I am looking for Jean White. She was born in 1912,1913, or 1914 in Monticello, Drew Co. Arkansas Vital Records does not have any record of her birth. Can anyone suggest other places to search for a birth record for her? I am in Arizona, so I am not close to Arkansas resources. Thank you, Marjane

Jerry Donoho sent me the following URL which is a great one dealing with Quantrill's Raiders and Anderson's irregular Confederates. Many of these men had ties to western Arkansas and Indian Territory after the war (some of them on the wrong side aof the law). <http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/quantrill.txt> Jan Eddleman

Many thanks for the several responses I received to my query. I have learned that my ancestor was Junior Deputy in an old Masonic organization. I never ask a question to this list without receiving replies. P. J. Cowling

Can anyone help me find my gggrandfather HIRAM LIVINGSTON? After the war he was granted some land in Ark. He married MARTHA J.(CURTIS) PIGG) in Dover and they settled in Pope County. This was 1867. They had two daughters, one was named LABELIA and I don't know the other daughter's name. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks very much, Carol Livingston Hudson

I am new to genealogy, how accurate have your seasoned researchers found Goodspeed Geographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Ar (1889) to be. I have been told each person listed submitted their own sheet of info which was printed then returned to the family to recheck for errors.There appears to have been a reprint at sometime with some corrections.I am working with Families from Clark and Pike Co. Meeks-Mauney-Money Willett I appreciate hearing from you.I get the impression Goodspeed is Bible. Thanks very much Mecilla Keene

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C66BD5AA28FB8915857B99D5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi: I would like to pass the on to the rest of the list as it may also help someone else. Thank you so much. Janice --------------C66BD5AA28FB8915857B99D5 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <blackard@cswnet.com> Received: from troi.csw.net (troi.csw.net [209.136.192.23]) by pop.snet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/SNET-pop-1.3/D-1.5.1.2/O-1.5) with ESMTP id HAA20936 for <eburness@snet.net>; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:22:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dshaw (ascze1-134.cswnet.com [209.136.202.134]) by troi.csw.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA03433 for <eburness@snet.net>; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 06:22:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from blackard@cswnet.com) Message-ID: <001001bfa604$7a5f2900$86ca88d1@dshaw> From: "Debra Blackard" <blackard@cswnet.com> To: <eburness@snet.net> Subject: Re: [AGS] Masons and Eastern Star Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 06:23:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Welcome. -----Original Message----- From: eburness <eburness@snet.net> To: Debra Blackard <blackard@cswnet.com> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [AGS] Masons and Eastern Star > > >Debra Blackard wrote: > >> The following are some of the many links pulled up by a search engine. >> http://www.arkmason.org/ >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/6576/ >> >> Debra Blackard >> >> <eburness@snet.net> >> To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com <AGS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:31 PM >> Subject: [AGS] Masons and Eastern Star >> >> >Could someone get me the addresses for both the Grand Lodge for Masons >> >In Arkansas and the Grand Lodge for the Eastern Star. >> >Than you so much for any help. >> >Janice >> >******************************************************************** >> >Hi Debra: > >Thank you so much for your help. You're wonderful >Thanks again. >God Bless >Janice > > > --------------C66BD5AA28FB8915857B99D5--

Can anyone tell me what this organization might have been and what the position "J.D." is/was? Taken from Goodspeeds. This would be after 1850 in Saline County. "Mr. Cameron and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in which he is a trustee and steward. He is also a member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. M. in which he was J. D. and formerly a Wheeler. " Thanks P. J. Cowling

To all Arkansas researchers: Evidently many of you are unaware that the answers to many of your research questions about Arkansas families can be found in U. S. Census records, especially those for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Since Arkansas kept no birth or death records before 1914 these records are even more valuable. Did you know that the 1900 census gives the month and year of birth of each individual in Arkansas, as well as the place of birth of the individual's place of birth, his fathers place of birth, and his mother's place of birth? It also give the number of years of marriage of each couple and the number of children each woman has given birth to and the number alive. 1910 and 1920 censuses give much the same information, but not month and year of birth, just age. Census records from 1850 - 1880 also contain valuable information. Always do your census research and then try other records. Ask at your local Mormon Family History Center (library) about getting U. S. Census records on interlibrary loan. Try them, you may like them. Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us

Reply to: <Sthang11@aol.com> Perhaps it would be more productive if your husband requested the information you need from his brother Masons. Fraternal organizations may not have the volunteers necessary to do research for genealogical purposes. Is it possible that you could hire a local researcher to obtain the records you need? >Don't count on ANY Grand Lodge giving you information. I was very >disappointed > >You can be sure that in my records that my Children and generations to come >will know that my husband was a MASON and Knights Templar And A Shriner. > >Annette > >

Oscar Russell is making a great contribution to the genealogical and historical community by indexing death information from the old Arkansas Gazette and the current Arkansas Democrat/Gazette. He donates a copy to the Arkansas Genealogical Society for review in our quarterly publication, The Arkansas Family Historian. The book is then donated by AGS to the Arkansas History Commission. The Arkansas History Commission has these newspapers on microfilm and copies of the obituaries or death notices may be ordered from them. Regarding purchase of his publications, you may contact Oscar Russell by phone or letter at: Oscar F. Russell 605 Loop Road North Little Rock, AR 72120-2216 Phone: (501)835-7479 To order copies of the information from the Gazette or the Arkansas Democrat/Gazette you need to contact the Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201. You will need to give them the name of the paper, the date of the paper, the page and column number, and the name of the deceased person.

Would someone please do a look up on a man by the name of Moll, his first name maybe have started with a M. and his wife Annie Wole. She could have been married before to a person by the name of Orlinge, this spelling could be off. Mr. Moll was born 1880 Miss. and Annie was born 1883 Ark. Thank you very much Mary Ann Wiseman

What is the address for the dealth index for all the states? Thanks. Linda

Thanks to all of you that replied to my query about what happened to Union Co. I was on a Roots AR page looking for Union Co. and couldn't find it listed so assumed that it had been split-up into other counties. Thanks for setting me straight. Ellen Tolleson Reesh

I am still looking for information on Roy Keene, born June 11, 1909 in Alabama, died April 26, 1965 in Logan County, Arkansas. He may have lived in one of the surrounding counties. I understand he had one child, but do not have a name. I would like to contact any of Mr. Keene's family, or anyone with any information about him or his family. Thanks, Ann

Don't count on ANY Grand Lodge giving you information. I was very disappointed. After requesting infromation on the date my father was raised as a Mason THE Grand Lodge of Texas sent me a letter denying me that info. I can go to Texas to the Grand Lodge in Waco and look at some records, but as I live in SC now, that is impossible for me. My father was a Mason in Texas. He had a masonic funeral at the grave site. I was 17 at the time and very distraught. I didn't pay attention to the cermony. I am sure they said how long he was a Mason. SO I will never know how long he was a Mason. You can be sure that in my records that my Children and generations to come will know that my husband was a MASON and Knights Templar And A Shriner. Annette

Here is the url http://www.arkmason.org/ "eburness (by way of Jan Davenport )" wrote: > Could someone get me the addresses for both the Grand Lodge for Masons > In Arkansas and the Grand Lodge for the Eastern Star. > Than you so much for any help. > Janice

List Members, To try to answer some of the questions that I have received: 1. No, I cant do look ups, sorry, I was only commenting on how "we" Genealogist may persuade The Grand Lodge to start a program on the internet of the genealogical information on the deceased members of the lodges. 2. Address your request to " The Master of the Lodge and Members, Ask for the request to be read at the meeting, Give as much information about the ancestor as you can, Don't forget to give your kinship to the ancestor. I.E.. instead of stating " My great great grandfather was a mason of your lodge" Use something like this "My Dad John Doe's father Jack Doe was a member" One of the Members may remember John Doe and this would lead them to the Jack Doe even if John Doe wasn't a member. 3. The information you receive from the lodge will vary from lodge to lodge and from member to member. In most cases you should get his full name, dob, dod, It will depend on how much of the information has survived. 4. Not to confuse other organizations with the Mason, But here is the request information on a couple other ones. INDEPENDENT ORDER of ODD FELLOWS http://norm28.hsc.usc.edu/IOOF.shtml The Woodsman of the World, I couldn't find my notes on this one, but I'm sure I've read something about it on the net. Hope this helps, Dennis

The following are some of the many links pulled up by a search engine. http://www.arkmason.org/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/6576/ Debra Blackard <eburness@snet.net> To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com <AGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:31 PM Subject: [AGS] Masons and Eastern Star >Could someone get me the addresses for both the Grand Lodge for Masons >In Arkansas and the Grand Lodge for the Eastern Star. >Than you so much for any help. >Janice > >

It is possible that Narsis is a variation of Narcissis, from Greek mythology. >Narsis May Stubbs was my great-aunt. The story is that this girl's mother >(my great-grandmother) was FROM Oklahoma (and was Native American). > >Could it be a name of Native American derivation? Debra Blackard

Arkansas Gazette September 9, 1912 Deaths: Mrs. Fannie Pinson of El Dorado Mrs. D.D. Cutler of El Dorado Mrs. Lee Ford at Garfield Ella Whitlock at Hamburg George W. Brady at Siloam Spring Mrs. Minerva Felts at Sydney Mansfield Huddleston near Tokio Mrs. Walter Thomas near Evening Shade Mrs. Nancy Naler at Mena Marriages: James Marul and Miss Alice Palum, at Dugger J.A. James and Miss Ann Reynolds at Parthenon G.W.D. Russell and Mrs. Tishie Brandon at Poughkeepsie Clint Young and Miss Ellen Baker at Shelbyville M.C. Crafton and Miss Nora Williams of Johnson township Neal Conyers of Barren Fork and Miss Willie Bell of Sydney, at Sydney Claire Little of West Plains and Miss Madge Thornburgh of Mammoth Spring, at Mammoth Spring. Harvey Emerton and Miss Laura Tucker, at Russellville Mr. Williams of Dabney and Mrs. Sarah Wagoner of Northwood at Northwood. W.W. Rowton and Miss Ruby Raff at Mena Ernest Cash and Miss Georgia Boyd at Eureka Springs Albert Sizemore and Miss Janie Hayes at Eureka Springs ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com