| I have added Red River Sankofa to the list of Louisiana Genealogy Bloggers. It is wonderful to see and read more Louisiana Genealogy Blogs! The website describes cemetery preservation efforts of African American cemeteries in Northwest Louisiana – a bonus for this Graveyard Rabbit. You should visit the Red River Sankofa blog and website to read up on what is being researched and cemetery preservation efforts underway in Belcher, Louisiana.
More Louisiana Genealogy Events Genealogical Research Society of N.O. Meeting Notes: The speaker will be Roy Rogge. The topic is “Self-Publishing your Family History.” Lighted parking is available in the lot behind the bank which can be entered from Codifer Ave. Please join us for this informative talk and light refreshments. The Documentary film “Swimming Against the Holy See” will be shown Wednesday, May 13 at 7 pm at Deustches Haus. Some of you may be interested in viewing this film about the closing of Catholic Churches in NO. ============ Algiers Historical Society This Saturday’s Algiers Historical Society event is going to be a particularly useful one. Our neighbor, AHS co-founder and Algiers historian, Kevin Herridge will be presenting Tips on Researching Your Family, Your Home, Your City & More. 10 a.m. at the Carriage House behind the Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan, Algiers Point. It’s free and there will be coffee and cookies, thanks to our sponsor, Gizelle Richard, DDS. If you would like to become a sponsor and support our Algiers Oral History program, or simply make a donation or become an AHS member, email amyhubbell@aol.com or call me at 504.322.7479. The Algiers Historical Society was formed to promote and preserve the history of Algiers, through both formal historical research and the encouragement of storytelling by natives and long-time residents. This history is shared through a quarterly newsletter called the “Algerine”, and through monthly meetings. And soon it will be shared through audio recordings and an audio walking tour, pending completion of o ur oral history project. Thanks again, Amy Hubbell Amy Hubbell, President Frank Wagner, Vice President/Secretary Kevin Herridge, Newsletter Editor Art Patron, Membership Chair Russ Van Dyke, Treasurer
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More and more Louisiana Genealogy and History
May 13, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminWGHA Meeting May 16, 2009
May 12, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminSent to you by Louisiana Genealogy Blogs via Google Reader:
The Winn Parish Genealogical and Historical Association will hold its
meeting Saturday, May 16, 2009. Open to the public, the meeting will be
held on the second floor of the Winn Parish Health Unit building, 301-A
Main, Winnfield, LA. The stairs are located at the rear of the building.
Our Library will be open at 9:30 A. M., for anyone to use. The business meeting will start at 10:30 A.M., followed by our program.
Our program for the day, will be with Jack Crain giving a History of the Crain’s around Sikes, LA. This should be a very interesting talk so no one needs to miss this.
We will begin work on our Journal this Sat also, so some of you might like to learn more on what is done to put it together.
If you can not attend but would like to share some of your old pictures, obits, recipes or just anything for our journal you may please mail something to our mailing address;
Winn Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1357
Winnfield, LA. 71483-1357
OR
email us
winngha@yahoo.com
Don’t forget to bring your favorite dish so all can try !!
Looking forward to seeing you Sat !!
Delores Prince McFarland
WGHA-Secretary
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2,650 sites pertaining to genealogy and Louisiana on Geocities to vanish
May 7, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminThe closure of Geocities free websites has the potential of affecting 2,650 pages pertaining to genealogy and Louisiana according to Google. A simple Google search of genealogy Louisiana site:http://www.geocities.com.
You can get a free site with 350MB of space with this referral on WebNG.
Louisiana flu folkmedicine
May 6, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminI am hoping that this so called “swine flu” scare is over. It is just what people in 1918 thought, too when the 1919 pandemic hit Louisiana. I Googled LAGenWeb with 111 results for flu in the archives.
I found this bit of folklore concerning the pandemic of 1918 in Louisiana.
“One doctor in New Orleans believed sulfur would “kill the germ.” He advised his patients to “put a small amount of sulfur in each shoe each morning, and goodbye influenza.” To make sure the sulfur was “working,” he told his patients to carry a silver dollar in their pockets. According to the doctor, the silver would change color in reaction to the sulfur emitted by the body.” URL
Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana
May 6, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminNews about Louisiana Cemeteries from Google Alerts taphophiles.blogspot.com
May 6, 2009
The following article was published on April 29, 2009 where it indicated that work was
tentatively scheduled for TODAY.
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/apr/29/news/chi-ap-la-shreveportcemeter
Michigan archaeologist to study ex-pauper cemetery
SHREVEPORT, La. – An archaeologist from Michigan wants to use remote sensing equipment to look for graves in a ravine once used for pauper burials at Shreveport’s Greenwood Cemetery – and possibly also to bury Civil War soldiers.
Weather permitting, Ronald Bacon of Superior Environmental in Wixom, Mich., planned to start Wednesday in the area called “The Dell.”
The work should take a day or two, he said. The first pass over the ground uses an electromagnetic induction device, with ground penetrating radar for more detailed looks.
The Shreveport Garden Study Club plans a small lake and a columbarium – wall spaces for cremated remains – in the area, which occupies about four acres of the 72-acre, 110-year-old cemetery.
That area and an adjacent strip of private land also may hold unmarked graves of more than 150 Union and Confederate soldiers who died at the nearby Shreveport Marine Hospital.
Grave locations will determine where digging is allowed, said Susan Hardtner, head of the garden club’s Greenwood Cemetery project.
Areas with graves may be flooded or built on, as long as there’s no digging, she said.
On May 9, a morning cleanup and lecture are planned at Greenwood Cemetery, and an afternoon cleanup is planned at Star Cemetery.
School groups come to Greenwood Cemetery to learn local history, and the pond – planned to include a wetland and the sorts of trees found as land rises from swamp to higher ground – will allow natural history lessons as well, Hardtner said.
Several Shreveport mayors, a governor, hundreds of military personnel, famous musicians and painters and philanthropists are buried there.
The Star Cemetery, opened in 1883, was Shreveport’s first cemetery for and operated by African-Americans. It holds graves of pioneer and early community leaders, of at least one black Civil War veteran and veterans of other wars through the Korean War.
The one Civil War marker is for Jackson Fisher, was born into slavery, served in the 97th U.S. Colored Troops and died in a fire in 1940 when he was 93.
Updating my story page
May 6, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminSearched Footnote today for articles on hurricane Audrey. Didn’t find any exclusively written in Louisiana – or I very possibly didn’t search hard enough. I updated my Footnote Story Page, began a hurricane Audrey page, and a Louisiana missing page. You can check out my profile on Footnote here. I also created a Louisiana surnames – Louisiana researchers page which should allow anyone to contribute to the page.
Legislation, Group and Parish updates
May 3, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminHere’s what’s new in my Louisiana mailbag today. I’ve updated the surname list on the website and added the forum to the introduction to this blog today. There are several new files that have been added to the group. I have updated the lists of files available and surname files in the group. There is still no search feature available in the group. I’m cross posting to the Google group in the mean time where recent messages and blog posts may be searched.
LAORLEAN mailing list posted a notice about the Notarial Archives in my mailbox today.
There was some discussion on this list a while back about the problems the Notarial Archives was having. I found this bill in the legislature to raise their fees.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=642815
Judy Riffel Baton Rouge
Excerpt from the document URL given above:
§181.7. Notarial archives records; fees
A. The clerk of court, as ex officio recorder, shall charge the following 9
for notarial archives records: 10
(1) The sum of twenty dollars for each act, contract, or other instrument 11
filed. 12
(2) The sum of thirty dollars for each sketch, blueprint, or survey. 13
B. Five dollars from each fee collected is to be dedicated to microfilm or 14
other imaging projects with the remainder to be deposited for the notarial 15
archives division of the clerk’s office to be used only for the expenses and 16
maintenance of such office. 17
Present law provides that the clerk of court of the 41st Judicial District Court shall be the
parish recorder of conveyances, mortgages and other acts for the parish of Orleans.
Authorizes the clerk to collect all charges and fees which are in effect on January 1, 2009,
for the recordation of such records and documents. Provides that any increase or decrease
in fees shall be as provided by the legislature.
Present law provides that, for notarial archives records, the clerk will charge for records as
follows:
1. $10 Per act, up to 10-pages.
2. $10 Additional, for each 5-page increment thereafter.
3. $20 Survey larger than 8.5″ x 14″.
4. $15 Incorrect margin surcharge.
5. $10 Incorrect paper-size surcharge.
Proposed law provides that, for notarial archives records, the clerk shall charge for records
as follows:
1. $20 Each act, contract, or other instrument.
2. $30 Each sketch, blue print, or survey.
Proposed law provides that $5 from each fee collected is dedicated to microfilm or other
imaging projects with the remainder to be deposited for the notarial archives division of the
clerk’s office to be used only for the expenses and maintenance of such office.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
The Notorial Archives have had funding issues. This post was posted in February 2009 to the H-NET mailing list.
For several months the rumor has been circulating that the New Orleans Notarial Archives Research Center (NARC) might have to close, and that the books containing the handwritten acts of the notaries might become inaccessible. These notarial acts, dating from 1733 to 1970, deal with the buying and selling of real estate and slaves, slave emancipations, marriage contracts, acknowledgment of children born outside of marriage, powers of attorney, wills, matters relating to the settlement of a deceased person’s estate (called the succession in Louisiana), and various other busines s agreements.
Read more at H-NET
Updated mailing lists of interest:
LAOUICHITA – looking for information on burial place of John Coleman Minor
UNION PARISH – a 3rd edition of “The Descendants ofWilliam Taylor and Catherine Gray” is available for purchase.
TENSAS PARISH - Routhwood Cemetery
Mosby, Green surnames
TANGIPAHOA - Where to find obit archives of the Hammond Daily Star .“archives for the Hammond Daily Star can be found at the Center for Southeastern Studies, you can get copies of articles for a fee. Their phone number is (985) 549-2151.”
BIENVILLE PARISH – “I am searching for the burial site of my 3-great grandfather, Burton Dixon, born 1825, and died after 1900; also Myrtle Wright Dixon, who might have died prior to 1870; Catherine Dixon, born approx. 1855; Jesse Dixon, born 1/1887, and Susie, born 4/1892. Burton also owned property as indicated by the 1900 census. I found Catherine Dixon on the 1920 census. Any help would be greatly appreciated”.
LAORLEAN – “…I was hoping if anyone was at the library they could possibly make a copy and I would be happy to reimburse them for their time. ..”
WEST BANK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – long time member receives award for volunteer efforts….“Order of St. Louis Medallion” for her devotion and volunteer work at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Westwego. This honor will be presented to her on Sunday, May 3 at St. Louis Catheral by Archbishop Alfred Hughes.”
NOGDCR – “ Louisiana Creole Research Association, Inc. (LA Creole); Louisiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; and Tulane University present seminar on Lincoln and Free Blacks in Louisiana.
Event Date: May 9, 2009
As the entire nation observes this bicentennial year anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln, the three organizations above have planned a seminar on a unique yet little known aspect of Lincoln history.
In March 1864, two free men of color from New Orleans met with leading abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and William Sumner, while en route to Washington, D.C. In the capitol city, they presented a petition of over 1,000 signatures of free men of color to President Lincoln. Throughout the Civil War, Lincoln and many of the leading abolitionists were aware of the loyal Unionist population of free blacks in Louisiana who had fought valiantly in the Union army.
On Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m., a seminar titled “Cast Your Eyes Upon A Loyal Population”: Lincoln and Louisiana’s Free People of Color in Jones Hall at Tulane University. Four speakers are scheduled to speak, discussing the development of the free black community in New Orleans and their political activism.. For more information contact: Jari Honora.”
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Trahan Family -includes Broussard, Thibodeaux and Acadians
May 1, 2009 by Louisiana Genealogy AdminFrom Louisiana GenForum
The Trahan Family will co-host a Gathering in Maurice, Louisiana on May 9, 2009 (day prior to Mother’s Day).
The Gathering will include Broussard and Thibodeaux Families, and anyone else of Acadian Descent.
Gathering begins at 10:00am and lasts until 1:30pm, and will conclude with a meal for those caring to partake (at $10 a person for all over age 10 years; 10 years and younger attending with family, eat free) RSVP required by no later than May5, 2009.
RSVP whiskey6@cox.net, lgtrahan@cox.net, crbrouss@bellsouth.net, or telephone 337-989-0318.
