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DESOTO PARISH LA BULLETIN BOARD
Events, announcements, solicitations, etc. of interest to
those researching DeSoto Parish history and genealogy.
To submit an item,
please email me.
Below the red line is older things before 2009
DeSoto Parish History Volume II is now complete.
A limited number of books will be
published for $50 & can be ordered from DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau, P. O. Box 1327,
Mansfield, Louisiana, 71052 with an additional $5 shipping and handling charge.
Click Here for an order form. At the end of July books will be available for purchase for $50 each at the DeSoto
Parish Tourist Bureau, 101 N. Washington Ave., Mansfield, Louisiana,71052.
Volume II
features churches, communities, towns, villages, doctors, mayors, postmasters, families,
and much other information concerning the history of DeSoto Parish. While DeSoto
Parish History Volume I focused mostly on families this book deals primarily with local
history. The section on communities such as Pelican and Benson and villages such as South
Mansfield is of special interest In addition and a major feature of volume II is an eighty
page section dedicated to veterans with the hometown of each listed, role in the military
service, and dates of service. The appearance of the cover is the same as Volume I, hardback,
burgundy with the original log courthouse as the cover illustration. DeSoto Parish History Volume II will serve as an attractive addition to the libraries of both
private individuals, public libraries for local history collections, and to genealogical
libraries.
FAMILIES
DONATE HISTORIC COLLEGE TO STATE OF LOUISIANAThe heirs
of State Senator Reimer Calhoun, who purchased the buildings and grounds of
Mansfield Female College when it closed in 1930, are donating the old main
building to the state in recognition of its historic significance, and with the
intent that it be converted to a museum to complement existing historic sites
and structures in DeSoto parish. Click on the link above for the announcement
from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Heritage Publishing Co. will soon release
Perry
Volunteers in the Mexican War:
Perry County, Alabama First Regiment of
Alabama Volunteers 1846,
written by DeSoto researcher and
contributor Hugh LeBaron.
In addition to being of special interest to those
of with roots in south central Alabama, this book should be helpful to anyone
researching the Mexican War, or wondering about the day to day life of an
ancestor who served therein.
J & W Enterprises
stocks several DeSoto parish reference books,
including a list of marriages
between 1843-1905, and a listing of Keachie College students.
Evelyn Carroll has
extensive genealogy collected for the following related families from
DeSoto Parishes and Natchitoches Parish: RAMBIN, LAFITTE, AND
DESOTO (many more). Data base includes approximately 2000
individuals and 500 marriages. It dates back to 1690 in France and Spain.
The individuals who are patriarch to this family founded the town of
Rambin (near Mansfield) in Desoto Parish. This town was formed from a
homestead granted to Francois Augustine Rambin and his wife, Marie Demosende
DeSoto. Please email her if you need or have any information on this.
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