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Elfer B. Miller genealogy collection

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Helfer/Elfer family members

Elfer family members

Elfer and Duffel family members

Duffel family members

Duffel and Landry family members

Landry family members

Volumes

Joseph Landry, Jr. His Family and the Families of His Children

Elfer: A Family of Farmers, Merchants, River People...in Louisiana

The Elfer Family of Maurice Helfer in Louisiana

Duffel Family in America, the First Four Generations

Edward Duffel II, His Family and the Families of His Children

The Miller Families of William, Ebenezer (Sr.), Ebenezer (Jr.), Noah, Samuel, Samuel Buell, Frank Buell, and Clifford Buell

A Guide to the Elfer B. Miller Family Papers, genealogical material

Elfer B. Miller genealogy collection, 1980-1990 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Elfer B. Miller genealogy collection, 1980-1990

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 789

Primary Creator: Miller, Elfer B.

Extent: 11.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged as follows: individual files (grouped together by family name) and volumes. The collection consists of eleven boxes and seven volumes.

Date Acquired: 06/00/1989. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Ascension Parish (La.), Duffel family -- Genealogy., Helfer family -- Genealogy., Landry, Joseph, 1752-1814., Landry family -- Genealogy., Louisiana -- Genealogy., Miller, Elfer B., Saint Charles Parish (La.), Saint John the Baptist Parish (La.)

Forms of Material: Indexes (reference sources), Publications., Research notes.

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists primarily of genealogical research material gathered by Elfer B. Miller that served as source material for his genealogical publications. There are individual files of family members from the Helfer/Elfer, Duffel, and Landry families. Printed material includes family histories of the Jacob Elfer (Helfer) family and his wife Mary Ann Haupmen of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes, as well as the Joseph Landry, Jr. (1752-1814) family and his wife, Elizabeth LeBlanc, both of Ascension Parish. Other related families include Antoni, d'Apprendisteguy, Barbay, Bourguignon, Buissok, Bernard, Boudreaux, Bourgeouis, Barthelemy, Beamon, Blanchard, Bourg, Brau, Bujol, Clement, Constant, Comez, Doucet, Godin, Gaudet, Latour, Lafaruge, LeBlanc, Lessart, Levique, Montgomery, Melanson, Mius d'Etremont, Martin, Mire, Oubre, Peck, Pedesclaux, Peyroux, Reynaud, Rillieux, Songy, Sandman, Thompson, Terriau, Thibodeau, Trahan, Tournillion, Vives, and Winchester.

Biographical Note

Elfer Buel Miller (1921-2001) lived in Peachtree City, Georgia and was married to Angela Miller. From intensive genealogical research, he authored five volumes of family history, including The Family of Jacob Helfer in Louisiana; Elfer: A Family of Farmers, Merchants, River People in Louisiana; and The Elfer Family of Maurice Helfer in Louisiana.

Subject/Index Terms

Ascension Parish (La.)
Duffel family -- Genealogy.
Helfer family -- Genealogy.
Landry, Joseph, 1752-1814.
Landry family -- Genealogy.
Louisiana -- Genealogy.
Miller, Elfer B.
Saint Charles Parish (La.)
Saint John the Baptist Parish (La.)

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Accruals: Additional material added to the collection in 1991.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Elfer B. Miller.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Elfer B. Miller genealogical collection, Manuscripts Collection 789, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1989 by WEM.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 7: Duffel family members

Folder 126: Duffel, Leonard Alfred
Folder 127: Duffel, Claire Cecile (Clara)
Folder 128: Duffel, Henri (Henry L.)
Folder 129: Duffele, Samuel Leonard
Folder 130: Duffel, Laura Alexandrine Caroline
Folder 131: Duffel, Marie Felicie
Folder 132: Duffel, Jean Edouard
Folder 133: Duffel, Ann Marie Eugenie
Folder 134: Duffel, Marie Althee
Folder 135: Duffel, Marie Alice
Folder 136: Duffel, Elizabeth Sidonie
Folder 137: Duffel, James Leonard
Folder 138: Duffel, Prospere (John Prosper)
Folder 139: Duffel, Louis Edward
Folder 140: Duffel, Aime Marie Euphemie

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