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Catholic Church. Colonial Records, 1576-1806

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0365

Scope and Contents

This collection has three parts. The first twelve reels contain the records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803. The records were microfilmed by the University of Notre Dame (where the originals are housed) in 1967 through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. A more complete guide to this collection is in the Louisiana Room Genealogy Collection, call number CD 3269.A2C32.

Reel 13 and 13A hold the records of Immaculate Conception Church in Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1734-1795, microfilmed by Southern Microfilm Corporation of New Orleans. Reel 13 is a positive copy, and Reel 13A is a negative copy.

The last reel holds funeral and baptismal records of St. Landry dos Opelousas Church in Opelousas, Louisiana, 1776-1806. The source of this film is not given.

The film was acquired by the Center for Louisiana Studies as an extension of the Colonial Louisiana Records Collection. That collection was transferred to the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection in 2013.

Dates

  • 1576-1806

Extent

15 Reels (15 reels of materials on 35 mm microfilm)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Catholic Church Colonial Records
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
12/11/2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031