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BRIAN JOSEPH OSTER February 14, 1998

I was born August 27, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana at Algiers General Hospital, the son of Joseph Hickman Oster and Henrietta Marie Galliano. My godparents are cousin Farrell Joseph Galliano and my childhodd neighbor Joyce Danos.  My only sibling is my older sister Karen Marie who married Daniel James Caruso.

My first twenty-eight years were spent in Marrero, on the Westbank (of the Mississippi River). My next eight years were in the Vieux Carré, the French Quarter. For the past nine years I have lived here in Tampa. I finally settled down and bought a house. I've lived here with my cocker spaniel, Trey , until May, 2000.  My spare time for the past year has been consumed with my house and garden, and when not sleeping, it's genealogy.

In the past five years, I've prepared ten books of my own concentrating on the descendants of my great great great grandparents. One more volume was a collaboration with an excellent researcher and friend from Golden Meadow, Bob Looper.  Also, I've abstracted over 30,000 marriage records for Washington, St. Francois and Crawford counties, Missouri covering 1813-1937. 

I graduated from Marrero Junior High School in 1967 and West Jefferson High School in 1970.  As a National Merit Scholar I earned a Decennial Honor Award to attend the University of New Orleans.  While working toward my degree in Secondary Education with a minor in Journalism, I was appointed Editor of the university newspaper The Driftwood.  During the years at UNO, I also was elected to the Board of Directors for the West Jefferson Parish Red Cross, served as Secretary for the Jefferson Parish Parent Teacher Association, wrote for the National PTA Magazine and founded and served as Chairman of the West Jefferson High School Alumni Association.