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Sources
↑ Natchitoches Translated Abstracts of Register Number Five of the Catholic Church Parish of St. Francois des Natchitoches in Louisiana:1800-1826 by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Heritage Books:Westminster, MD, 2007, p.110, p.111 and p. 400-401. Text:
699. (229) HILARIO VALIER RACHAL*
16 February 1816, baptism of child born __ September 1815, son of Berthelmy Rachal, Jr. and ________________. Godparents: Hilario ________ and Margarite Federic. Priest: Franco. Magnes.
* These entries are badly torn. See dupicates in appendix.
715 (233). ___________ RACHAL*
1_______ 1816, baptism of child born 7 of ________, legitimate son of Jn. Btta. [Barthelemy Rachal, Jr.] and Marie Lemoin. Godparents:_____ Rachal and ____________. Priest: Franco. Magnes.
* These entries are badly torn. See dupicates in appendix.
2904 (534 v.19) HIL. VALIER RACHAL
16 February 1816, baptism of child born 7 September1815, son of J. B. Barthelemy Rachal and Mie. Lemoine. Godparents: Hil. Rachal and Mte. Frederic. Priest: F. Magnes. [See Entries 699 and 715, abstracted from separated fragments of the same original entry.]
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