The 2024 Oktoberfest was held on Saturday, October 5, 2024.
LOCATION:
St. James Parish Reception Hall (West Bank Hall)
2455 Highway 18 (River Road)
Vacherie, LA 70090
PROGRAM:
9:00 a.m. – DOORS OPEN & REGISTRATION
9:30 a.m. – WELCOME – Jay Schexnaydre GACHGS President
10:00 a.m. – SESSION 1 – Katy Morlas Shannon
“Live Oak Lineage: Wide Branches and Deep Roots in Family Trees of Creoles on the German Coast”
11:00 a.m. – SESSION 2 – Liz Louque Martin
“My Hébert Family History: Research, Writing and Publishing”
11:45 a.m. – LUNCH – Maitland “Spuddy” Faucheux
Beef & Pork Jambalaya, Sauerkraut, German-style Potato Salad, Petit Pois, Dinner Roll, Pecan Pie, Tea, Water, Coffee
1:00 p.m. – SESSION 3 – Emory C. Webre
“A Slaveholding Church: The Bishops and Priests of Louisiana and the People they Held in Bondage”
1:45 p.m. – CLOSING REMARKS – Jay Schexnaydre GACHGS President
PRICE:
$35.00 per person
Checks should be made payable to GACHGS
Mail checks to:
GACHGS Oktoberfest
P. O. Box 122
Vacherie, LA 70090-0122
SILENT AUCTION
There will be a silent auction of books donated by members Jack Belsom & Emory Webre who have “downsized” their collections and personal libraries.