Circumstances presented themselves for us to get a good last-minute speaker for our June 12 meeting.  Dr. E. Russ Williams, renown historian and genealogist, will be in Washington Parish next week for the Williams reunion.  His cousin (and our president) Fran Harry called to see if he would be able to fit us into his schedule while he was in the area. He would love to speak to our group.  I know that St. Tammany has its picnic and pool party earlier that day, but maybe some of the members would be interested in hearing Dr. Williams talk. Our meeting will be at 5:30 pm in the Bogalusa branch of the Washington Parish Library.  We would love to have all of you to join us that evening. Dr. Williams recently retired from the faculty of the History Dept. of Northeast LA University in Monroe, LA.  He has written several books about our area's history.  He is definitely an authority.  The book he is working on now covers such well-known area names as Richardson, Williams, Talley, Mizell, Knight, Magee, etc. Please invite your members and your friends to be with the Washington Parish Genealogical and Historical Society for this meeting.  I would appreciate your putting this in an e-mail to them. We look forward to seeing you. Sylvia Smith