WINN PARISH
GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
Updated: December 20, 1998
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Programs, Research Trips, Officers, Committees, and other such...
FAQs ----- or ----- Frequently Asked Questions
The monthy programs are only a small part of the benefits of belonging to WPGHA. Other benefits include participation in a members-only surname data base. Members are encouraged to submit ancestor charts. Each chart is entered into a Winn Parish database and when a surname match is made, the new member is notified of the others in the organization that is researching the same name. A varity of other activities are also planned for 1999 including the 3rd annual "all-day" workshop in September.
Monthly meetings are held the 2nd Saturday of every month. Most of the meetings have been held at the Winn Parish Public Library, but beginning in January 1999, some may be held in the Police Jury Room under the south side of the courthouse. Several of the programs will be "how-to" classes on genealogy research. The general business meeting begins at 1 p.m (This is the fun part!) and the program/speakers/etc. starts at 2 p.m. (This is the learning part.) Refreshments and networking takes place before, after, and between the meetings (E-mail WPGHA@aol.com for more information or watch the LAWinn mailing list for details .)
The proposed programs are varied, alternating between programs on people, places, and events, as well as pure genealogy research technique.
Occasionally research trips will be planned. Times to meet to leave Winnfield, cost, etc. will be announced about a month before each proposed trips. Hopefully cost will be kept between $25 for the short trips to
$75-125 for the overnight trips 
The trips will be announced at the regular meeting and on the mailing list.
A member of WPGHA has offered to make headstones for unmarked graves at a very low price. These are made from concret poured into a wooden frame box and engraved with very simple lettering. The price is $10 for those graves that are 100 years or older, all others are $20. You must be able to identify the gravesite and give all information needed. A record will be kept of all sites marked. For more information, contact a member of the Cemetery Committee.
Watch this page for updates!
Programs & trips, etc given are "proposed" and may be changed.
Officers & Chairpersons for 1999
- Annette Womack, President
- Chris Verret, Secretary
- Roy L. Johnson, Treasurer
- Jo Branch, 1est Vice-President & Program Chairman
- Sue Badeaux, Editor
- Gregg Davies, Historian
- Earline Martin, Librarian
- Conference & Workshop Committee: Jo Branch, chr.
- Acting Membership & Query Chairman: Jo Branch
- Auditing Committee: Dale Smith, Kenneth Martin, __________
- Hostess Committee: Dorothy Shell, Doris Shell,
- Registration Committee: Dorothy Shell, Doris Shell, Annie Jones
- Publications Committee: Annette Womack, ch.
- Editorial Review Board: Sue Badeaux, chr.,Jo Branch, Gregg Davies, Earline Martin, Annette Womack,
- Advertising Committee: Gregg Davies, Roy Johnson, Annette Womack
- Historical Committee: Denton Shell, Dennis Shell, Doris Shell, Dorothy Shell, Gregg Davies
- Cemetery Committee: Roy L. Johnson, Kenneth Martin, Weymon Brantley
- Bylaw Committee: Annette Womack, Chr.
- Research Trips: Annette Womack, Jo Branch
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- Special Projects:Jimmy & Kathy Kelley (Church Registrations); Willie Ray Griffin (Slave Registrations);
PROGRAMS & RESEARCH TRIPS
FOCUS: RESEARCH
"THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY & HOW"
January 1999
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Program: "How-to-use" Research Publications "The What & How"Annette Womack will focus on how to use the Genealogical Helper and its many indexes and special issues to do genealogy reserach and Jo Branch will use some of the exchanges we recieve to teach how to use them for our research.
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Trip:
February 1998
- Program: Documentation: "The Why & How" Sue Badeaux has made an extensive study on documentation and will present a program on "Why to document" and "How to use documentation." Included will be how to document e-mails, etc.
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March 1998
- Program: Reunion Finders "The Who and How " Bill Holly has worked many years in the investigative field and is a licensed "Private Eye." He will hold a class on how to use some of his techniques to find those elusive relatives for a family reunion.
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SUGGESTED FOR THE REST OF 1999 ARE:
April 1998
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Program: Veteran's Records
- Trip:
May 1998
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Program: Land Records
- Trip:
June 1998
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Program: History of...
- Trip:
July 1998
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Program: Natchitoches Parish Records
- Trip:
August 1998
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Program: History of...
- Trip:
September 1998
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Program: 3nd Annual Workshop "Native American Research"
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Program: Catahoula Parish Records
- Trip:
October 1998
November 1998
- Program:The Internet as it pertains to Winn Parish Reserchers
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Trip
December 1998
- Annual meeting & installation of new officers
- Christmas munchies
SUGGESTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN: if not used in 1998, perhaps in 1999!
Additional "Back up programs"
Working the Cenuss, Family History Centers, Minor Records, Handwriting, Political History, Military Records...