Hello! To those AOL subscribers on our Union Parish mailing list, you probably missed several messages to this list. AOL was blocking all roobsweb messages for a while over the weekend, but I think that AOL has fixed the problem now. If you are interested in the messages that you may have missed, go here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/LAUNION/2004-12 This is the final 2004 update to the Union Parish Archives. I still have photographs to load from Marc Hollingsworth and Lyle Smith, and I will try to get those finished early next year. Here are the new items since last week's update: 1) 1910 Census images are completed, thanks to Karen Mabry Rice. The original images on the archives were too small to read properly. Karen spent loads of time improving the images. Here is the URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1910.htm/ 2) Update to the Beech Grove Cemetery from Gina Sherrard. Both the alphabetical and normal listings are updated: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/cemeteries.htm 3) Tombstone photographs from the following cemeteries from Bruce Odom: a) Zion Hill Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/cemetery/zion-hill.html b) Alabama-Weldon Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/cemetery/alabama-weldon.html c) Concord Cemetery http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/photos/cemetery.htm d) Farmerville Cemetery http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/photos/cemetery.htm 4) 1895 Spearsville Death Notices: a) six year old son of W. L. Cherry b) John W. Henderson, aged 52 c) Mrs. Joe Hollis, aged 19 d) Mr. John Galbreath, aged 60 These are indexed alphabetically in the table on this page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/obituaries.htm 5) 1895 Obituaries: a) James W. Pickel b) Mahalia Head Smith of Oakland, wife of Elder Woody K. Smith c) Annie Pleasant Merrimon, former Shiloh resident d) Albert Slawson of near Farmerville e) Lorena Walker Nyegard 6) Other Obituaries: Clementine Bethany Gill Hicks, 1896 Lee Goyne, 1910 David Nolan, 1912 7) 1895 Newspaper Articles: a) Farmerville Jailbreak b) Steamer Burns in Bayou D'Arbonne with 450 bales of Union Parish cotton c) George Carroll of Spearsville Wins 1st in medical school class at Tulane d) Bale of cotton kills boy in Spearsville e) Farmerville brass band invited to Junction City f) coffee grown in Farmerville by Zach T. Goyne g) Steamer "Rosa B" begins Bayou Trade All newspaper articles indexed here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/newspapers/unionnewsarticles.htm 8) 1910 Newspaper Articles: a) Fishing explosion on Little Cornie Bayou b) Nolan Family Shootout - Archer Nolan found not guilty c) Armadillo in Union Parish d) Miss Wilbur Peek saves Ouachita City from Fire 9) 1912 Newspaper Articles: Recollections of Downsville Settler S. P. Lewis - among other things, he states that travel to Shreveport was by stage until 1884, when the first railroad was completed between Monroe and Shreveport. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/