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If anyone on the list would like to have the surnames you are searching be added to the Bradley County Surnames and Contacts pages located here http://www.arkansasfamilies.net//afsurconbradley1ab.htm Please let me know. I am in the process of working up the page and wanted to ask while I was at it. If you do, please send them to bigmomma@arkansasfamilies.net (along with a picture, if you can) and I'll get them up ASAP. :o) Lots of Lovins, Huggins, and good old Corn-Squeezins, BigMomma Arkansas Families can be found at <a href="http://www.arkansasfamilies.net">ArkansasFamilies.net</a>! Come join us for discussing of all things Arkansas, from Arkansas surnames to Southern recipes, old stories, photos and folklore @ ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net !

This is for those of you who have struggled to find that George, James, John, Henry or William over the years...... . It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New Year's resolutions. 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to give the appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never list the same age or birth year twice on any document. 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant minister who keeps no records. 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around asking silly questions. 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few years. 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in record keeping or in participating in military service. 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry another Mary. 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer? Happy New Year, everyone! :o) Take Care, Diana List Admin

This rear I resolve to find: Templeton, Palmer M., (1836-1873), Randolph County, AR; and his wife, Martha E. JAMES Templeton; Randolph County, AR. She married John H. Harrison in 1875 in Pocahontas, AR, following Palmer M. Templeton's death. Seeking information on Palmer & Martha's ancestors and family. M. Jane Templeton Cato, 2catojc@bellsouth.net

Happy New Year Diana & List! / ok heres mine "This year I resolve to find" all the families for the Arkansas Photos in my Database _http://www.deadfred.com/results2.php?s&sState=ar_ (http://www.deadfred.com/results2.php?s&sState=ar) Have a Safe Holiday Joe Bott DeadFred.com Springdale, Arkansas In a message dated 12/30/2005 10:15:44 PM Central Standard Time, philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net writes: This year I resolve to find

Hey guys! I know that, a lot of lists, for Thanksgiving, did the "Who would you invite to dinner" with our Ancestors, but lets do a new one (especially since we have several new members), a little different, for the New Year. How about a "This year I resolve to find..........." and list your most wanted ancestor. Who knows, someone may just have the resources we need to find some of these folks! Whatcha think?? :o) Take Care, Diana List Admin

This came through on my ArkansasGenChat list, and thought some of you might also be interested. Thanks, Linda! :o) Take care, Diana List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: BANDGMETAL@aol.com To: ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:29 PM Subject: [ArkansasGenChat] - Re: Free Workshop wish I could go Free Workshop Offered by the State Archives, June 25 ***** Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism A "Finders, Keepers: Researching and Preserving Your Arkansas History" workshop will be sponsored by the State Archives (also know as the Arkansas History Commission) on Saturday June 25. The workshop will be held in Room 171 of the Arkansas State Capitol, located at Third and Woodlane in Little Rock. All sessions will be led by State Archives employees. The first session, "Maximum Arkansas History Commission: Making the Most of Your Visit to the State Archives" led by Archival Manager Russell P. Baker, begins at 9:30 a.m. "Researchers often travel many miles to visit a distant archives only to be disappointed in their quest of much hoped for information. The old adage 'know before you go' is especially true in this day of high fuel prices and harried schedules," Baker said. He plans to discuss formulating research questions, identifying and locating possible sources, using nearby resources, and maximizing research visits to the History Commission. At 10:15 a.m. Archivist Lynn Ewbank will present a program entitled "One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Gleaning Information from Arkansas Photographs." She will instruct attendees on how to "use your family photographs to learn more information about your family by using notations, verbal comments, the photographer's imprint, visual content, base material and additional research sources." "An Untapped Resource: Arkansas Land Records at the State Archives" is Archivist Jeff Lewellen's 11 a.m. topic. Lewellen will speak on the variety of "documents and materials in the Arkansas State Land Records Collection" and "how to access the materials in the Arkansas State Land Records Collection." Participants are on their own for lunch. After lunch, "The Longley Family, A Case Study: Learning About Those Elusive Ancestors" discussion conducted by Christine Longley Gatewood, a library technical assistant, leads off the afternoon programs at 1:30 p.m. Rounding out the day is "A Lasting Arkansas Legacy: Preserving Family Heirlooms" at 2:15, moderated by Curator Julienne Crawford. The workshop is free but registration is required because of limited seating. Certificates of attendance will be provided for teachers. For more information or to register, contact Jane Hooker at jane.hooker@arkansas.gov or (501) 682-6895. This release, along with others by the Department of Parks & Tourism, is available electronically at the Department's on-line media room: www.arkansas.com/media. Hundreds of high-resolution photos are also available at this Web address. ********************** Submitted by the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 682-7606 E-mail: info@arkansas.com May be used without permission. Credit line is appreciated: "Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism"

Hey guys, just thought I would mention again, that if you have any family info, photos, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, groupsheets, surnames, stories, family members who served in any war, just whatever, that you would like posted at ArkansasFamilies.net, you are more than welcome to send them to me philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net or to bigmomma@arkansasfamilies.net . I don't know how far behind she is in posting things, but I do know she would appreciate having them to post when she can! :o) Take care, Diana List Admin Arkansas Families can be found at <a href="http://www.arkansasfamilies.net"> ArkansasFamilies.net</a>

----- Original Message ----- From: LM Fancher To: bigmomma@arkansasfamilies.net Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:08 PM Subject: Fancher Family Reunion 2005 Hoping you could help me pass this announcement on: Descendants of James & Elizabeth (Carlock) Fancher of Carroll County Arkansas are invited to attend the family reunion to be held in the Osage Community of Carroll County the weekend of June 25th 2005. Family names associated with this line besides Fancher are: Kenner, Boatright, Morris, Coker, Owens, Kendall, Dickson, Sneed, Sisco and many more. Anyone interested please contact LM Fancher at Dixon@europa.com or Kathy Fancher Pettigrew at kpett@specent.com Thanks, Lynn-Marie Fancher

I know that a lot of you really enjoy the occasional chats held at ArkansasFamilies.net, and I have been thinking that since we don't always have time for them, and since no time is convenient for everyone, that perhaps we should create a mailing list to make up for that. A place to share genealogy info, tips, hints, personal histories, anecdotes, and any information you may want to share. Discussing of all things Arkansas, from Arkansas surnames to Southern recipes, old stories, photos and folklore. And hopefully, a place to find lost relatives.....This is the next best thing to dropping by a cousins' for coffee! :o) Keep in mind, this list WILL accept attachments, (i.e. photos, documents, etc...) but the way the list will be set up, there is no chance of virus' making it through. If you are interested, drop me a line, off list, and I'll give you the information needed to join. Please, this is NOT a RootsWeb list, so make sure you reply OFF LIST. Send your replies to philsbarbie@cei.net Hope to see you all there! :o) Take care, Diana List Admin

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Hello everyone! For anyone interested, the ArkansasFamilies.net chatroom will be open this evening (10-25-04), from 7:00 until 12:00 (CDT) Please remember though, that unfortunately, these chats are NO LONGER archived until further notice. But please feel free to come chat with us and see if you can find some family! I will be doing census lookups as I can. Hope to see you there! :o) Take care, Diana List Admin ArkansasFamilies Chat: http://www.arkansasfamilies.net/chat.html

Forwarded by request. :o) Take care, Diana List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete Jordon To: AR-WOODMEN-admin@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Arkansas Post Genealogy Event The Arkansas Post Museum, five miles south of Gillett, Arkansas, or three miles north of the Pendleton Bridge over the Arkansas River on Highway 165 south, is extending an invitation to area genealogical societies and other such organizations to attend our second Genealogical Event, August 28, 2004 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Last year was our first such try at this event and we enjoyed the company of the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society, the Grand Prairie Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Tri-County Genealogical Society and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. This year we're hoping to see those groups return and add additional ones as well. We have had several phone calls from individuals interested in this year's event, so it is already showing promise as an even larger event than it was last year (okay, we had between twenty-five and fifty people visit depending on how you counted them, but we did have quite a bit of coverage in the local and regional newspapers). Groups planning to attend may set up informational tables (we have a few tables available, but you might be wise to have to have your own table in case we run out) about their organization, possibly sell their publications (I'm still waiting for the okay on this from Parks and Tourism, but there's no reason to expect it will not happen) and to offer memberships for sell as well. The hope is that people visiting this event can find answers to their family history dead ends, come up with new ideas about where to look for family members, or just to share information about what is available out there. Last year a couple of groups came in and set up unmanned tables with information on them about their group and what they offered. If your group would like to do this as well, we'd be glad to keep an eye on your table for you and make sure it stays stocked with your materials (but we will not be responsible for selling your publications and the like for you). In short, we're hoping to see this become an annual one-stop, must-make visit for people interested in genealogy in SE Arkansas. We're also working to schedule some workshops on genealogy as well. If you or your group would like to participate in this, please let us know and we'll be more than happy to consider what you have to offer and perhaps schedule you a slot. More details as they become available. Lunch, consisting of cold sandwiches, drinks and chips will be provided to those manning a table or giving workshop for this event. If you or your group would like to play a role at this event, or would like more information, please let us know as soon as possible so we can reserve your slot. Contact Information: Thomas E. (Pete) Jordon, Director Arkansas Post Museum 5530 Hwy 165 South Gillett AR 72055 (870) 548-2634 (phone) (870) 548-3003 (fax) pete.jordon@arkansas.gov (email) Thomas E. (Pete) Jordon, Director Arkansas Post Museum Where the Adventure Begins 5530 Highway 165 South Gillett AR 72055 (870) 548-2634 (870) 548-3003 (fax)

I have a marriage license for a Thomas Claude Ligon (Little Rock, Pulaski County) who married Mrs. Anna Lou Cargile Cook (Arkadelphia, Clark County) in Garland County July 2, 1920. If you would like a scan or photocopy, please let me know. Take care, Diana

cancel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Boothe" <philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net> To: <AR-VINTAGEPHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: [AR-VINTAGEPHOTOS] Marriage License--Ligon--Cook > I have a marriage license for a Thomas Claude Ligon (Little Rock, Pulaski > County) who married Mrs. Anna Lou Cargile Cook (Arkadelphia, Clark County) > in Garland County July 2, 1920. If you would like a scan or photocopy, > please let me know. > Take care, > Diana > > > > > ==== AR-VINTAGEPHOTOS Mailing List ==== > USGS Mapping Information query form > http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Forwarded with permission......thanks, Suzy! Take care, Diana List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: <SuzyinOK@aol.com> To: <ARSEBAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: [ARSebast] US Marshalls history project by Pam Cloud Much of the history of the US Marshals Service was lived in this border town at the turn of the 20th century. A lone lawman riding off on horseback to apprehend outlaws is branded in the minds of many as the way the West was tamed. Today, with many of the men and women who made that history buried in local cemeteries, efforts are being made to collect information from area residents about deputy marshals, jailers and posse members. That information, according to Richard J. O’Connell, US Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, will be used to try to convince officials with the US Marshals Service that Fort Smith is the perfect location for its new national US Marshals Service Museum. At a special open house slated for May 1, descendants of former US Marshal Service employees are asked to bring artifacts, photographs or documents and the colorful stories handed down from several generations to help catalog the information. Amy Wilcox of Fort Smith plans to be there to share the interesting stories of her great-grandfather, Calvin “Cal” Whitson, who served as a deputy US Marshal for Judge Isaac C. Parker in the late 1800s. Whitson was sort of a crusty character, Wilcox said, with one eye shot out, and he always wore his hat down over the left eye to hide the wound. Its been said that the character of patch-eyed Marshal Rooster Cogburn was modeled after Whitson, Wilcox added. “My great-grandfather’s personality was very much like Rooster Cogburn,” Wilcox said. Wilcox said she remembers her aunts and other family members telling stories handed down by her grandmother, Vannie Valeria Whitson Evans, who was Whitson’ s daughter. “When she was a little girl, she remembered him bringing some prisoners in after being out for a long time,” Wilcox explained. “If he was tired and hungry, he would go straight to his house, and he would chain the outlaws to the bedpost to keep an eye on them before he took them on to jail.” In the Whitson family research, Wilcox said, it was discovered that Cal Whitson’s first-born son, 16-year-old Billy, apparently signed up as a posse member July 7, 1888, went out with a deputy marshal to pick up prisoners near Eufaula in Indian Territory and never made it home. “He was killed the first night he went out by a Creek Indian,” Wilcox said. “We wonder if that had anything to do with (Cal Whitson’s) interest in becoming a deputy marshal, to avenge his son’s death. “I think that’s so sad that Billy went out and got shot,” she added. Buddy Berry of Alma said “we’d have to lose both bridges” to keep him away from the excitement of Descendant’s Day festivities. Berry’s great-grandfather, James Cole, served as a deputy marshal sometime in the late 1800s to early 1900s, according to Berry. Cole was born in 1855 and died in 1925. Like Wilcox, Berry also recalls stories told by his grandfather of his great-grandfather chasing outlaws. “He got his mustache shot off in the Moffett bottoms,” Berry said. “That was the story my granddad told me.” Berry said Cole lived in McCurtain in Indian Territory and also would bring prisoners home often after apprehending them. “I remember my granddad telling me he’d have prisoners with him, and his mother would cook and feed them before they came to Fort Smith to be hung,” Berry said. Berry also said family folklore indicates that Cole Younger of the Younger gang of outlaws was named after Berry’s great-grandfather. The idea of gathering descendants of former marshal service employees intrigues Berry. “I just know the things I know from my granddad,” he said. “It’s too interesting. It’s fascinating the way things were then.” Berry isn't the only one excited about the upcoming event. Bill Black, superintendent of the Fort Smith National Historic Site, said his staff, members of the steering committee organized to help bring the national US Marshals Museum to Fort Smith along with Marshals Service officials in Washington, DC, are looking forward to this one-of-a-kind event. With more than 170 marshal service employees buried in Fort Smith, organizers think there are many residents in the area with familial links to former marshals, deputy marshals and posse members with interesting stories to share or photographs and artifacts to copy. O’Connell said it’s important for people to remember the committee is not just looking for descendants of marshals who rode in Parker’s days; they are also interested in hearing from descendants of later marshal service employees. Volunteers at the open house will help with collecting, copying and cataloguing the information and recording oral histories. Black said park rangers are hoping to see some photographs and artifacts relating to marshals and deputy marshals they have never seen before. “It serves the purpose of this park in that there are two or three pictures out there we would love to have,” Black said, noting they do not have an interior shot of Parker’s courtroom, nor do they have a photograph of the gallows. “ There were cameras back in those days, and we feel like they're out there in somebody's attic or scrapbook,” Black said. “Its … one day to bring together people and motivate them to go out there and look for this stuff and bring it in if they've got it.”

Does anyone out there in Arkansas have old photos of Richard Sanders family, he married Sarah Adaline Ross (dau..of Joshua Ross) And especially of Richards parents & siblings.from NC. I believe this Richard is son of J.Mason Sanders & Priscilla Underwood. IF SO, his siblings are: Omah(Sanders) Saunders,Elizabeth, Polly Sartin, Wm.,John, Lyda Wright, Leroy,Andrew, Annie Smith. & possibly 3 half brother??? THey all at one time were in Caswell Co.NC. Andrew moved to TN.& Ky. Andrew Married Nancye Humphries 1830 in Caswell Co.NC. IF could just get a scanned photo, that would be great.!!

Newsgroup Announcement: For those of you who are familiar with the USENET binary newsgroups, there is a new one for genealogy researchers. The name of the newsgroup is: alt.binaries.e-book.genealogy Shortly, there will be a corresponding "discussion" group for the new newsgroup: alt.binaries.e-book.genealogy.d NEWSGROUP PURPOSE: The purpose of the new newsgroup (alt.binaries.e-book.genealogy) is to provide a place to share scanned genealogy books, genealogy books from CD and other printed genealogical materials. This is where you may find and share those old, out of print or never published materials and unidentified photos, which people have stuck in their closets. :-) This newsgroup will be of greatest interest to those who are already familiar with USENET and newsgroups, specificially binary newsgroups. If you don't know about newsgroups, and the huge amount of genealogical info that flows freely across USENET each day, then please ask one of your computer literate friends to explain how to access newsgroups (sometimes relanguaged to the term "discussion groups"). List Admin: If I have accidently sent this to a list where I'm no longer a member, will you please post it to the group for me??