Hello fellow genealogists, Our next meeting will be held Tuesday, September 10 at the office of the Washington Parish Clerk of Court, Johnny D. Crain. Mr. Crain will be the guest speaker. The meeting will begin at 5:30 pm in the Courthouse office in Franklinton. We will have the opportunity to have a :hands on: meeting as we browse through records dating back to 1897. Mr. Crain will explain the types of records located in his office and tell us how to use and find them. These consist of land records, mortgages, wills, civil and criminal documents, and marriage records. Several of the staff members of the Clerk of Court office will be there to assist us. Also to be included in his presentation is the new birth certificate system and the state requirements regarding the issuing of birth information. Information on application for passports will be included, too. If you need help using any of these types of records in your family history research, this is a meeting that you will not want to miss. This is intended to help beginners as well as other family history enthusiasts. Both members and nonmembers are invited to attend. Barbara

Forwarded Query: lcoday@aol.com <<<<<<<<Reply Here I AM STILL SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CAPT. MICHAEL JONES, TORY. He signed the Independence document during the West Florida Parish time. James Cureton Dickson married Ann Jones in St. Tammany on Aug.18 -20th, 1818. Sincerely, Linda Atkins Coday(lcoday@aol.com)

Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- September 07, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch 314 East Thomas Hammond, Louisiana 70401 http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/ Tangipahoa Genealogy Library 200 East Mulberry Street Amite, Louisiana 70422 Phone: (985)748-7559 Fax: (985)748-2812 Branch Manager: Lenore Johnson Hours: Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Livingston Historical Association Meeting for September: 3rd Thursday of each Month Thursday - September 19, 2002 Livingston Parish Library Livingston, La 6:00 PM

Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference on Genealogy Sponsored by the Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society 25-26 April 2003 Baton Rouge Celebrating our 50th Annivesary, 1953-2003! Friday, April 25th Lectures on Louisiana's precolonial and colonial history by: Richard Condrey, Ph.D., on Louisiana's Native Peoples Robert de Berardinis, on French Colonial Louisiana Lee Woodward, Ph.D., on Spanish Colonial Louisiana Gregory Osborn & James Eberwine, B.A., on Louisiana's African Americans Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS, CGL, on Louisiana Repositories & Records. Elizabeth Shown Mills will speak at the Banquet on Friday night. Anglo-American research will be addressed throughout the conference. Saturday, April 26th A day with Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA, internationally recognized authority on genealogical methodology and evidence. Ms. Mills will use Louisiana examples in her presentations on: Ten Steps to a Solution: How to Analyze a Problem and Develop a Research Strategy Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods The Identity Crisis: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man? Finding Females: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters & Paramours! Vendors will be present on Saturday. Conference fees: Registration form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/seminar.htm Holiday Inn South 9940 Airline Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70816 > Rooms are available for Conference attendees at a special rate of $72.00 per > night. Call 1-800-HOLIDAY for reservations, or call 225-924-7021, Monday - > Friday, 8am - 5pm.

First call for the Louisiana Purchase Bicentenial Conference on Genealogy! Plan Now to attend the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference on Genealogy in Baton Rouge and 25 and 26 April 2003 ! The Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society is pleased to present an array of speakers including Richard Condrey, Ph.D. on Louisiana's Native Peoples, Robert de Berardinis on French Colonial Louisiana, Lee Woodward, Ph.D. on Spanish Colonial Louisiana, Gregory Osborn & James Eberwine, B.A. on Louisiana's African Americans, Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS, CGL on Louisiana Repositories & Records and Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA on genealogical methodology and evidence, using Louisiana examples. For further details on times and location, please visit the Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/

I am looking for descendants of Ambroise BOURG and Marie Modeste MOULAISON who came over on La Ville d'Archangel in 1785. My line is through two of their children: Magdelaine Adelaide Bourg and Pierre Charles Thibodeaux (married at St. Francis of Pointe Coupee) Joseph Bourg and Marie Rose LeBlanc (married April 14, 1801 - probably St. Joseph Baton Rouge) Arcene Thibodeaux and Josephine Bourg (married June 15, 1830 St. Joseph Baton Rouge) Clara Josephine Thibodeaux and John Andrew Sides of EBR (Civil ceremony EBR parish May 07, 1861) Martha

Hi All Let see if we can get the list going .If you are looking for information on someone that name start with and A are B post that information. I'm A nice person I do not bite if you post to the list. Thanks Charlotte

Tickfaw State Park to host Native American Day August 28, 2002 SPRINGFIELD - Tickfaw State Park near Springfield will host its first Native American Day, park officials said. The event will be held Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entrance fees will be waived for this event, they said. Visitors are invited to experience the beauty and grandeur of traditional tribal ways of life, said Julie Hutzler, interpretive ranger. Intertribal dances will be performed by the Bayou Healers Youth Council and accompanied by Southern Connection on drums. Traditional Native American fare and craft items will be available to all. "This day has been set aside to welcome Native Americans from the Louisiana area to celebrate their cultural heritage. It will be fun and educational experience for the entire family," she said. Tickfaw State Park is a 1,200-acre recreational park located along three miles of the Tickfaw River, 32 miles eat of Baton Rouge and south of Interstate 12. The park offers diverse recreational activities and nature-based educational programs, Hutzler said. Standard admission to the park is $2 per vehicle with up to four people, and 50 cents for each additional person. The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

THE LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES GENEALOGY RESOURCES New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index -- January - July 1851 http://sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/nln-ship_pass-index.htm

Seeking information on James C. Lee. Married 1st Mary Belue Williams widow of Hezekiah Williams. They had 2 children Calvin J. Lee and Andrew J. Lee. James married 2nd Sarah Annie Pickens. James was the son of James & Mary Lee. His siblings were: William, Wilborn married Adelaide and 2nd Ellen Barnett Lenora married Thomas Morgan and 2nd James Smith Harriet married James Miller, Azrena married James Robinson, John G.W. (George) Lee. If anyone have information on any of these please email klsibey@aol.com

Location Change: Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- September 07, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch [Parking in Rear] 314 East Thomas Hammond, Louisiana 70401 Phone: (985)345-3909 Fax: (985)345-2188 http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/ Tangipahoa Genealogy Library 200 East Mulberry Street Amite, Louisiana 70422 Phone: (985)748-7559 Fax: (985)748-2812 Branch Manager: Lenore Johnson Hours: Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 am to 3:00 pm James M. Perrin will be there with his New Ponchatoula Book. We Have a few copies of the Tangipahoa Census. Cash & Carry only.

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 on Morris Road on the second Saturday in September, September 14, 2002. As those of you who were present last year will recall, we decided to invite and include the Calmes Family in our reunion this year since so many of our Stevens Family are also related to the Calmes Family. We hope by combining both families, our attendance will also pick up. 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, Doris H. Johnston P. O. Box 865 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 504-542-6198 Email address: doris@i-55.com

Location Change: Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- September 07, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Library Hammond Branch 314 East Thomas Hammond, Louisiana 70401 Phone: (985)345-3909 Fax: (985)345-2188 http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/ Tangipahoa Genealogy Library 200 East Mulberry Street Amite, Louisiana 70422 Phone: (985)748-7559 Fax: (985)748-2812 Branch Manager: Lenore Johnson Hours: Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Mr. James M. Perrin will be there. With his new Book.

Our August meeting will be 5:00 PM Tuesday night, the 13th, at the Bogalusa branch of the Washington Parish Library. Our speaker will be Dr. Lynn Alexander of Bogalusa. Lynn has been interested in family history most of her life, even more so in the last ten years. She has been in Bogalusa since 1975 after she finished medical school in New Orleans. She is a member of the DAR where she serves as 1st Vice-Regent of the state - and is the National Chairman of Credentials. She was suggested as a speaker for our group based on her enthusiastic presentations and love of family history. If her talk whould have a title, it could be called "Enjoying Genealogy." The public is invited to attend.

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PRESS RELEASE FOR AUGUST : COCA-COLA MEMORABILIA EXHIBIT AT THE VARNADO STORE MUSEUM, FRANKLINTON, WASHINGTON PARISH, LA Aug. 2, 2002 FOR RELEASE NOW AND AT EXHIBIT TIME WHERE: VARNADO STORE MUSEUM, FRANKLINTON, WASHINGTON PARISH, LA (936 Pearl Street, behind the Courthouse) WHEN: Saturday, August 24, 2002 10 - 4 p.m. Sunday August 25, 2002 1 - 4 p.m. (Friday, August 23, 2002 by appointment only) The Varnado Store Museum board and volunteers invite all who are interested for an exciting display of Coca Cola memorabilia in the century-old general store museum. The museum, which recently hosted a Smithsonian WWII exhibit, is located at 936 Pearl Street, just behind the Court House in Franklinton, LA. Many items, from bottle openers and trays to signs and antique coolers, will be exhibited. Since Dr. John Pemberton of Atlanta GA sold his secret formula for Coca Cola in 1887, the company has produced a wide range of promotional items to advertise its product. In an age lacking the mass media of today, Coca Cola used a multitude of items to publicize their product, including trays, bottles, signs, toys, calendars and more that have become prized collectibles today. Several collectors in Washington Parish will be sharing their Coca-Cola treasures during the exhibit at the Varnado Store Museum. There will also be books available to visitors showing the value of antique Coca-Cola items. On Saturday the Coca Cola wagon will be on hand to serve this most popular drink, as well as several food items. The Museum will be open on Friday, August 23 by appointment only and open to the public on Saturday, August 24 from 10:00 to 4:00 and Sunday, August 25 from 1:00 to 5:00. FAX: 985-795-0480 EMAIL: varnadistormuseum@yahoo.com Phone: 985-795-0680 936 Pearl Street, Franklinton, Washington Parish, LA (P.O. Box 184, Franklinton, La 70438) web: varnadostoremuseum.org

Tangipahoa Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting: First Saturday of Each Month -- 11:00 A M Next Meeting: Saturday -- August 03, 2002 Tangipahoa Parish Main Library 739 West Oak Street Amite, Louisiana http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/ Tangipahoa Genealogy Library 200 East Mulberry Street Amite, Louisiana 70422 Phone: (985)748-7559 Fax: (985)748-2812 Branch Manager: Lenore Johnson Hours: Monday thru Friday -- 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

The Sunday Advocate -- July 28, 2002 LIPSCOMB, BILLIE A retired school teacher in Rapides Parish with 34 years of service, she died Friday, July 26, 2002, at her residence in Baton Rouge. She was a native of Zachary. Visiting at Jefferson United Methodist Church from 9 a.m. Monday until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Carol Winn. Graveside service in Beulah Plains Cemetery, Zachary, at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Survived by her three sisters, Louise L. Loudon, Julia L. Pinsonat and Eula Lipscomb; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces, great-great-nephews and a great-great-great-niece. Preceded in death by her parents, William and Virginia Lipscomb; and a brother, Walter Lipscomb. She was a member of Heriome Gaines Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, Joanna Waddill Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, West Florida Society, Colonial Dames, Pointe Coupee Historical Society, Baton Rouge Genealogical Society, First Families of Mississippi and Daughters of Colonial Wars.

We are looking for information on Jean Job Tousinau who married Anne Marie Courtain. Church records show 4 children born to this couple. (last name was shown as Jurineau in church records.) They were married 7 Oct 1807, St Joseph Catholic Church in Baton Rouge. She was the daughter of Thomas Courtain and Genevieve Bonvillain. The children found in the Chruch records are Marie Genevieve Tousinau B: 1812 and D:1831 M: Nathaniel Grayless she died about 6 months after her marriage to Nathaniel Jean Francisco Tousinau B: 1815 Augustine Tousinau B: 1817 Marie Louise Tousinau B: 1820 We believe that Daniel Tousinau was also a son of this couple as he is listed in court record as the tutor of the minor children of Jean Job and Anne Marie after their death, and is listed as the brother of the minor children. It is also stated that Jean Job was his father. We have not been abel to find a birth record for him. On the 1810 Census it shows Jean Job Tousinau as having one male under 10. We think he was born in 1810, and the 1850 Wilkinson Co census where he moved shows him as 40 and being born in LA.. We also feel that he married Margaret Fauner of West Feliciana Parish and had a child. On his application for a land grant it states that he was a man with wife and child, at that time he was a resident of Point Coupee Parish. We have not been able to find a record of the birth of the child, or the death of the child or Margaret. We are also trying to find the record of Jean Job Tousinau's partership with Pierre Allain November 4, 1807 where they operated a lodging for travelers, providing pasturage for spent horses as well. We are also trying to find when Thomas Courtain came to LA as well as when Jean Job Tousinau came to LA. Thank You Billy and Delores Tousinau

July 11, 2002 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 on Morris Road on the second Saturday in September, September 14, 2002. As those of you who were present last year will recall, we decided to invite and include the Calmes Family in our reunion this year since so many of our Stevens Family are also related to the Calmes Family. We hope by combining both families, our attendance will also pick up. 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, Doris H. Johnston P. O. Box 865 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 504-542-6198 Email address: doris@i-55.com