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Description
This Regional DNA Project is for living descendants of the pioneers of the West Florida Parishes of Louisiana and the neighboring areas of Mississippi. The West Florida Parishes belonged to Spanish Florida at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. These parishes didn’t become a part of Louisiana until 1810.
This project is for the purpose of supporting the genealogical efforts of the family historians and the descendants for all the many pioneer families who settled the West Florida Parish Region via the use of genetic testing.
The West Florida Parishes Regional DNA Project is open to anyone who believes they are (or could be) descendants of one of the area’s pioneer families. This project is both a Y-Chromosome (direct paternal line) and a mitochondrial DNA (direct maternal line) study. You are hereby cordially invited to participate in this historic project. Those requesting participation are requested to supply Robert B. Noles with their known genealogies.
The West Florida Parish Region is in southeast Louisiana and includes eight current Louisiana parishes: East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and West Feliciana. The Mississippi counties of Amite, Hancock, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Pike, and Walthall are immediately adjacent to the Louisiana West Florida Parishes. These Mississippi counties were also home to many of the same pioneers who settled the West Florida Parishes in the 18th and 19th centuries.
This project will permit comparisons of Y-DNA and mtDNA test results across a spectrum of southeast Louisiana families in conjunction with the genealogical database maintained by Robert B. Noles and the resources of the St. Tammany Genealogical Society Library. The database contains the published genealogies (and a lot more) from the Doris E. (Martin) Holden publications as well as many other surname family historians from this region.
Requirements
A Geographic Project connects individuals who believe their direct line comes from a specific location. The Dual Geographic Projects are for individuals who order an mtDNA or Y-DNA test. Either their direct maternal line (mother's mother's mother's...) or direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) originates from this area.
Surnames In This Project
Abney, Adams, Addison, Alexander, Anderson, Athey, Austin, Babin, Badeaux, Baham, Bahan, Bailey, Baker, Ball, Ballard, Bankston, Barber, Barker, Barnes, Barnett, Barron, Bateman, Bates, Batistie, Baughman, Beard, Beaujeaux, Bell, Bennett, Bernard, Berry, Bertrand, Bickham, Bilbo, Blackwell, Blanchard, Blossman, Bond, Booth, Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Boutte, Bowman, Boyd, Branch, Brashears, Breland, Brewer, Brister, Brodeur, Brooks, Broussard, Brown, Bruhl, Brumfield, Bundy, Burch, Burkhalter, Bush, Byrd, Cain, Campbell, Campo, Carter, Cathcart, Cato, Compau, Cooper, Corkern, Cousin, Coward, Cowart, Cox, Crumb, Dallison, Davis, Derbes, Dirr, Dubois, Dufrene, Duncan, Dutruch, Dutsch, Erwin, Ewing, Fauntleroy, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Fitzmorris, Foret, Forrest, Fuller, Fussell, Galatas, Galloway, Gartman, Giacontiere, Goodbee, Goodby, Goodman, Goodrich, Grantham, Gros, Gusman, Harrison, Hebert, Hersey, Himel, Holden, Hughes, Hunley, Hunt, Huntley, Hursey, Hutchinson, Hutto, Jackson, Jarrell, Jenkins, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kendrick, King, Knight, Knowles, Knox, Landry, LeBeaux, LeBlanc, Lloyd, Lott, Magee, Martin, McCabe, McClendon, McIntyre, McLemore, Miller, Mixon, Mizell, Montgomery, Moulin, Netles, Nettles, Noble, Nobles, Noel, Noles, O'Rillion, Penton, Perry, Picard, Pigott, Pittman, Prats, Roberts, Robiceaux, Rodgers, Rogers, Sanders, Seal, Seals, Shaffer, Sharp, Sharpe, Smith, Spell, Spells, Stogner, Sulivan, Sullivan, Sulliven, Talley, Taylor, Thibodaux, Thomas, Varnado, Vitter, Watkins, WestFloridaParishes, Williams, Wilson, Womack, Wood, Woods