In a message dated 6/17/2007 1:42:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.louisiana.parishes.ea stfeliciana/498/mb.ashx Well, the post was done by someone who wishes to remain anonymous!!!! I can understand using an alias for the internet, such as a mother's maiden name, but remaining anonymous??? How will you ever meet any cousins that way? One of the easier ways to find out if a family was lurking in or about one of the Feliciana Parishes [they were one in the beginning, or the American beginning!] is to use the BLM website to learn if any family members may have claimed land held by the Federal Government. This is the URL - type in the surname, in this case, Mulkey, and then the State, such as Louisiana, parts of which were in *american* terms Mississippi Territory in the beginning, _http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/_ (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) Check the wife's maiden name and any of the collaterals you know about. People did not in the beginning generally come as a single family. For protection, and in case of death of one of the marital partners, for chld care, etc. Some of the earliest settlers may be listed in American State Papers, some compiled by Walter Lowrie, but you almost need an index called Grassroots of America to use the land claims. Grassroots of America has been microfiched by the Family History Library, and it seems to me, each LDS Family History Center east of Florida and before Texas should have this microfiche. The author is Philip W. McMullin on the LDS website - _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Check on the catalog--on the right side of the screen, almost hidden away If this microfiche is NOT at your local FHC, I highly recommend that you order it. Each fiche currently costs 15 cents apiece--cheaper than a US first class stamp!!! There are 6 microfiche of Grassroots of America. This is the number of the Fiche 6051323 These list the private claims to this land. I found my folks in Wilkinson Co., MS and in Feliciana Parish, LA in Grassroots of America [common surnames, but seven brothers and a brother-in-law and a father-in-law] and from there I was able to go the Gayles [spelling?] and Seaton version of American State Papers. These are hefty books, found in BIG libraries, such as University libraries. They were published for the US Congress. E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.