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Seminole War - Louisiana Participants
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | August 18th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
From URL on August 17, 2008:http://floridafrontierguard.com/id18.html"Militia and Volunteer Units in the Seminole Wars"Louisiana:Aggregate: A total of 1,179 men from this state served in Florida between 1836-1838.Units:Colonel P.F. Smith's Regiment o read more
Searching for burial location, David Sanders, d. Feb. 25, 1815
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | August 13th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Surfing the net I found a query at Find A Grave that was quite interesting. It has been posted to the LAORLEAN, Louisiana Roots L, and Louisiana Genealogy Blog Yahoo! Group mailing lists. Please contact the original author, Charles W. Sanders cmsan read more
Larkin Edward's Louisiana
Eric Wilder | August 3rd 2008
My Aunt Dot is the family historian and probably knows more about north Louisiana than anyone alive. She sent me this interesting email after I published the piece on the Great Red River Raft. I’m passing it on for those of you as interested in t read more
Preserving the American Historical Record
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | July 10th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
This in from the LAORLEAN mailing list:EXCERPT FOLLOWSThe House of Representative will be voting on this July 10th. Thosewho want to support this will have that opportunity by following thelink in the note from NGS.-- Join the Act: Preserving the Ame read more
Group Think Tank - What other questions should be addressed with…
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | July 8th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Will the proposed action and the Draft EIS discuss the long-term plan for the preservation of the nine historical cemeteries affected?Has the State of Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism, Louisiana Unmarked Burial Sites Board been read more
Whitney Plantation, Creole Women, Slaves and Sugar
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | May 24th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
The New York Times published this story this morning. It is well worth a read. In addition, the following URLS are of interest. [ New York Times Article Driving Back Into Louisiana’s History By RON STODGHILL, a former staff writer for The Times, w read more
Sugar sugar
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | May 13th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Photo of sugar cane from Orleans LAGenWeb Archives postcards. Kettle from Moresi Foundry Inc.How many sugar kettles from Kentucky are still in Louisiana?Excerpt From URL"...In 1846-47 William Kelly built the New Union Forge at the present read more
Irish Creole
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | May 8th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Has anyone ever heard of Irish Creole? Recently, I found references in Civil War documents to "Irish Creoles". It was a surprise as I had never thought that the Irish could be considered Creole. However, the author of the Civil War document (simply read more
Louisiana Genealogy Yahoo! Groups
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | May 2nd 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
This is the most current list that I have of all of the Louisiana related Yahoo Genealogy Groups. There are a few more, I'm sure. You will have to watch out for spammy groups, though, as I've encountered a few of those types on Yahoo. Periodically read more
Le Comite and the Louisiana State Archives
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | April 24th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Damon Veach, The Advocates genealogy columnist, wrote an article recently that is of interest to Louisiana researchers. EOGN blog posted a link, too, about a new book by Judy Riffel, from the "Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane." Founded in 1978 read more
The Colfax Massacre
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs | April 18th 2008 by louisianagenealogyblogs
Oxford University Press has a conclusive story on a new book about Louisiana 135 years ago.From their website:History is a Gift: The Colfax MassacreLeeAnna Keith teaches history at Collegiate School in New York City. Her new book, The Colfax Massac read more
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