This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/106.105 Message Board Post: I LIVED JUST OUTSIDE OF DERIDDER WHEN I WAS A KID, MY DAD WAS IN THE ARMY AT FORT POLK WHERE ME AND MY YOUNGEST BROTHER WERE BORN THIS WAS IN 1962---UNTIL 1976 I BELIEVE, MY DAD IS LOUIE HIBDON, MOTHER BETTY JO HIBDON,OUR SISTER SHERRY IS BURIED NOT TO FAR FROM WHERE WE LIVED. SHE PASTED AWAY IN 1973? MICHAEL HIBDON

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/440 Message Board Post: I'm happy to announce a new Special Project, the Louisiana Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted by all of you. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/louisiana/ I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. The USFGS home page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ links to all the states that have a family group project. I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who have been working to bring it to Louisiana are very excited about its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Louisiana, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY LOUISIANAN'S WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family on into Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Louisiana. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, ten a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be in helping you make family connections. I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox!

You can also access Meadows and other cemeteries in Beauregard Parish by going to <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~labeaure/beaurega.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~labeaure/beaurega.htm</A> several of the cemeteries now have pictures. You can also enter Smith (expect a lot of unrelated Smith's :) ) and Creel and see if there is other info on these families on the Beauregard Parish web site. Hope this helps. Sharon Pierce Sharon Pierce PC Beauregard Parish LAGenWeb PC Catahoula Parish LAGenWeb CC Rains County TXGenWeb Co-CC Gregg County TXGenWeb Co-CC Upshur County TXGenWeb Co-CC Marion County TXGenWeb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith/Creel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/439.1 Message Board Post: There are eight Creels' buried in the Meadows Cemetery near Merryville. You can view these online @beau.lib.la.us. when library picture comes up, click on library, click on cemetery records, click on "C" and scroll down to Creel. Hope you find some of your relatives! Wanda Heaton, Library Staff

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/333.1 Message Board Post: My husband is the grandson of Emmit LeRoy Sanders and the son of Rudolph and Mary "Fronia" Sanders. I don't know a lot about the Sanders family since I've only been a part of it for the last 31 years, but there are plenty of people here in the DeRidder, LA area that would love to help you in your research.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/439 Message Board Post: I hope someone can help me. I'm tracing my grandmother's family. Her name was Leona Estelle Smith, b. 10/2/1913 in Fields, LA. Her parents were Thomas Elton (Tom) Smith and Siddie Creel Smith. I have found the family in the 1920 census in Beauregard Parish. Tom Smith was born in LA (I think Vernon). His father was Melton Smith. Tom, Siddie and Leona moved to Texas, but Tom came back to LA for a visit and died there approximately November of 1927. If anyone can help me with birth records for any of these folks, I would be so grateful. I have no information on Siddie except for her name and would like to find birth records, death records, cemetary, etc. Thanks in advance. Denise Green Oppenhagen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TAYLOR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/260.2.1 Message Board Post: ROSIE-MY NAME IS AUTUMN.I AM LOKING FOR MY SISTER ROSIE CRYSAL TAYLOR.(OUR FATHER WHOM I NEVER REALLY KNEW) NAME WAS JEFFY TAYLOR. HE WAS BORN IN LOUSIANA . MY SISTER ROSIE LIVES IN CALIFONIA I SUSPECT WHERE I WAS BORN IN 1982. IF YOU OR ANY ONE HAVE ANY INFO ON ROSIE C. TAYLOR IN CALI. OR ANY INFO ON JEFFY TAYLOR WHO DIED MARCH I, 1999 PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT BLAKESMOM@BLACKPLANET.COM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leavines Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/245.1 Message Board Post: Jacob, I was not aware that there was another family named Leavines in Louisiana besides mine. I am one of the eldest of 24 Grandchildren by Jessie Belle McGlon and Daniel Thomas Leavines of Baldwin County, Alabama. My Dad and his 3 brothers came to New Orleans in 1924 when my Grandfather died. I do not know if your father is related. The 4 boys were Fredrick Luther, Thomas, my dad John and Edward, the youngest. It is quite possible that my Grandfather had atleast one brother, Uncle John. I know that there was an Uncle John, however, I am not sure if he was from Grandpa's side or Grandma's. Try doing some investigating in the Baldwin County, Alabama archives because the Leavines Family settled there from Boston around 1863. If that is of no help go to the Boston archives because that is where my Grandfather was born and his Father was a doctor. There is bound to be some record of the Leavines Family in Boston and maybe you can work from there. Hope you find what you! are looking for. Lynn Leavines Norwood

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Calhoun, Durant, Durand, Dison, Lee, Stark, Whitman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/378.1 Message Board Post: I can't really help you with the research part of your question, but I can give you an idea of Merryville. It is a very small town just on the LA & TX statelines. There isn't a whole lot going on there in terms of growth. It's a nice little town with friendly folks. My mother was born there and my great-aunt lived there until her death in 1994. I go through the town occasionally. I just haven't seen much growth commercially or residential. Hope that helps some.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/378 Message Board Post: My grandfather (who is deceased), Edward Hill out of Gray, LA and Orange, TX left my father and family some land in Merryville, LA. There may have been another family on the deed but do not knowthename. Does anyone know how research land deeds and who holds ownership for Merryville? Also can anyone give me some insight on what kind of town Merryville is today in 2003, is it a progressive town or behind the times? etc.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Robinson, Eaves, Hennigan and lots of people in the Merryville, DeRidder area. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/313.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bivens is 10 miles south of Merryville, 6 mi north of Bancroft, both on SR 389. Starks is another 25 mi south. Dequincy is about 25 miles south-east of Bivens. Through the swamp, Texas is only about 2 miles west of Bivens. Yes, Merryville and Bivens were saw mill towns - until they sawed all of them down. Now, hybrid pine trees are grown and harvested like corn. Wild animals, once abundant and then virtually eliminated with dogs and over-hunting, are gradually returning.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/313.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe that Bivens was a Sawmill Town in Beauregard parish like so many others. I am sure that one of the old timers can answer that question. I remember my mother and grandparents talking about Bevins. Maybe someone else can tell you where it was located. Merle

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VCB.2ACI/313.1 Message Board Post: I've never heard of the town Bivens. Where is it located? The name is Welsh, but recent research seems to believe that it existed prior to the the origin of Wales; and is British.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lewis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/335 Message Board Post: Would like to contact descendants of Elbert Lewis, b.1863; Caleb Lewis, b. 1858; John H. Lewis, b. 1856. All are buried in Lewis Cemetery, Beauregard Parish. Their father, Elbert Lewis, was born in Jones Co., MS and died in Civil War. His widow, Catherine, brought the family to Rapides Parish in late 1860's. She died in 1871 and also is buried in Lewis Cemetery. Her three sons, Elbert, Caleb and John, are listed in the household of their brother-in-law, Patrick Fletcher, in the 1880 USC of Vernon Parish.

Looking for a map that shows TX-LA border area around 1870-80. Interested in route kin would have taken going from Angelina County, TX to Calcasieu Parish, LA (now Bearuegrd Parish - DeRidder area). Best Regards, Jimmy jecooley@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/273.2.1 Message Board Post: Yes, this is the same family. Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: C Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/273.2 Message Board Post: Is this Jemima Curtis who married James Cole III? Son: Absolom Benjamin Cole married Mary Ann Bilbo had daughter Huldah Cole, b 1820 LA, m William Lawrence Bilbo in 1839 in Opelousas, LA. Huldah's son, John Carnes Bilbo, is our ggrandfather! John Carnes Bilbo married Susan Arina Flurry about 1877. Thank you so much. Would love to see pages from this Bible also.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bilbo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/334 Message Board Post: Anyone related to Simon Cornelius BILBO? He is my husband, (Gordon) Bilbo Ivey's grandfather. Simon's daughter, Lucilla Juanita Bilbo, was born in DeRidder as was her son (my husband, Bilbo). Bilbo remembers him well as a tall, kind man who wore white suits, cane, owning a general store on the same lot as his house. He was well respected, may have been in politics. Thanks:)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sanders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VCB.2ACI/333 Message Board Post: Seeking information on any of the following 1. Reuben SANDERS (b.Abt 1803-Mississippi d.Abt 1875) sp: Bathsheba HESTER (b.Abt 1824-Mississippi m.1840) |-2. Martin V. SANDERS (b.1847-Louisiana) | sp: N LOONEY |-2. Elbert N. SANDERS (b.Abt 1850-Louisiana) | sp: Mary Jean STEPHENS (b.Abt 1852-Louisiana m.11/22/1866) | |-3. Marion Miley SANDERS (b.01/05/1872 d.06/24/1952-Natchitoches Parish,LA) | | sp: Lucindia Aluina WOODS (b.10/20/1865 d.07/12/1953-Natchitoches Parish,LA) | | +-4. Emmit Leroy SANDERS (b.08/27/1888-Natchitoches Parish,LA d.03/20/1981-70634 Deridder,Beauregard,LA) | | sp: Martha Jane COBB (b.03/05/1886-Natchitoches Parish,LA m.09/14/1867 d.04/18/1952) | | |-5. Mary Alvenia SANDERS (b.11/21/1907-Natchitoches Parish,LA) | | |-5. Jerry James SANDERS (b.07/27/1910-Natchitoches Parish,Louisiana d.10/12/1976-70634 Deridder,Beauregard,LA) | | | sp: Ollie May CRYER (b.09/11/1915 d.05/16/1996-70644 Grant,Allen,LA) | | | |-6. Dan Cecil SANDERS Sr. (b.06/19/1933-Deridder,LA) | | | | sp: Claudette JOHNSON (b.07/17/1938-LA m.05/11/1956 d.11/03/1996-Beaumont,TX) | | | |-6. Dovie SANDERS | | | | sp: Delton KENNEDY (b.05/10/1923 d.11/21/1999-71106 (Shreveport,Caddo,LA)) | | | sp: Moza Margaret GRISSOM (b.01/06/1911 m.12/21/1937 d.06/04/1983-70634 (Deridder,Beauregard,LA)) | | | +-6. Margaret Argent SANDERS | | |-5. Rudolph SANDERS (b.09/23/1912-Natchitoches Parish,LA d.05/27/1983-70634 (Deridder,Beauregard,LA)) | | | sp: Mary FRONIA (b.06/08/1913 d.07/25/1987) | | |-5. Leroy E. SANDERS (b.05/22/1915) | | | sp: Ollie May WHIDDON | | | sp: Marilyn MCCONATHY | | +-5. G.C. SANDERS (b.08/31/1918 d.03/1986-Claremore OK 74017) | | sp: Rebecca WHIDDON (b.05/03/1916) | |-3. James Marion SANDERS (b.12/23/1872-Coushatta,Red River,LA d.1931-Winnfield,Winn,LA) | | sp: Elizabeth CROCKER | |-3. Sarah B. SANDERS (b.Abt 1873-Louisiana) | |-3. Reuben M. SANDERS (b.Abt 1875-Louisiana) | | sp: Nancy FRANKS (m.11/14/1895) | |-3. John SANDERS (b.Abt 1877-Louisiana) | |-3. Annie SANDERS (b.Abt 1879-Louisiana) | +-3. Nancy A. SANDERS (b.Abt 1880-8th Ward,Winn,Louisiana) |-2. Terrell SANDERS (b.1854-Louisiana) | sp: Elizabeth (b.Abt 1860-Louisiana) |-2. Jackson SANDERS (b.1856-Louisiana) |-2. Marvin SANDERS (b.1860-Louisiana) |-2. Allice E. SANDERS (b.1865-Louisiana) |-2. Wesley SANDERS (b.1867-Louisiana) |-2. Malvina SANDERS (b.09/1869-Louisiana) +-2. Lavina SANDERS (b.1875-Louisiana)

Hello Listers, Spent a wonderful week in DeRidder two weeks ago. What a wonderful first time visit. Met a lot of really wonderful people. Have come to the conclusion that I am related by blood or marriage to nearly all of the early peoples of Beauregard Parish. Took pictures of Shiloh, Sugartown, and Woodlawn Cemeteries. Shiloh and Sugartown are now on line. Woodlawn will be up sometime in the next week or two. Also purchased "History of Beauregard Parish" and the "DeRidder The First Hundred Years" these are both still available at the Chamber of Commerce and at Mackie's Jewelry Store (See books and addresses for where these are located)...... Also visited the Beauregard Parish Museum.....what a wonderful time there.....Jody Mallory is the curator and is a very helpful person. The highlight of the trip was meeting my new "adopted daughter" Cindy Prince.........what a gal!!! She was a great help, and made the trip fun and informative. Make a note: Cindy is willing to do look-ups in the courthouses in DeRidder and in Lake Charles......just be as specific as possible OK. She is going to be an invaluable addition to our look up volunteers. Here's hoping that all of you will come and visit and check out the new information that I brought home from our trip. For those of you who haven't checked out the site.... <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~labeaure/beaurega.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~labeaure/beaurega.htm</A> Be sure and bookmark the site, and check back often. Your Parish Volunteer Coordinator, Sharon Pierce