This is the last call for people interested in the Beginning Genealogy class at Sims Library on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond. The class is offered through the University Continuing Education Department, and will be held on Monday evenings, Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 13, 20, 27 from 6-8PM. For further information, contact the instructor, Beth Stahr, (evenings and weekends) 985-971-8045 or weekdays 985-549-5056. Course description and fee information is available at http://www.selu.edu/Academics/ContEd/group07_Fall03.html#Course14_Fall03.html Online registration is available at http://www.selu.edu/Academics/ContEd/regform_cedFall03.html Beth A. Stahr, MLS, CGRS(SM) bstahr@selu.edu ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Visit our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm

"Genetics and Genealogy" is the topic for our next meeting of the Washington Parish Genealogy and History Society. Our speaker will be Rob Noles of Covington, LA. Rob is a brilliant man who has prepared well for this presentation on the tie between DNA, Genealogy, and Genetics. Retired from the nuclear energy field, Rob is the very dedicated Vice-President of the St. Tammany Genealogy Society. He teaches genealogy and computer classes at their library, is editor of their newsletter, developed the STGS webpage, and has amassed a multitude of family history information on his family and others. Besides his basic genealogical interests, Rob also has a significant interest in history, genetics, archeology, and paleontology, all in support of genealogy. Make a special effort to attend this meeting. Tuesday, September 9, 2003-5:30 pm Franklinton Branch Washington Parish Library Bring a friend !!!!!!!!!!!!! (Our fair plans are being finalized, too. The Alford descendants are working hard to complete their display. Can you believe the fair is just around the corner??)

STEVENS & CALMES FAMILY REUNION Saturday -- September 13, 2003 Hammond Lions Club Morris Road Hammond, Louisiana Registration Starts at: 10:00 AM $3.00 each person over 12 to cover rental etc. Bring a food dish and soft drinks of your choice (no alcoholic beverages, please). Bring pictures, mementos, artifacts, etc. that may be of interest to those attending. There will be a short business meeting, during which time recognition will be given to the oldest person present, the youngest person present, the original family with the most descendants present and the person(s) who have traveled the farthest to attend. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT RECEIVE THIS NOTICE OR WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED A PREVIOUS REUNION, PLEASE EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THEM TO ATTEND THIS YEAR. Looking forward to seeing you again this year and let’s try to make this the largest and most successful reunion we have had. Sincerely, Doris H. Johnston P. O. Box 865 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 985-542-6198 Email address: doris@i-55.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/39.40.36.36 Message Board Post: Jean Roman Doiron married to Julie Templet are my grandparents. His father was Gedeon married to Alzire Babin. His father was Joseph married to Marie Modeste LaBauve. His father was Alexandre married to Ursule Hebert. His father was Thomas married to Anne Girouard (Giroir). His father was Jean married first to Marie Anne Canole(deCanolle) then to Marie Trahan. Gedeon, my great grandfather had 13 children. Marie Victoria born in 1846 died young. Joseph Jules born in 1848 married in 1870 to Emance Hebert. Apoline Julia born in 1850 married in 1872 to Henri Pierre Heck. Modeste Artemise born in 1852(no info on marriage, Philomine Artemine born in 1853 (no info on marriage). Jean Roman (my grandfather) was born in 1855 and married in 1890 to Marie julie Templet.Elizabeth Louise born in 1857 married in 1876 to Deville Clement. Marie Olivia born in 1859 died young, Placide Emile born in 1861 married in 1883 to Martha Hebert. Maria born in 1864 married in 1884 to Armand Templet. Anna born in 1866 married in 1886 to Edward Hebert. Bohema Rema born in 1858 died young. Gedeon Leonce born in 1872 married in 1891 to Mary Julia Speeg. Needed is the marriage of Modeste Artemise and Philomene Artemine. One of them is reported to have left home and married a man named McNabb from around the Denham Springs area. This marriage was not approved by her family and after she left home she was never heard from again. Anyone who have any information on this marriage is asked to contact me at damian725@bellsouth.net or write to me at: Milton Altazan - 2101 Allene Street, Brusly, LA 70719-206

Descendants of George Walter Johnson (1816-1886) are having a Reunion to be held on Saturday, August 30 from noon til ? at Magee Civic Center, 120 N. W. First Street, Magee, MS. Those attending, please bring a potluck lunch. If you are a descendant of this family, please come. For information: jafra@i-55.com

Edward Livingston Historical Association Meetings: Monthly - Third Thursday of the Month. Next Meeting: August 21, 2003 Livingston Parish Library Hwy. 190 - Florida Blvd., Livingston, La. Time: 6:00 PM ************************************************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GEB.2ACE/215 Message Board Post: I'm happy to announce a new project, the Louisiana Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted by all of you. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/louisiana/ I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. The USFGS home page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ links to all the states that have a family group project. I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who have been working to bring it to Louisiana are very excited about its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Louisiana, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY LOUISIANA PERSON WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family on into Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Louisiana. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, ten a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be in helping you make family connections. I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox!

Hungarian Settlement ‘Tarsasag’ The Hungarian Settlement Historical Society will hold a “Tarsasag” (gathering) at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at American Legion Post 258 in Springfield. The event will introduce the Hungarian Settlement Museum to the public. Various displays will be featured. There will be entertainment and refreshments. For more information, call 567-6679 or 209-2345.

I have found a person to do digital pictures in CEMETERIES in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and anywhere in between. Her prices are reasonable and she will go at least once a month, more often if she has lots of pictures to take. She said New Orleans cemeteries were not a problem as long as she has clear directions to the tomb site. Email to me if you are interested and I will put you in touch directly. Cheramie chamoo@bellsouth.net Always searching Hebert, Davis, Lux, Bordelon, Sawyer, Wilson and many others, all online at www.geocities.com/chamooo/hebertge.html

Hi All List Mom is back. If you have someone you are looking for in Louisiana  that last names starting with the letters V, W are X, Y and Z post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you  need my help go ahead and email me. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New East Baton Parish Page East Baton History & Genealogy http://sehongenealogy.freewebspace.com/

The Varnado Store Museum is announcing it's next exhibit at the Museum in Franklinton.  Open every weekend, the museum will host during the month of August a traveling exhibit about the archaeology of Louisiana sponsored by the state Department of Archaeology and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities called:  "Profiles in Archaeology: A Tribute to Dr. William Haag".     August 2 - 24   (Weekends only, except by special appointment)   Attached is information about the exhibit.   REMINDER:  For ONE weekend only, July 26 and 27:  Civil War Exhibit    (living history, lecture/slide presentation, weaponry, author signing)                         Saturday   10 - 4             (2:00 p.m. --- "Dress the Lady" demonstration)                         Sunday       1-4               (3:00 p.m. --- Slide presentation/lecture/booksigning by author H. Grady Howell, Jr.)       Please copy, distribute, post and share information on these two exhibits.   Thank you very,   Vicki Knight, volunteer Varnado Store Museum, Franklinton rvknight@i-55.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LONGUEPIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GEB.2ACE/39.40.36.35.42.49.54 Message Board Post: UPDATE: Auguste LONGUEPEE was killed in the Civil war in December, 1863 and was buried on 11 DEC 1863 in Newnan, Georgia with a Confederate Headstone. If anyone needs a photo of this grave, please email me. Auguste was my Great-Great Grandfather.

July 17, 2003 Subject: STEVENS FAMILY REUNION               Once again it is getting close to the time of the Stevens Family Reunion.  I am getting excited at the possibility of seeing many friends and relatives at this year’s annual gathering.  We will meet again this year at the Hammond Lions Club located at 45205 Morris Road on the second Saturday in September, September 13, 2003.  As those of you who were present last year will recall, we invited the Calmes Family to our reunion since so many of our Stevens Family are also related to the Calmes Family.  By combining both families, our attendance picked up quite a bit.  We will extend this invitation again this year and in the future this reunion will be called the Stevens/Calmes Reunion.  As in the past, registration will begin at 10:00 a. m.  Come early and stay as long as you wish.  We encourage you to bring the children since there is plenty room outside for fun and games.               We are again asking each attending person over 12 years of age to pay $3.00 to defray the cost of renting the Lions Den and other incidentals that may come up in preparations for this year’s reunion.               Bring a food dish and soft drinks of your choice (no alcoholic beverages, please). Bring pictures, mementos, artifacts, etc. that may be of interest to those attending. There will be a short business meeting, during which time recognition will be given to the oldest person present, the youngest person present, the original family with the most descendants present and the person(s) who have traveled the farthest to attend.   A short memorial service will honor those of the family who have passed away since our last reunion.  If you know of someone who has passed away during the year, please bring that information so they can be recognized.  We would also like to announce any new births in the family again this year.               IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT RECEIVE THIS NOTICE OR WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED A PREVIOUS REUNION, PLEASE EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THEM TO ATTEND THIS YEAR.               Looking forward to seeing you again this year and let’s try to make this the largest and most successful reunion we have had.   Sincerely,   style="BACKGROUND-COL   Doris H. Johnston P. O. Box 865 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 504-542-6198                Email address: doris@i-55.com  

Hi All If you have someone you are looking for in Louisiana that last names starting with the letters T are U post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you need my help go ahead and email me. P.S. I will not be here for about a week my computer has died THe person I ask to look after the list cannot so you on you on for a week . THanks Charlotte

Edward Livingston Historical Association Meetings: Monthly - Third Thursday of the Month. Next Meeting: July 17, 2003 Livingston Parish Library Hwy. 190 - Florida Blvd., Livingston, La. Time: 6:00 PM ************************************************************

Hi All If you have someone you are looking for in Louisiana  that last names starting with the letters R are S post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you  need my help go ahead and email me. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New East Baton Parish Page East Baton History & Genealogy http://sehongenealogy.freewebspace.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LeJeune, Lavigne, Bourgeois Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GEB.2ACE/141 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate anyone who might have information on the children of Edgard LeJeune and Alphonsene Lavigne. My grandfather is Marcellus LeJeune, who is buried by Alphonsene, who I believe to be his mother. She died in 1911 according to the headstone. I would appreciate any information. Thanks

Hi All If you have someone you are looking for in Louisiana  that last names starting with the letters O,Pare Q post that information. Please send information to the list not my email address. But if you  need my help go ahead and email me. Thanks Charlotte Sehon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New East Baton Parish Page East Baton History & Genealogy http://sehongenealogy.freewebspace.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LeJeune, Lavigne, Bourgeois Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GEB.2ACE/140 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Alphonsene Lavigne LeJeune who was married to Edgard LeJeune. Alphonsene is buried in Baton Rouge, LA, and her name is on the same headstone with Jules LeJeune, who died in 1929, and Marcellus LeJeune, who died in 1942, which is my grandfather. I believe Marcellus was the son of Alphonsene and Edgard and the brother of Jules, Amanda and Adeline. Marcellus LeJeune married Hortense Bourgeois, daughter of Amedee LeJeune and Victoria Pourciau. Please contact me if you have any information on these people.

Residents learn about state public records, open meetings laws By:Lynette Hingle, Southeastern U. Reporter June 27, 2003 Louisiana's public records and open meetings laws are strong, and penalties exist for those who do not follow them.       About 75 people including elected officials, other government employees, committee members and ordinary citizens heard 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux and two of his assistants explain the intricacies of the laws as well as the penalties for violating them. The Public Records and Open Meetings Information Seminar was held Thursday night at Southeastern Louisiana University's Student Union Theater.       Clifton Speed discussed public records, and Blayne Honeycutt discussed open meetings.       "You can basically think of public records as your government's records," Speed said. "They belong to the people, and the people have access to them."       While there are some exceptions, most documents generated by government are public records. Even drafts of documents, statistics, maps, letters, memos, budget requests, budgets, tapes, electronic data, payrolls, certain retirement information, tax assessment rolls and initial police reports are public records.       Speed said the law mandates that records custodians be courteous and respectful of a citizen's right to view public documents, and the public should likewise be reasonable with their requests.       Patience should be exercised on the part of the citizen, Speed said, in cases of certain unusual circumstances where the document may currently be in use by a government body for a purpose such as auditing or when the document is extremely large.       "The greater the volume, the more time it may take," Speed said.       If a custodian determines the record sought is not public, he must provide written reasons, including the legal basis, within three working days.       Records custodians who do not allow the public access to their records will face civil and criminal penalties, Speed said.       If a citizen is unlawfully denied a public record, the court will award reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The court may also award civil penalties of up to $100 for each day the custodian arbitrarily failed to give a written explanation of the reasons for denying the request. Actual damages may be awarded if proven. Criminal penalties include fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 or imprisonment for one to six months for a first conviction, and there are stiffer penalties for a subsequent conviction.       The attorneys observed that, as government increasingly uses computers for storage of records, agencies are exploring ways to separate the public content from the private content so that citizens can more easily access the public records.       Just as records custodians are banned from hiding the public's records, meetings of governing bodies cannot legally hide from the public either, Honeycutt said.       Louisiana law states that the public is allowed to attend and record the deliberations of the following public bodies: city and parish governing bodies, school, levee and public utilities boards; planning, zoning, airport and policy making commissions; state and local special district boards; advisory and administrative functions; and committees or subcommittees of those bodies.       "Each public body has its own rules and regulations for governing their meetings," Honeycutt said, but, regardless of the procedure, at least 24 hours' written public notice of the meeting must be posted, minutes must be taken during the meeting and then published, and other rules apply under the state law.       The law allows public bodies to decide, via a two-thirds vote, to close a meeting to the public to discuss personnel issues relating to an individual's character, discuss professional competence or health; discuss strategy or negotiations regarding collective bargaining or actual pending litigation; discuss security personnel, plans or devices; discuss investigation of misconduct; or deal with natural disasters or major emergencies.       The reason for the "executive session" must be stated to the public before closing the meeting, and Honeycutt said, the law states that no action can be taken in private - no polling of members, no votes.       "But what about the meeting before the meeting?" Rick Webb, an Amite resident, wanted to know.       Perrilloux said his office doesn't get many complaints about violations of the open meetings law, but when it does it's usually about the "meeting before the meeting."       It's just not allowed, he said.       "If you are a board member, you need to careful about that," Perrilloux said, "because you could be in violation of the open meetings law... It could technically be a social meeting, but if you are doing that you are raising a red flag."       Citizens who feel that a public body has violated the law may file their complaints with the district attorney or the state attorney general, and the suit must be filed within 60 days of the action to nullify an action taken by a public body.       If the court determines the public body violated the law, attorney fees can be awarded and a member of the public body who participated in an illegal meeting may be fined up to $100 per violation, which may be awarded to the plaintiff.       Members of the audience asked several questions related to personnel issues, charges for public records and other specifics of the law.       Pam Mitchell-Wagner, executive director of the Louisiana Press Association, distributed copies of the Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records. Copies of the card are available from the press association. Call (225) 344-9309.        ©The Daily Star 2003