We are grateful for the encouragement and assistance of many people. All of the clerks at the Bossier Parish Clerk*s Office were gracious and eager to help. How fortunate the people of Bossier Parish, Louisiana are to have such as these to represent their parish. One such lady deserves special mention.
Laura T. Evans spent many hours pulling and copying records for us. Her enthusiasm made the long, tedious hours fly by.
Mr. Clifton Cardin, Bossier Parish Historian, has dedicated much time and effort into the gathering and publishing of information vital to research in the area. Among his works are an index to the marriage books of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, a history of the parish, and a comprehensive volume on the cemeteries there. He also shares his knowledge on the internet site for Bossier.
Mr. Loyd Bockstruck has been instrumental in teaching us to be more dedicated researchers. He shares his knowledge and experience with all. The Dallas Public Library is indeed fortunate to have such an esteemed historian and genealogist working with their patrons.
Our families have been extremely supportive. They have allowed us to spend countless hours gathering, studying and organizing the material found in this book . They have endured cold dinners, peanut butter sandwiches, and a distracted wife, daughter, mother & grandmother. They have sat through our tunnel-visioned conversations without murmur.
We are most of all grateful for our kindred dead, our ancestors who patiently wait for us to "discover" them! . . . It is our hope that those persons listed within these pages will be "discovered" by their descendants.
Slave Records 2000.
