Hi Everyone, I guess most all of us are suffering through the 'dog days' of summer, and in this neck of the woods, it ain't so pleasant! In case you'd like an inside escape from the heat, take a look at some of the new material posted on the Union Parish archives since my last update. Thanks to all the volunteers who shared their materials with us: Sharon K. Ray, John N. Feazell, Wanda Fuller, Linda Cole Calhoun, Shawn Martin, and Karen Mabry Rice. Please keep sending your biographies, transcriptions, cemetery surveys, photographs, etc.! I have only a few more photos to post from Linda Duke before I'm completely caught up. Tim http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm NEW MATERIAL ON THE UNION PARISH ARCHIVES: 1) 1822 Certificate of Character of George Feazle submitted by John N. Feazell (filed under old letters & parish history) 2) Three newspaper articles submitted by Sharon K. Ray: ++ 1927 Newspaper article on Martin Batte Brantley ++ 1934 Newspaper article on buried wood unearthed near Port Union (south of Sterlington) on the river ++ 1940 Odom Family Reunion notice 2) Obituaries submitted by Sharon K. Ray: +++ James Addison Ward, Jr. (1927 car accident) +++ Ollie Toler (1927) +++ G. Wortham Cann (1934) +++ W. A. Day (1940) +++ Luther Hawthorne Barnes (1940) +++ Mrs. J. C. James (1940) 3) 1860 Succession record of Thomas B. Graham submitted by Shawn Martin 4) New Photographs submitted by Wanda Fuller: several Hollis family photos & 1928 photo of the children of Sam W. Hunt (the Hollises and Hunts lived near Spearsville) 5) New Photographs submitted by Linda Cole Cahoun: several photos of the William Meek Cole family, a photo of a Ward's Chapel Church baptism at Bayou Loutre Bridge, and an unknown Union Parish photo. 6) Linda also identified two previously unknown photographs I had posted - Ed Johnson & wife Mary Cole Johnson as well as John Alexander Kyle & wife Bertha Cole Kyle. (Note: photos filed according to family name and under the recent photos link) 7) A new overall census page and each year, 1810 - 1930 has its own page now, with the census images linked by ward or Enumeration District. I'm still finishing up 1910, but the rest are complete. Thanks to all the UnionParish volunteers for their efforts in getting these censuses online. Here is the main census page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unioncensus.htm 8) A new cemetery page listing all known cemeteries and their approximate locations. Please take a look and let me know if you have evidence of a cemetery not listed. Here is the cemetery page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unioncemeteries.htm _________________________________________________________________ Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to ‘Dig Yourself Out of Debt’ from MSN Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx