This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rhm1001 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1576/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If your genealogical society is looking for information for its newsletter, try this website. MySecretLetters.com In addition to the Civil War Love Letters, it has a "Genealogy Tip of the Day," and a "Thought for the Day." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AStanaland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1575/mb.ashx Message Board Post: After first talking the other day with the desk person at Powhatan State Historic Park ..site of the old Powhatan Courthouse that used to house valuable old records in a vault (records now stored at AR State Univ in Jonesboro) ...I learned that the 2005 proposed and planned Northeast AR Regional Archives and state-of-the-art vault near the old Powhatan Courthouse is not funded. To contact the park: 870-878-6765 This Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives at Powhatan facility to house some of Arkansas's oldest records ...some dating back to Louisiana Purchase timeframe ... is in limbo ..waiting to be built but is unfunded as well as 'unstaffed' I am told. It was, we genealogists were told, to be opened April 2008. Well, it is not happening. We genealogists do not have any practical access to the stored records ...boxed up and moved to AR State Univ beginning about 2003 I think ...as we must go through Lloyd Clark and the Lawrence County Historical Society for permission to see the records ..many of which have never been transcribed or microfilmed. I now think that I'll be very lucky to ever see, in my lifetime, if any of the old unfilmed / untranscribed records among them contain any helpful data regarding my own research. These records and who would have oversite, Powhatan's rennovation,etc. were all discussed at length beginning about 5 years ago and in 2005, and the controversy surrounding future plans and availability of the records was reported in the Jonesboro Sun and through the Lawrence County Hitorical Society. All the fervor and clammor to do something died down after we were told a new facility would open April 2008. I can't believe I was so naive. Since I began inquiring this week about the proposed archives, here is more I have learned: I have talked to the AR Hist Commision and I hope all Lawrence County researchers and other interested genealogists will do the same ..so that they know they have the support of people other than me. As well as talking to AR History Commission, I called Powhatan State Park. In both instances, I asked about the proposed Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives facility to be at Powhatan Historic State Park with a planned state of the art vault to hopefully someday house the records ...also along with many duplicate records now at AR History Commission. The person I spoke to at AR Hist Comm told me what she could about the subject and I have emailed Dr. Wendy Richter...who I am sure will reply soon. Dr. Wendy Richter Arkansas History Commission One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: 501.682.6901 Fax: 501.682.6916 Email: wendy.richter@arkansas.gov The general contact info for AR Hist Comm is: Arkansas History Commission One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501.682.6900 state.archives@arkansas.gov The problem is, as I understand it, that AR History Commission and AR State Parks have a design for the facility, but have been unable to obtain funding from the Legislature ..funding to either build the facility and/ or to staff it. Since it it not even built yet, the funding issue must be #1 for the facility itself. The commission meets every odd year ..and the last communications / minutes I have seen online were the end of 2006. We genealogists with an interest in preserving and making available the records need to step up to grease the wheels of bureacracy and write letters to the Legislature of AR ....as well as the AR Parks. The people involved in these groups stay busy planning and disussing and meeting, etc. and have some lofty goals, but nothing will happen for them or for 'us' unless their projects are funded by the State of Arkansas. The only name I have found so far to write is a person with AR Dept of Parks and Tourism (one of the organizations in charge of the old records). They have the same street address as AR History Commission in Little Rock. Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Room 4A 910 One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 I wrote to them a few years ago to a Mr. Davies during the original discussions about the fate of the old records ... and I am writing him again to let him know the facility and the records are STILL an important issue. I hope more people here will do the same. Info online at . . . Arkansas.com Write to: Richard W. Davies Executive Director Arkansas Dept of Parks and Tourism Phone: 501-682-2535 Fax: 501-682-2383 Email: richard.davies@arkansas.gov WE all should also write the Lawrence County Arkansas Historical Society. Lloyd Clark is a busy teacher in Walnut Ridge, so it takes some patience to manage to contact him. I found a link at Arkansas Online that showed him (or perhaps it is a son with the same name?) and a Robert F. Thompson to be candidates in the AR Nov 7 general election and non-partisan runoff 2007...Clark and Thompson were running for the State Senate, District 11. Below is the only address I have so far found for contacting Lloyd Clark...(who is who we must contact to gain any kind of access to the stored subject records in Jonesboro at AR State Univ.) Lloyd Clark, President Lawrence County, Ar. Historical Society 415 Eastwood Cr Walnut Ridge, Ar. 72476 Here is another possibly helpful link ... http://www.arkansas.gov/about_arkansas.php?... for Arkansas Government as to history and genealogy. On that link you will find the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, though they seem to be focused on Historic sites rather than records ... they are perhaps involved on some level ... ARKANSAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center Street - Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone: (501) 324-9880 - Fax: (501) 324-9184 - E-Mail: info@arkansaspreservation.org Thanks for any help! If those of you who live in AR and know who in the Legislature to most effectively write, please provide us with contact addresses. Audrey in TN Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolAmcgee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1574.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Allen is living with his parents in Ashley Twsp. Independence Co., Arkansas in the 1900 census. His father's name is soundex coded as Jac.C. but is very difficult to read. His mother is Louise and he has siblings Samuel, born Sept. 1883, Allen is born Nov. 1886, Wesley is born June 1888 and Minnie is listed born in June 1891. Their surname is spelled Mahan. The world war 1 draft records do not give the names of parents, with the exception of the enlistee working for the father. Allen is working for himself. He is described as Medium ht. and build, with gray eyes and dark hair, and his permanent address is Cave City, Sharp Co., Arkansas on Sept 12, 1918. The world war 2 records do not give parents names either. By this time he is living in Swifton, Jackson County, Arkansas with his wife Ora. Hope this helps some. Carol in St. Louis Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ravendenlady Surnames: mayhan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1574/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks for your post on talmadge. looing for info on allen mayhan married ora chapel. lived in sharp co. ar. 1920 listed in military 1915-1918. cant get in the records. but would like to know allens parents if any one knows thanks so much again Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angcilla Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1573.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you go to this site rootsweb.com/`and then scroll down to Archives and click on that and then put in the name Mayham you will get to several sites with information on the family. Talmadeg died Sept 1937 and is buried at Swifton cemetery. Callie Mayham married Cecil Smith 11-12-1930 . Marvin died in No Africa. There are lots more Mayhem people on the list and also go to the Marriage records for jackson co on the top left of thepage and you will find more. Lots on that page Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angcilla Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1573.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you go to this site rootsweb.com/`and then scroll down to Archives and click on that and then put in the name Mayham you will get to several sites with information on the family. Talmadeg died Sept 1937 and is buried at Swifton cemetery. Callie Mayham married Cecil Smith 11-12-1930 . Marvin died in No Africa. There are lots more Mayhem people on the list and also go to the Marriage records for jackson co on the top left of thepage and you will find more. Lots on that page Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolAmcgee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1573.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I looked and found a few things for you. Hope they jump start your research. Carol in St. Louis, Mo. World War II Memorial Marvin Mayhan Listed as a Private in the US Army Serial # 37103730 Hometown: Jackson Co., Arkansas Killed in Action >From the Tuckerman Record-Jackson Co., Arkansas It appears that there were about 4 different obituaries printed over a 8 year period of time. One lists his place of death as Western Europe, another as Africa and yet a third as Tunisia, North Africa. Information from: Ancestry.com 1920 census ED 142 sheet 3B line 80 House 51 of 55 Scott Twsp., Sharp Co., Arkansas January 9 & 10, 1920 Mayhan, Wesley head 30 Mo Mo Mo farmer Lizzie wife 29 Ar Ar Ar Callie dau 6 7/12 Ar Mo Ar Rachel dau 4 11/12 Ar Mo Ar Marvin son 2/12 Ar Mo Ar 1930 census ED 15 sheet 2B line 54 House 40 of 40 Glass Twsp., Jackson Co., Arkansas April 9, 1930 Mahan, Weslley head 40 WD M-age 22 Mo Mo Mo farmer Priest, Carrie dau 16 WD M-age15 Ar Mo Ar farmer Rachel dau 15 S Ar Mo Ar Marven son 10 S Ar Mo Ar Talmage A. g-son 6/12 S Ar Ar Ar ***The one listed as Carrie should probably say Callie Talmadge All. Mahan died 31 August 1937 Jackson Co., Arkansas Wesley Mahan married Ruby Christian 1-1-1937 Jackson Co., Arkansas Book N Page 173 Callie Mayhan married Cecil Smith 11-17-1930 Jackson Co., Arkansas Book L Page 555 Arnold Cemetery-Jackson Co., Arkansas Marvin Mayhan Born: 21 October 1919 Died: 8 November 1942 Talmadge Allen Mayhan, age 7 from the Tuckerman Record-3 Sep 1937 in a story-no official obituary-buried Arnold Cemetery W.W. Mayhan age 49 from the Tuckerman Record-1 Nov 1940 in a story-no formal obituary. Buried Arnold Cemetery WW I Draft Registration Marion Wesley Mayhan Born: June 2, 1888 Summersville, Missouri Lived: Cave City, Sharp Co., Arkansas Has a wife, 2 children and his father as dependents Occupation: farmer Physical description: tall and slender, light blue eyes and dark hair Physical limitations: has stomach trouble which might prevent serving Signed for draft: June 5, 1917 Cave Precinct, Sharp Co., Arkansas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RoseMcDole Surnames: mayhan/mahan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1573/mb.ashx Message Board Post: callie mayhan. had son talmadge got killed on playgorund age 12 long time ago. son marvin got killed in hawaii in ww2 war. he enlisted 1942. in the army. any info will be apppreciated. she later married cecill smith lived in swifton ar. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tldavis191 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1572/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Has anyone ever heard of a cemetery in Jackson county called the Lutz Cemetery...it is suppose to be in the Grand Glaize area. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

try Jackson County, Arkansas census 1890. It has a lot of sites you can get into. Good luck, let me know who you are hunting for. Brenda Hargett audittaker@aol.com **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

there was no us federal census in 1890..but there is a tax list. --- Audittaker@aol.com wrote: > try Jackson County, Arkansas census 1890. It has a > lot of sites you can get > into. > Good luck, let me know who you are hunting for. > Brenda Hargett > audittaker@aol.com > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and > advice on AOL Money & > Finance. > (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ARJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > charlotte c smith

Hello: I cannot get into the AR. site you have posted about pictures of misc AR. places. Thanks, Marian -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: ARJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 7:17 am Subject: [ARJACKSO] Jackson County Arkansas History This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: geneagle Surnames: Ganse, Jackson County Arkansas Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1571/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By happenstance I found a wonderful resource at http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7289&path=A Pictorial History Of Arkansas 1890.County Histories and Biographical Sketches.Jackson County.8&sid=&gskw=ISAAC B Bailey on Jackson County, Arkansas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

the entry about the AR site posted on this site is not a good site. Someone put on the wrong information --- mhilton33@aol.com wrote: > Hello: > > I cannot get into the AR. site you have posted about > pictures of misc > AR. places. > > Thanks, Marian > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: ARJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 7:17 am > Subject: [ARJACKSO] Jackson County Arkansas History > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Author: geneagle > Surnames: Ganse, Jackson County Arkansas > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1571/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > By happenstance I found a wonderful resource at > http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7289&path=A > Pictorial History Of Arkansas 1890.County Histories > and Biographical > Sketches.Jackson County.8&sid=&gskw=ISAAC B Bailey > on Jackson County, Arkansas > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to > this list. If you > would like > to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and > respond > on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > ARJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the > body of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ARJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > charlotte c smith

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: geneagle Surnames: Jackson county,ar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1571.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you send me your e mail, I will send you an attachment.E mail me at 08familytree@gmail.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angcilla Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1571.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: the site you give is an ad for Ancestry to join and pay for memvbership. It says nothing about Jackson Co Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: geneagle Surnames: Ganse, Jackson County Arkansas Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1571/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By happenstance I found a wonderful resource at http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7289&path=A Pictorial History Of Arkansas 1890.County Histories and Biographical Sketches.Jackson County.8&sid=&gskw=ISAAC B Bailey on Jackson County, Arkansas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stemmatis Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1570/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on ... Robert H. Askew, b 1869, KY, d 1927, OH; wife Minnie M., b ca 1870; and their children -- (1) Ralph Heber Askew, 1898-1981 and his wife Myrtle Hodges, 1899-1988 (sons Robert, Charles, James). Marriage in database for Jackson Co., 3 Jan 1922 (groom was res of Marion Co., OH, not AR). (2) Theresa H. Askew (b 1902-03) Minnie (surname unknown) born in Ireland, had sister Margaret who married Charles Smiley, a grocer in Worthington, OH (d 1924). Already have seen census, draft, SSDI, Ohio & Florida death index records. Two entries in 1900 census for households located in 1880 in Butler co., KY -- Robert Askew, Minnie M., and Ralph H. (noted above) at 418 Elm St., Newport. Sara J. Askew [mother of Robert] at 115 Plum St., with her son John W. Jackson, grandson Poole Jackson, born May 1894 in AR, and a granddaughter Norella Sneat [sic; Snead?], born Mar 1884 in KY. The grandson was Little Poole Jackson (b 5 May 1894 in Newport; d __ Aug 1978, Bradford, White Co, AR). He was in California in 1917 through 1930, his Social Security card was issued in New Mexico. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angcilla Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1568.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: go to rootsweb.com/~arjackso and you get to the Jackson Co website. scroll down to right side "archives" and click on that Put in the name Wiysel and you will get abou 4 or 5 hits..the first one is a bio ..click o n that and scroll down to the last name which is Wiysel and it gives a good account of probably your gr grandaparents. It mentions Samuel as a son. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angcilla Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1568.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: go to rootsweb.com/~arjackso and you get to the Jackson Co website. scroll down to right side "archives" and click on that Put in the name Wiysel and you will get abou 4 or 5 hits..the first one is a bio ..click o n that and scroll down to the last name which is Wiysel and it gives a good account of probably your gr grandaparents. It mentions Samuel as a son. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MONCHIECAL Surnames: Wiysel Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.jackson/1569/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information about my grandparents, Samuel and Mary Wiysel of Newport, AK. They had children, Ellis, Willie, Ray, Martha and Dorothy Evelyn. I know my sweet mother, Dorothy Evelyn was sent to an orphanage. Any information will be God sent. Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.