Hello everyone. We have a slight change in plans for our February meeting. It seems that the Library will be closed (they have a holiday for Mardi Gras). But we still plan on having our meeting. Our meeting will be held at 5:30 at the Bogalusa YWCA building, which is immediately behind the Bogalusa Library. Programs for the year 2002 will be announced by Program Chairman Sylvia Smith. She has chosen a Washington Parish historical theme for the coming year. The Society is dedicated to preserving the history of the families of the Washington Parish area and has recently been selected by the Washington Parish fair Association to chair the Genealogy Exhibit Committee at the Fair in October. The program for this meeting will be the Washington Parish Fair Genealogy Project and will focus on plans for the exhibit for the October 2002 Fair. All families with a significant amount of information on their heritage are invited to submit their family name for consideration in this exhibit. Guidelines will be discussed. Please try to invite anyone that you may know that is interested in Genealogy and Family History to attend our meeting. I am planning on sending out cards or calling all members that I can about the change in this months meeting place, if you see any members or anyone interested in attending please tell them about it. See you at the meeting, Barbara