Forwarding this note with author's permission. I will send him a copy of Spindle & he will announce it there, too. ---- I am a genealogical columnist for a Covington, Louisiana newspaper called The News-Banner. We are located in St. Tammany Parish, just 25 miles from New Orleans. If interested in placing a free query or any information about your personal family line, genealogical society, historical society or family reunions, etc. in my column, I would very much welcome it. There is absolutely NO CHARGE for this! This is done as a service to my readers. I also do book reviews (must send a sample copy). A tearsheet will be sent when reviewed. Our circulation is 23,000 and we are on the Internet. You may send the information to this e-mail address or mail it to: Erin Wallace Mangiapane, c/o The News-Banner, P.O. Box 90, Covington, La., 70434. It must be marked to my attention or I WILL NOT get it. I own the out of print books called "St. Tammany Parish Cemetery Records" and some Orleans Parish Cemetery and Church records if anyone has ancestors from these parishes and would like me to do a free look up. I would be glad to help. Just drop me a line. I also have access to the News Banner's obituaries but you must send me the ancestors name and DATE OF DEATH. They are not indexed as of yet. They are arranged by date of death and the paper began printing in 1964. You may connect to my web site on the Internet. My column is called "Somewhere in Time". Please stop by and let me know what you think! I look forward to your reply. Thanks,Erin Wallace [email protected] http://www.tamnet.com/leisure/genealogy/ Searching: Wallace, Nesbit, Gillum, Short, Goebel, Zuercher, Glazer, Poeschel, and Semlinger