French and Spanish Records of Louisiana

French and Spanish Records of Louisiana
Author: Henry Putney Beers
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807127933

Representing years of extensive research, this authoritative and comprehensive guide to the records generated in the Louisiana Territory during the French and Spanish colonial periods is a major reference work. Henry Putney Beers has painstakingly traced all types of documents, including land, military, and ecclesiastical records; registers of births, marriages, and burials; and private papers. Far more than a mere bibliographical listing, the book provides a complete history and description of these records and their past as well as current locations. When microfilms or other copies of particular bodies of documents exist, Beers describes the circumstances of reproduction and lists the locations of the copies.In the first part of the book, Beers presents a concise account of history and government in Louisiana, concentrating on the formation of a record-keeping bureaucracy. His detailed discussion includes information on available archival reproductions, documentary publications, and the nature and size of holdings in pertinent manuscript collections. Beers's examination of parish, land, and ecclesiastical records will serve as a vital resource. In the remainder of the book, he provides a similarly comprehensive treatment of the records of what are now Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas.Beers traces repositories for these documents far beyond regional confines, locating some in Europe, Canada, and Cuba. For the early migrants to the region -- the Acadians, for example -- he describes source materials at the migrants' points of origin. He also provides information on documents that have been lost or destroyed, an important service that will save researchers much time.French and Spanish Records of Louisiana will prove to be of enormous value to a wide range of people: professional historians, local history buffs, genealogists, lawyers, archivists, and librarians.

Creek Country

Creek Country
Author: Robbie Franklyn Ethridge
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2003
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807828270

Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge sheds new light on a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a cul

The Journal of Southern History

The Journal of Southern History
Author: Wendell Holmes Stephenson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 618
Release: 1957
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Includes section "Book reviews."

The William and Mary Quarterly

The William and Mary Quarterly
Author: Richard Lee Morton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1957
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

Publishes refereed scholarship in history and related disciplines from initial Old World-New World contacts to the early nineteenth century and beyond. Its articles, notes and documents, and reviews range from British North America and the United States to Europe, West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Spanish American borderlands. Forums and topical issues address topics of active interest in the field.