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- Photographic History
of Madison Parish Available
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Arcadia Publishing Company’s Images of America series now includes a photographic history of Madison Parish. Released on April 15, 2003 this book includes historical data, drawings, graphs, maps and photos of the Madison Parish area relative to the years 1800-1927. The book is divided into five chapters that document the Early 1800’s, Civil War, Reconstruction, Early 1900’s and 1927 flood.
The book is available at several locations in Tallulah, including Madison Historical Society’s Hermione Museum, as well as at major bookstores such as Barnes and Noble, Borders, Waldenbooks and Books-A-Million. It is also available online at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and others.
- Tallulah High
School Photos — Added 1946 THS graduating class. Please help identify these folks.
July 25, 2008 - Tallulah Cemeteries
- Silver Cross and Memorial Park — Almost complete listing.
July 25, 2008 - Obituaries
— Obituaries are now hyperlinked to cemetery
data with more than 750 currently available; many are on former Madison
Parish residents not necessarily buried in Madison Parish. Additional
obituaries are welcome.
July 25,
2008 - Does
Anyone Ever Look at All This Stuff? — An interesting statistical review of who is viewing the Madison
Parish websites and where they live. Note: The data now covers an entire
year.
July 13, 2008 - Old Tallulah
Phonebooks — A sometimes-used substitute for Census and/or City
Directory research. Added 1971 & 1980 books to 1903, 1967, 1976 and
1994 books.
March 25, 2008 - Historic
Photos — Added 1930’s pictures of Scurria Grocery
March 8, 2008 - History
of Silver Cross Cemetery —
Includes history written by Mrs. Ruth Reed.
March 8, 2008 - Weddings
— Newspaper write-ups of Madison Parish
weddings. Additional wedding write-ups are needed.
July
23, 2007 - History
of Tallulah’s First Methodist Church —
History of the First United Methodist Church including the Union Church
from 1873 to about 1981.
June 18, 2007 - Surnames &
Queries — Most Recent: Doggett/Doggatt,
Reed, Waldrup,
McPherson,
Wilkinson,
Tucker, Walker, Thompson,
Kahn, Dunlap, Rumsby, Nettles,
Foster,
Ateman,
Landers,
Albright,
Crow, Sargent,
Morrison,
Rone
May 29, 2007 - Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Photos — Photos taken in
Madison during 1935-1939 by Dr. J. L. Tanner of the U. S. Fish &
Wildlife Service.
March 18, 2007 - Moses
Groves’ Family — History of one of the
first families and largest landowners to enter Madison Parish.
November 10, 2006 - 1848
Map — Madison Parish portion of the well-known “La Tourrette's
reference map of the state of Louisiana: from the original surveys of the
United States, which show the townships, sections, or mile squares,
Spanish grants, settlement rights & c., also the plantations with the owners names engraved
thereon...”
- 1853
Map — 1853 version of the La Tourrette Map.
November 10, 2006 - Tallulah High
School Photos — 1961 Class, 1960
Homecoming Court, 1960 THS Basketball Team, 1960 THS State Championship
Track Team, 1960 THS Cheerleaders, 1960 THS Faculty
November
8, 2006 - Madison
Parish Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River — An interesting description of Bends, Cutoffs,
Landings, Towns and Islands along the Madison Parish portion of the River.
June 8, 2006 - Marriage Records
1866-1900 — Marriage records have been
updated to include those between 1880 and 1900 (over 5000 new records) and
now include records from the earliest available in 1866 to 1900.
March
23, 2006 - 1927 Flood Map
of Madison Parish — Map showing areas in Madison Parish affected by
the 1927 Flood. A map showing the entire state of Louisiana may be seen by
clicking here.
For Mississippi click here.
March 20, 2006 - Madison
Parish Deaths 1900-1949 — List of deaths that occurred in Madison
Parish from Louisiana Dept. of Vital Statistics.
March 19, 2006 - History
of St. Agnes (St. Edwards) Catholic Church — Two articles, one written
in 1947 and one in 1987.
January 19, 2006 - More on
the Death of Norman Frisby — Three separate accounts of the 1863
murder of Norman Frisby by Orlando Flowers, the husband of his niece,
Gertrude. (Also see Frisby House)
December 21, 2005 - Tombstone
Photos Available — A Tombstone project has been completed which makes
all of the 1997 Silver Cross-Memorial Park cemetery tombstone photos
available online.
August
9, 2005 - Historic Photos
— Scenes of the Farm Security Administration’s La Delta Project near
Thomastown photographed in 1940.
April 26, 2005 - Sevier
Family of Madison Parish — The story of a family that has played an
important part in the history and politics of the Madison Parish area for
the last 150 years.
April 9, 2005 - Madison Parish
Plantation Maps East
- West
— Based in part on John Earl Martin’s transcription of 1891 Plantation map
in Madison Parish Courthouse.
March 26, 2005 - Maher
Family of Madison Parish — The story of this relatively unknown,
one-time prominent Madison Parish family of the mid-1800’s and their
descendants
March
26, 2005 - Census
— 1850
Slave Schedule images (see readme
and index
files.) These are computer-sensible
images of the actual census pages showing slave owners and slaves (but not
slave names.)
February 1, 2005 - Census
— 1860
Slave Schedule images (see readme
and index
files.) These are computer-sensible
images of the actual census pages showing slave owners and slaves (but not
slave names.)
February 1, 2005 - Satellite View of
Madison Parish — Madison Parish if viewed from an altitude of 36
miles. (To enlarge image click on button in lower right portion of photo)
January 22, 2005 - 1920
Census Index— Complete. Now includes everyone in the census rather
than just those age 20 and older. Also incorporates many corrections and
includes household numbers.
January
21, 2005 - History
of Ag Aviation in Madison Parish – Written by John Earl Martin,
this is an excellent history of agricultural aviation, which was pioneered
in Tallulah and Madison Parish. The article contains many pictures.
January 13, 2005
Dick
Sevier / Jackson, Mississippi (dicksevier@comcast.net)
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