I think that newspapers and microfilm of same are invaluable sources where there are courthouse fires as there were in so many places. ONE little obit from an obscure place (NEVER UNION PARISH) could be the only thing that someone has to prove a date or place or connect to the next generation. Obits are NEVER a waste of time. Keep em coming, Tim! Jan >Tim says that if everyone thinks this is a useful endeavor, he will continue >to transcribe. Let's get some feedback for Tim, folks. > >Here's mine: Never believe what you're told about "missing records," >because somewhere out >there is a goldmine like the one Tim unearthed. I was told, by a nameless >archive keeper at a >nameless LA college, that the article I have posted on W.P. Mabry's death >was from the only >surviving issue of the "Home Advocate," so I quit looking. Thanks to Tim, I >have more >information now, and it's quite clear that a LOT of issues survived! > >Karen Mabry Rice, >USGenWeb Archives Coordinator >Union Parish, Lousiana >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm