A non-profit, educational organization dedicated to gathering, processing and preserving genealogical material by promoting interest in genealogy.
SWLGS, organized in 1973 with 44 members, now has a membership of over 300. SWLGS was incorporated in 1991. The Society does not maintain an office and all work is done by volunteers. The Society maintains an index and family charts of its members at the Southwest Louisiana Genealogy Library, 411 Pujo St., Lake Charles, LA.. This surname index to the family charts is available online with information on how to obtain copies of the family charts.
Per calender year. Dues are $12 individual; $17 family (husband and wife) and $22 patron (individuals or husband and wife, provides additional financial support). Membership begins in January each year and includes an annual subscription to our quarterly, KINFOLKS. Members joining after January receive quarterlies for the current year. Membership Application
SWLGS holds its regular meetings on the 3rd Saturday of January, March, May, September, and November at 10:00 a.m. in the Carnegie Meeting Room of the Southwest Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Library located at 411 Pujo St. in Lake Charles, LA. Programs include a variety of topics to instruct and interest genealogists.
The Society's periodical is published quarterly. It has grown from two pages when it was first published in 1977 to currently over 50 pages and is exchanged with over 75 other societies across the United States. It gives Society news; summations of topics presented at regular Society meetings; articles of general genealogical and historical interest; family lineages; ancestral charts; book reviews; and calendars of area genealogical events. Mailed to members. Issues should be received by the middle of March, May September and December. Back issues available from 1977 from the Society. Queries are free to members, $2 for non-members.
KINFOLKS, the quarterly publication of SWLGS, Inc. has the following articles which may be of interest to you. Single issues can be ordered from the society for $4.00 each. Below are the table of contents from 8 of the publications, starting with our latest issue.
KINFOLKS - Volune 34 No. 3 - September 2010 - Table of Contents
Society News Widow's Application - A. Delaune
Calendar of Events L.C. Weekly Echo - 16 May 1868
SW LA Historical/Genealogical Library The Daily American - 24 June 1897
May Program - Civil War Museum 1911 Lake Charles, La. City Directory
Earthquakes Cameron, La., Cemeteries
Fort Louis, Mobile, Al. Information from Exchange/Queries
Siege of Vicksburg, Ms. Chart - Ella Stine Watson
Port Hudson, La. Index
La. Radical Reconstruction, 1865-1871 2010 Officers & Patron Members
Civil War Pension Applications
KINFOLKS - Volune 34 No. 2 - May 2010 - Table of Contents
Socitey News Public School System Started 1821
Calendar of Events L.C.City School Began in 1907
SW LA Historical/Genealogical Library The Daily American - 23 June 1897
March Program - Cultures of "French" La 1911 Lake Charles, La City Directory
Year without a Summer - 1816 Cameron, La., Cemeteries
Settlers/Homesteaders of Peason Ridge, La Homestead - Theophile Veronique
Francis A. Woolfley Queries
Great Mermentau Dam War Index
Civil War Veterans Book - Corrections 2010 Officers & Patron Members
The L.C. Weekly Echo - 9 May 1868
KINFOLKS - Vol 34 #1 - March 2010 - Table of Contents
Society News The L.C. Weekly Echo - 1 May 1868
Calendar of Events Richard Martin Arceneaux
SW LA Historical/Genealogical Library The American - 21 June 1897
November Program - 1940s LA Maneuvers 1911 Lake Charles, La. City Directory
World War II Trivia Cameron, La., Cemeteries
January Program - Show & Tell Queries
2010 Census Book Review
Belle Boyd, Southern Spy Chart - Edward Sherman Young
Haiti Index
The Domesday Book 2010 Officers & Patron Members
KINFOLKS - Vol 33 #4 - December 2009 - Table of Contents
Society News Ferry Tales - Sabine River Ferries
Calendar of Events Maps & Genealogy
September Program - Railroad Ave 1911 Lake Charles, La. City Directory
Lumber Industry in Lake Charles, La. Our Lady Star of the Sea Cemetery
Calcasieu River Channeling Recalled Cameron First Baptist Cemetery
Scrapbook of Hilda Bruning Kaye Book Review
Weekly Echo - 25 April 1868 Information from Exchanges
No Christmas for the Puritans Chart - Charlotte Boudreaux Romero
Chocolate, Coffee & Tea Index
Daily American - 21 June 1897 2009 Officers & Patron Members
KINFOLKS - Volume 33 No. 3 - September 2009 - Table of Contents
Society News Early American Hurricanes
Calendar of Events The American - 17 February 1897
May Program - A Wayfaring Stranger Ferry Tales - Sabine River Ferries
Irish Immigration 1911 Lake Charles, La. City Directory
Orphan Train Museum Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Yellow Fever Epidemics Our Lady Star of the Sea Cemetery
Mircofilm Research Information from Exchanges
Scrapbook of Hilda Bruning Kaye Queries
The Echo - 28 March 1868 Chart - Marlene Spell Miller
LaGrange 1951 "Resume" Yearbook Index
2009 Officers & Patron Members
KINFOLKS - Volume 33 No. 1 - March 2009 - Table of Contents
Society News LCHS Cheerleaders & Drum Majors
Calendar of Events The Weekly Echo, 3/17/1968
November Program - Framing the Constitution Ferries Tales in Old Imperial Calcasieu
George Washington & Revolutionary War Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
January Program - Cameron Light House / L.C. 1911 Lake Charles, LA City Directory
Story of Calcasieu River Lighthouse Information from Exchanges
Lighthouses: Beacons of Light & Life Queries
Women's History Month - Leonaise H. LeBleu Chart - Beverly Theriot Broussard
Louis B. Kirkman Trial Exchange List
Dr. William H. Kirkman, A Confederate Vet Index
The Daily American, 6/18/1897 2009 Officers & Patron Members
KINFOLKS - Volume 33 No. 2 - May 2009 - Table of Contents
Society News The Echo (3/14/1868 & 3/21/1868)
Calendar of Events Ferries Tales - Sabine River Ferries
March Program - Goos Family Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Minutes
British Prisoner of War Ships, etc Michel Pithon
Copperheads SWLGS Society Library List
Majestic Hotel, lake Charles, La. 1911 Lake Charles, La. City Directory
Churches in Lake Charles, 1901 Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
L.C. High School Editors Information from Exchanges
The American (6-19-1897) Queries
Rag Picker ot Businessman - Jean Barousse Chart - Linda LeBlanc Mathis
Pierre Vincent Estate Index
2009 Officers & Patron Members
KINFOLKS - Volume 32 No. 4 - December 2008 - Table of Contents
Society News The Weekly Echo - 2/29/1897
Calendar of Events LCHS Boys Athletics
September Program - Reading a Census Items from The American - 1/27/1897
Thanksgiving Highland Memorial Garden Cemetery
French - Canadian Ancestors 1911 Lake Charles, LA City Directory
Land Surveying in Louisiana Information from Exchanges
Booms, Panics and Depressions Chart - Bibbie Riley Gray
Ferry Tales in Old Imperial Calcasieu Index
Deciphering Old Records 2008 Officers & Patron Members
The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, Inc. welcomes all who are interested in genealogy. Its objectives are to encourage and assist its members in genealogical research, and to gather, process and preserve genealogical material.
Society items for sale are: (All prices include pre paid postage)
Ancestor Charts, Vol. I (1985) - $21.95
Ancestor Charts, & Tables Vol. II (1988) - $21.95
Ancestor Charts, & Tables Vol. III (1991) - $25.00
Ancestor Charts, & Tables Vol. IV (1994) - $25.00
Ancestor Charts, & Tables Vol. V (1997) - $25.00
Ancestor Charts & Tables Vol. VI (2000) - $22.00
Ancestor Charts & Tables Vol. Vll (2003) - $20.00
Ancestor Charts & Tables Vo. Vlll (2009) - $20.00
Civil War Veterans Of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish. LA (Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jeff Davis Parishes) - $40.00
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol l - Vol. 1 (1977) to Vol. 18 (1994) - $5.00
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol ll - Vol.19 (1995) to Vol. 22 (1999) - $5.00
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol lll - Vol. 23 (1999) to Vol. 26 (2002) - $5.00
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol lV - Vol. 27 (2003) to Vol. 31 (2007) - $5.00
Back issues of KINFOLKS are available. Contact SWLGS for prices.
Correspondence and dues should be sent to:
SWLGS
PO Box 5652
Lake Charles, LA 70606-5652
or contact Pat Huffaker