My g grandmother was Amiee augustine Becnel married to Norbert Elysee Schexnayder. She is decendent from Thomas Becnel and Catherine Brou. I'm looking for any information on the origin of the family name, where they are from, when and how they came to LA, etc.

Everyone with the surname BECNEL is connected. The origin of the surname is traced back to April 4, 1742 when "Thomas Becknel married Catherine Bro" at the German Coast of Louisiana. In the margin, the name is spelled "BEGNEL". Over the course of years of switching ownership of Louisiana between France and Spain, the names evolved to Thomas Becnel and Catherine Brou.

The "BECNEL" surname originated with the early descendants of Thomas and Catherine.

The aforementioned marriage certificate is displayed (in french) on my site at Family Tree Maker:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Darlene-B-S...

Hi Darlene,
Thanks for your reply. I have added the info to my database.