Greetings, As many of you on this list know, I'm researching the family surname 'Calbert/Calvert/Culbert' of Union Parish, LA. Now..I already (I think) know that writing the Union Parish Courthouse is out. So, I must relay on the help of the list. I am pretty sure that the sale of the slave 'Jim' to Martha Jane Cooper, wife of Hiram from Mary Jane Calvert, wife of William, in 1857 is my Jim. After the sale, Mary J. Calvert vanishes..Did her husband William die? If so, how do I find out? Did Mary Jane remarry and move to another parish or state (if indeed, William did die)? Why was the sale between Mary Jane and Martha Jane and not Mary Jane and Hiram Cooper, Martha's husband? He was still alive at the time of the sale. These are just a few of the questions I find myself asking myself, and hoping you can point me in the right direction for answers. Happy Sunday All!! Dena.