USGenWeb Moved Again - Bandwith Issues?

The search engine on USGenWeb's Louisiana pages has been down for some time since the move. Evidently, they have discovered that it was taking up too much bandwith, according to the LAORLEAN mailing list dated June 24, 2008. The following excerpt is from the list.

usgenwebarchives.org has been changed to usgenwebarchives.net

the new search engine is at
http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchla.htm

Orleans Parish is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans.htm
Jefferson Parish is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/jefferso.htm
all of Louisiana can be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm

Please pass along that not all states are completed yet, but Louisiana is
and ready to search.

La Raconteur, a publication of Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane

Louisiana Genealogy Connections weekly update

Upcoming events on Louisiana Genealogy Connections

Jun 24 Tuesday
7:00 PM	German Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Soc
Jun 28 Saturday
1:00 PM Terrebonne L	Terrebonne Parish Gen. Soc. Meeting

Louisiana's genealogy magazines outstanding
Damon Veach, The Advocate, June 22, 2008


La Raconteur Index 1984 - 2007 search for your surnames in the available indexes on-line from Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane. Publications from Le Comite also offer full index searching.
For more information on Le Comité des Archives, please contact treasurer Judy Riffel via e- mail at riffelj@bellsouth.net or write the society at P.O. Box 1547, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1547.

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME IV, 1984 (27 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME V, 1985 (4 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME VI, 1986 (24 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME VII, 1987 (18 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME VIII, 1988 (27 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME IX, 1989 (74 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME X, 1990 (84 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XI, 1991 (72 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XII, 1992 (81 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XIII, 1993 (106 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XIV, 1994 (79 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XV, 1995 (70 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XVI, 1996 (84 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XVII, 1997 (84 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XVIII, 1998 (113 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XIX, 1999 (113 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XX, 2000 (110 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XXI, 2001 (151 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XXII, 2002 (171 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XXIII, 2003 (148 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XXIV, 2004 (141 KB)

LE RACONTEUR INDEX, VOLUME XXV, 2005 (149 KB)

Le Raconteur Index, Volume XXVI, 2006 (150 KB)

Le Raconteur Index, Volume XXVII, 2007 (116 KB)

Services from the NOPL and Family History Centers

From the LAORLEAN mailing list at bit of information that may save a dollar or two when conducting research on early marriages in Louisiana on microfilm.

"...Given that it now costs $5.50 per roll to order microfilm through a
Family History Center, you might want to consider ordering a copy of the
license through the Louisiana Division of the NOPL. They charge $3.00
to look it up and mail you a photocopy..."

You can send a request to:
Louisiana Division/City Archives
New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112

See:
http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/louinfo2.htm
and
http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/louinfo2.htm#marriages
and
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/neh/nehva.htm#va6



Family History Centers in Louisiana, United States
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/FHC_Results.asp?FHCCountry=United+States&FHCStateProv=LA&FHCCounty=&FHCCity=&submit=Search

About Family History Centers
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_about.asp

Alexandria Louisiana
611 Versailles Blvd
Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 318-448-1842
Hours: W 6pm-9pm; Th 10am-5pm; Sat 10am-2pm
Closed: 2 weeks over Christmas & New Years.

Baker Louisiana
4901 Harding St
Baker, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 225-775-0383
Hours: T-Th 9am-1pm, 6pm-9pm; Sat by appt only
Closed: Closed November 23-25; December 21-27th .

Baton Rouge Louisiana
10335 Highland Rd
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 225-769-8913
Hours: T 1pm-3:30pm; Th 10am-1pm, 4pm-7pm; Sat 9am-12pm
Closed: Closed Thanksgiving Week; Christmas closing 2 weeks.

Denham Springs Louisiana
25367 Riverton Ave
Denham Springs, Livingston, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 225-664-8979
Hours: T-W 9am-12pm, 6:30pm-9pm

Gonzales Louisiana
502 Hwy 30
Gonzales, Ascension, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 225-644-0581
Hours: T 9am-1pm; T-W 6pm-8pm

Lafayette Louisiana
116 E Bluebird Dr
Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 337-984-7182
Hours: T 9am-12pm; 7pm-9pm W, Th 7pm-9pm;

Monroe Louisiana
909 N 33rd St
Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 318-322-7009
Hours: T 12pm-4pm; Th 12pm-7pm; call for an appt.
Closed: Thanksgiving Week & 2 weeks for Christmas

New Orleans Louisiana
5025 Cleveland Pl
Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 504-885-3936
Hours: T-Th 9am-12pm.
Closed: Holidays.

Opelousas Louisana
300 Plantation Rd
Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 337-942-8081
Hours: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

Ruston Louisiana
205 West Woodhaven Road
Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 318-255-8379
Hours: W 6pm-8pm or by appointment

Shreveport Louisiana
200 Carroll St
Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 318-861-6754
Hours: T,W 9am-7pm; 3rd Sat 9am-1pm
Closed: Thanksgiving week. 2 weeks from Christmas thru New Years.

Slidell Louisiana
112 Rue Esplanade
Slidell, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 985-641-3982
Hours: T 9am-2pm; W 9am-2pm.

Thibodaux Louisiana
3415 Little Black Bayou Rd
Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 985-876-0221
Hours: W 7pm-9pm; Also by appointment

Winnfield Louisiana
8991 Hwy 501
Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States
Phone: 318-628-6945
Hours: Th 1pm-9pm

Washington Parish 1850 Census On-line

Washington Parish, Louisiana 1850 Census is now on-line thanks to Mae and Doug Davis' transcription efforts. The website offers a search engine for all transcriptions available at the USGenWeb Census Project at the bottom of the page.

http://www.us-census.org/search.html

There is also a website at the National Archives that offers tips and clues from Census records for genealogy taken from an essay, "Clues in Census Records, 1850-1920," The Record, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1998): 26-27

What I found the most interesting at the website was how to make your own microfilm reader. Check this link out! It is amazing. "...The flashlight is pushed through one of the holes and secured to the side of the milk carton..."

An Introduction to Good Querys and my Genealogy Groups

If you are a beginning genealogy researcher there is even a Yahoo! Group, learngen, that is associated with an on-line interactive tutorial, Researching Your Family Tree: An Introduction to Genealogy.

Posting a good query is often overlooked by the beginning genealogy researcher. I have seen my fair share of bad query's on message boards. Here are a few tips that I've found on-line in posting to message boards and mailing lists.

Here is a handy checklist for a good query. You won't always be able to do everything listed. If, for instance, you are announcing a grand McCorkle reunion in Pocatello, you won't put a specific individual's name in the heading. You won't always know all seven facts about the individuals, either; if you did, you probably wouldn't be posting a query about them.

* Read a dozen posts before you compose your first. You'll see good ones and bad ones.
* Put a specific name, spouse and date in the heading.
* Give as many of the basic seven facts (birth date and place, marriage date and place, death date and place, spouse's name) as you can for each individual.
* Name the county and state or province for each town or township. Name the country if it isn't obvious.
* Many people consider using all capital letters to be SHOUTING, and genealogy query boards to be a libraries. Use regular upper and lower case.
* If you post the same query on more than one board, say so. It is frustrating for a researcher to spend 15 minutes replying to a post on the Logan County board only to find out someone else already answered you on the Smith surname board.
* Don't post the dates of living people.
* Put a blank line between paragraphs.

The better your post, the better a chance you have of connecting to someone who can help you.

Advice from URL:
http://www.tedpack.org/goodpost.html


How to post a Message Board Query

More is Less

More information lessens confusion. If your message is content rich and detailed, it will lend itself more toward attracting appropriate responses. For instance, if you are planning on writing a message about John Smith who married Mary Jones, you'd better list more about them than just their names in your message! Otherwise, because of the common occurrence of the Smith and Jones surnames, you'll have way too many people responding to your inquiry. So, it's important to include enough information about the people you're seeking so that everyone will know exactly who they are, or at least how to positively identify them. The greater the details you can provide about when and where your subjects lived, the greater your chance of linking up with people seeking the same individuals. Some items that will help others identify common family members include these:

#Full name, including any middle names or initials
#Birth, marriage, and death dates
#Places where the above events occurred
#Residence and migration
#Names of their children and/or parents

Example: Henry Tewksbury, Jr. was born 15 Dec 1664 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, the son of Henry and Martha (Copp) Tewksbury. Henry, Jr. married Hannah _______ sometime between 1685 and 1693. They had children: Henry, Jonathan, Hannah, Philip, Naomi, Jean, John, Abner and James. I would like to know the maiden name of Henry's wife, Hannah. I haven't been able to find Henry and Hannah's marriage record in Newbury or nearby Amesbury, Massachusetts. I know that Henry was reported as "of Amesbury" in 1723 from a land deed. I also know that some of his children married in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Other than this, I have very little information on the time or place of his death or that of his wife. If anyone can help fill in the blanks, please contact me -

Extract From URL: http://www.progenealogists.com/messageboards.htm

May 2008

YourFamily.com Message Query Board
http://www.yourfamily.com/roots/yourfam.mv?xc=Add&xo=yfmsg&xn=203&xt=bulletin


When I said that I belong to many groups, I meant it! Here is the old list of groups from my MSN pages:

MSN Groups

MSN Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
A Genealogy Experience
GenPals 2003
Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
Ancestors R US

GenHavenStatePages

AGenealogyExperienceSocialSidebar

HelpingEachOtherWithGenealogy
HistoryChronicles

MYFAMILYANDYOURS

RivermenRiverboats

Yahoo Groups

Ark_La_Partners_In_Genealogy

avoyellesroots

Colonial_Louisiana

DEADFREDdotCOM
Genealogy_Bookmarks

lafamilyresearch
lahistory
lasavinggraves
louisiana_genealogy
Louisiana_Roots

LouisianaandRelatedFamilies
LOUISIANASEARCHERS
MississippiGenealogy
nogen
NW-LA-PARISHES
OliveTreeGenealogy
Red-bone
Southeast_Genealogy
southern_states
STMP_Roots
sttammmanylibrarygen_2007
WestBankGenealogySociety
WestLaHisGenSoc

Google Groups

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.surnames.global?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/dallas-and-surrounding-areas-genealogy-metting-group?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/flgen?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/Genealogy?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.misc?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.methods?hl=en