To all who shared opinions, dreams, deep feelings, frustrations, knowledge, information, etc. for the past several days, my appreciation to you. It was heart-warming, and informative. I received much information on my ancestor, Eusebius Bushnell; enough to help me start the Book I want to do; highlighting his last years in Tennessee, and especially Louisiana and Spanish West Florida, and following his descendants on down into Louisiana, to my area. I transcribe church records ( and other records), for our Genealogy Society, and put them into book form, also help preserve Cemetery records, and have done several books. I even learned how to do better searches on websites. :-) You are all a very caring group of people, with strong feelings and strong loyalties. America and the South needs you. A friend and neighbor, (and Retired Nurse Anesthetist), Ethel in the Bayou State.

ETHEL, what counties or parishes are you transcribing? are the books for sale? my family was in JEFFERSON, TUNICA, FRANKLIN, ADAMS counties, MISSISSIPPI & CATAHOULA, CONCORDIA, RAPIDES, ST. MARY, ST. LANDRY, parishes, LOUISIANA. RAWLS, BASS, ALSTON, mainly with a few others thrown in. I am so glad for you. I just wish all on this list can make great strides in their research. thanks and good luck Bobby RAWLS Big Spring, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethel Sacker" <paulsacker@centurytel.net> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:46 AM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Thank you > To all who shared opinions, dreams, deep feelings, frustrations, knowledge, information, etc. for the past several days, my appreciation to you. It was heart-warming, and informative. > I received much information on my ancestor, Eusebius Bushnell; enough to help me start the Book I want to do; highlighting his last years in Tennessee, and especially Louisiana and Spanish West Florida, and following his descendants on down into Louisiana, to my area. > I transcribe church records ( and other records), for our Genealogy Society, and put them into book form, also help preserve Cemetery records, and have done several books. > I even learned how to do better searches on websites. :-) > You are all a very caring group of people, with strong feelings and strong loyalties. America and the South needs you. > A friend and neighbor, (and Retired Nurse Anesthetist), > Ethel in the Bayou State. > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "The South--where roots, place, family, and tradition are the essence of identity." > --Social historian Carl N. Degler >

Bobby Rawls, I am publishing editor of our Allen Parish Genealogical and Historical Society, covering Allen Parish, LA. We publish a quarterly "CrossRoads", which is free to all our members. It includes genealogical and historical articles of interest to Allen Parish and surrounding areas.. We also have an exchange program with many other Societies and Libraries, including the LA State library. We accept articles and queries submitted for publication if they have any ties to our area or any persons. At present, I am putting into book form, The Congregational Church Records of Rev. Paul Leeds (1893 - 1957), a pioneer minister of our area, who started several mission churches in surrounding settlements, and kept excellent records. He also served the Coushatta Indian Tribe here, and started St. Peters Church for the Indians. I will be doing those records later. We have 3 Volumes completed: Marriages and Funerals; Congregational Church Records of Kinder - Vol. 1; and Bethany Congregational Church (Green Oak Settlement). There are about 4 more Vol. to go. We do sell these, with profits going to our Society and Library. If you are interested in more info, email me privately. I would like to have some of your Rawls research to include in my future book on Eusebius Bushnell. I have much info on the Bushnells, past and present. Two of Eusebius Bushnell's gr. grandsons were killed in the Civil War. They were brothers to my g-grandmother Lucrettia Bushnell Gordon. Thank you for your interest. Ethel.

For Ms Sacker--Do you have any Prather (Prater)'s in your file? am trying to climb a brick wall. thanks Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: Ethel Sacker To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Thank you Bobby Rawls, I am publishing editor of our Allen Parish Genealogical and Historical Society, covering Allen Parish, LA. We publish a quarterly "CrossRoads", which is free to all our members. It includes genealogical and historical articles of interest to Allen Parish and surrounding areas.. We also have an exchange program with many other Societies and Libraries, including the LA State library. We accept articles and queries submitted for publication if they have any ties to our area or any persons. At present, I am putting into book form, The Congregational Church Records of Rev. Paul Leeds (1893 - 1957), a pioneer minister of our area, who started several mission churches in surrounding settlements, and kept excellent records. He also served the Coushatta Indian Tribe here, and started St. Peters Church for the Indians. I will be doing those records later. We have 3 Volumes completed: Marriages and Funerals; Congregational Church Records of Kinder - Vol. 1; and Bethany Congregational Church (Green Oak Settlement). There are about 4 more Vol. to go. We do sell these, with profits going to our Society and Library. If you are interested in more info, email me privately. I would like to have some of your Rawls research to include in my future book on Eusebius Bushnell. I have much info on the Bushnells, past and present. Two of Eusebius Bushnell's gr. grandsons were killed in the Civil War. They were brothers to my g-grandmother Lucrettia Bushnell Gordon. Thank you for your interest. Ethel. ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== "A day without genealogy is like a day without coffee."