Membership

Membership years begin in January and end in December for each calendar year.  Annual dues, including a subscription to Les Voyageurs, are payable as of January 1st of the new membership year.

Individual Membership$30.00 per year (by check*)
Family Membership$35.00 per year (by check*)
Library Membership$25.00 per year (by check*)
Individual Membership$35.00 per year (via online pymt)
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*If you are interested in joining, and remitting your payment via check in the mail, please click here to download an application.

If you would like to submit your name to this page, please send your membership number, name, address, email address (optional), research/topic of interest (optional), surnames (optional; between 1-16 can be listed, we recommend listing German-Acadian Coast names) to webmaster@gachgs.com.  Only members who have paid their dues will be allowed space on this page. 

CHARTER MEMBERS ~ 1980 — 2023

John A. “Jack” BelsomLoren Mulheisen LevetDwayne A. Montz
Rose Marie Stagg PerillouxRuth Pertuit TheriotIrene Marks Vicknair
Ascension Parish LibrarySt. Charles Parish LibrarySt. John the Baptist Parish Library

Active Members

Alan J. Oubre
Hattiesburg, MS
alan.oubre@gmail.com
n/a Oubre, Huber
Claire Mire Bettag
Washington, DC
claire@clairebettag.com
Pierre Martin LeMire, Joachim Mire and Paul Mire LeMire, Mire
Clem A. Barrère, Jr.
Houston, TX
clembarrere@gmail.com
Antony, Bethelerinne, Bezier, Chevalier, Foltzloger, Forest, Girouard, Hauptman, Helfer, Huber, Lanclos, LeBlanc, Merlasse, Mouton, Rausch, Schaaf
Darryl J. St. Pierre
Baton Rouge,
dg1981@att.net
St. Pierre, St. Cyr, Miano, Candela, Tramonte, Circello
David J. Hubbell
Mobile, AL
davidjhubbell@gmail.com
n/a Hubbell, Robert, Paille, Songy, Waguespack, Hymel, Guidry, Simon, Troxler, Schexnayder, Faucheux
Debra Keating Ferguson
Hammond, LA
debraf183@gmail.com
Keating, Verret, Madere, Gendron, Fox, Heltz, Weber, Jacob, Stein
Deirdre Schexnayder Faucheux
Waggaman, LA
deirdrefaucheux@yahoo.com
Schexnayder, Ory, Faucheux, Champagne, Dufresne
Denise J. Williams
Lakewood, CO
williamsdenise@comcast.net
n/a Berthelot, Brignac, Brou, Buquoy, Fontenot, Granier, Guitreaux, Helfre, Hotard, Keller, Leche, Meigler, Spingler, Vicknair, Villic, Weber
Don Paul Landry
Luling, LA
donpaul.landry@gmail.com
Montz, Zeringue, Bishof, Leche, Anglade, St. Amand, Rixner
Earl & Karen Waguespack Perilloux
Gonzales, LA
karenperilloux@gmail.com
Waguespack, Hymel, Simon, Luquet, Recatto, Gagliano, Perilloux, Windstein, Fraychinaud, Hoffman
Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III
New Orleans, LA
eellinghausen@bluewilliams.com
Maternal Family History Waguespack; Poché
Erik C. Himmel
Schriever, LA
ehimmel@bellsouth.net
Himmel/Himel/Hymel, Hotard, Falgoust/Falgout, Schexnayder, Granier
Grace Freret Seelig
Hatfield, PA
kngseelig@aol.com
D'Arensbourg, Metzer, Perret, Freret, Rillieux, Lagroue, La Chaise, Dubreuil, Guérin, Rossignol des Dunes, Carroll, Moreau de Lislet
Gwen Caillouet Hanna
Maurepas, LA
ghanna_1@eatel.net
Lang, Madere, Millet, Pfister, Triche, Vicknair, Waguespack, Zeringue
Jay M. Schexnaydre
Thibodaux, LA
president@gachgs.com
Schexnaydre/er Family of Louisiana Schexnaydre, Robert, Waguespack, Letulle, Bourgeois, Haydel, Becnel, Simoneaux, Landry, Keating, Blouin, Trabeaux, Hartmann, Barbier, Dugas
Jean Anderson Phillips
Norco, LA
injjanae3@yahoo.com
Heidel, Haydel, Bura, Burat, Buras, Frederick, Schaff, Chauff, Hingle, Engle
John & Jessica Haynes Schexnayder
Denham Springs, LA
Schexnayder, Champagne, Brazan, Copponex, Olinde, Lejeune, Wolf, Voff, Bueche
Joyce Savoie Matherne & Paul Matherne
Opelousas, LA
pjmatherne@yahoo.com
Matherne, Hymel, Babin, Savoie
Karen Sibley
Walker, Louisiana
oldbonessearcher@charter.net
The Louis Tregre Family Tregre, Triche
Kathleen LeBlanc
Luling, LA
kleblanc2@cox.net
n/a Hubert dit Lacroix, Carmouche, Chenet, Chaler, Dorvin, Robert, Zeringue, Faucheaux, Waguespack, Edelmeyer, Belsom, Kinler, Arceneaux, Troxler, Andre, Brou
Kenneth J. Keating
LaPlace, LA
kekeatin@yahoo.com
Aucoin, Bergeron, Borne, Boudreaux, Bredy, Broussard, Daudmon/Dodemon, Griffin, Hymel, Keating, Kerne, Letulier, Weber
Lia Giammanco Thompson
Prairieville, LA
2023LAGT@eatel.net
St. John the Baptist Parish, specifically the Wallace area Waguespack; Dufresne; Simon; Loupe
Lucy Forsyth Dugas
Convent, LA
lfandjdugas@aol.com
n/a Dugas, Fulcher, Forsyth
Mary Ann Peters Logreco
Franklinton, LA
malogreco@yahoo.com
N/A Darensbourg, Bourgeois, Becnel
Mary Lynn Hyde
La Jolla, CA
mlhyde@san.rr.com
Plantations; Ancestral Origins Becnel; Chenet; Druilhet; Poché; Webre
Miles W. Mayeux
Baton Rouge, LA
mmayeux2@cox.net
Early German Coast Families & Histories Wichner, Normand, Frederic, Gaspard, Friedheim, Edelmayer, Voisin, Heilmann, Tregre, Heitzel, Foltz, Vicknair, Bonick, Toups, Marcotte
Randall Anthony Tassin, Sr.
LaPlace, LA
rtassin@comcast.net
Barré, Becnel, Borne, Darensbourg, Granier, Gravois, Haydel, Hymel, Marmillion, Perret, Rodrigue, Roussel, St. Martin, Tassin, Troxler, Webre
Robert Rousselle
West Hempstead, NY
rrousselle1@optonline.net
n/a Anton, Berthelot, Carriere, D'Arensbourg, Deslattes, Hauptman, Haydel, Hymel, Lavergne, Perret, Roussel/Rousselle, Trosclair
Sabrina King Cassetori
Wexford, PA
jadclt@gmail.com
Family of Luís José BETANCOR, son of Nicolas BETANCOR and Margarita RIVERO y RAMOS of the Canary Islands Betancor, Bethancourt, Calcines, Moreno, Duhé, Mury
Sabrina Schexnayder Phillips
Waggaman, LA
sphillips@jpandsons.com
Schexnayder, Ory, Champagne, Zeringue, Dufresne
Stanley A. Lemelle
Ontario, CA
stanlmll@yahoo.com
Lemelle, Meullion, Auzenne, Beuvin, Donato, LeBlanc, Breaux, Carmouche, Landry, Pit, Gallo, Massé, Dugas, Dorian, Arceneaux