Brenda wrote: >I have been having trouble getting any information on my great-grandfather, James Edward Branum. I know when he was married but I don't know where and I know my great-grandmothers name, Fanny Wyatt. How do I research this? Especially since Arkansas' records only go back to 1914? I know that he died on Sept. 10, 1910 but I don't know how to research this either. Please help! How do I get started? < Brenda: Do you know where he died in 1910? If so, then by all means start with the censuses. If he died in Sept 1910 then he was alive for the 1910 census. Try and find him in all the censuses because his parents may be living with him in later years and his grandparents may be living in the household in his early years. For instance the 1910 census has: Name, relationship to head of house, Sex, Color, Age, Marital status, # years in present marriage, Mother of how many children, # of living children, birthplace of this person, birthplace of father & mother, year of immigration, Naturalized or Alien?, Speaks English? If not give name of language, Profession or occupation & nature of business, Employer or wage earner or working on own account, Out of work 15 April 1910?; # weeks out of work in 1909; Can read, Can Write; School since 1 Sept 1909; Owner or rented; Owned free or mortgaged; Farm or house; No. of farm schedule; Civil War Veteran; Blind; Deaf & dumb. Where do you find the censuses? At your regional National Archives, AR History Commission in Little Rock, or order the films through interlibrary loan from your local library or order them at the closest LDS Family History Center. Look in your phone directory for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and ask the location of the nearest FHC. (Family History Center). Remember that the census taker wrote down the name as he heard it so it could be Branum, Brannam, etc. Regards, Nan Wolf [email protected] HINDS - MATTIX - BASHAM - DOWNEN - RUDY - MARLAR