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For an explanation of how families qualify for this list, please see the Progress Report.
The links below take you to individuals in the Unit Rosters. Click on the surname and it will take you to the Index of Names from which you can access an individual's service record(s) ... most of which are still incomplete.
Click here for the names of individuals from Cajun families who are not in units highlighted in this study.
Click here for a list of Louisiana soldiers from the CSRC Index whose surnames are not found in this list of Cajun families.
These are the families who were exiled from Acadia, found refuge in Louisiana, and created the Cajun culture.
(The families highlighted in yellow are the Acadian families who produced Acadians in Gray; the families not highlighted in yellow and have no links attached to their names are Acadian families who produced no Acadians in Gray; the families who are not highlighted in yellow but do have links attached to their names did produce Acadians in Gray, but, because the Acadian branch of these families produced no surviving male lines in Louisiana, the members of this family in the state are not of Acadian ancestry and are linked to the non-Acadian section of this page.)106/156
These are the families who assimilated with the Acadian exiles in Louisiana, helped create the Cajun culture, and produced Acadians in Gray.
Symbols:
# = non-Acadian families who came to LA with the Acadians in 1785 [see 7 Ships Passenger List] * = "cultural Cajuns" [see Progress Report for definition]
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These families can be found in greater Acadia (1632-1755) but did not immigrate to Louisiana,
or they are Acadian families who did immigrate to Louisiana but produced no surviving male lines there, and so these families in the state are non-Acadians.These are Cajun families in Louisiana who never lived in greater Acadia (1632-1755). They are Cajuns either through intermarriage with Louisiana Acadians, or they lived in the same communities as the Acadians and consider themselves "cultural Cajuns."
Symbols:
# = non-Acadian families who came to LA with the Acadians in 1785 [see 7 Ships Passenger List] * = " cultural Cajuns" [see Progress Report for definition]
Click here for the names of Louisiana soldiers from Cajun families who are not in units highlighted in this study.Click here for a list of Louisiana soldiers from the CSRC Index whose surnames are not found in this list of Cajun families [incomplete].
The crossed flags below take you to the Family Histories section, which is far from complete.
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