Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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African-American Funeral Home Program Collection Part III: R – Z Names
Edit 6-14-2023: The entire database of names can now be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aEnKDEuE4oCF7XUKA8-wE04pXKH2-ZbwyZgfb6v10Tw/edit?usp=sharing Name Volume Rainey, Hattie Bell 5 Rainwater, R. J. 32 Ralph, Rosa 17 Ralph, Rosa West 3…
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African-American Funeral Home Program Collection Part II: M – Q Names
Edit 6-14-2023: The entire database of names can now be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aEnKDEuE4oCF7XUKA8-wE04pXKH2-ZbwyZgfb6v10Tw/edit?usp=sharing Name Volume Mack, Bennie Lee 9 Mack, Brenda Veleria Davis 37 Mack, Dorothy Korjan 42 Mack, Flora…
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African-American Funeral Home Program Collection Part I: A-L Names
Another treasure available to researchers at the Ouachita Parish Public Library are the fifty-five volumes of African-American Funeral Home programs. A colleague of mine noticed there were not enough research…
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Early Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Records 1862 – 1929: Part III P-Z Names
NOTE: The blog post was formatted in a hard to read way. You can also find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze8lJbVfwfEib7CGH0j9kcpYi2WpXPcP3s-gd58p2D4/edit?usp=sharing October 5, 1894 ; Shot by J.C. Ransoms ; West Monroe,…
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Early Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Records 1862 – 1929: Part II L-O Names
NOTE: The blog post was formatted in a hard to read way. You can also find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze8lJbVfwfEib7CGH0j9kcpYi2WpXPcP3s-gd58p2D4/edit?usp=sharing February 1, 1926 ; Shot by Silas Cooper ; C.P. Gray,…
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Early Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Records 1862 – 1929: Part I A-K Names
NOTE: The blog post was formatted in a hard to read way. You can also find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze8lJbVfwfEib7CGH0j9kcpYi2WpXPcP3s-gd58p2D4/edit?usp=sharing A coroners’ record was compiled when the death was from uncertain…
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Miscellaneous Microfilm at the Ouachita Parish Public Library
If you paid close attention to yesterday’s newspaper post, I posted the index of our newspaper microfilm cabinets. I purposely left out the most interesting cabinet, cabinet A. That is…
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Newspapers at the Ouachita Parish Public Library
Many Monroe and other area newspapers are being digitized and put online. However, not all of them are there yet! Many months ago, I compiled a drawer by drawer list…
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Genealogy/Biography Files of the Ouachita Parish Public Library Part III: P-Z Names
Pa- Pe–Biography David E. Pace “Pace and picante sauce” Ouachita Citizen, January 6, 1994 Hypolite Pargoud “French Aristocratic Emigre Region’s Colorful Pioneer” Monroe Morning World, October 20, 1929 John Peyton…
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The Biography and Genealogy Files of the Ouachita Parish Library Part II: L – O Names
L–Biography (La-Le) (W.M. Police Chief Larry)”LaBorde announces retirement from W.M.” News-Star, Wednesday, March 26, 2003 “Designing Duo” (Sondra & Jacquelyn LaCroix) News-Star, Friday, March 25, 2005 “‘Big Cat’ On The…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 