July 11, 2002 Subject: STEVENS FAMILY REUNION Once again it is getting close to the time of the Stevens Family Reunion. I am getting excited at the possibility of seeing many friends and relatives at this year's annual gathering. We will meet again this year at the Hammond Lions Club on Morris Road on the second Saturday in September, September 14, 2002. As those of you who were present last year will recall, we decided to invite and include the Calmes Family in our reunion this year since so many of our Stevens Family are also related to the Calmes Family. We hope by combining both families, our attendance will also pick up. As in the past, registration will begin at 10:00 a. m. Come early and stay as long as you wish. We encourage you to bring the children since there is plenty room outside for fun and games. We are again asking each attending person over 12 years of age to pay $3.00 to defray the cost of renting the Lions Den and other incidentals that may come up in preparations for this year's reunion. Bring a food dish and soft drinks of your choice (no alcoholic beverages, please). Bring pictures, mementos, artifacts, etc. that may be of interest to those attending. There will be a short business meeting, during which time recognition will be given to the oldest person present, the youngest person present, the original family with the most descendants present and the person(s) who have traveled the farthest to attend. A short memorial service will honor those of the family who have passed away since our last reunion. If you know of someone who has passed away during the year, please bring that information so they can be recognized. We would also like to announce any new births in the family again this year. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT RECEIVE THIS NOTICE OR WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED A PREVIOUS REUNION, PLEASE EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THEM TO ATTEND THIS YEAR. Looking forward to seeing you again this year and let's try to make this the largest and most successful reunion we have had. Sincerely, Doris H. Johnston P. O. Box 865 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 504-542-6198 Email address: doris@i-55.com

> Washington Parish Genealogy and History Society > Meeting Tuesday, July 09, 2002 at 5:30 p.m. > > Franklinton branch of Washington Parish Library > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: breard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/175 Message Board Post: searching for info for thomas beard, wife Mary Morgan. maybe buried in Roselawn cemetery in Baton Rouge,La around late 1800's. They had 2 sons, John Nelson Beard b. 3/22/1875 d.4/04/1942 and E.A.Beard b 10/22/1881 in Wilson,LA, d 2/14/1961. E.A was one of the first employees of the Standard Oil Company

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pate pritchard stovall jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/174 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my grandmother, whose maiden name was Mary Bell Stovall. I believe she was born on or about 1902, in Granada, Mississippi. Lived for awhile in Houston. She passed away in the late '50's in Louisiana, but was buried in McComb, Mississippi. She had a sister named Velma who lived in or around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, whose married names may have been Velma Pate and Velma Pritchard. Another sister, Addie Stovall who was married to Fields Jones and lived in the Memphis area during WWII - any info on any or all would be appreciated.

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/173 Message Board Post: I am compiling information for a book on African-American world war veterans and would like to conduct interviews with those (vets and their families) willing to share their experiences. Please contact Lisa Daniels at (866)206-9066, ext. 6672 or e-mail me at sweetiepiepress@yahoo.com Thank you for your participation.

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/172 Message Board Post: does any one know joyce wheelock thanks for any info at all

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/171 Message Board Post: The above two gr gr greats are buried in East or West Baton Rouge. Any ideas which cemetery might have individuals buried during those dates? John McIntosh was a doctor and died from Yellow Fever after the Mexican-American War. I have been unable to find any information or locate them in a census. Any ideas appreciated. Joy

Do not hit Reply to this message; Use Address below: Reply to: Robert Noles: rbnoles@bellsouth.net Hi Folks, About a year ago, I attempted to solicit interest among the North Shore Genealogical Societies in sponsoring a visit to the area by the BYU Molecular Genealogy Research Group (MGRG). There was not much interest in helping me with organizing a MGRG visit at that time! However, a Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Project by Daniel Van Dam has organized a visit by MGRG for Saturday, June 29 (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) at the Metairie LDS Church (Stake Center at 5025 Cleveland Place). As many of you already know, genetics efforts involving DNA testing is fast becoming a major genealogical tool. We can already use the Y-chromosome and mitochondria DNA to produce remarkable results for identifying our surname line and our unbroken female lines respectively. The MGRP project will go a long way in helping genetics help define our other family lines as well. I wrote an article on this subject in the June 2001 STGS Newsletter. In case you can't locate your copy of the STGS Newsletter, I have copied the text of that article below. My article provides the background concerning the MGRG project and the basis for their visit to the New Orleans area on June 29th. Summary of requirements for participation in the MGRG project on June 29th are: 1) You must be at least 18 years old - all geographic and ethnic backgrounds are invited to participate 2) Have a complete 4-generation biological pedigree chart with names, dates and places of birth. 3) Approximately 10 cc (approximately 2 tablespoons) of blood are required for this study and will be drawn by an experienced phlebotomist (if you grant permission). 4) A signed consent form that you will be provided. The entire process takes less than ten minutes. Participant privacy and confidentiality is ensured throughout all aspects of this study. In fact, you will NOT receive individual results from your participation. When the study has been completed in another few years, you will be able to send in an inquiry to the established database. Representatives from the project will be at the Metairie Stake Center to provide an overview, answer questions, and collect samples on June 29th. If you have reservations about providing your blood sample (due to privacy concerns), you may still want to attend to receive the project briefing. You will be under no obligation to participate if you decide after hearing the briefing that you do not want to participate. However, you will learn more about the project and the future of DNA testing as it relates to genealogy. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about what DNA means for the future of genealogy as well as participate in a ground breaking study (if you so desire). I hope to see you there. Let's have a good turn out from the STGS. Bring a friend or another family member who has some interest in either genetics or genealogy. There is no membership requirement in any organization to participate in this study (or just listen to the overview of this DNA project). You do have to have the four generation pedigree report to participate in the study, but there is no requirement to just learn more about genetics! Although the official press release for this project indicates a COMPLETE four generation pedigree chart is required, unofficially I know they will accept you with a less than complete chart. So, don't let a few missing names and dates keep you from attending the June 29th event. For more detailed information regarding the MGRG project, the research progress, or to ask questions, please go to the official web site for MGRG at: http://molecular-genealogy.byu.edu You may also contact Daniel Van Dam (the organizer for the June 29th event) at 504-822-3801, or clvandam@mindspring.com or his mother, Cindy Van Dam at the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 504-885-3936. Daniel Van Dam is a Life Scout and is working on his eagle project with MGRG. Regards, Rob Robert B. Noles 1st Vice President, St. Tammany Genealogical Society -------------------------------------------------------------------- Genetics & Genealogy Article by R. B. Noles from STGS Newsletter - June29, 2001 We have heard a great deal about DNA in the news over the past few years. Usually the reference to DNA is concerned with using it to prove someone’s innocence or guilt associated with a crime. Or perhaps the reference is concerned with solving some medical condition through gene manipulation. However, now we are hearing about the possibility of revolutionizing the world of genealogy with the application of genetic principles in the search for our ancestors. That gets my attention! Microbiology scientists are finding that we are literally living, walking and breathing records of our family history because of the inheritance properties of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). You may remember from biology class in high school that we receive twenty-three chromosomes from our father and twenty-three more from our mother. These chromosomes are stored in the nucleus of almost every cell of the human body. In addition to the nuclear DNA, a small molecule of DNA is found in the energy producing organelle known as mitochondria. The recombination and transmission of DNA from one generation to the next is the foundation of human life and the inescapable link to our biological ancestors. With DNA testing techniques available today, we can test two of our ancestral lines using genetics. Y-chromosomes (Ycs) are subject to only small degrees of mutation and are passed down almost unchanged from father to son. A Ycs test would be helpful when the analysis is attempting to verify a direct male line, permitting individuals sharing the same last name to verify possible relationships even in the absence of written records. In much the same way, a mother will pass her mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to all of her children. However, only her daughters pass it on to the following generation. The mtDNA is therefore passed intact from one generation to the next following the maternal line. This means that blocked genealogies (dead ends) due to the lack of or unreliable written records, adoptions, illegitimacies, etc., may now be extended and proven with the help of genetic testing. By relying only on the Ycs and mtDNA, we limit our search for ancestors to only two of our sixteen great-great-grandparents lines, the two outermost lines of the pedigree chart. A project is now underway to permit the use of DNA to determine genetic proof for the other fourteen lines. Dr. Scott R. Woodward of the Department of Microbiology at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, formed the Molecular Genealogy Research Group (MGRG) for the purpose of creating a tool that will permit people to enhance and extend their genealogical work through the use of genetics. The MGRG project involves building a database that will help trace family lines following the inheritance pattern of nuclear DNA from the remaining twenty-two chromosomes. The MGRG is collecting genetic and genealogical information from 100,000 individuals from around the world. Each participant provides MGRG with a complete four-generation pedigree chart and a small blood sample from which DNA is extracted. The DNA is analyzed at 250 different loci and linked to the dates and places of birth found on the pedigree charts submitted. No names are used to assure privacy. When this effort is completed in about five years, MGRG will have developed a database that can be used to reconstruct and verify personal genealogies, establishing geneotypic links within and between populations and producing unique identifications for people that do not have traditional name-based genealogies. For more information on this subject and the MGRG project, see the complete article written by Dr. Woodward in the March/April 2001 issue of the National Genealogical Society Newsmagazine or the article by Ugo A. M. Perego in the September/October 2000 issue of the Everton’s Genealogical Helper Magazine. Representatives from MGRG are willing to travel anywhere there is a large group of 200+ individuals interested in participating in the construction of the database. A lecture on genetics is also provided during these visits. Perhaps we can entice the MGRG to come to the Florida Parishes. We have a diverse population with a wide variety of ancestors! Stay Tuned!

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/170 Message Board Post: James DUFF was born about 1795 in VA. Around 1820-1830 he was a lawyer in East Baton Rouge. His wife was Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), she was born in 1805 in TN. James died before the 1840 census, their last child was born 1838. Their children were: Mary Caroline who md. Charles Frederick Miller Elizabeth who md. 1st Joseph J. Wax & 2nd Aaron Jackson Jane who md. Thomas Harris Martha who md. James Jackson McNabb James Edward who md. 1st Leanna Lenora Crittenden and 2nd Mattie C. Loper. I would like to exchange information with anyone interested in the surname DUFF. I believe James had one or more brothers who also came to Louisiana.

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/169 Message Board Post: James JACKSON sold land to some of his sons and the conveances were filed in East Baton Rouge Parish. The names of known children were: George who md. Sarah Brashiers James who md. Eunice West, widow of ? VINSON/VINCENT David who md. Elizabeth ? Thomas who md. Mary Barrow I would like to exchange information with anyone working on this family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CORSO Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/151.1 Message Board Post: Jennine, Just happened across this older message, while clearing the decks for tonight. Did you ever resolve this issue? Baton Rouge is the State Capitol of Louisiana, but is not a port. I imagine this family most probably came into New Orleans. Have you tried to locate Naturalization papers for Phillipo? My grandfather was a "late comer", crossing the Peace Bridge from Canada, but was from Tipperary, Ireland by way of Birmingham, England. As soon as he had met requirements, he applied for naturalization, which was granted in mid 1920's. You want to ask for the "Intent to Naturalize" papers, which should list places of birth for he, his wife and all children, when they entered the country, etc. Gramps papers were on file in the Superior Court of Erie Co., NY - Buffalo, being the County seat of Erie Co. They are also probably on file with the Bureau of Naturalization in Washington.

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/146.2 Message Board Post: SEZ is Saint Elizabeth Church in Paincourtville which was established in 1839 SPH is Saint Philomena Church in Labidieville

MCLIN FAMILY REUNION SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2002 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Immanuel Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 10870 Lovett Road Baton Rouge, La. 70818 One block from intersection of Joor & Lovett Road Start making your plans to attend this family reunion. We are trying to make it the gathering of all times. None of us are getting any younger, and we should take this opportunity to visit each other and possibly meet relatives that we didn’t even know. Anyone with ties to MC LIN, JONES, ROBBINS and related families from Louisiana, Mississippi and surrounding areas, please consider attending this “ extended family” gathering and bring any family history you have to share with others. We hope to have means to record information to a computer for future use. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO AS MANY RELATIVES AS POSSIBLE Contact me with questions or send me information to be included in our family history files. Clarence “Lee” McLin , 600 Kings Cove, Brandon, Fl. 33511, Phone 813-681-2466 Email: fouli@msn.com Bring a "covered dish" and something to drink (No alcoholic beverages please). Everything else will be provided. Plates, cups, napkins, ice, etc. This is inside, air conditioned, kitchen facilities, rest rooms and plenty of seating. Any questions please call (225) 213-1360 Hope to see you Saturday

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The index of about 20,000 entries, covers many family names found in LA, MS and TX. $65.00 + shipping 2) HISTORY OF WASHINGTON PARISH, LOUISIANA 1798-1992: The Story of a Land and People on Three Rivers: The Pearl, the Bogue Chitto and the Tangipahoa in Southeast Louisiana.Volume I - 485 pages. The first volume of this work historically covers the parish, its people from the time of inception through the Nineteenth Century. A few chapters goes into the Twentieth Century, every facet of life, (crime and violence, law, religion, military participation (War of 1812, Mexican and Civil war with rosters for all companies which served from the area), slavery, agriculture, intellectual and social outlets) are covered and often illustrated with appropriate historical pictures of buildings, people and events. This volume is pure history and only covers the genealogy of a family if it is pertinent to the topic under consideration. 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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/168 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Mary Elizabeth Smith,dau of J.J. Smith and Lucy Drumright. She married 1.Michael Love/Lane? 2.Ed Montain. Any info will be appreciated.

"A Gathering of Garrisons: The Ancestors, Family, and Descendants of Lot Garrison and Margaret Erwin" has just been completed by its author, Sylvia Kelly Smith of Franklinton, LA. Sylvia earned both her BS and MS at LSU in Baton Rouge. This family history book covers primarily the descendants of Lot Garrison and Margaret Erwin. A small portion includes a glimpse at the ancestors of both Lot and Margaret- - the Garrisons, the Erwins, and the Andrews who represent several areas of the US. Four years in the writing, this family story encompasses the works of several family historians, some who spent over 40 years each in research. Meant to be a book enjoyed by any family member, regardless of his understanding and interest in genealogy, this book is a treasure of old handed-down family stories, as well as historically documented events. Lot, an interesting fellow, left his home in Pennsylvania in his early 20's, ending up in Natchez, MS around 1827, or earlier. There he met and married Margaret, the young daughter of a very community-minded and family-oriented Baptist minister. The book follows Lot and Margaret as they made their move to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, in 1830, along with her parents and some of her siblings. Nine children were born into Lot and Margaret's marriage, five of whom lived to have descendants. These five children were followed down to their present day descendants. The family made a move into Livingston Parish around 1860, in time for some of their sons and sons-in-law to enter the Civil War. Several Civil War incidents are related. Several neighboring parishes enter into their story. The book itself is a hardback book with over 700 pages and 360 photographs. The pages are 8 1/2 x 11" in size, #60 white paper. It will be Smyth section sewn and bound. Each book will be shrink wrapped for its protection. The cover will be stamped with gold foil lettering. The price of each book will be $65.00. Orders must be made and paid to Sylvia Smith no later than July 8, 2002. To contact the author, call 985-839-3946 or write her at 105 Fleetwood, Franklinton, LA 70438

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Haskins-Langton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/166 Message Board Post: Seeking information on a Joseph Haskins located in East Baton Rouge Parish in the 1860 Census. Was he related to Nancy Haskins md. in 1826 in St. Tammany Parish to Wm. Langton? Also listed in the LA 1860 Census were: Charles, and TO in Sabine Parish, & Samuel, J.F. and John in Orleans Parish. Seeking any information on these people?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Haskins-Langton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/167 Message Board Post: Seeking information on a Joseph Haskins located in East Baton Rouge Parish in the 1860 Census. Was he related to Nancy Haskins md. in 1826 in St. Tammany Parish to Wm. Langton? Also listed in the LA 1860 Census were: Charles, and TO in Sabine Parish, & Samuel, J.F. and John in Orleans Parish. Seeking any information on these people?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Haskins, Langton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/165 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Joseph HASKINS listed in the 1860 Census living in East Baton Rouge Parish. Have a Nancy HASKINS md. to Wm. LANGTON in 1826 in St. Tammny Parish.

Subj: Arcola Cemetary Date: 6/5/02 9:19:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time From; Susangop@aol.com <<<<<Reply to<<<<<<< Do not hit reply button. Dear Mr. Johnson: My mother attended the Arcola Presbyterian Church as a child. I would like to find out who I can contact about the church, who if anyone is responsible for the care of the church. Do you have any possible leads? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Susan Estes