Hi, I am just back from vacation at my dau's outside Alexandria in Grant parish. We made a trip to Monroe and Jonesboro to do a little research. Ruston was planned for the next day. Although I found some courthouse records 1893 ($76 worth, good thing I am single or I would soon be, spending that much) I was disappointed to find no earlier records, non earlier than 1873 in either courthouse. The family I am researching lived in Vienna and Vernon 1843 to during the Civil War. It is said Jarvis Milen Embry bn 1826, lived in Vienna, starting his own tanning business. He made shoes for the Confederate Army with his brother Reuben. Jarvis (known as Milen) married late, age 53, to Fannie P. Cook bn 1853 from Winn Parish, the dau of Joshua P. Cook M.D. After his marriage ca 1879 he lived in Jonesboro, owning a large farm. Jarvis & his brother Rube are buried in Springhill Cemetery, outside of Chatham. They died 1892 & 1893. My question is: are there any records for this time period, burial, church, anything 1843-1873. I can't find a burial for anyone else. Jarvis had a son Green T. Embry bn 1880, not listed as an heir in a suit filed by mother. Last record of him in fathers's succ 1893 age 12. Where is he buried?? Jarvis brought his mother to La., where is she buried. No other Embry burials found. I even checked the Lincoln website on usgenweb, and all the cemeteries listed. Some couthouse records had the name spelled Emery, Embrey. Could Jarvis have been married before he married Fannie and any children?? Jarvis had a sister md to a Perry, and a sister Laura? md to a Watson & a sister Nancy Embry md to John Collier. Can anyone tell me where else to look. Thanks, Sally in New Orleans