↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5H-C61 : accessed 31 December 2018), Ludella Spell in household of Elias Spell, Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 9A, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,567.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYQ-2J1 : accessed 31 December 2018), Lowe Burke in household of W S Burke, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,374,529.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ1-ZWT : accessed 31 December 2018), Lue Burk in household of Willie Burk, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 28, sheet 27A, line 33, family 426, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 615; FHL microfilm 1,820,615.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMY2-4YX : accessed 31 December 2018), Belle Burke in household of William Burke, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1A, line 36, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 797; FHL microfilm 2,340,532.
↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3QD-VH9 : 10 March 2018), Lou Burke, 19 Aug 1923; citing Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, certificate number 697, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,367,332.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lou by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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