Old Louisiana Plantations And Family Trees Volume 1

By: Herman de Bachelle Seebold, Pub. 1941, reprinted 2020, Vol. #1: 562 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-010-1. This set of books is the definitive guide to the important plantation homes of Louisiana, along with the socially prominent families who owned them. These books are filled with rare photos of historically significant town homes, plantations and out buildings that are no longer extant and provide detailed genealogical and ancedotal information on a genteel society and lavish lifestyle that is now only a memory. These families and plantations cover the entire state from: Ascension, Assumption, East & West Baton Rouge, East & West Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Madison, Natchitoches, New Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Martins, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and Washington Parishes.

Originally published in 1941, Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees is the definitive guide to the important plantation homes of the Pelican State, as well as the socially and historically prominent families who lived in them. Volume I of the two-volume, boxed set describes structures in several diverse sections of the state, from traditional, Spanish-moss-hung plantations in south Louisiana to the African-inspired structures on the rounds of Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish. The first volume features many rare photographs of historically significant townhomes, plantations, and outbuildings--many no longer extant--and provides detailed genealogical and anecdotal information on a genteel society and lavish lifestyle that is now only a cherished memory. Some of the great houses discussed include D'Estrehan, Tezcuco, Seven Oaks, Parlange, Asphodel, Evergreen, and Rosedown. Volume II traces the history of several important families and features numerous portraits, coats of arms, and archival photographs. It also contains a wealth of genealogical and biographical information about many of the most prominent families in Louisiana history. Some of the family names included are La Frenier, De Livaudais, Forstall, Fortier, Schmidt, S�ghers, Milliken, Parlange, De Brierre, D'Herbigny, Butler, Pipes, Ellis, Percy, Plauch�, Barrow, Bringier, Kenner, Stauffer, Knox, Semmes, Walmsley, Ranlett, Smyth, Sully, De Marigny, De La Ronde, Almonaster, De Dreux, Villere, Beauregard, Matthews, Rathbone, De Buys, Hicky, Duggan, De Macarty, vonPhul, Cade, Du Brocca, Allain, D'Estrehan des Tours, De La Barr�, Koch, Muller, Bruce, Boehm, Seebold, De Bachell�, De Vilbiss, De Beaulieu de Marconnay, Konzelman, Parker, Pitkin, Levert, Ware, Prudhomme, Wilkinson, and Stewart.

By: Herman de Bachelle Seebold, Pub. 1941, reprinted 2020, Vol. #2: 428 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-011-X. This set of books is the definitive guide to the important plantation homes of Louisiana, along with the socially prominent families who owned them. These books are filled with rare photos of historically significant town homes, plantations and out buildings that are no longer extant and provide detailed genealogical and ancedotal information on a genteel society and lavish lifestyle that is now only a memory. These families and plantations cover the entire state from: Ascension, Assumption, East & West Baton Rouge, East & West Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Madison, Natchitoches, New Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Martins, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and Washington Parishes.

The story of a Louisiana mansion, a planter�s empire, and a preservation battle lost to bulldozers

Originally published in 1931, Old Families of Louisiana was compiled in response to a demand for a comprehensive series of genealogical records of the foundation families of the state--families whose ancestors settled with Bienville in New Orleans at the time the famous old city was laid out in the crescent bend of the Mississippi River. This book also answers the call for information on those who came to Louisiana when the golden lilies of France, the castellated banner of Spain, the Union Jack of Great Britain, or the flag of fifteen stars and fifteen stripes waved over the land.During the compilation of the original data it became apparent that the present book would be greatly augmented in interest and value by the addition of genealogical records of other prominent foundation families besides the French and Spanish. For this reason, information was included on the English, Scottish, and Irish lineages whose representatives now form an integral part of the present-day population of Louisiana.In the seventy years since its first publication, Old Families of Louisiana has exceeded the original scope intended. In order to set a limit to its range, it was agreed that only those families settling in Louisiana before and up to the time of the beginning of the American domination in 1803 should be included. Old Families of Louisiana traces the genealogy of such traditional Louisiana families as Fortier, Claiborne, Kenner, Percy, Wiltz, Chalmette, Landry, Derbigny, Butler, St. Martin, and Wilkinson.