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RG 24 - Introduction
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A note about the series of French Records entitled Archives des Colonies -
In Volumes 4-5 of Mississippi Provincial Archives, French Dominion the following abbreviations are explained:
AC Archives des Colonies Series. (Usually cited by series designation, volume Number and folios.)
B	Letters written from the Ministry in France to the governors and others.
C2	Correspondence relating to the Company of the	Indies or its	officials.
C9	Letters written to the Ministry in France	from the	colony in	Santo
Domingo.
Cl IA	Letters	written	to the Ministry in France from the	colony in	Canada.
Cl 3A	Letters	written	to the Ministry in France from the	colony in	Louisiana.
C13B	Letters	written	to the ministry in France from the	colony in	Louisiana;
Supplement to	C13A, 1699-1773 (Vol. 1).
C13C Memoirs and projects (Vol. 1); Louisiana posts, 1699-1724 (Vol. 2);
Great Lakes and Mississippi, 1675-1736 (Vol. 3); Louisiana posts, 1718-1731 (Vol. 4).
D2c Military rolls and lists of officers and men.
D2d	Military and civilian personnel lists.
F3	Moreau de Saint-Mery collection.
G1	Censuses and church registers.
AM Archives de la Marine Series. (Usually cited by series designation, volume number, and folios.)
B2	Letters and orders to port officials and naval officers.
ASH Archives du Service Hydrographique. (Usually cited by carton number,
Portfolio number, and item number within the portfolio.)