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Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968
Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968

Gulf Coast Colonials, Early 18th Century French Families De Ville 1st Edit 1968

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  • Condition: Hardback book without a dust jacket. The binding is very solid. There is slight bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. The cloth binding is darkened over and adjacent to the spine. There is some browning to the insides of the boards and to the facing blank free pages. There is some brown spotting to the page edges. (See photos # 7,8,9 which are of the upper, the leading, and the bottom page edges, respectively.) This book is not ex-library nor ex-libris. It has no writing, highlighting, or underlining. This book has a slightly musty smell. Please see photos. Sold as is.

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    is a first edition (original edition) of a book that provides valuable genealogical information about the first French settlers of the colony of Louisiana.  It was compiled by a noted authority on the subject.
    Title:
    Gulf Coast Colonials
    Subtitle:
    A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana
    Author:  Winston De Ville (With an Introduction by James Daniel Hardy, Jr.)
    Copyright 1968 (by the author)
    Publisher:  Genealogical Publishing Company (Baltimore, Maryland)
    Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-9400
    Hardback.  No dust jacket. (9.25 inches tall by 6.25 inches wide)
    Pages:  69
    Please see photo #3 for the Table of Contents.
    As explained in the Foreword, the book was assembled utilizing copies of the WPA (? Works Progress Administration) records of baptisms, weddings, and funerals of the earliest families in Louisiana.  The term "Louisiana" here means more than the current state boundaries, but refers to the French colony along the Gulf Coast.  In fact, as emphasized in the Introduction (by an LSU History Professor), these church records were predominantly from the early residents of what is now Mobile, Alabama.  Many of these were French soldiers as Mobile was initially a military outpost.  The (male) heads of households are listed alphabetically, by surname, under which appear the names of the mothers and children.  In some cases, the mothers were Native American or were African American slaves.  Other information provided (not for every person, but for many) includes birthplaces, occupations, and military units, as well as birth, marriage and death dates.  See photo #4 for some examples.
    Winston De Ville was born in 1937 in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.  He attended Louisiana College (Pineville, Louisiana) and Louisiana State University (for his Masters in history).  He was honored by the State of Louisiana for his role in organizing and creating a guide to the state archives.  Starting in the late 1960s, he published many important books about the genealogy of the Gulf Coast and of the Mississippi Valley.  De Ville is one of only 50 Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists.
    Please see above for full description of condition and for photos.  Sold as is.
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