This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lamb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/191 Message Board Post: Lived in Baton Rouge, LA around 1943. Worked at the American Aluminum Plant around that time. I have a letter from an attorney named E.R. Stoker that was mailed to his wife Vera Monroe Lamb in 1943. The letter contains information about their divorce. He filed for divorce in Baton Rouge, LA. Any information would be appreciated! Sharon

Hello my name is Tina Strambler my maiden name is Pierre, i lived in Tickfaw, La until i was 4 years old i was taken away from my family when i was 5 and moved to Texas to live with relatives i was abused and taken in to the states care which i lived in a childrens home until i was 18.  I've recently been trying to figure out how to find my aunts obituary, she died i believ in 1980 she was suppose to be the one who was going to take care of me but was in a car accident and died.  I don't even know if there is a database over the internet where i could look.  if you could help me out in any way i would appreciate it. Her name is Sarah Pierre she had 2 children that i can remember i'm not sure what town she lived in but i can find out. thank you. Tina Strambler tina@ritterenv.com <<<<Reply

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/DCB.2ACE/190 Message Board Post: Can someone on this board tell me anything about the Old Mengel Plant that was on Mengel Road off Scenic Highway around Monte Sano. When did it come to Baton Rouge. I think it came here from Tennessee and was there any employees that came here with it. I think it was the first maker of plywood in the country. I would appreciate any information about it.

JAMES LEE Seeking parents of James Lee born abt 1803-04 in South Carolina. Was first found in St. Helena Parish in 1840. Was he related to Jesse Lee who was in St. Helena Parish in 1820 and 1830? Also he had a son named James C. Lee (Inital C may have been for Caswell). There was a Caswell Lee the son of Jefferson or Jesee Lee does anyone have informatin on this line? Please email me at klsibley@aol.com  

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/DCB.2ACE/188 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Vinnie Sanford Bass b. 1892 d. 1966 married to Marion Thomas Bass, she also had a brother named Homer

<A HREF="http://www.la-renfest.com/">Louisiana Renaissance Festival</A><A HREF="http://www.la-renfest.com/"> </A> Every Weekend -  November 2 through December 8,  2002 - Hammond, LA Contact: Alvon Brumfield (985) 429-9992 Welcome to great 16th Century entertainment and shopping.  Step back in time to an entertaining and educational experience.  Bring your family, bring your friends, and bring your sense of adventure.  Enjoy feasting and fun.  Six festive weekends and the Friday following Thanksgiving.  Open 6 weekends starting the first weekend of November.  Gates open from 10 AM to 5 PM.  Take Interstate 12 to Exit 42 (Hwy. 3158), then go north 2.2 miles to Highway 190.  Turn right (east) and go 2 miles to Hwy. 1064.  Go left (north) 1.3 miles and Louisiana Renaissance Festival is on the right.  46468 River Road, Hammond, LA

Subject: The Kevil Family Cookbook The publishing company in Iowa has notified me that the final revisions are being made to The Kevil Family Cookbook, and it is scheduled for shipment during the first week in November - just in time for Christmas. The cookbook is titled: "Home Cooking With The Kevils - The Kevil Family Cookbook." The purpose of the cookbook is to help raise funds for the maintenance and upkeep of the old Kevil family cemetery outside of Princeton, Kentucky. All profits from the sale of this cookbook will go to the maintenance and repair work on the family cemetery for the next several years. By purchasing this cookbook, you will help maintain the dignity of the cemetery where our pioneer family members are buried and also preserve history. The cost of the cookbook is only $9.50 plus $1.50 for mailing costs for a total of $11.00 per cookbook. The cookbook contains 200 recipes submitted by forty-six Kevil family members in thirteen states and England, including several recipes from old cookbooks of eight deceased family members. In addition to the wonderful recipes, the cookbook will contain a dedication page, a brief family history, and several old photos of Kevil family members from the 1850s. The cookbook will also have a large section on cooking tips and household hints. I’m confident there will be something for everyone - collected and bound together in one volume. The cemetery was established on the Kevil farm in the early 1800s, and several of the pioneer Kevil family members are buried there. During the past 25-years, the cemetery had fallen into a state of disrepair, and was overgrown with weeds, brush and trees. Donations were taken-up at the last family reunion in 2001 to remove all the weeds and overgrowth and restore the dignity of the family cemetery. Twenty-eight headstones were discovered after the cemetery was cleaned up, of which four were unreadable. We now face the task of maintaining the old family cemetery, and not let it become run-down or in a state of disrepair again. I know this cookbook project, with your help, will be very successful, and it will raise the funds needed for maintenance and upkeep of the old Kevil family cemetery. I hope you will order one cookbook for yourself and several additional books as gifts for friends, family members, daughters in-law, and associates where you work. They will make a great Christmas gift. Please fill out the attached order form and return it with a check or money order. Make checks payable to: T. H. Kevil. Thank you for your help with this fund raising project, and I know you will enjoy and use this attractive looking cookbook for years to come. Your efforts and contributions are very much appreciated. Please feel free to contact me at (865) 690-6351 or Tkevil@knology.net should you have any questions. Sincerely, Thomas Kevil                                                                                                 cut here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- The Kevil Family Cookbook Thomas H. Kevil 641 Fernwood Road Knoxville, TN 37923-2211 My order for "Home Cooking With The Kevils - The Kevil Family Cookbook"Please send me ________ cookbooks at $9.50 plus $1.50 for mailing for a total of $11.00 each. Enclosed is my check or money order for $_______________________ Name: ____________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ City: _____________________________________________________ State: ________________________ Zip Code: ___________________            cut here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt/Connelly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/187 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the plantation home of William Pratt in East Baton Rouge. After the Battle of Baton Rouge, soldiers were brought to the plantation and a make-shift hospital was set up. One soldier that lost him life there was Alec Todd, the half brother of Mary Todd Lincoln. He was buried on the plantation sight. The plantation has since burned. I am looking for information where to find the sight of this home and cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beagles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DCB.2ACE/186 Message Board Post: I am looking for descendents of Williard C. Beagles who was bornin Fl, and lived int he Baton Rouge Area in the early 50's. Have information to share.

TEST YOUR ETHNIC MAKEUP Have you always suspected there's some Native American ancestry in your family tree, but you don't have the documentation to prove it? A DNA test from a company in Sarasota, Fla., provides measurements of a person's racial ancestry and ancestral proportions. DNAPrint Genomics offers a do-it-yourself test you can order on its Web site http://www.dnaprint.com. A test costs $290 regularly or $160 as part of an introductory special offer. Simply swab the inside of your cheek, and DNAPrint will determine your racial mix. Scientists at DNAPrint look at a set of genetic markers that can tell a lot about a person's continent of origin. Looking at differences in genetic variations among populations helps them to determine a customer's racial makeup. Visit the Web site for details. To learn more about genetic genealogy, see the August 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine; highlights are at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/aug02/dnaterms.html

Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- November 02, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch 314 East Thomas <<<<<<<<<<Parking in the Rear. Hammond, Louisiana 70401 Guest Speaker: Yvonne Lewis Day - "Tangipahoa Cemeteries"

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/DCB.2ACE/185 Message Board Post: Hi! I am sure there are people out there that would be interested in making a genealogy trip to do research in Salt Lake. I for one, am just dying to go, and thought I would put the idea out there to see how many people would be interested in making the trip . I am sure if we got a big group of people to go, we could save on air fair and hotel. Let me know our thoughts. Karen Wise Baton Rouge

Hi All If you are looking for information on someone that surnames name start with V,W,X,Y and Z if you like to post something more go on and do so. Thanks Charlotte Sehon J ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

Who's in Your Closet? ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ The St. Tammany Parish Library and the St. Tammany Parish Genealogical Society Present Genealogy Night At The Covington Library ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wednesday, November 06, 2002 Covington Branch Library 310 West 21st Ave Covington, La., 70433 4:30 PM -- 8:00 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Members of the STGS will demonstrate Genealogy software and data bases. The Open House is designed to highlight the Covington Library and the Electronic Resource Center as important genealogical resources Available to the Citizens of St. Tammany Parish. Refreshments will be served. Prior reservations are not required. Further information may be obtained by calling: 985-871-1220 985-871-0124 Martha Dutsch -- mdutsch@juno.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Livingston (Main Library) 13986 Florida Blvd P.O. Box 397 Livingston, La. 70754 (225) 686-2436 Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Tues., Thurs. 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm http://www.livingston.lib.la.us/ ************************************************************ Tuesday, October 08, 2002 Livingston Parish Library presents Ronnie Bencaz - "Slide Presentation on China" Ronnie Bencaz of Livingston will present a slide show on his May, 2002 trip to China on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 6:30 PM at the Livingston Parish Library in Livingston. The three-week tour was with a government sponsored agency. Mr. Bencaz traveled in the Northeast, Southeast, and Central parts of China. Points of interest included the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Army and Ming Tombs, The New Dam - Largest man made structure in history, the Three Gorges, Guiolin Mountains, Shanghai, and Bejing including Tiennamen Square and the Forbidden City. The trip also included embroidery making, rug making, Cloisonne jewelry making, pearl harvesting, a tea farm and a silk factory. Chinese artifacts will be shown and time will be allowed for questions. The presentation is free and open to the public. ************************************************************ Tuesday, October 08, 2002 Livingston Parish Library presents Dr. Samuel C. Hyde "Dispelling the Myth of Southern Inferiority" Dr. Samuel Hyde of Denham Springs, a history professor at Southeastern Louisiana University and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies will speak on "Dispelling the Myth of Southern Inferiority" at the Livingston Parish Library in Livingston at 6:30 PM Tuesday, Nov 12, 2002. An authority on the history of the Florida Parishes, Dr. Hyde is the author of Pistols and Politics and Plain Folk of the South Revisited. The presentation is free and open to the public. *************************************************************

The Genealogy of William (Choctaw Bill) Williams/Penelope Richardson will be exhibited at the Washington Parish Free Fair October 16-19, 2002 in the Armory Building. A Gathering of Cousins will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday October 19, 2002 at Williams Genealogy Exhibit in the Armory Building. Come one! Come all!

WASHINGTON PARISH GENEALOGY AND HISTORY SOCIETY The Washington Parish Genealogy and History Society will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 5:30 at the Bogalusa branch of the Washington Parish Library. The meeting will be on finalizing details for our booth at the Washington Parish Fair. The family featured in this years genealogy display will be the Williams Family presented by Dr. E. Russ Williams. Our group will also have a table telling about our Genealogy and History Society. We will be fortunate this year to have a computer and internet access for our display. The display will be in the old Armory building at the entrance to the Fair Grounds. If you have not talked with Sylvia Smith to set a time for your work shift, please give her a call. Or get with her at the meeting. The Fair will be held on Oct 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th. Also, at the meeting, Sylvia will have copies of her new book that has been published. Hope to see you at the meeting. Barbara Taylor, Secretary

Hi All If you are looking for information on someone that surnames name start with S,T and U if you like to post something more go on and do so. Thanks Charlotte Sehon J ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Page History, Links & whatnots of Louisiana http://www.angelfire.com/d20/wkrp_oo

Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Due to elections - Meeting Date changed to Second Saturday. Next Meeting: Saturday -- October 12, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch 314 East Thomas <<<<<<<<<<Parking in the Rear. Hammond, Louisiana 70401 Guest Speaker: Bill Stafford -- La. State Archives Research Library / Vital Records Adminstrator Advertisement: http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/ Tangipahoa Genealogy Library 200 East Mulberry Street Amite, Louisiana 70422 Phone: (985)748-7559 Fax: (985)748-2812 Branch Manager: Lenore Johnson Hours: Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

In a message dated 10/4/02 10:13:10 PM, LAEASTBA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Moses Wheelock >> I would need to know dates, location or ancestry; but some of the Wheelocks of New England migrated to New Orleans and the Florida parishes of Louisiana after their cousin Gen. Eleazar Wheelock Ripley went there in 1820. Eleazar Wheelock, maternal grandfather, was the founder of Dartmouth College. There's lots of Wheelock info on the web. E. W. Prichard researching SMITH, BAKER, COBB, COOPER, DUNN, ROBERTS, WOODWARD & related families in SW MS and the Florida parishes of LA, 1776-1900, including BUHLER, DEVALL, LILLEY, BARNETT in East Baton Rouge Parish; also CARSON in St. Mary Parish; also PRICHARD, BYRD, HERRINGTON, STRINGER in Franklin County, MS.