baton Rouge Public Library is at 7711 Goodwood Blvd., in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806. I did not have time to research here, but I wanted to review this place before moving on. The genealogy materials are in the “Special Collections” room on the second floor. This is…
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Continue reading →: Document Management; no Paper Cuts!
The doorbell rings, the dog barks and the UPS driver escapes up the driveway toward his next delivery. At your doorstep…two boxes. The return address tells you they are from the National Archives. You’ve been waiting for this day. You calm the dog and open the first box, then the…
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Continue reading →: Sidney A. Marchand Sr.’s, An Attempt to Re-Assemble the OLD SETTLERS IN FAMILY GROUPS.
In 1965, Sidney A Marchand Sr., compiled an index of Acadians from Ascension Parish Louisiana. His book is named An Attempt to Re-Assemble the OLD SETTLERS IN FAMILY GROUPS, published by Claitor’s Book Store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His work attempted to reassemble about seven hundred families of the original settlers…
Hello,
I’m Aaron
My path toward discovery is never ending. Notice I say toward discovery. True discovery comes from the understanding that the journey is actually the destination.
I use this blog to share my discovery. Topics vary – ranging from my exercises in micro history and travel, to the strange things that come to my mind and how I engage them.
Aaron Tassin, MLIS 