Very correct. I saw pictures of some cemeteries over the last few days in LA and MS completely under water or above ground structures opened up with coffins scattered. This alone is going to take some serious accurate work to replace the proper burials in the proper places. The good news is alot of records these days are electronic and also on the Internet so there are several copies. From an IT standpoint, there should be backup tapes for their electronicly stored documentation. From an historical standpoint, we are seeing similar effects that the Civil War had on these types of records and also storm effects of the "old" days. Think about what effect a normal storm could have had on some of those old structures that housed records and how easily files were destroyed. It is sad to think about the history that could be lost, but then again that is what our great hobby is for, to preserve the past for future generations. I know many people that have researched in these areas and even written books on family, records and local history. This is something that our hobby has done to help in situations like this. BTW, there are already thousands in D/FW now they say and I heard this morning they are bringing in 25 thousand more this weekend. Reunion Arena and the Dallas Conv Center are being used for displaced citizens. We will get through this as a country just like all the other natural disaters and it will renew a hope in our country. Drew Slate Fort Worth, Tx > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2005/09/02 Fri AM 10:24:55 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Re: Not genealogy--Hurricane victims > > It is not just the vital records, but cemeteries, churches and their > records, historic buildings, and so much more that were destroyed. It is > just unimaginable what these people and their families outside that area > have been through in the past several days. > > Please do what you are able to do to help the refugees that may be in your > area. Walker Co TX initially had over 500 here in our county and last > night they moved 350 more from the Houston Astrodome to the Red Cross > shelter in Huntsville. And I know just about every county in East Texas > has a lot of people that have fled Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. > > Charles Lawson > Huntsville, TX > > > At 11:41 PM 9/1/2005 , you wrote: > >I am sorry if this is not what is suppose to be talked about in here, but I > >just wanted to say to all the members of this list...I pray that all of the > >families kin to all of you, that were in the path of Hurricane Katrina are > >accounted for, save, dry and out of harms way. I also send heart felt > >prayers to > >those that did not make it and their family members too.God bless > >Louisiana and > >all the other Gulf coast areas that were hit. Thanks. > > > >Debra > > > >P.S. So much for vital records of the great state of Louisiana....they > >probably are gone. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >