I have entertained the idea of a site for Columbia County for some time. I know we have the USGENWEB site as do all the other counties have one and this list as well, but neither is satisfying our needs like they should. I am talking about a regular site that we could all visit and put in our family information, discuss info with each other, and any thing else we think would help each other as well as ourselves. I am mostly interested in Magnolia and the Philadelphia community down on Burnt Bridge Road, but I also have enough sense to know that these people moved from time to time across the Louisiana line and other parts of the county. We could start our own cemetery info section as well as church info and anything we thought could help each other. I think it would be fun as well as helpful to have a place to tell some of the stories as well as some of the histories of our families. When someone dies, they are not really gone as long as someone is left to tell about them and remember the things they did. When we are gone these people might as well have never lived. I would like to make a place where they could go on forever. Now, here comes the problem. When it comes to a website or making one, I am about as smart as a head of lettuce, and I am talking about the dumber type of lettuce. I know there is someone on this list that can help me do this or a couple of us could get it done. OK- how about it? James ( Pete ) Peterson Rt 10 box 387 Texarkana, Ark. 71854 My phone number 870-774 7896

James, The USGenExchange has a Columbia county website. We are offline at this time upgrading to a DSL server and hope to be back online soon. We have begun collecting marriage records from the courthouse, biographies from Goodspeed's and surveying some of the cemeteries. Our website accepts information submitted by researchers which is posted immediately. Researchers use their e-mail address when submitting material so that anyone else researching that family can contact them. We also use cold fusion which enables a person to type in a surname (say at the cemetery search function) and it brings up everyone in all of the Columbia county cemeteries with that given surname. The only service we can't offer is photos. The USGenExchange is operated by dedicated volunteers who give of their time and resources because of their love of genealogy. The USGenExchange has always been and always will be FREE to anyone who wishes to visit our website. Until we are back online, we are offering lookups to the cemeteries on our mailing list. Anyone interested in a lookup in Waldo Cemetery, Barlow Cemetery, Columbia Cemetery, Green Cemetery and Waldo African-American Cemetery, please feel free to send an e-mail to me at [email protected] Please include the surnames and cemetery you wish to be searched. Happy Easter, Debbra Szymanski Arkansas State Coordinator USGenExchange ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Columbia County Website > I have entertained the idea of a site for Columbia County for some time. I > know we have the USGENWEB site as do all the other counties have one and this > list as well, but neither is satisfying our needs like they should. > I am talking about a regular site that we could all visit and put in our > family information, discuss info with each other, and any thing else we think > would help each other as well as ourselves. > I am mostly interested in Magnolia and the Philadelphia community down on > Burnt Bridge Road, but I also have enough sense to know that these people > moved from time to time across the Louisiana line and other parts of the > county. > We could start our own cemetery info section as well as church info and > anything we thought could help each other. > I think it would be fun as well as helpful to have a place to tell some of > the stories as well as some of the histories of our families. When someone > dies, they are not really gone as long as someone is left to tell about them > and remember the things they did. When we are gone these people might as well > have never lived. I would like to make a place where they could go on forever. > Now, here comes the problem. When it comes to a website or making one, I am > about as smart as a head of lettuce, and I am talking about the dumber type > of lettuce. > I know there is someone on this list that can help me do this or a couple > of us could get it done. > OK- how about it? > James ( Pete ) Peterson > Rt 10 box 387 > Texarkana, Ark. 71854 > > My phone number 870-774 7896 > > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

James, When you get it on line, I will be glad to furnish what I have of the John Richard Vanwinkle family of Magnolia, Columbia Co, AR. If you cannot find anyone to help with the web site, let me know. Michael Van Winkle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Columbia County Website I have entertained the idea of a site for Columbia County for some time. I know we have the USGENWEB site as do all the other counties have one and this list as well, but neither is satisfying our needs like they should. I am talking about a regular site that we could all visit and put in our family information, discuss info with each other, and any thing else we think would help each other as well as ourselves. I am mostly interested in Magnolia and the Philadelphia community down on Burnt Bridge Road, but I also have enough sense to know that these people moved from time to time across the Louisiana line and other parts of the county. We could start our own cemetery info section as well as church info and anything we thought could help each other. I think it would be fun as well as helpful to have a place to tell some of the stories as well as some of the histories of our families. When someone dies, they are not really gone as long as someone is left to tell about them and remember the things they did. When we are gone these people might as well have never lived. I would like to make a place where they could go on forever. Now, here comes the problem. When it comes to a website or making one, I am about as smart as a head of lettuce, and I am talking about the dumber type of lettuce. I know there is someone on this list that can help me do this or a couple of us could get it done. OK- how about it? James ( Pete ) Peterson Rt 10 box 387 Texarkana, Ark. 71854 My phone number 870-774 7896 ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237