----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Erickson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [AGS] James Edward Branum > Brenda, > > If this is all you know or can find out by questioning older family members, > then I would start with the 1900 census and work from there. Many of the > censuses are online. Some you must pay for; others are free. Many > libraries also have genealogy sections and census images. Write letters > (always keep a copy) with self-addressed envelopes to all living relatives > to question them on the family. > > I did a quick search for Arkansas 1900 and found a James Branum in Prairie > County. Household 262 [what looks like Hazen Township...someone else will > probably correct me on that one]. This James was born April 1877 (age 23) > and newly married as it shows the number of years married as 0. He was born > in Missouri. His father was born in Tennessee and his mother was born in > Indiana. His wife's name is Fannie born December 1877; age 22 and has had 0 > children as of the date of census [13th & 14th day of June]. Fannie was > born in Arkansas. Her father born in Tennessee and her mother born in > Georgia. James was a Farm Laborer. They can both read, write and speak > English. > > Hopefully, this gives you an idea of what might be found in just one place. > > Happy hunting. > > Shirley Nobles Erickson -- researching Nobles - Pennington - Howell - Ward - > Hudgens - Roten - Renfro - Holloway - Walker - Hancock - and many more. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:46 PM > Subject: [AGS] James Edward Branum > > > > 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 Branum > > [email protected] > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this > list without the permission of the original author. > > >