Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather. I have several items to point out in this message, so I'll number them: #1 Be sure and take a look at the new photographs on the archives: Pickel photographs submitted by Nancy Blake McCoy/Taylor photograph submitted by Jan Bennett #2 Cindy Ray has put together a really neat website with some good photos of her Pilgreen ancestors from Union Parish (among others). Ironically, I visited the house many times as a young boy with my parents (it is a small world!). If you have any relation to the Pilgreens of the Marion area, take a look: http://pages.ivillage.com/scout929/grannypilgreenshouse/index.html #3 If you are interested in an article written in 1892 that describes a visit to Union Parish, be sure and go read the piece by Catherine Cole at this website: http://www.catharinecole.com/page7.html I'm trying to get permission to post this on the Union Parish archives. #4 Due to visiting family members, I got a little behind with posting items in June. When I sat down to get to work on it, the last few days of June, my computer crashed. Fixing it delayed me another 8 days, and then I had to spend a few days making some changes to the file names on the archives as requested by LAUSGenWeb. So.... I'm a little behind with posting items submitted in the last few weeks. If you have submitted something that I've not yet posted, please have patience with me and I'll get caught up soon. As usual, whenever I post something I'll send you a private email to ask you to proofread it. #5 Please send me suggestions for improvements to the Union Parish pages - both the archives page and the parish page. I recently learned that some of the pictures take too long to load, so when I catch up I'm going to try to break them up into smaller pages that will load faster. Let me know of other problems or suggestions!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Get tips for maintaining your PC, notebook accessories and reviews in Technology 101. http://special.msn.com/tech/technology101.armx