Please help me welcome Palmer Frith to our Union Parish Louisiana mailing list. Palmer is researching Charles E. Dean & his wife Harriett Jane Sawyer of the Rocky Branch area. From the 1880 census, Charles was the son of Richard Dean who lived in eastern Union Parish, but I don't know anything about Harriett Jane Sawyer. Can anyone help? Palmer would also like to know more about Alabama Landing. I know it is located on the Ouachita River a short distance north of Ouachita City and Sterlington and roughly 10 miles due south of the Arkansas state line. It formed as a landing in the 1840s as settlers from Alabama began to pour into northeastern Union Parish and southern Arkansas. I hope to have some detailed maps posted on the Union Parish sites soon that can help identify such locations. Can anyone offer additional details about Alabama Landing? Happy 4th, everyone! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/