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Primarily for early colonists of French and Spanish Louisiana and British and Spanish West Florida who have descendants throughout the Gulf Coast.
One goal is to develop standardized surname spellings to allow for easier matching and merging in Geni.
Includes people mentioned in Winston De Ville's "Gulf Coast Colonials," Stanley Clisby Arthur's "Old Families of Louisiana," Grace King's "Creole Families of New Orleans" and Peter Hamilton's "Colonial Mobile."
For more specific areas please see the related projects for New Orleans, German Coast, Acadians and French Canadians, Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Natchez, Mobile, and Pensacola.
French Colonial Settlements on the Gulf Coast
1699: Ocean Springs (Fort Maurepas of Old Biloxi)
1702: Mobile (Fort Louis)
1714: Natchitoches
1716: Natchez (Fort Rosalie)
1718: New Orleans (Place d'Armes)
1720: Biloxi (Fort Louis of New Biloxi)