The Winn Parish Genealogical & Historical Assoc. will meet this Saturday, Feb. 8th, at 12:30 p.m. in the society meeting room, second floor of the Winn Parish Health Unit, Winnfield. Guest speaker for the program beginning at 1 p.m. will be Lora Peppers, Genealogy Associate at the Ouachita Parish Public Library. Ms. Peppers is compiler of the 3-volume set "To Meet Us On A Blissful Shore: Collected Ouachita Parish Obituaries." she will be speaking about her newspaper indexing project and also about the Genealogy/Special Collections department of the Ouachita Library and what it has to offer. The early Ouachita Parish papers covered many Winn Parish and surrounding area events, and often times fill a gap left by newspaper office fires that destroyed local papers. Also briefly speaking will be Nan Gorton, president of the Northeast LA Genealogical & Historical Society formed in 2001. Ms. Gorton will share some of the things the new society is involved in, including publication of its quarterly journal, "Lost Louisiana". See you Saturday!