Below are articles and photos from the files as found
in the LAGenWeb Archives for Winn Parish and are now housed here. If
you have any files or photos to add, please send them to the Parish
Coordinator.
History Records |
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| History |
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Period of Settlement of Winn Parish |
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Act #85: The Creation of Winn Parish (1852) |
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Early Winn Parish |
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Early Winn Parish History Continued |
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Grant Parish Formerly Part of Winn Parish |
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Confederate Service in Winn Parish |
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Haynes, Dennis - The Search for |
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Old Soldier's Day, Early 1900s |
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W. E. Long's 1928 History of Winn Parish |
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Civil War and Days Of Reconstruction: History of Winn Parish, 1932 - Antone Radescich |
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A Parish History, 1938 |
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The House That Crossed the Creek (1933, written 1978) |
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S. J. Harper Writes on Early Winn Parish |
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More Winn History by S.J. Harper, 1939 |
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History of early days: S. J. Harper Account in 1942 |
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P.K. Abel's History of Winnfield (1946) |
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A 1948 History of Winnfield (1948) |
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Mrs. John Mosley's Winn History (1961) |
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Carter, Lillian - More Fun In Old Days (late 1980s) |
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Wolf Tales |
| Building of a Parish |
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History and Statistics of Winn Parish (1890) |
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Auto Owner, Winn's First |
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Industry in Winn Parish |
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Winn's First Library (1940) |
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The Library that Wasn't Built - Robert Walsh |
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Newspapers of Winn Parish (1860-1890) |
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Post Office of Winn Parish |
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Winn Sawmills |
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Schools of Winn (1877-1890) |
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Social Organizations of Winn (Eastern Star Lodge, 1890) |
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Winnfield's First Stores |
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G. W. Evans Recalls Early Winnfield Stores
(1963) |
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Winnfield's First Traffic Lights (1949) |
| Awards & Honors |
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Camp , Chester L. Wins Medal of Honor(1955) |
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Jacobs, Jerry - Posthumous Award (1973) |
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Mercer, Richie - Day (1981) |
| Court, Lawyers, & Officials |
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Lawyers and Criminals of Winn Parish |
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Police Jury, Elections & Representitives in Winn Parish |
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Notice to Voters: 1884 |
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Sikes Elected Officials: Dec. 1946, A History |
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Some Winn Parish Officials (1963) |
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Law Enforcement Officers Slain in the Line of Duty (2006) |
| Disasters |
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Atlanta Sawmill Explosion (1907) |
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Fire, - Winnfield 1901 |
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Montgomery Fires of 1924 & 1926 |
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Winnfield's Worst Natural Disaster - 1935(1977) |
| Letters & Journals |
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U. S. Bureau Of Indian Affairs (Mar 1893) |
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Wheeling Farmers Protect Black Laborers (1927) |
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Winn Political Letter (1952) |
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Pasco, Ben G. - Letters to his mother |
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Tanner, Joseph C. - Letter (1954) |
| Medical |
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Medical Statistics of Winn Parish (1882-1889) |
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Register of Physicians, Nurses, Dentists (1842-1889) |
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1907 Winn Parish Doctors |
| Occupations |
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Famous Winn People (1938) Bernstein, Calloway, Long, Mathews, Merrill, Milling, Strong, Tugwell, Walker, Wallace, Wright |
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Allen, Harwell L. Opens Law Office (1946) |
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Bass, H. W. - App'td State Parole Board O. B. Thompson Named Parole Officer (1948) |
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Bennett, George - Atlanta Postmaster (1948) |
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Blackburn, Thomas C. Awarded Patent (1926) |
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Bozeman, H. B. - App'td to State Mineral Board (1948) |
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Brewton, Thomas E. - Named President of New York Bank (1967) |
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J. E. Carter & Bryant Sholars App'td by Gov. Long (1949) |
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Crawford, H. E. "Red" Named County Agent (1935) |
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Durrett, Douglas Named State Police Cmmdr. (1952) |
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Eagles, Will - 1st Rural Mail Carrier (1937) |
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Emmons, Morelle - Superintendent of Lincoln Parish Schools (1948) |
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Garriss, Clyde - Chief of Detectives (1946) |
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Grider, Oscar - Heads Border Patrol (1927) |
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Hahn, Suzanne - Stage & Screen Actress (1955) |
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Harper, David - USN, at South Pole (1957) |
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Harper, S. J. - Merchant (1929) |
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Jenkins, Dr. Ray - Receives Degree (1950) |
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Knight, Julius - App'td Town Marshal(1951) |
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LaCroix, W. E. (Spec) - App'td to Game Board (1948) |
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Lauderdale, S.M. - National Safety Director, CCC (1934) |
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Long, Roger - Performs on Hayride (1978) |
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Love, Eugene F. - Asst. State Supt. of Education (1976) |
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Martin, Chris - Recording Artist (1923) |
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Named On Boards: McCartney, Shaw, Sholars, 1948 |
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Mercer, P. Hugh - at Silver Dollar City (1969) |
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Milam's Mercantile Firm (1956) |
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Moss, Casimir B. - App'td to Board (1980) |
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Olsen, Olive - Vaudeville Star (1930) |
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Parker, Rose - Public Health Nurse (1950) |
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Professors at NLU, Winn (1965) Hanna, Prince, Rolen. |
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Shelton, L.R. - Brush Arbor Revival (1930) |
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Singletary, Archie F. - Pres., LA Ch. of Commerce (1969) |
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Stovall, Lloyd - Marks 26th Year At S. L. C. (1964) |
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Sullivan, Milburn - Winnfield City Bus Line (1951) |
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Swilley, Conrad - Heads Employment Office (1975) |
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Trahan, Ovey - VP of T&G Railway (1944) |
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Willis, Welby - Awards Self Diploma (1955) |
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Wright, Judge Hiram - Career (1984) |
| Accounts, Directories, Indexes, Ledgers |
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Index to the Store Ledger of Adam Riser |
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1869 Store Ledger of William Ausin Smith |
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Index to "The Colfax Riot of April, 1873" |
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Winn Parish Directory, 1914 |
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Payne, I. B. "Buddy" Store Ledger, 1906-1914 |
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Payne, I. B. "Buddy" Store Ledger, 1924 |
| Families |
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Pioneer Settlers of Beech Creek & Flat Creek |
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John Cloud, Revolutionary War Soldier |
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Davison Family |
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Charley D. Dean |
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Duplissey Family |
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Duplissey Letter (1921) |
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George Ford's History |
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Eli Jordan, CSA Veteran |
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Laurissa Jane Chambless Moffett |
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Dennis Mackie, Father of Winn Par. |
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Pasco Family (compiled history) |
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---Journal of Eunice May (Walker) Pasco (Part 01) |
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---Journal of Eunice May (Walker) Pasco (Part 02) |
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---Letters from Ben G. Pasco to his mother |
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---Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles |
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Bertil Poissot Family |
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W. L. "Buck" Sowers (1976) |
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Tyson Descendants |
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Walker, Flournoy - Family |
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Walsh, Robert N. - hus/o Gwendolyn Branch |
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Jeremiah Warner, Veteran of Mexican & Civil Wars |
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Wasson, Milam, Stinson, Hasson, & Morris Families |
| Places |
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Prehistoric City Near Winn Line |
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Carter's Crossing |
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Civil War Map of Winn Names 48 Families |
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Coochie Brake |
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The Legend of Coochie Brake |
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The Cork Tree |
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The Dible Grave |
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Drake's Salt Works, 1879 |
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Drake's Salt Works |
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Mrs. G.C. Taylor's Account of Dugdemona Iron Bridge |
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Ebenezer Holiness Campground |
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History of Hargis Home |
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History of Lafayette Street, Winnfield |
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Gov. Earl K. Long's Pea Patch Home |
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George Parker Long House |
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Pardon Hills |
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Prothro Mansion |
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Prothro Mansion Restoration |
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1942 Rock Quarry Employees |
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Salt Works Yields Winn History |
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Legend of Stark's Crossing |
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History of St. Maurice Plantation & Prothro Mansion |
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Tremont & Gulf Railroad Depot |
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History of Winnfield Hotel |
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Winn Parish Courthouses |
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90 Year Old Courthouse Trees Cut Down |
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Winn Courthouse History (1948) |
| Town and City |
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Villages of Winn Par. |
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A History of Atlanta |
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A History of Calvin |
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A History of Gaars Mill |
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A History of Sikes, 1935 |
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A History of Sikes, 1938 |
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Huey Long Sr. Historical Account of Winn |
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Lucy Shumaker McCarty's History of Beech Creek Community |
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History of Beulah Community |
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Bethlehem-Wattsville Community |
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History of Calvin |
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Calvin, LA Incorporated, 1951 |
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History of Dodson (1938) |
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A History of Dodson (1949) |
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History of Dodson (1951) |
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History of Dodson (1956) |
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Dodson: First Election |
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Gansville Community: Some Early History |
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1857 History of Gaar's Mill |
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History of Jordan Hill |
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Joyce, LA Incorporation History |
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History of Mars Hill Church & Community |
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Menefee, LA (aka Gorhamtown/Joyce) |
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A History of Montgomery, LA |
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Mayor Loyd J. Harrison's History of Montgomery |
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History of Mt. Zion Community |
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History of Packton, LA |
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Sikes' Boom Days |
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History of St. Maurice |
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History of Winnfield's Lafayette Street |
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Winnfield, LA |
| Old Queries |
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Queries from the Winn Parish USGenWeb Site (1997) |
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Queries from the Winn Parish USGenWeb Site (1998) |
