New members and visitors to Louisiana Genealogy Blogs

I'd like to welcome new members to the Yahoo Group and say thanks for the following cities/towns recent visits to the blog this week from Missouri, Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi, Huntsville, Alabama; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Sumiton, Alabama; Beaumont, Texas; and Yazoo City, Mississippi. I've heard of the city or town of  Louisiana, Missouri, but I've never heard of  a Missouri, Texas!  That was a treat. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day.  I spent my weekend searching local graveyards and cemeteries for a 3rd great uncle's grave.  I couldn't find him so I placed a call to the cemetery, who said that they recognized the name and have seen his grave on occassion.  The cemetery said that they would locate him on a cemetery plot map for me and I am waiting to hear back from them.  I will likely call back today to see if they've looked up his location in their archives.  The cemetery is split into three sections and is rather large, so I'm sure there are several books of plot information to look into for locations.  I hope to know soon.  My 3rd great uncle had no immediate family in the 1930's and he was buried by members of the Eagles.

Louisiana Genealogisphere

From my mailbag this morning:

West Bank Genealogy Society Yahoo Group

WBGS Membership Meeting
Saturday May 23, 2009
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Westwego Library, 635 4th St., Westwego, LA

Notes:
Speaker: Rita Tonglet
Topic: Colonial Louisiana Research

GENCOM - (Bossier and Caddo Parishes) Computer Genealogy Group - North Louisiana
This genealogy group escaped me until this morning.


LADESOTO and Louisiana GenForum post needs help locating Snider Cemetery in DeSoto Parish. Snider cemetery is NOT located on Martin's site, LA-Cemeteries.com, however, there are several UNKNOWN cemeteries with one cemetery listed in the vacinity of Mansfield, Louisiana. Additionally, USGS lists several locations with that surname, but not in DeSoto Parish:

Snyder Memorial Museum	546730	Building	Morehouse	324644N	0915340W	LA	Bastrop	45	148	-	01-JAN-1993
Snyder Cemetery	549265	Cemetery	Madison	321447N	0910932W	LA	Somerset	26	85	-	01-APR-1993
Snyder Brake	541678	Swamp	Franklin	320658N	0913556W	LA	Como	19	62	-	01-DEC-1991

Did you know that there is a Digital Library of American Slavery? Well, the library boasts over 2,410 entries for the state of Louisiana from 1775 - 1867.

Underwritten by a "We the People" grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Digital Library on American Slavery is a cooperative venture between the Race and Slavery Petitions Project and the Electronic Resources and Information Technology Department of University Libraries at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The Digital Library offers a searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. Designed as a tool for scholars, historians, teachers, students, genealogists, and interested citizens, the site provides access to information gathered and analyzed over an eighteen-year period from petitions to southern legislatures and country courts filed between 1775 and 1867 in the fifteen slaveholding states in the United States and the District of Columbia. Digital Library on American Slavery

Slave recalls her time spent in Louisiana post from LAORLEAN list.

Flickr: George A Cummings

GeneaBlogie's Louisiana research:

Sometimes when you run up against a brick wall, you may have to go a long way in a parallel or perpendicular path to get around the brick wall. True in physics, true in life, true in genealogy. In illustration of that point, we've been trying for a long time to get past the brick wall represented by my great-grandfather, Richard William Gines, who was born in Bossier Parish, Louisiana in about 1860. He lived most of his life in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, and presumably died there between 1900 .... more

Read more about Acadian Books from the acadianroots blog.

Caddo Indians

Caddo (contracted from Kä'dohädä'cho, 'Caddo proper,' `real Caddo,' a leading tribe in the Caddo confederacy, extended by the whites to include the confederacy).
A confederacy of tribes belonging to the southern group of the Caddoan linguistic family. Their own name is Hasínai, our own folk.' See Kadohadacho. -- Caddo Indian History

Caddo Indian Divisions

"On June 25-26, 1835, some 489 Caddo gathered at the Caddo Agency seven or eight miles south of Shreveport on Bayou Pierre and on July 1, 1835, they agreed to sell to the United States approximately one million acres of land in the area above Texarkana, Arkansas, south to De Soto Parish, Louisiana (Swanton 1942). Two chiefs, Tarsher (Wolf) and Tsauninot, were the leaders of the Caddoan groups present at the land cession.

Present also at the land cession was their interpreter, Larkin Edwards, a man they regarded so highly that they reserved him a sizable piece of land (McClure and Howe 1937; Swanton 1942). Further; the treaty reserved a sizable block of land for the mixed Caddo-French Grappe family. Descended from a Kadohadacho woman and a French settler, Francois Grappe had served his people well. His efforts to protect not only the Caddo, but also the Bidai and others in East Texas, from American traders had resulted in his termination as chief interpreter for the American agents. The Caddoan people continued to respect and honor him.

The Caddo were to be paid $80,000, of which $30,000 was in goods delivered at the signing, and the remainder in annual $10,000 installments for another five years. Immediately Tarsher led his people into Texas and settled on the Brazos River; much to the chagrin of Texas authorities (Gullick 1921). Another group, led by Chief Cissany, stayed in Louisiana. They lived near Caddo Station in 1842 (seven years after the land cession). Texicans actually invaded the United States to insist that the Caddos disarm, the rumor in Texas being that the American agent had armed the Caddo and made incendiary remarks regarding the new republic. The Louisiana chiefs offered to go to Nacogdoches as hostages to show their good faith, but the Texicans refused them on the grounds it might mean recognition of Caddoan land rights and polity in Texas (Gullick 1921).

Eventually these Louisiana Caddo left-their credit was cut off by local merchants, their payments ended, and the United States protection was failing-and headed for the Kiamichi River country in Oklahoma. The Caddoan presence in Louisiana, after a millennium, or more, was over." -- The Caddo Indians of Louisiana

View a transcript and a three page .jpg images of a 1904 document of the land transfer.

"On May 19, 1836, members of the Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo tribes attacked Fort Parker. According to historian John Henry Brown, the attack killed or seriously wounded seven of the residents of the fort, including the Elder John Parker and Silas Parker, the father of Cynthia Ann. Five captives were taken during the attack including Cynthia Ann and her brother John.

History.com explains that kidnapping was not uncommon during attacks in this time period, and also not uncommon was the use of ransom for return. After the Fort Parker kidnappings, most of the captives were eventually returned for ransom, but Cynthia Parker, who was 9 at the time, remained with the Comanche. According to Innerspace, Parker was given to a Tenowish Comanche couple and was raised as a Comanche. " -- On This Day: Cynthia Ann Parker Kidnapped

Please visit Caddo Parish History for more about Caddo Indians.

Footnotes on Bonnie and Clyde

EOGN May 6, 2009 post about Bonnie and Clyde: The following was written by Footnote: Notorious gangsters, Bonnie and Clyde, ignited the citizens of the United States during their two-year crime spree. The public idolized their Robin Hood attitude during the Great Depression and watched with great interest while Bonnie and Clyde traveled around the country robbing and killing. After burglarizing dozens of banks and stores, as well as killing over twelve people, including nine police officers, the police eventually caught up to the duo in Louisiana. On May 23, 1934, near Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush. The police riddled their car with over one hundred rounds, killing both inside. Their death ended the famous crime spree, but immortalized this famous couple in America's memory. Bonnie and Clyde symbolized tragic love, rebellious youth, and the problems of an entire generation trying to get ahead in the desperate age of the Great Depression. Bonnie and Clyde Footnote Page - Click Here Newspaper Article Reporting their Death - Click Here Photo of Bonnie and Clyde - Click Here The Algerine has more about Bonnie and Clyde in the No. 15 issue available for $3.00. Last year, I blogged a newspaper article by Floyd Largent who wrote a two part series on  Bonnie and Clyde complete with tombstone photos. LSU Special Collections has more information on audio tape about Bonnie and Clyde, too, listed in their index of "finding aids" to special collections. Karen Burney has even blogged Bonnie and Clyde: Bonnie and Clyde's Louisiana connection

East Carroll Parish Genealogy

There is a new Louisiana Genealogy Blogger I would like to introduce to you.  The East Carroll Parish Genealogy blog was added to the list of Louisiana Genealogy Bloggers today.  Be sure to stop by and catch up with East Carroll Parish history. I am going to have to count the number of Louisiana genealogy bloggers out there one day.  The list keeps growing and growing.  The list of Louisiana Researchers - Louisiana Surnames keeps growing too.  It is well on its way to page three.

Footnotes on Bonnie and Clyde

EOGN May 6, 2009 post about Bonnie and Clyde: The following was written by Footnote: Notorious gangsters, Bonnie and Clyde, ignited the citizens of the United States during their two-year crime spree. The public idolized their Robin Hood attitude during the Great Depression and watched with great interest while Bonnie and Clyde traveled around the country robbing and killing. After burglarizing dozens of banks and stores, as well as killing over twelve people, including nine police officers, the police eventually caught up to the duo in Louisiana. On May 23, 1934, near Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush. The police riddled their car with over one hundred rounds, killing both inside. Their death ended the famous crime spree, but immortalized this famous couple in America's memory. Bonnie and Clyde symbolized tragic love, rebellious youth, and the problems of an entire generation trying to get ahead in the desperate age of the Great Depression. Bonnie and Clyde Footnote Page - Click Here Newspaper Article Reporting their Death - Click Here Photo of Bonnie and Clyde - Click Here The Algerine has more about Bonnie and Clyde in the No. 15 issue available for $3.00. Last year, I blogged a newspaper article by Floyd Largent who wrote a two part series on  Bonnie and Clyde complete with tombstone photos. LSU Special Collections has more information on audio tape about Bonnie and Clyde, too, listed in their index of "finding aids" to special collections. Karen Burney has even blogged Bonnie and Clyde: Bonnie and Clyde's Louisiana connection

Upcoming events on Louisiana Genealogy Connections

Upcoming events on Louisiana Genealogy Connections May 21 Thursday 6:30PM Lafayette Pub Lafayette Genealogical Society

More and more Louisiana Genealogy and History

I have added Red River Sankofa to the list of Louisiana Genealogy Bloggers.  It is wonderful to see and read more Louisiana Genealogy Blogs!  The website describes cemetery preservation efforts of African American cemeteries in Northwest Louisiana - a bonus for this Graveyard Rabbit.  You should visit the Red River Sankofa  blog and website to read up on what is being researched and cemetery preservation efforts underway in Belcher, Louisiana. More Louisiana Genealogy Events From the West Bank Genealogy Society Yahoo Group: Genealogical Research Society of N.O. Meeting Monday May 18, 2009 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm (The next reminder for this event will be sent in 2 days, 4 minutes.) Location: Whitney Bank, Metairie Road Branch, 1441 Metairie Road, Metairie, LA Notes: The GRSNO May meeting will be held on Monday, May 18, 2009 at Whitney National Bank, Metairie Branch, 1441 Metairie Rd. at 7:30 pm. The speaker will be Roy Rogge. The topic is "Self-Publishing your Family History." Lighted parking is available in the lot behind the bank which can be entered from Codifer Ave. Please join us for this informative talk and light refreshments. The Documentary film "Swimming Against the Holy See" will be shown Wednesday, May 13 at 7 pm at Deustches Haus. Some of you may be interested in viewing this film about the closing of Catholic Churches in NO. ============ Algiers Historical Society This Saturday's Algiers Historical Society event is going to be a particularly useful one.  Our neighbor, AHS co-founder and Algiers historian, Kevin Herridge will be presenting Tips on Researching Your Family, Your Home, Your City & More.  10 a.m. at the Carriage House behind the Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan, Algiers Point.  It's free and there will be coffee and cookies, thanks to our sponsor, Gizelle Richard, DDS.  If you would like to become a sponsor and support our Algiers Oral History program, or simply make a donation or become an AHS member, email amyhubbell@aol.com or call me at 504.322.7479. The Algiers Historical Society was formed to promote and preserve the history of Algiers, through both formal historical research and the encouragement of storytelling by natives and long-time residents.  This history is shared through a quarterly newsletter called the "Algerine", and through monthly meetings.  And soon it will be shared through audio recordings and an audio walking tour, pending completion of o ur oral history project.   Our monthly meetings are entertaining as well as informative, with different speakers and topics each month.  They are held on the third Saturday of each month, usually at the Algiers Museum (directly behind the Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan Street) at 10:00am.  Doors open at 9:45am. Free subscriptions of the "Algerine" are available to local libraries and schools. Thanks again, Amy 504-322-7479 Amy Hubbell President, Algiers Historical Society 305 Delaronde Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70114    _________________________________________ Algiers Historical Society http://algierspoint.org/AHS/ algiershistory@yahoo.com Amy Hubbell, President amyhubbell@aol.com Frank Wagner, Vice President/Secretary custer1012@cox.net Kevin Herridge, Newsletter Editor cockney@bellsouth.net Art Patron, Membership Chair Aspatron@aol.com Russ Van Dyke, Treasurer 235 Lavergne St. New Orleans, LA  70114 (504) 227-8249 banjoruss@yahoo.com

WGHA Meeting May 16, 2009

 

 

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[LACATAHO] WGHA Meeting May 16, 2009

via Rootsweb.com RSS Feed for LACATAHO by "Delores" <mcfa4622@bellsouth.net> on 5/11/09

The Winn Parish Genealogical and Historical Association will hold its
meeting Saturday, May 16, 2009. Open to the public, the meeting will be
held on the second floor of the Winn Parish Health Unit building, 301-A
Main, Winnfield, LA. The stairs are located at the rear of the building.

Our Library will be open at 9:30 A. M., for anyone to use. The business meeting will start at 10:30 A.M., followed by our program.

Our program for the day, will be with Jack Crain giving a History of the Crain's around Sikes, LA. This should be a very interesting talk so no one needs to miss this.

We will begin work on our Journal this Sat also, so some of you might like to learn more on what is done to put it together.

If you can not attend but would like to share some of your old pictures, obits, recipes or just anything for our journal you may please mail something to our mailing address;

Winn Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1357
Winnfield, LA. 71483-1357

OR
email us
winngha@yahoo.com


Don't forget to bring your favorite dish so all can try !!

Looking forward to seeing you Sat !!

Delores Prince McFarland
WGHA-Secretary

 

 

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Louisiana Genealogy Events

Upcoming events on Louisiana Genealogy Connections May 12 Tuesday 6:00 PM La Societe des Cajuns May 14 Thursday 7:30 pm John Calvin Jefferson Genealogical Society

2,650 sites pertaining to genealogy and Louisiana on Geocities to vanish

Updated : http://reocities.com/neighborhoods/ - Geocities Archive
See also Internet Archive's Wayback Machine


The closure of Geocities free websites has the potential of affecting 2,650 pages pertaining to genealogy and Louisiana according to Google. A simple Google search of genealogy Louisiana site:http://www.geocities.com.

You can get a free site with 350MB of space with this referral on WebNG.

Louisiana flu folkmedicine

I am hoping that this so called "swine flu" scare is over. It is just what people in 1918 thought, too when the 1919 pandemic hit Louisiana. I Googled LAGenWeb with 111 results for flu in the archives.

I found this bit of folklore concerning the pandemic of 1918 in Louisiana.

"One doctor in New Orleans believed sulfur would "kill the germ." He advised his patients to "put a small amount of sulfur in each shoe each morning, and goodbye influenza." To make sure the sulfur was "working," he told his patients to carry a silver dollar in their pockets. According to the doctor, the silver would change color in reaction to the sulfur emitted by the body." URL

Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana

News about Louisiana Cemeteries from Google Alerts taphophiles.blogspot.com
May 6, 2009

The following article was published on April 29, 2009 where it indicated that work was
tentatively scheduled for TODAY.

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/apr/29/news/chi-ap-la-shreveportcemeter

Michigan archaeologist to study ex-pauper cemetery

Associated Press

SHREVEPORT, La. - An archaeologist from Michigan wants to use remote sensing equipment to look for graves in a ravine once used for pauper burials at Shreveport's Greenwood Cemetery – and possibly also to bury Civil War soldiers.

Weather permitting, Ronald Bacon of Superior Environmental in Wixom, Mich., planned to start Wednesday in the area called "The Dell."

The work should take a day or two, he said. The first pass over the ground uses an electromagnetic induction device, with ground penetrating radar for more detailed looks.

The Shreveport Garden Study Club plans a small lake and a columbarium – wall spaces for cremated remains – in the area, which occupies about four acres of the 72-acre, 110-year-old cemetery.

That area and an adjacent strip of private land also may hold unmarked graves of more than 150 Union and Confederate soldiers who died at the nearby Shreveport Marine Hospital.

Grave locations will determine where digging is allowed, said Susan Hardtner, head of the garden club's Greenwood Cemetery project.

Areas with graves may be flooded or built on, as long as there's no digging, she said.

On May 9, a morning cleanup and lecture are planned at Greenwood Cemetery, and an afternoon cleanup is planned at Star Cemetery.

School groups come to Greenwood Cemetery to learn local history, and the pond – planned to include a wetland and the sorts of trees found as land rises from swamp to higher ground – will allow natural history lessons as well, Hardtner said.

Several Shreveport mayors, a governor, hundreds of military personnel, famous musicians and painters and philanthropists are buried there.

The Star Cemetery, opened in 1883, was Shreveport's first cemetery for and operated by African-Americans. It holds graves of pioneer and early community leaders, of at least one black Civil War veteran and veterans of other wars through the Korean War.

The one Civil War marker is for Jackson Fisher, was born into slavery, served in the 97th U.S. Colored Troops and died in a fire in 1940 when he was 93.

See other posts about Shreveport cemeteries

Updating my story page

Searched Footnote today for articles on hurricane Audrey. Didn't find any exclusively written in Louisiana - or I very possibly didn't search hard enough. I updated my Footnote Story Page, began a hurricane Audrey page, and a Louisiana missing page. You can check out my profile on Footnote here. I also created a Louisiana surnames - Louisiana researchers page which should allow anyone to contribute to the page.

Legislation, Group and Parish updates

Here's what's new in my Louisiana mailbag today. I've updated the surname list on the website and added the forum to the introduction to this blog today. There are several new files that have been added to the group. I have updated the lists of files available and surname files in the group. There is still no search feature available in the group. I'm cross posting to the Google group in the mean time where recent messages and blog posts may be searched.

LAORLEAN mailing list posted a notice about the Notarial Archives in my mailbox today.

There was some discussion on this list a while back about the problems the Notarial Archives was having. I found this bill in the legislature to raise their fees.

http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=642815

Judy Riffel Baton Rouge

Excerpt from the document URL given above:

§181.7. Notarial archives records; fees
A. The clerk of court, as ex officio recorder, shall charge the following 9
for notarial archives records: 10
(1) The sum of twenty dollars for each act, contract, or other instrument 11
filed. 12
(2) The sum of thirty dollars for each sketch, blueprint, or survey. 13
B. Five dollars from each fee collected is to be dedicated to microfilm or 14
other imaging projects with the remainder to be deposited for the notarial 15
archives division of the clerk's office to be used only for the expenses and 16
maintenance of such office. 17

Present law provides that the clerk of court of the 41st Judicial District Court shall be the
parish recorder of conveyances, mortgages and other acts for the parish of Orleans.
Authorizes the clerk to collect all charges and fees which are in effect on January 1, 2009,
for the recordation of such records and documents. Provides that any increase or decrease
in fees shall be as provided by the legislature.
Present law provides that, for notarial archives records, the clerk will charge for records as
follows:
1. $10 Per act, up to 10-pages.
2. $10 Additional, for each 5-page increment thereafter.
3. $20 Survey larger than 8.5" x 14".
4. $15 Incorrect margin surcharge.
5. $10 Incorrect paper-size surcharge.
Proposed law provides that, for notarial archives records, the clerk shall charge for records
as follows:
1. $20 Each act, contract, or other instrument.
2. $30 Each sketch, blue print, or survey.
Proposed law provides that $5 from each fee collected is dedicated to microfilm or other
imaging projects with the remainder to be deposited for the notarial archives division of the
clerk's office to be used only for the expenses and maintenance of such office.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.

The Notorial Archives have had funding issues. This post was posted in February 2009 to the H-NET mailing list.
For several months the rumor has been circulating that the New Orleans Notarial Archives Research Center (NARC) might have to close, and that the books containing the handwritten acts of the notaries might become inaccessible. These notarial acts, dating from 1733 to 1970, deal with the buying and selling of real estate and slaves, slave emancipations, marriage contracts, acknowledgment of children born outside of marriage, powers of attorney, wills, matters relating to the settlement of a deceased person's estate (called the succession in Louisiana), and various other busines s agreements.
Read more at H-NET

Updated mailing lists of interest:

LAOUICHITA - looking for information on burial place of John Coleman Minor
UNION PARISH - a 3rd edition of "The Descendants ofWilliam Taylor and Catherine Gray" is available for purchase.
TENSAS PARISH - Routhwood Cemetery
Mosby, Green surnames
TANGIPAHOA - Where to find obit archives of the Hammond Daily Star ."archives for the Hammond Daily Star can be found at the Center for Southeastern Studies, you can get copies of articles for a fee. Their phone number is (985) 549-2151."
BIENVILLE PARISH - "I am searching for the burial site of my 3-great grandfather, Burton Dixon, born 1825, and died after 1900; also Myrtle Wright Dixon, who might have died prior to 1870; Catherine Dixon, born approx. 1855; Jesse Dixon, born 1/1887, and Susie, born 4/1892. Burton also owned property as indicated by the 1900 census. I found Catherine Dixon on the 1920 census. Any help would be greatly appreciated".
LAORLEAN - "...I was hoping if anyone was at the library they could possibly make a copy and I would be happy to reimburse them for their time. .."


WEST BANK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - long time member receives award for volunteer efforts...."Order of St. Louis Medallion" for her devotion and volunteer work at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Westwego. This honor will be presented to her on Sunday, May 3 at St. Louis Catheral by Archbishop Alfred Hughes."

NOGDCR - " Louisiana Creole Research Association, Inc. (LA Creole); Louisiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; and Tulane University present seminar on Lincoln and Free Blacks in Louisiana.

Event Date: May 9, 2009

As the entire nation observes this bicentennial year anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln, the three organizations above have planned a seminar on a unique yet little known aspect of Lincoln history.

In March 1864, two free men of color from New Orleans met with leading abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and William Sumner, while en route to Washington, D.C. In the capitol city, they presented a petition of over 1,000 signatures of free men of color to President Lincoln. Throughout the Civil War, Lincoln and many of the leading abolitionists were aware of the loyal Unionist population of free blacks in Louisiana who had fought valiantly in the Union army.

On Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., a seminar titled "Cast Your Eyes Upon A Loyal Population": Lincoln and Louisiana's Free People of Color in Jones Hall at Tulane University. Four speakers are scheduled to speak, discussing the development of the free black community in New Orleans and their political activism.. For more information contact: Jari Honora."

Louisiana Genealogy Connections Calendar

Upcoming events on Louisiana Genealogy Connections May 9 Saturday TBA SOC: Chalmette National Cemetery Tour and Lecture 12 Winn Parish Genealogical & History Soc. May 10 Sunday 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm A Central Louisiana Genealogical Society

Trahan Family -includes Broussard, Thibodeaux and Acadians

From Louisiana GenForum

The Trahan Family will co-host a Gathering in Maurice, Louisiana on May 9, 2009 (day prior to Mother's Day).

The Gathering will include Broussard and Thibodeaux Families, and anyone else of Acadian Descent.

Gathering begins at 10:00am and lasts until 1:30pm, and will conclude with a meal for those caring to partake (at $10 a person for all over age 10 years; 10 years and younger attending with family, eat free) RSVP required by no later than May5, 2009.

RSVP whiskey6@cox.net, lgtrahan@cox.net, crbrouss@bellsouth.net, or telephone 337-989-0318.