Wonderful stuff on the Civil War archives, Jan. Thanks. If I ever get time to pursue my own genealogy, I may need some of those records! 28 obits from Tim Hudson tonight: 1886, Carr, Copeland, Baughman 1888, Rabun, Wade 1894, Reagan 1896, Boatright 1897, Ham, Goyne, Albritton 1898, Dean, Everett, Lee, Meeks, Thornton, M.H., Thornton, A.B., Ward 1899, Agerton, Foster, Westbrook 1900, Dean, E.M, Boatright, Dean, E., Goyne 1903, Dean, A.J 1914, Ward 1924, Hudson 1924, Hudson Tim also sent more for the newspaper abstracts, but I probably won't have time to work on them until this weekend. Karen Mabry Rice, USGenWeb Archives Coordinator Union Parish, Lousiana http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm