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Meeting - Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans

Event Type: Adults
Age Group(s): Adults
Date: 5/21/2018
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Description:
 Emilie “Lee” Leumas, director of Archives and Records for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, will discuss the history of the Ursulines at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public.

As early as 1726, King Louis XV of France decided that three Ursuline nuns from Rouen should go to New Orleans to establish a hospital for poor sick people and to provide education for young girls of wealthy families.

In 1734, their first building, the three-story half-timber structure, was completed, though it deteriorated a dozen years after it was completed. In 1745, plans for a new building were laid out with a new building to be constructed adjacent to the existing structure. This second building was completed in 1751. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.

In 1823, the nuns moved to the Ursuline Convent in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, giving the old French Quarter structure to the city's bishop. The convent premises in the 9th Ward were sold to the city in the 1910s, and the land was used as part of the route for the Industrial Canal. The nuns moved to newer quarters on Nashville Avenue in Uptown New Orleans, where they remain.

Emilie Gagnet Leumas, Director of Archives and Records for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is the author of Managing Diocesan Archives and Records: A Guide for Bishops, Chancellors and Archivists and Roots of Faith: History of the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

The Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans was established in 1960 to foster an interest in family research and to encourage preservation of genealogical records in New Orleans, and in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast south. Since January, 1962 the Society has published a quarterly, New Orleans Genesis, which is available to its members. The society welcomes new members and encourages their participation at its lecture meetings held in the months of March, April, May, September, October and November.
Library: East Bank Regional Library    Map
Location: Jefferson & Napoleon Rooms
Contact: Chris Smith
Contact Number: 504-889-8143
Presenter: Chris Smith