In a message dated 5/14/2006 11:07:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, trmitcham@vircom.net writes: Susan T. Bishop was married three times: William D. Cooper 1833 Isacc Cooper Perkins who was first married to Hannah Children were: Emily Perkins Suannah Perkins then he married Susan T. Bishop Cooper March 27, 1851, they were only married a short time the he past away. She remarried again to Nathan Yarough of Union County, Arkansas Do you have the birthdate and parents of Susan T Bishop idendified? I have a Susan Bishop born about 1804 who I believe was married to a James Cooper. She was a sister to Harmon Bishop, which I am descended from. Thanks, james hendren

Susan T. Bishop was married three times: William D. Cooper 1833 Isacc Cooper Perkins who was first married to Hannah Children were: Emily Perkins Suannah Perkins then he married Susan T. Bishop Cooper March 27, 1851, they were only married a short time the he past away. She remarried again to Nathan Yarough of Union County, Arkansas Descendants of William D. Cooper Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM D.1 COOPER died Abt. 1849 in Unknown. He married SUSAN T. BISHOP 19 Jan 1833 in Hardeman Co., TN, daughter of ASA BISHOP and MARY STEVENS. She was born 1807 in Virginia, and died in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Child of WILLIAM COOPER and SUSAN BISHOP is: 2. i. JOHN JAMES2 COOPER, b. 01 Sep 1835, Hardeman Co., TN; d. 08 Dec 1888, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN JAMES2 COOPER (WILLIAM D.1) was born 01 Sep 1835 in Hardeman Co., TN, and died 08 Dec 1888 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. He married MARY M. BLACK 31 Dec 1865 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, daughter of CHRISTOPHER BLACK and NANCY RITCHIE. She was born 23 Sep 1832 in Hayneville, Lowndes Co., Alabama, and died 15 Oct 1908 in Union Co., Arkansas. More About JOHN JAMES COOPER: Burial: 1888, Church yard next to Mother-in-law Children of JOHN COOPER and MARY BLACK are: 3. i. SUSAN LIZETTE3 COOPER, b. 27 Mar 1867, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 18 Jun 1959, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. ii. ELEMETTE F. COOPER, b. Jun 1869, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Abt. 1871, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. 4. iii. CARL SHURZ COOPER, b. 27 Nov 1871, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 21 Aug 1954, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. 5. iv. HUGH WELLS COOPER, b. 1874, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 1946, Unknown. Generation No. 3 3. SUSAN LIZETTE3 COOPER (JOHN JAMES2, WILLIAM D.1) was born 27 Mar 1867 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, and died 18 Jun 1959 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. She married PETER D. GOODWIN 22 Nov 1883 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas1, son of PETER SR. and MELINDA BROWN. He was born 25 Jan 1861 in Union Co., Arkansas, and died 29 May 1930 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Children of SUSAN COOPER and PETER GOODWIN are: i. FLORENCE4 GOODWIN, b. 27 Jun 1885, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 25 Mar 1977, Union Co., Arkansas; m. THURTON ROBERTSON; b. 23 Dec 1882, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Mar 1925, Union Co., Arkansas. ii. NEIL G. GOODWIN, b. 14 Jul 1887, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 14 Jun 1972, Union Co., Arkansas. iii. ESTELLE GOODWIN, b. Aug 1889, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 1889, Union Co., Arkansas; m. JESSE BURLEY, 1918, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. iv. BOYD GOODWIN, b. 13 Jan 1893, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Nov 1960, Union Co., Arkansas. v. MARIE GOODWIN, b. Aug 1895, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Jul 1896, Union Co., Arkansas. 6. vi. LENA M. GOODWIN, b. 28 Sep 1897, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 15 Nov 1988, Union Co., Arkansas. vii. PAUL BROWN GOODWIN, b. 01 Jan 1900, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Oct 1900, Union Co., Arkansas; m. LEMOINE SOULOUT, 1929, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. 4. CARL SHURZ3 COOPER (JOHN JAMES2, WILLIAM D.1) was born 27 Nov 1871 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, and died 21 Aug 1954 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. He married MARTHA ELLENDER FAIR NEWSOM 08 Dec 1896 in Wesson, Union Co., Arkansas, daughter of WILLIAM NEWSOM and MATILDA BRUMBELLO. She was born 02 Feb 1873 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, and died 02 Dec 1954 in El 2 Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. More About CARL SHURZ COOPER: Burial: Arlington Cemetery Religion: Baptist More About MARTHA ELLENDER FAIR NEWSOM: Religion: First Baptist Church Child of CARL COOPER and MARTHA NEWSOM is: 7. i. EDNA MATILDA4 COOPER, b. 01 Nov 1897, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 04 Sep 1981, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. 5. HUGH WELLS3 COOPER (JOHN JAMES2, WILLIAM D.1) was born 1874 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, and died 1946 in Unknown. He married (1) MARY FLETCHER 23 Jan 1901 in Union Co., Arkansas2. She was born Abt. 1877 in Union Co., Arkansas, and died Abt. 1905 in Union Co., Arkansas. He married (2) WILLIE BEENE 28 Jan 1906 in Union Co., Arkansas. She was born Abt. 1882 in Union Co., Arkansas, and died Bef. 1920. More About HUGH WELLS COOPER: Military service: Sep 1918, WWI Draft Card of Hugh Wells Cooper Children of HUGH COOPER and WILLIE BEENE are: i. RUTH4 COOPER, b. 1908, Union Co., Arkansas. ii. MARY COOPER, b. 1911, Union Co., Arkansas. iii. KATHERINE COOPER, b. 1916, Union Co., Arkansas. Generation No. 4 6. LENA M.4 GOODWIN (SUSAN LIZETTE3 COOPER, JOHN JAMES2, WILLIAM D.1) was born 28 Sep 1897 in Union Co., Arkansas, and died 15 Nov 1988 in Union Co., Arkansas. She married J. D. TRIMBLE 1921 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, son of JOE TRIMBLE. Child of LENA GOODWIN and J. TRIMBLE is: i. JOHN5 TRIMBLE. 7. EDNA MATILDA4 COOPER (CARL SHURZ3, JOHN JAMES2, WILLIAM D.1) was born 01 Nov 1897 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, and died 04 Sep 1981 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. She married LORENZO DOW MITCHAM 25 May 1915 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas, son of BENJAMIN MITCHAM and ADELINE CULPEPPER. He was born 11 Feb 1892 in Ruston, Union Parish, Louisiana, and died 12 Oct 1961 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Children of EDNA COOPER and LORENZO MITCHAM are: i. LORENZO DOW MITCHAM5 JR., b. 25 Jan 1916, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. Mar 1959, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. ii. WALTER N. MITCHAM, b. 01 Mar 1919, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 02 Aug 1987, Louisiana; m. BRENDA LOUISE NORTON, 15 Aug 1936, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. More About WALTER N. MITCHAM: Namesake: Named after a Dr. of the family iii. JAMES COOPER MITCHAM, b. 26 Mar 1924, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 14 Apr 1990, Little Rock, Arkansas; m. BETTY SUE GRIFFIN, 11 Sep 1942, Livington Co., MO; b. 10 Sep 1924, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 11 Oct 2002, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. iv. BETTY JEAN MITCHAM, b. 15 Apr 1928, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas; d. 25 Apr 1928, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. v. THOMAS CARL MITCHAM, b. 18 Dec 1931, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. vi. ANN EDNA MITCHAM, b. 11 Aug 1935, El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. 3 Endnotes 1. Bond for Marrage License, 278. 2. Bond for Marriage License, 367.

The Butler Center has a new website going www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson

The Howard Co., AR website on USGenWeb Project has been updated. I appreciate all those that contributed information. Please note I have a new email address if you have me in your address book HudsonK@hughes.net Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ~~~ Howard Co., Ar. http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arhoward/index.htm

Not a happy camper but the parent company of direcway.com has changed my email address..it is now HudsonK@hughes.net Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson

I was asked for forward this information. Mark your calendars for this event. Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson Ralls Cemetery Dedication All Ralls descendents and friends -- Please join us for the dedication of the Brown/Ralls Lost Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Athens, AR and is over 130 years old. The dedication will take place on Sunday, March 26, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Some of the Ralls that are buried in this cemetery are: Nathaniel Ralls and his wife Mary "Polly" Ralls, William "Peter" Ralls, and MC Ralls. This cemetery is located off of Hwy 246 in Athens, AR . At Athens take the old Miniola Road and follow signs to old Browns/Ralls Lost Cemetery. For more information please contact: Event Chairman: --Bill Ralls - 8008 E Oakwood Ct, Houston TX 77040 713-682-0486 Vice Chairman: --Vicki Mattson- 2709 Mohawk Rd, Waukegan, IL 60087 847-244-9851 or Vicki27655@aol.com Thanks very much for your help. Vicki Mattson

Hopefully this website will help you with several different naming trends. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/links/names.htm Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <ARHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: [ARHOWARD] Nick Names > Let me preface this first. I don't think I am out of line on this one. > This is definitely genealogy related! > > Does anyone have a list of nick names given to given names? I believe > that it might help us all in our research. > > Jane Foley > > > > ==== ARHOWARD Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Project Howard Co. AR: > http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arhoward/index.htm > >

Let me preface this first. I don't think I am out of line on this one. This is definitely genealogy related! Does anyone have a list of nick names given to given names? I believe that it might help us all in our research. Jane Foley

This came to me on another list and I thought I would share it with you. Jane Foley NC > How Many Can You Remember? > > Some of you young whippersnappers, probably never heard a lot of > theses...(grin) > > A Lick And A Promise > > By Pamela Perry Blaine > > Ill just give this a lick and a promise, my mother said as she > quickly > mopped up a spill on the floor without moving any of the furniture. > > What is that supposed to mean, I asked as in my young mind I > envisioned someone licking the floor with his or her tongue. It means that > I'm in a hurry and I'm busy canning tomatoes so I am going to just give it > a > lick with the mop and promise to come back and do the job right later. > > A lick and a promise was just one of the many old phrases that I > remember my mother, grandma, and others using that they probably heard > from > the generations before them. With the passing of time, many old phrases > become obsolete or even disappear.This is unfortunate because some of > themare very appropriate and humorous. Here is a list that I came up with > that I remember my parents and grandparents using, some that we don't hear > much anymore. Perhaps you have some memorable old phrases of your own > that > you could add to the list before forwarding: > > A Bone to Pick (someone who wants to discuss a disagreement) > > An Axe to Grind (Someone who has a hidden motive.This phrase is said > to have originated from Benjamin Franklin who told a story about a devious > man who asked how a grinding wheel worked. He ended up walking away with > his axe sharpened free of charge) > > A bad apple spoils the whole barrel (one corrupt person can cause all > the others to go bad if you don't remove the bad one) > > At sea (lost or not understanding something) > > Bad Egg (Someone who was not a good person) > > Barking at a knot (meaning that your efforts were as useless as a dog > barking at a knot.) > > Bee in your bonnet (To have an idea that won't let loose) > > Been thrugh the mill (had a rough time of it) > > Between hay and grass (Not a child or an adult) > > Blinky (Between sweet and sour, as in milk) > > Calaboose (a jail) > > Cattywampus (Something that sits crooked such as a chair sitting at > an angle) > > Dicker (To barter or trade) > > Feather In Your Cap (to accomplish a goal. This came from years ago > in > wartime when warriors might receive a feather they would put in their cap > for defeating an enemy) > > Hold your horses (Be patient!) > > I reckon (I suppose) > > Jawing (Talking or arguing) > > Kit and caboodle (The whole thing) > > Madder than an old wet hen (really angry) > > Needs taken down a notch or two (like notches in a belt. Usually a > young person who thinks too highly of himself and needs a lesson) > > No Spring Chicken (Not young anymore) > > Persnickety (overly particular or snobbish) > > Pert-near (short for pretty near) > > Pretty is as pretty does (your actions are more important han your > looks) > > Scalawag (a rascal or unprincipled person) > > Scarce as hens teeth (something difficult to obtain) > > Skedaddle (Get out of here quickly) > > Sparking (courting) > > Straight From the Horses Mouth (privileged information from the one > concerned) > > Stringing around, gallivanting around, or piddling (Not doing > anything > of value) > > Sunday go to meetin' dress (The best dress you have, your church > dress) > > We wash up real fine, cleans up real good (is another goodie.) > > Tie the Knot (to get married) > > Too many irons in the fire (to be involved in too many things) > > Tuckered out (tired and all worn out) > > Under the weather (not feeling well. This term came from going below > deck on ships due to sea sickness thus you go below or under the weather) > > Wearing your best bib and tucker (Being all dressed up) > > You ain't the only duck in the pond (Its not all about you) > > Well, if you hold your horses, I reckn Ill get this whole kit and > caboodle done and sent off to you. Please don't be too persnickety and get > a > bee in your bonnet because I've been pretty tuckered out and at sea lately > because I'm no spring chicken. I haven't been just stringin' around and I > know I'm not the only duck in the pond, but I do have too many irons in > the > fire. I might just be barking at a knot, but I have tried to give this > article more than just a lick and a promise. > > > >

Arphax Publishing Co. ( http://arphax.com/ ) has just completed a plat book for Howard Co., AR federal land patents. If you click the Howard Co., AR link, the next page coming up will have an index. I have purchased 2 books from Arphax Publishing Co. and both are excellently done and I have been very pleased. Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson Howard Co., Ar. http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arhoward/index.htm (mail list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/index.htm (mail list)

Good Morning, I have known for years my 2n GGF, Rev, Russell RENEAU, died in a Brownstown but I assumed this was in Brownstown Sevier County, AR, because I did not know there was a Brownstown Cemetery in Howard County, AR until this morning. According to Microsoft Streets and Trips it is located just north of White Cliffs, AR and on the west side of Highway 317. According to the Renesu-Richter Family Bible, Rev. RENEAU died on 1 Sep 1865 and was born on 1 Jun 1807 in Jefferson County, TN. In 1860-1865, Rev. RENEAU was the Presiding Elder of the Clarksville, AR District of the ME Church South. In 18s65 he assumed the ministry of the Clarksville Methodist Church but died that fall. I also know he owned land in the adjacent Hempstead County, AR, so he could have been easily buried in Howard County. I am also looking for the burial place of his son-sin-law, Robert W. DANIEL, Esq ( 1809-1865) who died a few months later in November 1865. 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The Howard Co., AR website has been updated. Thanks to all who contributed information for the website! Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ~~~ Howard Co., Ar. http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arhoward/index.htm

I research the Wm. Richard Brinkley family of Hempstead, then Howard Co. Any information is greatly appreciated. His sons, Otis & Erastus, owned a grocery store in Horatio in the early 1900's. Can anyone tell me the exact location of the former Mine Creek Baptist Church, which was originally in Hempstead County, then after Howard Co was formed, it was in Howard? Is there a cemetery that belonged to the church?

The person who sent me the info about the destruction at Beauvoir has a website where he will be posting information about other WBtStates site damage. http://civilwarinteractive.com/ (click on Breaking News) I have permission to cross post this. Jane Foley > Those of us who endulge our interest in genealogy have a deep core of > respect for history. I received this email today about the fate of Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis' home. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Jefferson Davis' Biloxi Home Beauvoir > Reported "Demolished" by Hurricane > > Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, was reported late Tuesday to > be "virtually demolished" by Hurricane Katrina. The Jackson, MS, Clarion > Ledger said that the historic building has been "reduced to rubble and a > frame of a house." > > The house was located on the north side of Beach Boulevard, across from a > number of "barge style" casinos. One of the closest, the President Casino, > was lifted whole from its mooring pillars and transported across the > highway where it came to rest crushing a Holiday Inn. > > The house, constructed in 1854, was dedicated in 1998 as the "Jefferson > Davis Presidential Library and Museum." > > After Davis' death Beauvoir evolved first into the Jefferson Davis > Soldiers' Home, serving as a hospital and residence for disabled > Confederate veterans and their dependents. > > The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located at the extreme northwest > corner of the estate and contains over 750 graves. One of them is Sam > Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, whose body was moved there when the > Mississippi River threatened his original gravesite at Hurricane > Plantation. > > The Beauvoir cemetery is also the home of the Grave of the Unknown > Confederate Soldier in an above-ground granite shrine. No reports on its > condition are available. > > Another nearby burial ground, Southern Memorial Park, had its mausoleum > torn open by the force of the onrushing water, and witnesses told the > Clarion-Ledger that numerous caskets were strewn about the grounds. Most > "burials" in the area are above-ground entombments due to difficulties > with the high water table. > > The home and grounds have been open to the public since 1957. In 1969 > Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille but the museum, at that time in the > basement of the house, was severely flooded. The Library cottage suffered > severe damage from that storm. Both had since been rebuilt.

Name: John J. COOPER Sex: M Birth: 1 SEP 1834 in Virginia Death: 8 DEC 1888 in Union County, Arkansas Burial: Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, El Dorado, Arkansas Census: 9 JUL 1870 Arkansas, El Dorado Twsp., P.O. El Dorado, Page 10 or 491b, #75/75, Union County Census: 25 DEC 1850 Arkansas, Bois d'Arc Twsp., #40/40, Hempstead County Census: 25 DEC 1850 Arkansas, Mine Creek Twsp., Page 267, #132/132, Hempstead County Note: *Susan and her son John Cooper are listed twice on the 1850 Federal Census : 1850, December 25 Arkansas, Mine Creek Twsp., Page 267, #132/132, Hempst ead County: (Ancestry.com Image #21 of 21) Bishop, Harman Age 38 Farmer $2,100 VA Mary K. 33/ 39 ? TN Theodosia 15 ma le TN Virginia L. 11 TN Andrew J. 10 AR Golon B. 6 ma le AR Elmira E. 4 AR Polk 2 ma le AR Bishop, William W. 36 Laborer VA BISHOP, ELIZABETH 77 V A COOPER, SUSAN T. 40 V A COOPER, JOHN I. 16 Labor er TN 1850, December 25 Arkansas, Bois d'Arc Twsp., #40/40, Hempstead County : (Ancestry.com Image #5 of 5) COOPER, SUSAN T. Age 40 AR COOPER, JOHN I. 16 Laborer TN ************************ 1860, October 1 Arkansas, El Dorado Twsp. & P.O., Page 123 or 333, #81 2/762, Union County: (Ancestry.com Image#149) YARBROUGH, NATHAN Age 61 Farmer 5000-18,600 NC S. F./T. 54 f VA PENNINGTON, J. D. 57 m NC YARBROUGH, W. W. 29 m Labor er AL COOPER, JOHN 23 m Labor er TN *Neighbors: Morgan, Locke, Ingram, J. K. Slaughter. ************************* 1870, July 9 Arkansas, El Dorado Twsp. & P.O., Page 10 or 491b, #75/7 5, Union County: (Ancestry.com Image # 46 of 269) YARBOROUGH, NATHAN Age 71 Farmer $500-500 NC SUSAN T. 64 Keeping Hou se VA COOPER, JOHN J. 33 Farm er VA COOPER, MOLLIE 33 Keeping Hou se AL LISETTE 3 At Ho me AR ELEMETTE F. 11/12 f Ju ne AR UNDERWOOD, THOMAS 19 Farm Laborer AR SHARP, MARY 16 At Ho me AR *Neighbors: Sybby Kinard & Family; Wm. D. Kinard; Alonzo W. Quinn Father: William D. COOPER Mother: Susan T. BISHOP b: ABT 1806 in Virginia Marriage 1 Mary M. BLACK b: 25 SEP 1832 in Alabama Married: 31 DEC 1865 in Union County, Arkansas Event: Marriage Records in Arkansas, El Dorado, Union County Book B Page 336B Event: Minister or JP in W.C. Johnson, MG Note: John J. Cooper, 30, Union County, Arkansas to Mary M. Black, 33, Union Cou nty, Arkansas. Children Susan Lizette COOPER b: 27 MAR 1867 in Union County, Arkansas Elemette F. COOPER b: JUN 1869 in Union County, Arkansas Carl Shurz COOPER b: ABT 1871 in Union County, Arkansas Hugh W. COOPER b: ABT 1874 in Union County, Arkansas

I am looking for the family of William D. Cooper who was married to Susannah T. Bishop who was born in VA. They were married in Hardeman Co., TN. I am looking for the place of death of William D. Cooper who's Wife may have been have lived in Howard Co., or Hempstead Co., After her husband death. She was married to Isaac Cooper Perkins after the 1850's in Hempstead Co., Arkansas. She had one son by the name of John James Cooper who later married into the family of Robert Black in Union Co., Arkansas. His was the niece of Robert Black, her name was Mary M. Black. If anyone know any information on this Perkins or Cooper line, I would love to hear from you. Rose

Several had asked me about the Goodspeed Biographical and HIstorical Memoirs of Southern AR (which includes the counties: Clark, Miller, Sevier, Howard, Pike, Lafayette, Hempstead, Columbia, Little River, Nevada, Cleveland, Ouchita, Dallass, Bradley, Calhoun, Union, Ashley, Drew, Lincoln, Desha & Chicot) which has been out of print. It is now available and the cost is $75.00 If you are interested you can purchase it & get the fees for S/H from: J & W Enterprises 8508 Dixie Blanchard RD Shreveport, LA 71107 Phone: 318-929-1730 email: jwenterprises@cmaaccess.com website: http://www.jw-enterprises.net Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson

I am sorry I forgot to send an email this past weekend letting you all know that the Howard Co website has been updated. Thanks to all that submitted information! Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ~~~ Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ~~~ Howard Co., Ar. http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arhoward/index.htm (mail list)

For everyone to know the complaint from the "listowner" did NOT come from me for Sevier and Howard Cos. mailing list. Obviously it was from another listowner of another list. However I did send a private email asking that problems of other lists not be shared on "my" mailing lists as it promotes things such as: > Of all the things to pick out to find not right on here makes me decide > to > unsubscribe to Howard County. As I told one of the many that contacted me that when I read it, had I not known better I would have thought I was the listowner that was mentioned. The email was worded incorrectly and reflected that the list was Sevier or Howard Co. Those of you who know me and have been on my lists long enough know I am not strict with the list as long as it pertains to genealogy in some fashion. But I do not tollerate spams, arguing among listers (keep it between yourselves or contact me directly), or rudeness. But those that know me ... know I will email you privately and give you caution. And only if you persist will I block you from my lists. Genealogy comes in many forms...whether it is mention of names and dates...or "general" comments on doing research. There are many new ones to genealogy that ideas may help them continue their search...or us old ones that may have forgotten something or find an easier way for our search thru someones experience.If there are those that do not like the "general" comments ... delete it...no one gets any more spam mail than I do in a days time and it isn't hard for me to delete (except on a bad day <g>) While I have your attention...while at the National Genealogical Society's Conference in Nashville, TN last week ... the AR Genealogical Society had the new Prior Births ( which contains birth information of over 100,000 people born in Arkansas prior to 1905 ) available. I know the cd with volume 1, 2 & 3 is $15.00 but I don't know the cost of s/h or the price of the books. But you can contact them from their website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/ Thank you and good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson

In a message dated 6/9/2005 6:02:54 AM Central Daylight Time, ARHOWARD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:55:51 -0400 From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: ARHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00cc01c56c29$6768af60$220110ac@gateway.2wire.net> Subject: Sorry Folks! One more time around Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I want to apologize if I have offended anyone with my recent posting of "Strangers in the Box". It seems as though I have been contacted by a list manager that says it has nothing to do with her county. She no longer wishes me to post anything like this on her site. I will abide by her wishes. However, the loss maybe great for her subscribers. This is the only complaint that I have received. I made sure that I had permission from these subscribers to post their ideas before I posted the response to "Strangers in the Box". I have "several, several" people who have thought that these were good ideas. Ideas that they had not thought about. This posting has caused other people to share their ideas of what has worked for them. AND it has caused other people to think about getting this information before it is too late. Furthermore, ideas and positive feedback is still coming in that I haven't shared with anyone. I thought everyone interested in genealogy would like to know how to best preserve their family history. Because once it is gone (documented family pictures), it is gone!!!! And it doesn't make any difference what county we live in or what county our ancestors came from. If anyone out there would like to know the good ideas from others who have responded to this posting, you may email me privately as I do not want to get into trouble with anyone. I don't know why it is you have to come across sour apples from time to time but I guess that is what makes life interesting! It keeps us on our toes. Have a blessed day! Jane Foley NC PS I do collect stories, poems, etc and have all my life on certain subjects. I do have a nice collection genealogy related if anyone is interested in a list you can contact me privately. mjfent@bellsouth.net. I feel that this "trivia" (as some call it) only adds to my family history gives me a better understanding. *************************************************************** I was not offended by the " people in the box " poem and have been preaching the story for years and was really glad to recieve the poem. Of all the things to pick out to find not right on here makes me decide to unsubscribe to Howard County.