Today I received this email from Jack McLaughlin. I checked out his page. It's quite a project he has undertaken. How lucky for us that Rapides Parish is one of the first articles he has used! His page, as you'll see below is http://www.catharinecole.com Morgan -- morgan@usroots.com morgan@eastman.net My personal genealogy http://www.morganjohnson.org/ Christian County, ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilchrist/ Rapides Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~larapide/ CALVIT Surname Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/calvit.html JEANSONNE Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jeansonne.html -----Original Message----- From: Jack McLaughlin Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: Rapides parish Picayune article I'd like to call your attention to a new website I've just published this week, catharinecole.com, dedicated to the Louisiana writings of Martha R. Field, whose pen-name was Catharine Cole. During her writing career for the New Orleans Picayune, from 1881 to 1893, she traveled by horse and buggy through most of the parishes of Louisiana, writing about them in brilliant prose. One of the articles I've posted is her visit to Rapides Parish. I think you'll find that it's worth a link on your history page. Best wishes, Jack McLaughlin