Thank you very much. I am checking it out. I love the NO site. I have learned so much. Thanks to each and every one of you for your wonderful info. MM On Apr 10, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Nancy wrote: > Hi Marilyn, > One of the best sites about Bogalusa and Washington Parish I've > ever > found is this one: > Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana - History, Photos, and Links: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcclendon/Bogalusa/ > It includes the book, "Bogalusa Story" by C. W. Goodyear, pub. > 1950, > which is an excellent history of the area: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcclendon/ > Bogalusa/Bogalusa%20Story/index.html > You'll find links to her genealogy sites, too. > (Give the pages time to load, they go on and on...and on. :-) > Nancy > > Nancy > http://www.thepastwhispers.com/Old_New_Orleans.html > > > From: Marilyn Morris <marilynmorris@charter.net> > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:01:28 PM > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Are there other web sites that would > include people and > info from other areas of LA? > > I was born in New Orleans in Charity Hospital. I have learned so > much from many of you. I have loved every minute of reading your > information and seeing your pictures. > > Now, I wonder if you have knowledge of other sites or list about > other parts of the state. I am not leaving this one, I would just > like to expand. > > My grandmother was Alleyna Grace Talley. Her father was John Bunyon > Talley. They apparently lived in the St. Tammany/Washington parishes. > > My grandfather was T. V. Peters from TN. He was brought to LA to > teach and preach in the Episcopal Methodist/Methodist Church. > > We are told that Mr Bunyon Talley offered to provide room and board > for a teacher/preacher if one would come to Bogalusa. We are also > told that T. V. Peters was that man and that he preached his first > sermon in a mill in Bogalusa. Over the years, he served many > churches in LA and in TN. > > During their life time, Alleyna and T. V. (Timothy Victor Hugo) > Peters lived in Rio, Sun, Bush, Covington, Slidell, Donaldson, > Waldheim, Bogalusa and maybe many other communities in LA. We are > told that he was involved in the construction of some churches in the > area. Alleyna and Tim Peters had 10 children including my mother, > Helen. > Marilyn Morris in TN > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message