Southwest Louisiana Records 27 (of 1st 28) Volumes 1756 - 1897 Rev Donald Hebert

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Up for sale is a lot of twenty seven (27) hardback books in the series
Southwest Louisiana Records
compiled and published by the indefatigable Rev. Donald J. Hebert.
They include all the Volumes between 1 and 28 (inclusive)
except for Volume 6
and cover all of the years 1756 - 1897 (inclusive)
except for 1855 -1860
(which are the contents of Volume 6).
(Note:  This series continued for about another 20 Volumes or until about 1915 or so.  I do not have any volumes after Volume 28.)  This exceptionally ambitious reference work is a must have for any serious student of Louisiana genealogy.  Several of the volumes have additional content ("lagniappe") in the form of historic documents, cattle brands, landowner maps, scholarly articles, and more.  See "Comments" in the list of volumes, below, for details about the additional content.
The (Southwest) geographic area of the State of Louisiana covered in this series remained the same over the years.  However, due to the creation of new Parishes (from original Parishes), the number of Parishes included under the term "Southwest Louisiana" increased from the original two (St. Martin and St. Landry) to eight, as of 1897, (St. Martin, St. Landry, Acadia, Lafayette, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion, and Calcasieu).  [In 1912, 3 additional Parishes - Allen, Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis - were formed out parts of Calcasieu Parish, so that there are currently 11 Parishes in "Southwest Louisiana".]
Although the population of this area is heavily Roman Catholic and most of the records are of Catholic rites (baptisms, marriages, and funerals), Rev. Hebert also included church records of other faiths, including the Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches, as well as Civil Records.
Here is a detailed listing of the Volumes that I am selling:
Volume 1 (1756 - 1810), Copyright 1974.  xix + 592 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, from pages x to xv, a general history of Acadiana and of the Catholic Church in Acadiana; and, from page 581 on, a list of Catholic Churches, Parishes, bibliography and other supporting material.)
Volume 2 (1811 - 1830), Copyright 1974.  xxv + 991 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, from pages xii to x, an "Introduction to Black Genealogy"; from pages 460 to 501, a collection of illustrations and documents; from pages 919 to 931, additional documents in French with translations; from pages 932 to 943, the records of The Academy of the Sacred Heart; and, from pages 944 to 974, the Opelousas courthouse marriages from 1821 to 1826.)
Volume 3 (1831 - 1840), Copyright 1976.  xi + 694 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, from pages 343 - 351, a collection of maps and documents; and, starting on page 684 a list of black marriages in the registry of St. Landry Church, in Opelousas.)
Volume 4 (1841 - 1847), Copyright 1976.  viii + 549 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, starting on page 516, tombstone inscriptions from the Vandenburg and Ferguson Cemeteries and a list of Pension Applications from veterans of the War of 1812.)
Volume 5 (1848 - 1854), Copyright 1976.  ix + 591 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume was originally issued with the year range 1848 - 1853 on the title page.  Publisher issued a replacement label for the actual year range 1848 - 1854, which is taped over the original.)
Volume 6 (1855 - 1860)  THIS VOLUME IS MISSING AND IS NOT PART OF THE SALE
Volume 7 (1861 - 1865), Copyright 1977.  xi + 491 pages.
Volume 8 (1866 - 1868), Copyright 1977.  x + 574 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, starting on page 560, an article on "How Slaves Often Got Their Names", tombstone inscriptions from the Franklin Town, Myrtle Grove, Patterson Town, Presbyterian Church, and Richardson Family cemeteries, and a list of pastors and register of members of the First United Methodist Church of Franklin.)
Volume 9 (1869 - 1870), Copyright 1977.  x + 563 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, starting on page 444, maps with landowner names of Acadia Parish and South Louisiana [see photo #11 of this listing for an example] and, starting on page 541, a list of marriages from St. Peter's Church of New Iberia.)
Volume 10 (1871 - 1872), Copyright 1977.  xi + 432 pages.
Volume 11 (1873 - 1874), Copyright 1977.  xi + 423 pages.
Volume 12 (1875 - 1876), Copyright 1978.  xi + 494 pages.
Volume 13 (1877 - 1878), Copyright 1978.  xi + 533 pages.
Volume 14 (1879 - 1880), Copyright 1978.  xiv + 580 pages.
Volume 15 (1881 - 1882), Copyright 1978.  xiv + 622 pages.
Volume 16 (1883 - 1884), Copyright 1978.  xiv + 624 pages.
Volume 17 (1885 - 1886), Copyright 1978.  xiv + 645 pages.
Volume 18 (1887), Copyright 1979.  xiv + 489 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume has, starting on page 371, a detailed list of cattle brands of St. Martin Parish!  See photo # 12 of this listing for an example.)
Volume 19 (1888), Copyright 1979.  xv + 703 pages.  (Comment:  This Volume also has, starting on page 419, a continuation of the detailed list of cattle brands of St. Martin Parish!)
Volume 20 (1889), Copyright 1980.  xv + 425 pages.
Volume 21 (1890), Copyright 1980.  xiv + 428 pages.
Volume 22 (1891), Copyright 1980.  xv + 451 pages.
Volume 23 (1892), Copyright 1980.  xv + 413 pages.
Volume 24 (1893), Copyright 1980.  xv + 437 pages.
Volume 25 (1894), Copyright 1981.  xv + 430 pages.
Volume 26 (1895), Copyright 1981.  454 pages (Comment:  Although the Table of Contents refers to a section on Abbreviations, the Roman Numeral pages containing the Abbreviations do not appear in this single Volume, probably as an inadvertent omission.)
Volume 27 (1896), Copyright 1981.  xv + 546 pages  (Comment:  The maps on the inside front and back covers of this Volume actually show the Parishes of South, rather than Southwest, Louisiana.  However, the entries of the Volume are for Southwest, Louisiana.  The maps were likely an inadvertent error on the part of the publisher.  Rev. Hebert published a separate set of Volumes on "South Louisiana Records" [Lafourche, Terrebonne Parishes, etc.], which are not part of this auction.)
Volume 28 (1897), Copyright 1982.  xv + 515 pages
All of the Volumes have the same Library of Congress Card Number of 73-93899.  None of them have an ISBN.
Each volume measures 9.25 inches tall by 6.25 inches wide.  The 27 volumes, combined, will occupy just under 38 inches (just under 3 feet, 2 inches) on your bookshelves.
Rev. Donald J. Hebert (1942 - 2000) attended the Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, Louisiana and St. John Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas, and graduated from Notre Dame in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He was ordained in Lafayette in 1968.  He began his study of Louisiana genealogy in 1970.  During the years in which he published the volumes of Southwest Louisiana Records that I am selling, he was stationed first at Eunice and then at Cecelia, Louisiana.  Rev. Hebert was a pioneer among Louisiana genealogists.  During his career, he published a total of almost 100 volumes, while organizing and recording a vast amount of scarce and fragile original church and civil documents that were previously inaccessible.
Please see above for complete description of condition and photos.    Sold as is.
Attention US Buyers:  I will ship by USPS Media Mail.  I will need to mail these books in multiple boxes, each of which will have its own tracking number.  Following e-Bay policy, for an item valued at more than $ 750.00 (including shipping and taxes), I will ask for a signature confirmation of delivery of each box.  As an alternative to USPS Media Mail, I am offering local pickup at no charge.  I am located in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.  If you elect to pick up the books locally, I'll ask you to sign a paper indicating receipt of the books.  Thank you.