The Foreign French: Nineteenth Century French Immigration into Louisiana, Volume 1 - 1820-1839 [Hardcover]

Carl A. Brasseaux (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana (December 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940984563
• ISBN-13: 978-0940984561
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,835,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 98% of this book consists of listings of immigrants., January 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Foreign French: Nineteenth Century French Immigration into Louisiana, Volume 1 - 1820-1839 (Hardcover)

This book has only about 20 pages of general info about French immigration to Louisiana during the period of 1820-1839. The book also contains 12 pages of tables of statistics about the immigrants. The remaining 551 pages are the alphabetical listings of French immigrants containing name, age, sex, occupation, nationality (which is France obviously), port of departure, date of arrival, and destination of the immigrant listed. Most of them had no particular destination. If your ancestors are listed, you are fortunate but the book also has thousands of other listings about which you will have no interest.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A most helpful and fact-filled book, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Foreign French: Nineteenth Century French Immigration into Louisiana, Volume 1 - 1820-1839 (Hardcover)

This book covers a time in history for which there is a lack of data and information. This listing brings to light as many names as possible of French immigrants to Louisiana. Intertwined within its pages are the names of families who helped to make Louisiana the great state that it has become. Although it may not contain the names of every French immigrant for the period in question, it is an extremely valuable dictionary for any historian or genealogist!

5.0 out of 5 stars Louisiana Genealogy, September 18, 2005

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This review is from: The Foreign French: Nineteenth Century French Immigration into Louisiana, Volume 1 - 1820-1839 (Hardcover)

This is a great book for your family history if they came in by ship to New Orleans. I found it very informative.