The Fuhrmann Auditorium, located at 128 W 23rd Ave, Covington, LA 70433, takes its name from Covington's former theatre owner, Sidney "Sid" Fuhrmann, a native of Goodbee, Louisiana. He ran multiple movie cinemas as well as theatres in the Parish. The first being The Parkview , first opened in 1912 in downtown Covington, where the…
Video link to Jari C. Honora’s Presentation of Pope Leo XIV’s Creole roots
Jari C. Honora's Presentation of Pope Leo XIV's Creole Roots
Michoud- Genealogy of a Place
Outside the city of Slidell, Louisiana, is the Michoud Assembly Facility located in New Orleans East, where it has operated as NASA since 1961. Dr. Wernher von Braun, who was living in Huntsville, Alabama, led the effort to make the site part of NASA, as it was a large and remote facility ideal for assembling…
The Red Book – A Genealogy Tool
Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources published by Ancestrypublishing and edited by certified genealogist Alice Eichholz, Ph.D. is a useful research tool that is found in the Genealogy collections at the Covington and Slidell libraries. The book points the family history researcher in the right direction for locating genealogical records and it follows…
Memory Lane and Going Back to School: Yearbooks
Let the library help you go down memory lane by looking at your past yearbooks, then your parents' yearbooks, and maybe even your grandparents' yearbooks.
Revolutionary War Ancestors
Do you have ancestors who were in the United States during the Revolutionary War? How about celebrating July 4th by looking into these Revolutionary War ancestors? The men and women who have become known as Patriots put their lives in danger by supporting the move toward independence. What actions did these ancestors participate in to…
1950 US Census & Genealogy
Accessing and Indexing the 1950 US Census for genealogical research
Reintroducing NewspaperArchive
A brief user guide to the newspaper database NewspaperArchive, which has a new design.
Research Corner: Probate Records and Wills
According to FamilySearch, probate records are "court records created after an individual's death that relates to a court's decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of dependents." This process occurred regardless of whether an individual died with a will, meaning that they died testate, or without a…
Spotlight on History: The Mardi Gras Massacre
In the early 1970s, a plan to widen U.S. Highway 190 was proposed. This widening, in order to accommodate a curve in the road next to a shopping center parking lot, would necessitate the removal of an oak grove containing a three-hundred year old oak. The grove was believed by some to be the site…
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