Nova Scotia to Louisiana

Venerable Valley Church moving to Louisiana - By Gordon Delaney
This is a fantastic story, but really quite sad that area church populations are dwindling. I wonder about the history of this 200 year old Anglican church that will be erected in Louisiana and become a Baptist church? Oh! if the walls could talk!

"It was built at the behest of Charles Inglis, the first Anglican bishop of Nova Scotia and the first Anglican bishop appointed outside Britain."

"A monument incorporating the church bell will be erected at the site near the cemetery."

In my mailbag:
Local reader learns about her German heritage
By Liz Morgan
Natchitoches Times

The Columbus Public Library blog recently blogged Louisiana's digital library collection.

IN my mailbag: Camp Claiborne, Minden Ghost Walk, Query, NOMA, Louisiana Books

From the LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 327
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:24:29 -0500
From: "Tudemurdog"
Subject: [LAORLEAN] GenealogyBank subscription
To:


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This is a HUGE find for me, a 10 year search!
Thanks!!
Judy, Great Dane rescuer, GA
www.petfinder.org/shelters/GA363.html
www.fullrunfarm.com




MINDEN CEMETERY
Event: "Minden Cemetery Ghost Walk"
"Don't Miss This Living History Lesson"
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: Saturday, November 14 at 12:00pm
End Time: Saturday, November 14 at 3:00pm
Where: Old Minden Cemtery Bayou Ave. off Pine Street


Louisiana Book Events for Nov & Dec 2009
Jan Brett will sign copies of her best-selling children’s book, The
Mitten: 20th Anniversary Edition, and her other titles at 5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13, at Barnes & Noble, 2590 CitiPlace, Baton Rouge.

The Bayou Writers of Lake Charles will host its annual conference,
this year titled A Bridge to Publication, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14, at the University United Methodist Church, 3501
Patrick St. in Lake Charles. The cost is $40 members, $45 non-members
or $50 at the door. Participants include Charles McGrew, editor and
publisher of Brown Street Press; Kathryn Casey, a Houston-based
journalist and author; Trent Angers, editor and publisher of Acadian
House Publishing and Melanie Rigney, former editor of Writer’s Digest
and owner of Editor for You, a publishing consultant firm. For more
information, visit http://bayouwriters group.org/ conference. htm.

John Besh will sign copies of his cookbook, My New Orleans, at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, at
Borders,
3338 St. Charles Ave. in
New Orleans.

Henri Schindler will sign copies of Mardi Gras Treasures at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Hubbell Public Library in Algiers Point, New
Orleans.

Dr. Marcia Gaudet of the UL English Department will speak to the
Writers Guild of Acadiana’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
17, at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston St.

Dr. Thomas Schoonover will sign Hitler’s Man in Havana from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the National World War II Museum in New
Orleans.

James Cobb signs No One Knows the Son at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at
Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston St. in Lafayette.

Timothy Weeks signs copies of his new Wise Mullet children’s book,
Goldie’s Search for Silver, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, during a
special storytime at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston St. in Lafayette

Dianne de Las Casas, author of The Cajun Cornbread Boy and Madame
Poulet and Monsieur Roach will sign copies of her books from 2 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Maple Street Bookshop, 7423 Maple St.
in New Orleans, and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, 1601 B West Bank Expressway in Harvey.

Chorale Acadienne performs Christmas carols at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov.
27, at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston St. in Lafayette.

Hans J. Sternberg will sign copies of We Were Merchants: The Sternberg
Family and the Story of Goudchaux's and Maison Blanche Department
Stores at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2590
CitiPlace Court in Baton Rouge. For information, call (225) 926-2600.

Lafayette Ballet presents excerpts from The Nutcracker at 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29, at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston
St.

Sheila Hebert Collins signs copies of her books and hosts a special
storytime at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at Barnes & Noble, 5707
Johnston St. Her books, which add a Cajun twist to old children's
favorites, include Les Trois Couchons (The Three Pigs).

Peggy Scott Laborde will sign copies of Christmas in New Orleans from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
3414 Highway 190 Ste. 10 in
Mandeville.

Gloria Teles Pushker, author of Toby Belfer Never Had a Christmas
Tree, will sign copies of her books Sunday, Nov. 22, at the New
Orleans Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans.

Camille Pavy Claibourne will sign copies of Dying in God’s Hands
after every Mass on Sunday, Nov. 29, at Sacred Heart Church and from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston St. in
Lafayette.

John Besh will sign copies of his cookbook, My New Orleans, at the
following locations: from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at
Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. in
New Orleans; Dec. 4 at the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. in New Orleans; from 10
a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at
Crescent City Farmers Market,
7214 St. Charles Ave. in
New Orleans.

“Cajun” Karl Breaux and Cheré Coen will sign copies of their
cookbook, Cooking in Cajun Country, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 12, at Barnes & Noble, 5707 Johnston in Lafayette.

***And more to come. Authors, if you have a signing between now and
the end of the year, please send the information to chere.coen@lusfiber.net
.

Chere Coen is the coauthor of Cooking in Cajun Country with "Cajun"
Karl Breaux and writes Louisiana Book News, a weekly book column
dedicated to Louisiana books and authors for the Gannett newspapers of
Louisiana. Read her reviews and news at www.LouisianaBookNe ws.com.

The 44th Odessey Ball
Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio at NOMA
On the magical night of Friday, November 13, 2009, NOMA will host the 44th Annual Odyssey Ball as the official unveiling of Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio. This fairy tale evening begins at 7:30 p.m. with a Patron Party and the musical storytelling of jazz trumpeter Jeremy Davenport. Grammy award-winning Zydeco muscian Terrence Simien, featured on the Princess and the Frog soundtrack, will also perform. A live auction will begin at 9 p.m. and will include a framed Lichtenstein silkscreen print as well as a NOMA rooftop party for 20. The event will also feature over 80 outstanding items available in the silent auction. Food will be provided by Palate New Orleans. For ticket information, please call (504) 658-4121, or visit www.noma.org

Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio showcases original artwork from legendary Disney animated films, including Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. The artworks, on loan from the Walt Disney Studio Animation Research Library, will be accompanied by film clips to demonstrate how individual sketches and paintings lead to a finished celluloid masterpiece. Organized by the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and the New Orleans Museum of Art, this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, which cannot be seen anywhere else, is set to coincide with the premiere of Disney's upcoming animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, set in New Orleans during the 1920s Jazz Age.



On Scribd Title: 1942 Camp Claiborne Camera Trip

Description: (1942) "Camp Claiborne (Louisiana) Camera Trip."

Message: "Camp Claiborne pictorial 1942"

URL:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19437721/1942-Camp-Claiborne-Camera-Trip?

West Bank Genealogy Society Meeting - CANCELED

From my mailbag:
WBGS Meeting Cancelled
Saturday November 14, 2009
All Day

Notes:
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the November membership meeting will be cancelled. Hope to see everyone for the Christmas party on December 12. See details on our calendar for that date. Happy Thanksgiving!

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Surname Distributions!

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Surname Distributions!

Looks like Canada and Germany win the award in having the most distribution for my family surname. I've used maps such as this one before and it does provide a bit of information on where you can find the surname you are researching. When you have run out of places to look... this one helps!

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
SAARLAND , GERMANY 770.19
GREVENMACHER , LUXEMBOURG 377.71
LUXEMBOURG , LUXEMBOURG 234.52
DIEKIRCH , LUXEMBOURG 164.31
SACHSEN , GERMANY 103.61

Top City
REHLINGEN-SIERSBURG , SAARLAND , GERMANY
MERZIG , SAARLAND , GERMANY
TRIER , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY
SAARBRÜCKEN , SAARLAND , GERMANY
DILLINGEN , SAARLAND , GERMANY

Top Country FPM
LUXEMBOURG 246.56
GERMANY 30.73
BELGIUM 18.34
CANADA 10.09
FRANCE 8.88

Louisiana Genealogy Blogs and Veterans Day

Yea! Another ancestor from Lousiana blogged and photographed in Genealogy Traces!
See photos of William Jasper Puckett and Annie Lewis Puckett.

Mike 's Genealogy Blog is tracing the Sharpe family and the Baldwin family in Louisiana.

Area Veterans Day Events
from The Advocate - online edition:

SUNDAY

• Flag ceremonies by the Alexander Sterling Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in East Feliciana Parish cemeteries: 9 a.m., Dawson Cemetery; and 3 p.m., Town of Jackson Cemetery, Clinton Masonic Cemetery and Redwood Cemetery, La. 412, Slaughter.
• 1 p.m.: “Veterans On Parade,” downtown Port Allen. (225) 344-2920.
• 2 p.m.: Veterans Day Ceremonies, Baker City Hall Park and Veterans Plaza, 3325 Groom Road, Baker.

TUESDAY

• 10:30 a.m.: Veterans Day parade by Head Start students and other children. Courthouse Square in Clinton.
• 11 a.m.: Program at the Louisiana War Veterans Home, 4739 La. 10, Jackson.

WEDNESDAY

• 7:30 a.m.: Veterans Day Flag Raising Ceremony, Bank of Zachary building, 4743 Main St., Zachary, with Zachary High School music group, Junior ROTC cadets and veterans participating.
• 8:20 a.m.: In Donaldsonville, Ascension Catholic Elementary School is saluting veterans with a Mass at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, followed by a program at the school. (225) 473-8540, Ext 250.
• 9 a.m.: Veterans Day program, West Feliciana High School Stadium.
• 9 a.m.: Veterans Day program, Scotlandville Magnet High School, 9870 Scotland Ave. The ceremony will feature the school’s JROTC Battalion, a cadet recognition ceremony and a drill team performance. A veteran will be the featured speaker. (225) 775-5187.
• 11 a.m.: Veterans Day program, Veterans Memorial Park on South Irma Boulevard in Gonzales. Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt Herman Deculas, a Vietnam War veteran, is set as the guest speaker and a choir made up of student from East Ascension, Dutchtown and St. Amant high schools will sing patriotic music. Food will be served.
• Noon: Veterans Day reception, Brusly Town Hall, Brusly.
• 3 p.m.: Iberville Salute to Veterans, Iberville Veterans Memorial, White Castle. (225) 929-9661.