okay, for those of you who do not have some sort of genea program, here is where to go get a free one. [still snooping] > > This is where you get Brother's Keeper's free genealogy program. It is in two > parts and takes about 3 floppy disks to copy. It takes about 17 minutes to > download both files whenever you want to try it. > Then just install from your floppies whenever you want to try it. > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Brothers_Keeper/bksetup.w02

another DCHS person. classmate of Caryoln Haisty. I wont tell....just wait and see. Rebecca

still snooping...re the aol problem with gedcom someone mentioned > > Yes. I have run across this problem before. > Most people on aol put gedcoms on a floppy disk and snail mail them. Or you > could do what I do and just send generation reports of the same information > thru emails.

Tracey, will you please post this on AGS page? Sheila, please post on Chicot page and any others. And everybody else: post to any interested connections. Let's help this ole Drew County boy out! Rebecca ---------- > From: Willis, James - ESE <james.willis@coe.murraystate.edu> > To: 'rdea@seark.net' > Subject: Book Signing > Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 10:02 AM > > Rebecca, > > As you may know, I am scheduled at a book signing at the Drew County Meseum, > Sunday, December 20, at 1:00. W.J. is in charge (it was his idea). He will > need help getting the word out. He is thinking about a review for an article > in paper. > > People from Bradley, Ashley, Union, and Chicot Counties would be as > interested as those from Drew, as many men came from these counties. Brig. > Gen. Daniel Harris Reynolds, from Chicot, is featured in book. Do your > connections extend to these counties and could you help W.J. get word out. > > I am signing in Pine Bluff at Pickwick, the next morning, Monday, December > 21. I will be in LR on the Saturday before at Books-a-Million. > > Thanks for your help. > > JW > > > > > > > > > > >

> Jann needs this for her news clips so decided to post for everyone. > This book will be about the area of Bayou Bartholomew from source > near Pine Bluff to mouth near Sterlington, LA. Some of these places > you will notice are not bayou towns, but hill towns. [ex - Tyro, Collins]. > These communities will be included as in early days, a lot of Delta > farmers lived in the hills but worked land along the bayou. > [re: misquitoes therefore malaria]. If you have family history connected > to these areas, you are welcome to submit for inclusion in the book. > That is, IF they lived on or farmed on the bayou. > JEFFERSON COUNTY: > no real settlements on the bayou. however families that lived in > or near the following may have owned or farmed bayou land: > Pine Bluff > Ladd > Pinebergen > Hooker > LINCOLN COUNTY: > Tarry > Terry > Yorktown > Crigler > Meroney > Fresno/Cold Spur > Sorrell Ferry > Avery > Person Bridge > Star City > Calhoun/Butler/Pleasant Hill > Rose Hill > Bachelor Bridge WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BACHELOR FAMILY HISTORY! > Dark Corner > Garrett Bridge > Gourd > Tyro > DESHA COUNTY > Dumas > Pickens/Walnut Lake > McGehee > Tillar > DREW COUNTY > Tillar > Winchester > Selma > Baxter > Collins > Dermott > Lake Wallace > Jerome > ASHLEY COUNTY > Boydell/Morrell > Slemons > Montrose > Thebes > Portland > Sunshine > Parkdale/Poplar Bluff > Wilmot > MOREHOUSE PARISH, LA > Jones > Bonita > Lind Grove > Tillou > Chemin a Haut Creek area > Log Cabin > Bastrop > Point Pleasant > OUACHITA PARISH, LA > Sterlington > UNION PARISH, LA > Old Ouachita City > >

would someone mind relaying to me the birth/death dates for all the HILLIARDs listed on page 247 of Drew Co Cemeteries, as well as the name of that cemetery? There are 6 Hilliard individuals listed in the index, all on page 247. amy

this from the funeral home leaflet. I got one to snail you, Melissa. ..... Ruby Gertrude Gifford was born August 1, 1909, in Drew County. She departed this life Saturday, October 31, 1998 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center at the age of 89 years. She was the widow of Willima M. Gifford, homemaker and Baptist. She was the daughter of the late Walter L. White and Sarah Elizabeth Loveless White. She was preceded in death by a son, J. W. and two daughters, Amy and Maurene. Survivors include a son, Kenneth Gifford of Wilmar; two daughters, Betty Etheridge and Rita Worley both of Wilmar; one sister, Verlee Cave [sic Cabe] of Benton; nineteen grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. ...... Pallbearers: Larry Etheridge, Gary W. Worley, Mike Gifford, Gary Etheridge, Tony Williams, Karl Gifford Honorary: Greg Williams, Chris Etheridge, Bobby Etheridge, Billy Etheridge .... Funeral services: Monday, November 2, 1998; 3:30 pm @ Stephenson-Dearman Chapel Burial in 16th Section Cemetery Officiating: Rev Jerry Starnes, Rev Wayman Mann

thanks, Cuz Bill! that one was a printout! some of the material coming over Ardrew is so good I am tempted to use in my upcoming bayou book. yall don't tell that it happened in possum valley or wherever rather than on the bayou. ha. Rebecca

JoAnn, there a a lot of Lees and some Downeys in Old Times. Do you want me to look up someonein particular? No Overton Lee listed. REbecca

In a message dated 11/3/98 3:52:16 PM, you wrote: << Possum Valley>> Since I am new to this list..Could you give me the area you all call Possum Valley. Bettye

[I've been snooping around on this one] go to the experts, I always say. ---------- > I should explain also about merging with gedcom. This is what faddydaddy is > talking about. Getting everyone's gedcom and putting them together. > If someone wants to add onto their tree by gedcom (the same relatives might be > the same in both trees) ALL data (dates, names, etc. have to match exactly or > you will end up with two different individuals with the same name). > So first you usually put the gedcom in a separate file and print out and see > if there are any differences. You have to correct these so that they match > perfectly before you can merge the trees sucessfully.

> > Gedcom is a standard file format for exchanging information between genealogy > programs. The acronym gedcom stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. The > Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > (LDS Church) developed the gedcom standard. > You can use gedcom to transfer information into Family Tree Maker from another > genealogy program that supports gedcom and vice versa. By importing or > exporting gedcom files, you avoid retyping information. > So, in other words, you would have to have a program to open it in. > There are several shareware genealogy programs that you could download like > Brother's Keeper. This supports gedcom. I could upload Brother's Keeper to > you, if you want me to. THEN I could send you any genealogy information to you > via of gedcom and you would not have to type anything. Just open it up into > the genealogy program you have. >You can see how a person > could save hundreds of hours this way. That is the purpose of gedcom. No > chance of making a typing error also as long as the information was typed in > right the first time. Makes a complete copy of the whole works that will open > up on anybody's computer (that has a genealogy program that supports gedcom, > and most of them do).

Gasters Old Field probably in vicinity of Gaster Cemetery located north of Monticello. cf p 343, 344 Old Times REbecca ---------- > From: Jann Woodard <jann.woodard@eudoramail.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] 1877 article > Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 4:07 PM > > June 28, 1877 page 1: > > Notice is hereby given that a petition will be presented by Joseph Shelton and others on the 2nd day of the July term, 1877 of the Drew county court, to change that part of the Gaines Landing road between the old Selma road and the Gaster old field, so as to run from Dr. Owens' new fence, at the east end of Shelton Street, due East, running in front of the Fair Grounds and terminating in the Gaines Landing road at or near where said road enters the Gaster old field. > > > Where was Gastor's Old Field??? > > > Rebecca, have you seen the reprints of the Monticello Sage which appeared in the Gazette or Democrat??????? I didn't take time to look, but Russell Baker told me it was interesting. > > Jann > > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

compliment from Ed Sanders re list. ---------- > From: Ed Sanders <esanders@cswnet.com> > To: rdea@seark.net > You may be right. ARDREW may be the best list going. > Looking forward to seeing you in February in Warren when Wilkie speaks. > He is a card! > The very best always, > Ed

At my cousin Ruby Gifford's funeral yesterday, I was reminded that she had two brothers to die as small children. When I got to the cemetery I went to their graves and found that Jasper was about two months old and Jesse was 3 years and 7 months. I talked with Lynn & Sherry White at the funeral and was told that Jasper died of SIDS. Aunt Lizzie found the baby dead in bed for no apparent reason. Jesse apparently had pneumonia and the doctor over dosed him on medication which brought on his death. Now, the wives tale: I can remember as a child how the old folks would get real "antsy" when whip-o-wills (we called them whip-er- wills) got too close to the house at night. They said it was a sign (omen) that someone in the household would die very soon. I recall Aunt Lizzie White recanting this about the whip-er-wills and telling me that the evening on the night that Jesse died, that she sat on the front porch holding her son and the whip-er-wills came closer and closer to the house until they actually lit on the front porch where she was holding her sick baby. How desperately sad it must have been for Uncle Walter and Aunt Lizzie to begin bracing themselves for the inevitable as they stayed up that night watching the life drain away from their son. Now not to Wives Tales: My Glennon grandparents lost their baby, Eugene, to a combination of measles and pneumonia when he was just over two years old. I heard my grandpa say nearly 40 years later after having lost two more of his children, "The darkest valley life can have is the loss of a child and it does not matter what age they are." He also stated of Eugene, "There has never been a day gone by that I have not thought of that child." Once there was a big party at my grandparents around a big fire out front, and Doris Glennon-Tanner (this is Thelma Ellis' sister) was there and probably considered the prettiest gal in the Valley. At this party, Doris was told that she would have to kiss the boy of her choice. My daddy recalls how he sat by that fire hoping that Doris would kiss him. Little Eugene came by pushing his little wheelbarrow when Doris grabbed him up and kissed him a bunch of times. It was very shortly after that that Eugene died. I am rambling. I have more to tell about my Uncle Eugene if yaw'll want to hear it. You are right, my dear cousin Rdea - Blessed be those old times not forgotten! BW

Hi Dorothy. Welcome to Ardrew. There are some Slaughters in Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County. These Slaughters are my line as well. Here goes: Addie 293 Anna Mae 293 Cleavie 293 Georgia Ann 233 James 293 Jane Starling 234, 293 John Grisham 233, 234, 293 John O 293 Henrix 293 Lizzie 293 Ludie 214, 234, 293 [mine] m David Hartley Herring Martha Ludie 293 Nettie 233 Sally Riviere 234, 293 Sarah 233 William 234 William 234 William D 293 ....Best regards, Rebecca DeArmond rdea@seark.net www.seark.net/~rdea/ www.seark.net/~history/ ---------- > From: dorothy lewis <lewisd@alaweb.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] SLAUGHTER > Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 1:27 PM > > Hello, I am new on list. Am researching SLAUGHTER family. > Monroe SLAUGHTER m. Tabitha MALLARD, in Fayette Co. Tenn. 1841. > found in Calhoun Co, Ark 1860 census, list children as: > John 14, William 12, Nancy 12 (all born Tenn.), Margaret 10, Martha 6, James > 5, Samuel 3, Tabitha 1/12,(all born Ark), and Nancy Sellers 54 (born NC). > relationship between Nancy Seller and the Slaughters not given. > Next Generation found in Bradley Co.: > Samuel M. Slaughter m. Julia A.F. Robertson 1882 (she was born 1862, died > 1888. Children: > Jesse Francis Slaughter , b. 1886 > Infant, died at abt 3mo of age. (date of birth not known) > Samuel then married Ella McNabb in 1891. > Their Children: > Nora L. b.1895, Annie B. b. 1898, Lola Viola, b. 1901. > Info on other children born to this union unknown. > > Does anyone connect to this family? > Did Ella McNabb Slaughter remarry in Drew Co. possibly to a Puitte/ Pruitt > ?spelling) > and what happened to Nora & Annie? > Will answer all e-mail, and can trade what little info I have on this > family. > Dorothy

Bettye, Willie John THOMASSON was the son of James Langdon Chivis THOMASSON and Mollie P. NABORS. Mary Breathwaite GIBSON was the daughter of Samuel Bruce GIBSON and Asa BREATHWAITE. I have more on the THOMASSON family (back 7 more generations), if you want it. This is all found in the THOMASSON TRACES book by Malloy and Thomasson. Anyone else interested in the THOMASSONs, contact me. Karen Groce On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 RetTEACHER@aol.com wrote: > > I have Thomasson's in my Gladney/Gibson line. > Willie J. Thomasson 1879/1947 mar. > Mary Breathwaite Gibson 1889/1980; Pansy, Cleveland Co.,

I currently have the Personal Ancestral File 2.1 program used for the Mac. I have been thinking of getting a program for the PC, although I hate the thought of having to re-input all of the information onto a new program. If I can create a GEDCOM and convert what information I already have over to a different software, it would be a blessing. The two programs I have been looking at are Generations and Master Genealogy. Have you heard much about them? > Becky B _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Jo-Ann, OAKLAND CEMETERY, Patton Addition, Block 1 Monticello, Arkansas LEE, Edward Downey B. Oct. 23, 1938 D. Apr. 24, 1966 LEE, Jack B. June 15, 1931 D. Nov. 19, 1983 LEE, James Haston B. Jan. 24, 1904 D. July 14, 1989 LEE, Jerree H. B. 1898 D. 1984 Wife of Overton Lee LEE, Overton B. 1894 D. 1966 Pvt. Med. Det. 18 Inf., WWI Note: There are at least two more children of James Haston Lee that I know of. Bobby and Mary Jo. Haston Lee drove a school bus for Drew Central Schools during the time that I attended. His four children known to me all attended school there during the 40s and 50s. Jack, Bobby, Mary Jo and Downey. Carolyn

In a message dated 11/3/98 4:32:56 AM, you wrote: <<Pete Thomasson>> I have Thomasson's in my Gladney/Gibson line. Willie J. Thomasson 1879/1947 mar. Mary Breathwaite Gibson 1889/1980; Pansy, Cleveland Co., bur. Prosperity Cem., Harper Twsp. Thomasson children: Dick, Margaret, Hazel, Johnnie, Paul, & W. J. (Hazel Harper, Johnnie Harris, & W.J. live in Pine Bluff) Bettye Bond