Welcome to this website which represents my ongoing research into various New  Orleans lines of my father`s family.I have tried to trace some of the  collateral lines of the family where the information is available.The  information posted here comes from a variety of sources including family  records, tombstones, newspapers, the internet, Sacramental Records of the  Archdiocese of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, birth and death certificates,  military  records, and legal sources.For the Fernandez and Helliot lines, the  Sacramental Records appear to be a particularly valuable source as they were  probably written by Rufino Fernandez who was a cantor and keeper of records for  St. Louis Cathedral.I have taken the liberty of translating the first and  middle names of some persons found in the Sacramental Records where the   national origin of the family is not Spanish. Thus, Guillermo becomes  `Guillaume`, Juan becomes `Jean`,etc. I am also indebted to Wesley Weaver for  his reseach on the Weaver line and have borrowed heavily from his research on  the family with my own additions here.I also wish to thank Peg Gueringer Blask  fo her research on the descendants of Louis Gueringer who established a large  branch of the family in Mobile. We have some early family group photographs  from the turn of the century which I will attempt to upload when I become more  proficient in technology.I welcome emails from those researching the same lines  as I have acquired more information than I can post here.