Saturday, August 2, 2014

More Maps and Information

For those of you eager to explore the region in Louisiana where Solomon Northup lived, I have some other information available via email. They are .pdf files, one of which is a high quality map of the Bayou Boeuf region and the other is a guidebook similar to the one I have in my previous posts, but it is slightly different, maybe an older version than mine! I was graced with these files by a kind man who lives and works in the area. I am very grateful that he reached out to me and did some research of his own to assist me with this informative blog I've created. Thank you, Dan.

Please link this link:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1e9K-Csj0MEdDlwN1JmRXRmUE0&usp=sharing

you will be taken to my Google Drive shared area where you can view the files.

If you would like the direct page to download the Solomon Trail book I've broken down in this blog, you may visit the link below (it's different) and you can download my scanned images in one place.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1e9K-Csj0MEU2k5Ti03TURTQmM&usp=sharing


I am available at floridakayakgirl@gmail.com to converse about the information and family history!



Saturday, March 29, 2014

Maps of the Beouf Region


I have enjoyed being contacted by several persons interested in the Solomon Northup Trail and I am so happy that I've had the opportunity to share it online. One of the persons that contacted me inquired about a map of the region and sent me "The Bayou Beouf Country" map shown below. Underneath that map is another map which I had forgotten about. I found the second map, "Bayou Beouf above and below Lecompte, LA," on Ancestry.com. If you would like a larger file size of the second map emailed to you, please contact me through this blog and I will be happy to provide it. Thank you for you interest in this piece of history!


A map commissioned by Sue Eakin from local cartographer and surveyor Rufus Smith (1970). Signed by Eakin. Courtesy of Ethel and Herman Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana.


This map was obtained from collections on Ancestry.com