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Non·proflt 0'9. u.s. PoNg. PAID SkY.wport. La. Pe,rrit ~ ---------.ente VOLUME 25 FIRST QUARTER 1991 NUMBER 1 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY ARK.LA·TEX GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 4462 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71134 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1991 PHONE TITLE Carroll H. Goyne, Jr. 798-7108 President Patricia A. Bettis 861-7570 First Vice President Paul W. Reinowski 868-1220 Second Vice President Ethel E. Krause 746-3125 Treasurer Victor Rose 636-5780 Recording Secretary Ethel E. Krause 746-3125 Corresponding Secretary LeRoy H. Musselman 865-1779 Editor Trenkins McClain 377-2718 Trustee LeRoy Musselman 865-1779 Trustee Patsy Oliphant 742-8934 Trustee Cheri Massey 688-7753 Trustee The ARK-LA-TEX GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC., is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political, educational organization dedicated solely to the cause of geneal ogy, which includes the following purposes: to collect, preserve and make avail able genealogical materials, documents and records; to encourage an interest in genealogy and to sponsor educational programs for its development; to promote and publicize the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, as a major genealogical research cen ter for genealogists and historians; to cooperate with and assist all other gen ealogical, historical, patriotic societies in the furtherance of these purposes; to compile and publish a quarterly composed of records and data related to the Science of Genealogy. REGULAR MEETING: Second Saturday of each month, 1 P. M. to 4 P. M. at Randle T. Moore Senior Citizen Center, 3101 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA. MEMBERSHIP DUES: Per Calendar Year - Individual $12.50 - Family Membership $15.00. All members receive four issues of THE GENIE, which is published quarterly. BOOK REVIEWS of books of genealogical interest will be published in THE GENIE as donated by publisher or author. These books are then made available to the public through the Genealogy Department of Shreve Memorial Library, as is all other gen ealogical material of the Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association. QUERIES are free. They must be 75 words or less and must be typed or plainly printed. This publication is indexed in the PERiodical Source Index published by the Allen County Public Library Foundation, Ft. Wayne, IN. TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATE BYLAWS OF THE ARK-LA-TEX GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC" ADOPTED 1 MARCH 9, 1991 1867 REGISTERED VOTERS IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA 11 ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES OF NATCHITOCHES PARISH, LOUISIANA 17 BOSSIER PARISH INQUEST ]lOOK II 25 BOSSIER PARISH MARRIAGES, 1877':"1880 (Continued) 29 MORMON BAPTISMAL RECORDS,RED ROCK. CONFERENCE, LOUISIANA 37 ERROR IN BOOK REVIEW 43 SURNAME DATA BASE 43 BOOK REVIEWS 44 QUERIES 47 The Genie is p'ub1ished quarterly. Each member receives four issues for each year of membership, Al1 material published in.The Genie'is compiled and contributed by the members. The Genie invites exchange of periodicals with other genealogical:" historical organizations publishing data of general interest. We regret that we cannot exchange with limited family organizations, but invite them to seildsamples of their publications for brief review since many of these family organizations are of a great value in information on the family covered by them. All members of the staff of The Genie are volunteers. Assistant Paul Reinowski Typing Ethel Krause Queries Trenkins McClain Book Reviews Trenkins McClain Computer Indexing Ethel Krause Circulation Cheri Massey Collating Janie Brazel THE GENIE First Quarter 1991 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT As we begin the New Year the Ark-La.-Tex Genealogical Association has made a number of changes. First, several new officers and trustees have been . elected to serve on the Board of Directors. Their names are found on the inside of the front cover of this GENIE~ These new people, along with those who have been reelected to a second term, are pledged to bring renewed vigor to the organization. I want to introduce to you the new Editor of THE GENIE. Lee Musselman is head of the Department of History and Social Sciences at LSU-Shreveport and is active in numerous other civic endeavors. He has had over six years experience as editor of an historical journal. We are indeed fortunate to have Lee accept this very demanding position. I call on all members of the Association to assist in keeping THE GENIE one of the best such publications in the nation by submitting material to the Editor. The Association has a new horne. Beginning with the January meeting we are at "home" at the Randle T. Moore center on Fairfield Ave. in Shreveport, la. Thanks to the Shreveport CitY:Administration, and in particular the Department of Parks and Recreation (SPAR), our meeting, library, storage and work areas are now consolidated under one roof • Meetings are still on the second saturday of each month at 1 PM, except in August when we have our annual seminar. The December meeting is the annual business meeting. Speaking of seminars, we were fortunate to have Ron Bremer of Salt lake City with us for a seminar on January 19. His availability was conveyed to us on rather .short notice, but thanks to spAR we were permitted to have the seminar at the beautiful Barnwell Center. As your new president, I want to tqke this opportunity to thank you for your vote of confidence •. Also, I want to say that you have elected an excellent Board of Directors and I look forward to working with them. I pledge to give the Association my best effort. Sincerely, :)' - , THE GENIE First Quarter 1991 CORPORATE BY'LAWS OF THE ARK-LA-TEX GmEAI.OOlCAL AS~IATIOO, lOC. ARTICLE I - NAME The name of the Association shall be the AAK-LA-TEX GENEAlOOICAL ASSOCIATICN, INC (hereinafter called the Association). ARTICLE II - SEAL AND INSIQUA Section 1. The Seal of the Assexiation shall be as specified in the Articles of Incorporation. The design of the Seal shall be as proposed by the Board of Directors, and approved by the membership. The Seal shall reflect the Founding Date of December 10, 1955, and the Charter Date of January 11, 1971. The seal shall be shown on all official correspondence and publications of the Association. Section 2. The InSignia of the Association shall be the device specified in the Articles of Incorporation. The design and use of the Insignia shall be as proposed by the Board of Directors, and as approved by the membership. ARTICLE I I I - PURPOSE AND OBJEX:TIVES Section 1. The Association shall be operated as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the state of Louisiana. EKpenditure of Association funds shall in no way monitarily benefit any I1lE'!f1'ber of the Association. Section 2. The purpose and objectives of this Association are as follows: a. To collect and make available for use of its members, and others, genealogical and historical materials. b. To inculcate and promote an interest in research of family histories. c. To assist Association menbers in their efforts at research of family histories. d. To locate public and private records, and endeavor to preserve and/or copy them so they may be available for research. e. To conduct educational programs which will benefit rnerri>ers of the Association,.ancl of others who may be interested in genealogy. f. To solicit donations of publications and documents which will then be given to the Genealogy Department of the Shreve Memorial Library. 9. To budget funds on a recurring basis for the purchase of materials intended to enhance the resources of the Genealogy Department of the Shreve Merrorial LibraI}'. h. To publish genealogical material on a regular basis. 1. To accept and properly use property and ronies donated to the Association. THE GENIE FIRST QUARTER 1991 1 Section 1. Any individual or institution having a sincere interest in promoting the objectives of this Association is eligible for. rnent>ership, subject to such 1 imitations as the Board of Directors may propose and the membership may impose. Section 2. The following classifications of membership are established: a. Single. A Single Merrber is. anin:1ividual whose dues are. currently paid and who cOlT'plies with the Articles- of Incorporation and these:Bylaws. 1 • A Single Member shail be eligible to vote on all regular business of the Association, and in the election of officers. 2. A Single Member must be present at a meeting of the Association to cast his/her ballot. There shall be no Proxy votes or votes by mail. 3. A Single Member shall hold only one membeJ;ship, am it shall not be sold or traded. 4. A Single Member mayre$ign from meni:>ership in the Association. b. Joint. A Joint Membership may be held by a married.couple residing at the same mail address upon payment of annual dues as specified by the Board of Directors. Only one copy of Association publ ications will· be mailed to a Joint Membership. Each member of a Joint Membership shall have the same privileges or limitations as a Single Member. c. Insti tutional. An Institutional Member is an organization whose dues are currently paid and who conplies witll the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws. This category of membership does not have the privilege of voting on Association business or officers. c. Sponsoring. A Sponsoring Mentler is an incH vidual or institution who desires to further the objectives of the Association by contributing monies for that purpose. This category of rriembership does not have the privilege of voting on Association business or officers. d. Life. A Single· MelTber may become a· Life Member 'bY. payment of the amount designated in Article V. Payment of this anount shall exerrpt the Life Member from further payment of dues.