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…
Spotlight on History: Early Celebrations of May Day in St. Tammany
A look at how May Day was celebrated in St. Tammany in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Spotlight on History: Father Adrien Rouquette, Part Three
This is part three of a four-part series on Father Adrien Rouquette, the poet-priest. This installment focuses on Rouquette's relationship with the Choctaw Indians.
Spotlight on History: Father Adrien Rouquette, Part Two
This post, second in a series on Father Adrien Rouquette, will focus on his book of English-language poems, Wild Flowers, Sacred Poetry, which was inspired by Bayou Lacombe.
Spotlight on History: Father Adrien Rouquette, Part 1
The early life of Father Adrien Rouquette, poet, author and priest.
Research Corner: Bible Records
An introduction to bible records, and how to use library databases to access them.
Spotlight on History: Healing at Camp Hygeia, Part 2
Part two of a short history of Camp Hygeia, focusing on Clara Fromherz, "Angel of Hygeia".
Spotlight on History: Healing at Camp Hygeia, Part 1
A brief history of Camp Hygeia, a tuberculosis sanatorium located near Lacombe.
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