Just finished linking this file to the Parish Government page of the Archives. Good job Gregg!!! Anytime we can get something like this to fill in our "burn" gap, it's great. Peggy "Greggory E. Davies" wrote: > > Greetings: > > I have sent to the archives another neat file. Peggy should have it > listed there soon. > > For those who already know, please indulge my attempted explanation. > In La., an elected or appointed official who takes an oath of office > receives from the Secretary of State a commission. Records of the oath > are sent to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, and are recorded. The > Secretary of State then issues a commission, showing that offical's > authority. > > As you all know, the Winn Courthouse burned c. 1868 and again c. 1885, > therefore, no local records of oaths or commissions exist. Fortunately, > I was able to find these at the La. State Archives. Though this file is > incomplete (Winn was created in 1852), it takes up a lot of slack in the > void we did have. Hopefully, it will help some of you learn if any of > your ancestors served in an official capacity here. > > Somewhere, I have some lists of major office holders (sheriff, assessor, > clerk, judge, D. A., etc.,) from the other missing periods, 1852-1865 > and some from 1880-1885, and will try and find them, which will be no > easy chore. Once I do, I will post them as well. > > Your obediant servant, > > Gregg > > ==== LAWINN Mailing List ==== > Do not send "flame" messages to anyone through the list. Subscribers sending flame messages through the list will be unsubscribed and placed on the reject list so they can not post or recievd messages.