The next meeting of the DHS is Sunday, 19 November, at St. Joseph's Church. Speaker: Alice Prudhomme Contents of November "Plume" St. Joseph Church St. Joseph Catholic Church Carmel Scenes This and That From GrandMa's Trunk Testimony in the Land Claims of the Descendants of Pierre Boitt Laffitte Rescuing Pierre Boitt Laffitte Hernando deSoto and Priests Tips on Genealogy Research DeSoto Parish Officials 1843-2000 A Trip to Mansfield and Surrounding Communities The Civil War Letters of Thomas H. Phifer Fourth of July: Historic Old Pleasant Hill, La., Celebrates the Day, 1881 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/society.htm