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OOps, so sorry Jere, I was thinking you meant Calcasieu Parish. :eek: Since the town of Calcasieu, LA is in Rapides parish, that changes things. It's up where the terrain begins to get a little more hilly, and driving from there to Orange, Texas is a bit longer trip. Libraries might be a good...

Karolina, try to find a lookup angel for New York - I haven't found one yet, but there are several places to start from: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/ http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ny/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~websites/usa/newyork.html

Jere, that's very interesting about the laws on mixed race marriages. I grew up in Texas and had no idea about that. Good detective work. Calcasieu Parish makes a lot of sense, actually. It would have been a reasonable drive to the border and Orange is just over the border in Texas. Even with...

When I was growing up (60s), Louisiana's laws were typically more lenient than Texas laws. For instance, you could get married about age 14-16 without parental permission in Louisiana, but had to be 18 in Texas. Also, Louisiana has been full of mixed races from the times when owned by France and...

Ah, that's the area I grew up in. Do you know the name of the town where she lived, and what town in Texas did they drive to?