This index lists personal names found in two French-language newspapers on microfilm in the History and Genealogy Department:
“Le Patriote” (The Patriot) was published in the 1870s and 1880s for the French-language population of “The West” and later for immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine in St. Louis, Missouri. Only issues from 1878, 1884, 1886, and 1887 survive.
“La Revue de l’Ouest” (The Review of the West) was a French-language newspaper published in 1854, and possibly other years, in St. Louis, Missouri. However the only existing copies that have been found are for 1854. This index lists names in the St. Louis news columns for 1854, the only year for which issues exist.
St. Louis French-Language Newspapers
Le Télégraphe, Journal de l’Occident
Dates of publication: 1840(?) – ?
Frequency of publication: twice weekly, Wednesdays and Saturdays
Price: $6 per year; $3 for six months, payable in advance
Location/address: Chestnut, first door on the right below Main
Principal: unknown
Extant issues: 11, 15, 25 and 29 April 1840
Location of extant issues: 11 and 29 April: Wisconsin Historical Society; 15 April: New York Public Library; 25 April: Library of Congress (print copy available at in the History and Genealogy Department).
Le Courier de St. Louis
Dates of publication: June 1850 – ?
Frequency of publication: twice weekly
Price: unknown
Location/address: unknown
Principal: E. Ferrance, editor
Extant issues: unknown
Location of extant issues: unknown
La Revue de l’Ouest (name changed to La Tribune Française in 1867; John Wolf, proprietor)
Dates of publication: 7 January 1854 – 1866; 1867 – ?
Frequency of publication: Weekly
Price: $2.50 per year; $1.25 for six months; 65¢ for three months; 5¢ per issue
Location/address: 1854, corner of 2nd and Market; 1866, 42 Market Street
Principal: Louis R. Cortambert, editor; Nicolas N. DeMenil, managing editor
Extant issues: 1854; 1862 – September 1865
Location of extant issues: 1854: St. Louis County Library, History and Genealogy Department (microfilm)
Principal: Ireneus D. Foulon, editor; Louis C. Lavat, printer
Extant issues: 1878; 1884; 28 May 1885-’87
Location of extant issues: 28 May 1885-’86: Iowa Historical Society; 1878 and 1886-’87: St. Louis Public Library; 1878, 1884, 1886 and 1887 (missing issues) (microfilm): St. Louis County Library, History and Genealogy Department