I have researched the Luminais family from Louisiana back to Bouin, France and back to the late 1500's when latin was used by the priests to record significant events. The earliest marriage contract between Johan Luminais and Margurite Bouhier is copied from the parchment original and dated 10 July 1624. The first Luminais to visit Louisiana was in 1699, the first Luminais to die in the New World was in a shipwreck on the shores of San Domingue,(Haiti) in 1740.