While I use the Union Parish Census Records at the Ouachita Parish Library, I am willing to donote to the purchase of these for online viewing or for the Union Parish Library in Farmerville. Please let me know where to mail my check. Diane Green Smith LAUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > LAUNION-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 86 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Mason Surnames [Barbara Windrup <bwindrup@intertex] > #2 Re: Cobb's & Deshazo's [Fenwick11@aol.com] > #3 Union Parish Censuses ["Karen Rice" <aberizn1@gte.net>] > #4 Census Records [Modom132@aol.com] > #5 Re: Union Parish Censuses ["Mary Margaret Selig-Trahan" <mmse] > #6 CENSUS RECORDS [DEBI BURGESS <adventurers@worldnet] > #7 CENSUS DISKS ["HAZEL W. CRAIG" <hwctodd@aeneas.n] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from LAUNION-D, send a message to > > LAUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Mason Surnames > Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:12:31 -0500 > From: Barbara Windrup <bwindrup@intertex.net> > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Is anyone researching the Thomas and Nancy Mason family? I do not know > when and where they were born, but I know that the approximate ages of > their children: > > John 1833 > Mary Ann (my gg-grandmother who married Daniel A. Peterson) > Asa-1840 > Elizabeth & Martha - 1841. Elizabeth married a brother of Daniel's) > Thomas, Jr. - 1844 > Jefferson - 1846. > > Thomas died before the 1860 census was taken and Nancy died in 1867 > leaving the three youngest as orphans and in the care of Daniel > Peterson, my gg-grandfather. According to the census all the kids were > born in La. According to legend, Thomas came over from Ireland, landing > in Alabama, where he met and married Nancy. I do not know Nancy's > maiden name. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Cobb's & Deshazo's > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:20:49 EDT > From: Fenwick11@aol.com > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Someone published The History of Collin Co. Texas and in it listed the > cemetery, Liberty, that showed where some Housers and R. T. DeShazo wife and > infant of A. A. DeShazo and the burial site for Mary R. DeShazo. > > I was lucky, with the help of some ladies that I met from Collin Co. Texas, > to find this cemetery. It is in the midddle of nowhere and we had to buy a > weed eater to clear away the brush. The Housers were easy to find. Someone > had cleared some of it. I was so afraid that the DeShazos would be so > overgrown or unreadable. My husband found them. They are tall and were > still readable. I will try and scan the pictures when I get them developed > so you can see them. > > I just wish when someone would canvas a cemetery that they would explain what > row or what section the graves are in. It is ok to put them in alphabetical > order but if a person is short on time or if the cemetery is large, it sure > would help to know about where to start. > > Candace > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Union Parish Censuses > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:21:13 -0500 > From: "Karen Rice" <aberizn1@gte.net> > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Okay, here's what we've got so far: > > Census View - no response to three messages over the last five months > > S-K - while my experiences with them have not been as positive as Jo's, I > did submit a request for a quote (both price and time), and we know they > will donate the images for viewing online. > > At first glance, Mary Margaret's suggestion about Heritage Quest seems by > far the best at $19.95 a CD ($14.95 with the purchase of a $29.95 > membership) and the CD's are already made - BUT will they donate the images > for viewing online? I think you definitely should donate one to your > library if you want, Mary Margaret, but that doesn't make them available to > us online. > > And last, Blue Roses at $57 a CD - which the CD's are already made, and they > will donate the images for viewing. > > Ready for more input here. > Karen > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Census Records > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:37:16 EDT > From: Modom132@aol.com > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Karen, > When you all decide where you will purchase the Census Records and the cost, > you can count on me for my share. > Mary > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Union Parish Censuses > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:51:10 -0500 > From: "Mary Margaret Selig-Trahan" <mmselig-trahan@cpomail.net> > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Karen--Call that 800# that I sent you and ask the question about donating > the images for viewing on line.....since you have done this with other > companies, Heritage Quest is bound to know that this is being done and > probably would want to cooperate. If you ask, they will send their entire > catalog to you also. It comes on one CD and it is free. If I knew just > what you ask for, when you approach a company for this free on-line, I would > call--since I do not, will pass the buck to you cousin. mary margaret > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karen Rice <aberizn1@gte.net> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 8:21 PM > Subject: Union Parish Censuses > > > Okay, here's what we've got so far: > > > > Census View - no response to three messages over the last five months > > > > S-K - while my experiences with them have not been as positive as Jo's, I > > did submit a request for a quote (both price and time), and we know they > > will donate the images for viewing online. > > > > At first glance, Mary Margaret's suggestion about Heritage Quest seems by > > far the best at $19.95 a CD ($14.95 with the purchase of a $29.95 > > membership) and the CD's are already made - BUT will they donate the > images > > for viewing online? I think you definitely should donate one to your > > library if you want, Mary Margaret, but that doesn't make them available > to > > us online. > > > > And last, Blue Roses at $57 a CD - which the CD's are already made, and > they > > will donate the images for viewing. > > > > Ready for more input here. > > Karen > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: CENSUS RECORDS > Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:28:23 -0500 > From: DEBI BURGESS <adventurers@worldnet.att.net> > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Karen > > I am willing to donate to the UNION PARISH Census collection > debi burgess > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: CENSUS DISKS > Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 07:57:16 -0500 > From: "HAZEL W. CRAIG" <hwctodd@aeneas.net> > To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Karen: > > You can count me in for census disk when you know amount and where to send > money pls. let me know. > > Hazel Welch Craig in Tennessee.