Succession French to English Interpretations

Submitted by Bryant Walker

As you do research in south Louisiana and maybe other states, you will find that enumerators and record archivists were French speaking people.  Although they may have written their information in English, the french influence is prominent among historical documents; some of them being completely written in French.  Non-French researchers need to have some means of interpreting important notes, documents, etc., from French to English.  I compiled this table of French terms over the years to assist me in their interpretations.  I hope it helps others as well as it did me over the years.