Recent uploads to the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives edited to include only the Rapides Parish data. >From: [email protected] >Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:26:40 EDT >Subject: [LAGENWEB-L] Daily Uploaded Files - September 13, 14, 15, 2000: >To: [email protected] > >Thursday -- September 14, 2000 >New files between Wed, 13 Sep 2000, at 2:10 AM and Thu, 14 Sep 2000, at 2:10 >AM >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/pre1800/indiantroubles.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/pre1800/requestrep.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/tax/tax1885.txt

Hello Listers, I have just learned that my ggrandfather, STEPHEN HERRING, is buried at the METHODIST CAMPGROUND CEMETERY near Gardner, LA. in Rapides Parish. Can any of you tell me anything about this cemetery? How did it get its name? Is it possible to visit the place? How does one get there from Gardner? Are there any records of other burials for this cemetery and , if so, where could I locate them? Thanks, Alma B. Reed

Recent uploads to the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives edited to include only the Rapides Parish data. >From: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:41:06 EDT >Subject: [LAGENWEB-L] Daily Uploaded Files - September 07, 08, 09, 2000: >To: [email protected] > >Thursday -- September 07, 2000 >New files between Wed, 06 Sep 2000, at 2:10 AM and Thu, 07 Sep 2000, at 2:10 >AM >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obD.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obE.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obF.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obG.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obH.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obIJ.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obK.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obL.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obM.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obN.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obO.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obPQ.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obR.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obS.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obT.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obUV.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obW.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obXYZ.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obA.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obB.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/obit/obC.txt > >Saturday -- September 09, 2000 >New files between Fri, 08 Sep 2000, at 2:10 AM and Sat, 09 Sep 2000, at 2:10 >AM >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/land/tax1885.txt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] Christian County, ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilchrist/ Grant Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~lagrant/ Rapides Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~larapide/ CALVIT Surname Mailing List http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~morgan/calvit My personal genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~morgan/

>From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 08:04:50 EDT >Subject: [LAGENWEB-L] Daily Uploaded Files - September 10, 2000: >To: [email protected] > >Sunday -- September 10, 2000 >New files between Sat, 09 Sep 2000, at 2:10 AM and Sun, 10 Sep 2000, at 2:10 >AM >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/church/purim1885.txt

This is too cool! This article was in the September 2000 issue of Brill's Content. I'm just going to type the article as-is. Morgan [ Perina, Kaja. (2000), "Oxford ancestors: Online genetic history", Brill's Content, vol. 3, no. 7, September, pp.59-60 ] Oxford Ancestors Online Genetic History The "Seven Daughters of Eve" might sound like the title of a fairy tale, but the phrase refers to a recent and well-accepted addition to the science of genealogy. Oxford Ancestors, a company founded by Bryan Sykes, has taken molecular biology online with a website that can trace the maternal lineage of anyone of European ancestry to one of seven women who lived tens of thousands of years ago. Sykes, professor of human genetics at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University in England, made this discovery when he tested 6,000 Europeans' DNA and found that they divided into seven groups, each of which, in turn, derived from a single woman (mitochondrial DNA passes unchanged from mother to child). Now, with the click of a mouse, a mouth swab, and a $180 check, Oxford Ancestors will identify the woman to whom a person is related. Those of non-European extraction can receive the "appropriate continental context" for their mtDNA, and Sykes hopes to map the world's remaining genetic clans with the same precision he brings to Europe's seven groups. Oxfordancestors.com includes the likely birth date and regions for each of the seven women, based on mutations in the DNA sequence analyzed. "Xenia" (mother to group X) lived about 25,000 years ago near the Black Sea in what is now Russia, while "Tara" (group T) was born some 8,000 years later in Tuscany. "Helena" claims the most European descendants, while "Velda," though born in present-day Spain, is the progenitor of today's Scandinavians. All seven clans in turn derived from "Lara," one of three African "Eves." The DNA sampling kit can be ordered online; results arrive in a month, along with a certificate of European maternal ancestry printed on high-grade, frame-ready paper -- and the vow that your DNA sample will be destroyed. But you needn't submit to DNA-typing to appreciate its ramifications for contemporary society: "What all this means is that genetics offers no support at all to current ethnic divisions in Europe," the website states. "Our shared genetic ancestry goes back many thousands of years, far beyond political or religious division what are, in comparison, a much more recent phenomenon." Kaja Perina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] Christian County, ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilchrist/ Grant Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~lagrant/ Rapides Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~larapide/ CALVIT Surname Mailing List http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~morgan/calvit My personal genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~morgan/

My apologies to the list but I need to contact Martha Brossett. I tried sending an email message to Martha and the computer sent me back a message saying the address had a "transient non-fatal error" (whatever the heck that means). I have double checked and it appears I entered the right address. Martha, please contact me - I want to thank you for your help. Floreda

I am forwarding this on for Linda. Please respond to her directly since I don't think she's on this list. >X-POP3-Rcpt: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:09:35 -0700 >X-From_: [email protected] Thu Sep 7 20:09:35 2000 >From: "maninthemoon2k" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Old-Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:12:18 -0700 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} Can someone help? >X-Envelope-To: LARAPIDE-L > >I am desperately seeking an obituary from Alexandria from 1932. Can >anyone possibly recommend someone who will look it up? I have searched on >the Internet and have come up with no one. I would be eternally grateful >for any help you can offer. > >Linda Higgins >[email protected]

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Recent uploads to the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives edited to include only the Rapides Parish data. >From: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:11:08 EDT >Subject: [LAGENWEB-L] Daily Uploaded Files - September 01, 02, 2000: >To: [email protected] > >Saturday -- September 02, 2000 >New files between Fri, 01 Sep 2000, at 2:10 AM and Sat, 02 Sep 2000, at 2:10 >AM >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/schools/board1884.txt

Would like to contact anyone with information on the following family: (I am including both 1900 entries for this family as a reminder that we must take care using census information) The following BAUM family: 1900 Soundex, Rapides, Ward 10 Rigolette, v. 34 ed 136 sheet 13 line 71 Richard b 4/1862 38 Nettie b 9.1861 37 Robert b3/1883 17 Westly b 10/1885 14 Alice b 7/1887 12 Ellen b 2/1891 9 Minne b 3/1893 7 Charley b 11/1896 3 Berddie b 11/1898 1 1900 Soundex vol 34 ed 137 sh 13 line 86 Rapides, Ward 9, Pineville Richard b 1/1865 35 Nettie b 5/1866 34 Robert b1/1885 15 Wesley b 5/1888 12 Alice b 3/1889 11 Minnie b1/1892 8 Ellen b 2/1893 7 Charles b 1/1894 6 Bertha b2/1898 2

Floreda: I looked at the FHC. There were several Nugents but I would imagine you have those. They were on the census. Will be going back later. Would you resend me that info. I must have deleted it. Faye

About 1920 G. C. Walker purchased 5 plots (10 x 20 site) in Methodist Cemetery. This is the only clue I have to the location of a family plot. With only that meager bit of information, can anyone suggest how I could go about locating this plot? Since he is not buried there, the plot thickens (if you will pardon the pun). Floreda

I do not find any Joseph Blackmon or any other Blackmon in the 1850 Rapides Parish census. Could it be another similar surname? Randy Willis www.randywillis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "gosnell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: [LARAPIDE] 1850 Census look-up > Could someone who has a copy of the 1850 > Census for Rapides Parish, La., do a look-up > for me? > > Joe (Joseph ?) Blackmon he was born 1834 > > Thanks > Harold Gosnell > >

Could someone who has a copy of the 1850 Census for Rapides Parish, La., do a look-up for me? Joe (Joseph ?) Blackmon he was born 1834 Thanks Harold Gosnell

Recent uploads to the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives edited to include only the Rapides Parish data. >From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:06:15 EDT >Subject: [LAGENWEB-L] Daily Uploaded Files - August 26, 27, 2000: >To: [email protected] > >Saturday -- August 26, 2000 >New files between Fri, 25 Aug 2000, at 2:10 AM and Sat, 26 Aug 2000, at 2:10 >AM > >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/court/crime.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/rapides/court/districtcourt.txt

Thanks, Fay. What a nice offer. I have discovered this record is on microfilm and therefore I must go to the center and rent it. The record was for John Nugent born 1826 Rapides Parish, parents Hugh Nugent and Mary Price. It gives Batch number 8702105 and source call numbe 1396301. It says clearly film which I obviously overlooked the first time around. No wonder it would not download. However, I am going to search for something that is downloadable and if I can's do it, I will ask for your help. Thanks so much for offering. Floreda [email protected] wrote: > Floreda > Tell me what you need and I will see if I can download it and send it to you. > I have never had a problem downloading from this site. > Faye

Pardon me for butting in BUT!!! Where/how do you download from a LDS site? They have some centers here in Dallas, are you talking about downloading material AT the site? or from home? don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] Fwd: Using LDS records > Floreda > Tell me what you need and I will see if I can download it and send it to you. > I have never had a problem downloading from this site. > Faye > >

Tell me about it, Ben. I've been doing this foot work since the late l960s and believe me I have paid for every lunch. I, too, have had good luck at LDS using their microfilm for about 20 years. I never have used any of the "packaged" genealogies but I am getting desperate. Anyway, thanks for your sage advice. Floreda Ben Mertens wrote: > Morgan, > I've had great success by LDS Family History Center. They can help but > we still have to do the foot work! It's not entirely a free lunch! > Ben Mertens [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] Fwd: Using LDS records > > > Thanks so much. I was afraid that would be the answer. Unfortunately, > some > > of the volunteers at our local (small) center are not as knowledgeable as > > some others. You just never know who will be on duty. However, I am so > > grateful to be able to use the facilities I cetainly should not complain. > > > > Floreda > > > > > > > > > > Morgan Edward Johnson wrote: > > > > > >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:16:01 -0700 > > > >From: Eugene Stockton <[email protected]> > > > >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Using LDS records > > > > > > > >I think you may not be able to actually download files, sources, etc. > > > >online. You may have to go to a local LDS Family History Center, where > > > >the volunteers will happily help you. [I'm not LDS -- I could be wrong > > > >on this.] > >

You are welcome and yes everyone is right. For those records you do have to go to the FHC. But have you put the name in to find and get what you can that way. Faye

Don: >From home from the FHC that is on line. http://www3.familysearch.org/ Hapy Hunting Faye