Bonjour Helen, you posted:

>Two of my uncles were born in St. James and later their family >moved to Donaldsonville. I haven't had any luck connecting my family >to the Braud families in these parishes, I''ve decided to to follow >these uncles.Charles Henri Braud and Arthur Braud were born ca. >1868 and 1878. As adults, they lived in New Orleans.

I checked the BRDA (Baton Rouge diocesan archives) and did not find anything about Arthur b. ca 1868, but I have found a Charles Henry Braud b. 5 nov 1878 and bt. 24 nov 1878 in Donaldsonville; he was the son of Norbert Braud and Melvina Leblanc. This is the further I can go on that family as these Brauds are of black origin in Louisiana.

Au revoir,
Robert Brault
PS: In this family, there is a son called Nicolas Arthur, b. 6 dec 1869 and bt. 16 feb 1870 also in Donaldsonville