The Archives at the Museum is open on Friday from 1:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. and Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 until 5:00., If you will call we can open by appointment. We are a little short of help right now. But we always try to open if someone needs to come at a time other then our regular hours. Connie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:28 AM Subject: [ARDREW] archives Could someone please tell me the time that the archives is open in Monticello during the week. Thanks Tanya

Carolyn: I don't know if this will be of any help to you but we had a Henley family in Watson back during the 2nd World War and through the mid fifties. They owned a store in Watson. Bill Covey Author of Watson Is Where It Wuz http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html www.1stBooks.com/bookview/3857 www.borders.com www.booksamillion.com www.barnsnoble.com www.amazon.com www.ave1.demon.co.uk (W. H. Smith)

Could someone please tell me the time that the archives is open in Monticello during the week. Thanks Tanya

Melissa: Thanks for the post about Mrs. Hankins, I should have sent it. She was truly a treasure to our town. We miss her very much and are so very thankful for the stories she left behind. It was such a pleasure for me to play the part of her Aunt Minnie Lee Wilson, who was the daughter of Nathan and Martha Sanderlin Edwards and the sister of Ms. Wilma's grandmother at the Rough and Ready Cemetery . Ms. Wilma told me it was very hard to play the part of her grandmother as it brought back many memories of the hard time of the early settlers of Monticello and her family. If any of you have stories about your family that you would like to share please send them to us at the Museum and we will place them in the archives. Wonderful folks like Ms. Wilma and Ms. Henri Mason will not alway be with us to share life in Monticello and Drew County. We have lost a special lady in the death of Mr. Wilma Hankins. Connie Mullis ----- I just read on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's obituary page >that Wilma Hanks passed away. > > >http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/wobits30.html > > >--Melissa >

Oh, dear. I just read on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's obituary page that Wilma Hanks passed away. The obituary can be found here: http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/wobits30.html --Melissa

Looking for info on James M. Henley. Believe his father was Isaac Henley. Mother unknown. Lived in Lincoln and Drew counties. Appreciate any info on Henleys from that area. Carolyn Bays

Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/126 Surname: Hale, Cochran, Smith ------------------------- I am looking for Kirvin Alexander Hale. I believe him to be my mother's cousin. My mother's name was Bessie Jewell (Cochran)Smith. Her parents Marion Calvin Cochran and Minnie Lee(Hale)Cochran. Her grandparents and my great grandparents were Alexander J. Hale and Valencia Ann (Leggett)Hale. Thanks, Virginia

Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/124 Surname: Hale, Cochran, Smith ------------------------- I am looking for Kirvn Alexander Hale who I believe to be my mother's cousin. He was a methodist minister in Little Rock,Ar at one time. My mother was Bessie Jewell (Cochran)Smith. Her grandfather was Alexander J. Hale and grandmother was Valencia Ann Leggett. Her parents were Marion Calvin Cochran and Minnie Lee (Hale) Cochran. Thanks, Virginia

Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/122 Surname: Chambers ------------------------- Would like to find someone who was related to Dr. W. P. Chambers, who lived in Drew Co. in 1860.He lived in Ferguson Township.He started a cemetary called New Troy cemetary.THANKS FOR ANY HELP! Mae

Sorry to cross post to Bradley and Drew, but there are connections in both counties. Ark. Gazette, March 12, 1916, Warren, Mar. 11 - Mrs. Martha Eubanks, aged 85, one of the oldest residents of Bradley county, died Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Knowles, who lives south of Warren. She was born in Tennessee, January 19, 1831. She came to Arkansas with her parents when she was only a child. She is survived by two sons and a daughter; Julius Eubanks of near Fordyce, Jeff Eubanks of Monticello, and Mrs. W. H. Knowles of this county. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Ark. Gazette: 1916 Jan. 4, Monticello, Jan 3 - Gwendolyn Hudspeth, aged 2 years, little daughter of Representative and Mrs. Hudspeth, died here Wednesday of scarlet fever. Jan. 4, Monticello, Jan 3 - Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. J. F. Koonce in Rock Hill, S. C., January 1. She was a former resident of this town, but moved to Rock Hill last fall to be with her daughters, who are attending school there. The body will be brought back here for burial. Jan. 5, Monticello, Jan 4 - With his neck broken, his shoulder shattered and his abdomen crushed, Walter C. Fouser (sic), aged 16 years, a Collins teamster, was picked up from beside his wagon and team near here yesterday. He met instant death when the log he was taking to the mill, rolled off the wagon and fell on him. Mar. 7, 1916 - Ruth Robinson gave a tacky party to her boy and girl friends last Saturday night. Since the above parties did not invite this reporter they will have to excuse this brief mention. (Wilmar Correspondent of the Monticello Advance) April 15, 1916, State Deaths: Mrs. H. W. Wright, at Barkada J. D. Appleberry, at Selma __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Melinda - just a wild guess, but maybe her name was Samantha Clementine "Clemmie." >Was Clemmie's first name by any chance 'Samantha'? I have come >across census records listing Robert/Elisha Kendall and wife >"Samantha C.", so I just want to confirm. > >Thanks in advance, > >Melissa >

Hi, all, "Old Times Not Forgotten", p. 219, shows Clemmie Eubank married to Robert Elisha Kendall, son of Sarah White and Russ Kendall. Was Clemmie's first name by any chance 'Samantha'? I have come across census records listing Robert/Elisha Kendall and wife "Samantha C.", so I just want to confirm. Thanks in advance, Melissa

I have the following invitation to a Cotillion Party at Monticello in 1858. Keith Wilson Invitation to Miss Mary E. Robinson, Bastrop, to a Cotillion Party at the Monticello House on the 5th inst. at 7 o'clock PM, Managers are Dr. S.E. Cole, Dr. J.A. Owens, G.F. Conley, W.F. Slemons, Dr. H. Wallace, Jas. D. Berry, T.W. Owens, & C.L. Burk, dated February 1, 1858.

Hey Jann, How are you doing? I view your entries each day. I'm going to be off the end of Feburary for a few days. Maybe I could hook up with you and go into Little Rock and help with the project your working on. Just let me know.Or maybe I could do some typing on the weekends, just let me know. Our insurance at work, Aetna finally signed up with you guy's. So now I can get a good checkup and get started on some hormones. My sister-in-law works for a fertility doctor in Little Rock and she's got me on birth control pills that has helped alot. You know after I started working for Dr. Murphy and saw blocked arteries all day I've stopped smoking, it's been almost 3 yrs now. So hopefully those birth control pills won't hurt me. Well, I'll talk to you later. Renita

Thanks for the news, Jann. Any idea when the first volumn would likely be published? How long has this process been going on to get the first 40K names? Just curious.. Thanks again, dave -----Original Message----- From: jann woodard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: [ARDREW] AGS Board Meeting >The Arkansas Genealogical Society Board met today in >the conference room at the state archives in Little >Rock. We discussed the priors project that is >underway. Folks, this is going to be one of the best >and most helpful resources to people researching >Arkansas records. At present we have 40,000 names >placed in the data base. We hope to publish the first >volume when we have around 80,000 names. More than >likely this will be on a CD, but that has yet to be >determined. > >I typed some of the delayed birth certificates, and >was amazed at how much family information was found in >each one. I believe one has been found for as far >back as between the 1830's-1840's. It is a wonderful >project and I wish I could devote more time to it. > >If any of you living within a reasonable distance of >Little Rock would like to help with this project, >please contact me. We need volunteers. Nancy Barber, >another list member, can attest to the importance of >these never before published records. > >I wanted to keep all of you up to date on the latest >project of AGS. Hopefully, it will be an on going >thing, and each year we will be able to print other >volumes as they come available. I saw many, many, >from the Bradley and Drew County areas and kept >thinking...gee, I wish I could make a copy...but the >health department made us sign a confidentialty >agreement, and I think that was a good idea. > >Jann > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >

If I am not mistaken the actual time the records became available to our Society was last summer, but in the course of putting the information into the system, there was a computer crash and many records were lost. Safeguards have been put in place to prevent this happening again. If we could get enough volunteers it wouldn't take long at all. Until we get more "manpower", I can't say when, but hopefully within the next year. On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:52:37 David Daugherty wrote: >Thanks for the news, Jann. > >Any idea when the first volumn would likely be published? How long has this >process been going on to get the first 40K names? Just curious.. > >Thanks again, > >dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: jann woodard <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:41 PM >Subject: [ARDREW] AGS Board Meeting > > >>The Arkansas Genealogical Society Board met today in >>the conference room at the state archives in Little >>Rock. We discussed the priors project that is >>underway. Folks, this is going to be one of the best >>and most helpful resources to people researching >>Arkansas records. At present we have 40,000 names >>placed in the data base. We hope to publish the first >>volume when we have around 80,000 names. More than >>likely this will be on a CD, but that has yet to be >>determined. >> >>I typed some of the delayed birth certificates, and >>was amazed at how much family information was found in >>each one. I believe one has been found for as far >>back as between the 1830's-1840's. It is a wonderful >>project and I wish I could devote more time to it. >> >>If any of you living within a reasonable distance of >>Little Rock would like to help with this project, >>please contact me. We need volunteers. Nancy Barber, >>another list member, can attest to the importance of >>these never before published records. >> >>I wanted to keep all of you up to date on the latest >>project of AGS. Hopefully, it will be an on going >>thing, and each year we will be able to print other >>volumes as they come available. I saw many, many, >>from the Bradley and Drew County areas and kept >>thinking...gee, I wish I could make a copy...but the >>health department made us sign a confidentialty >>agreement, and I think that was a good idea. >> >>Jann >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. >>http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >> > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

The Arkansas Genealogical Society Board met today in the conference room at the state archives in Little Rock. We discussed the priors project that is underway. Folks, this is going to be one of the best and most helpful resources to people researching Arkansas records. At present we have 40,000 names placed in the data base. We hope to publish the first volume when we have around 80,000 names. More than likely this will be on a CD, but that has yet to be determined. I typed some of the delayed birth certificates, and was amazed at how much family information was found in each one. I believe one has been found for as far back as between the 1830's-1840's. It is a wonderful project and I wish I could devote more time to it. If any of you living within a reasonable distance of Little Rock would like to help with this project, please contact me. We need volunteers. Nancy Barber, another list member, can attest to the importance of these never before published records. I wanted to keep all of you up to date on the latest project of AGS. Hopefully, it will be an on going thing, and each year we will be able to print other volumes as they come available. I saw many, many, from the Bradley and Drew County areas and kept thinking...gee, I wish I could make a copy...but the health department made us sign a confidentialty agreement, and I think that was a good idea. Jann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/121 Surname: BAKER-COFFEE-COX-MATTHEWS- BAKER- ------------------------- HELLO, MY NAME IS KATHY, I READ YOUR QUERY ON FUNDERBURK, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW ANTHING ABOUT HIS WIFE SEMANTHA,/ she married him in 1888, had 4 children, buried in baker cemetery, jermiah married a mary lee(molly) if this sound like your people please contact me i think we have some more information to share< kathy baker

Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/119 Surname: BROWNING, MELTON ------------------------- Can anyone tell me anything, please, about the following families: Levi Chance and Mary Melton m. Drew Co. 12 Mar., 1847 Jeremiah Melton and Mary Browning m 15 Mar.1847 Were Mary and Jeremiah bro-sister? John Browning m 19Apr.,1849 Margaret C. Melton ...were they related to Jeremiah and Mary?