Calendar of Events

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Meetings are held on the FIRST Saturday of the month at the Louisiana State Archives Building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (unless otherwise noted) (see map below).

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

Society members will celebrate Dia de la Cruz, the Day of the Cross. This event was celebrated by our ancestors and is still celebrated in the Canary Islands. More details will be in the May edition of the Society newsletter.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

Information coming soon...

A MAP TO THE LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING IS SHOWN BELOW

Past Meetings and Events

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

Dr. Don Perere, a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict discussed the Historic Immaculate Conception Church, its cemetery and Attakapas Landing (down the canal to locals).

Dr. Don Perere and Leroy Perera, both are descended from the same Canary Islander emigrant (Andres Perera)

SATURDAY, MARCH 16 - SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

2013 ISLENOS FIESTA - ST. BERNARD, LA

The 2013 Islenos Fiesta in St. Bernard was once again a great success. Our society was represented by several members who attended and helped work in our informational booth. We had many visitors and got several new members as a result.

Our society's display area and exhibit in the historical Ducros house at the Islenos Fiesta.

One of the displays at the Fiesta, showing our society crest and information about who we are and what families we represent.

Long time society member Paul "Skip" Newfield presenting the Los Islenos society with a framed document honoring the first Saint from the Canary Islands.
pictured left to right - Members of the Los Islenos Society (William Hyland, Dorothy "Dot" Benge, Lloyd "Wimpy" Serigne), member Paul "Skip" Newfield, and President Joan Aleman

Society treasurer Stephen Estopinal poses outside the Estopinal house at the 2013 Islenos Fiesta.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

Society member Stella Carline Tanoos spoke on The Cattle Trails of Louisiana, a historical look at the cattle trails that ran from Texas to Louisiana. She talked about the various routes used, challenges faced trying to get cattle through Louisiana's treacherous terrain, and the involvement of the French and Spanish people of the time.

March meeting speaker Stella Carline Tanoos

Member Paul Newfield with a framed document of the first Canarian Saint, presented to the St. Bernard society.

Members and guests in attendance at the March meeting

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

Joan Alemán spoke on the family of Pedro Jorge Caballero. The research was NOT done by Joan.

Sources for the presentation::

• Terrebonne Life Lines, Vol. 16 No. 1

Article* by Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS

*This article was also found at the following internet address:

http://www.johnandpatricia.net/genealogy/histories/tll%20v16no1.pdf

• Terrebonne Life Lines, Fall 1993

– Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 1-28

– “The Cavallero Family of Louisiana”.

– Audrey B. Westerman, compiler, with information provided by Essie Cavalier, and Clark Cavalier, Rev. Lloyd Caballero

Terrebonne Life Lines is a periodical published quarterly by the Terrebonne Genealogical Society. Copies are available in most Louisiana libraries and in the Louisiana State Archives Research Room.

Q&A followed. Several members had the genealogy work they had done on the Caballero family and shared their research findings.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013 - 11:00 A.M.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING, ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA

New officers for 2013 were installed by Society member and past Treasurer Sergio Ramos. They are as follows:

President - Joan Aleman
Secretary - Toni Wright
Board of Directors - Clifford Normand
Board of Directors - Father Gerald Lefebvre

New President Joan Aleman spoke at the meeting accept being installed and delivered a presentation on the celebration of King's Day in the Canary Islands.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2012.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2011.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2010.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2009.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2008.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2007.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2006.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the year 2005.

LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES BUILDING - 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA

Please note that visitors to the Archives are required to show photo ID and sign in.

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