Searching for descendants of the following couple and/or their children: Calaway Brown b. July 1848 in KY martha b. aug. 1855 in Ark. james son b. dec. 1880 charles b. dec. 1882 rosa p. b.mar 1884 haywood b. mar.1885 sarah L. b. feb. 1887 darah b.feb. 1889 sherman b. jan. 1890 george w. b. feb. 1891 william s. b. sept. 1878 all children born in ARKANSAS. THE CALAWAY BROWN I'M SEARCHING FOR HAS MOTHER: PAULINA SULLIVAN BROWN M. ________bROWN. SHE WAS B.1825 CLARK CO,KY. THANKS, CHERYL

I am interested in finding descendents of the Hoppis family found in Newton County. the first hoppis in Newton is Michael and Ruth Hoppis in the 1880 census. Michael was born in Ohio and Ruth in Va. There is Parker 27, edmond 19, Milley 16, Scott 14 Michael 12 Grandson John 10 and Martha Jones 12 living with the family. All the children were born in Ohio except Martha. I am especially interested in Charlie Hoppis who married Matilda (Annie) Armstrong May 18th 1900. Marcene

Hi Listmembers -- I keep getting bits and pieces with someone's help MAYBE it will all fit together. Question number 1: Does anyone know if there ever was a place called Casa in either Conway or Yell county? I know there is/was one in Perry county. Question number 2: Where can you get either blank copies of 1918 WWI draft registration cards or the questions asked on them. I found my Wayne Grant on one of them. However, his answer to one question does not make sense. Question number 3: I found Miss Iva Grant married to Mr Marshall Sharp in a Yell county marriage book. Is there anyone searching the Sharp's with a Marshall in the line? Also have her sister Miss Hazel Lee Grant married to Mr Olga H Boothe in a Yell county marriage book. Is there anyone searching the Boothe's with an Olga H in the line? Isn't Olga a female name? What might this name be? Question number 4: I never found a marriage record for Dora Adaline Edmonson to Joseph Wesley Carlock. I have ruled out the following counties: Yell, Pope, Perry, Logan, Conway, Van Buren & Falkner. I know where she was in 1900, Conway County, she was married to Carlock by 1910 in Yell county. The marriage should have been between 1906 - 1908. Any suggestions? Question number 5: I am still looking for an obit for James H Grant died June 4, 1926. Oscar Russell checked his book for the Arkansas Democrat/Gazette he was not listed. A very nice man at the Yell county library checked their records he was not there either. Where would be another place to look? Question number 6 (the last one): Would some kind soul check the death indexes for Hazel & Olga Boothe and Iva & Marshall Sharp. Thank you very much for reading my post. Sorry it was so long. Thank-you for any help I receive... yvonne ____________________________ Colorado Springs, Colorado reply to henson@rmi.net web page: http://www.rmi.net/~henson Names I am researching: BRENT(S), GRANT, EDMON(D)SON, HENSON, MCARTHUR ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

--part1_d3.46ebe51.2652e495_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_d3.46ebe51.2652e495_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <listadmin-bounces@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (rly-yh03.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.35]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 May 2000 13:07:56 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 May 2000 13:07:26 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA27632 for ARNEWTON-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) X-From_: history@jasper.yournet.com Tue May 16 10:07:20 2000 Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA27612 for <ARNEWTON-L@lists2.rootsweb.com>; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jasper.yournet.com (IDENT:root@jasper.yournet.com [206.96.230.34]) by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA21190 for <ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com>; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:07:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from erd0150 (port01.jasper.yournet.com [206.96.230.35]) by jasper.yournet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA17557; Tue, 16 May 2000 12:13:00 -0500 Message-ID: <008001bfbf59$29fcef60$23e660ce@erd0150> From: "Newton County Historical Society/ Bradley House Museum" <history@jasper.yournet.com> To: <ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <pbialk@concentric.net> Old-Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:34:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list Subject: {not a subscriber} Concerns of Privacy and Permission to use material X-Envelope-To: ARNEWTON-L To all researchers, gatherers, and users of net sites and GEDCOM files: I am hearing concerns voiced about personal, private information being placed on the internet for all to see. Concern # 1 People are seeing their own carefully researched information being posted without permission or notification on others' personal internet sites. Researchers spend many hours carefully researching connections, piece by piece. There is not much more disheartening than discovering a new connection to the family has been posted the next week on someone's internet site for the whole world to grab for free, for nothing, and for no thanks. People once willing to share are becoming shy about sharing. I do not blame them. Concern # 2 People feel that their privacy is being invaded. LDS Family Search Site requires that every bit of information placed in their file be placed there WITH express and written permission from each living person. This is how they say it: You warrant that you have obtained any permissions necessary from the holder of such rights to submit the information included in your GEDCOM file and to authorize use of the information as described in this agreement; specifically, you warrant that you have obtained permission ********************************** from any living persons included in your GEDCOM file to submit their information and authorize its use as described in this agreement. We must allow people who are still alive to maintain their privacy. I, myself, will no longer send GEDCOM files with living persons' information in them, because, once information leaves my hands, I can no longer guarantee that the information will be treated respectfully. I believe that WE Must show some restraint as to what we put in our gedcom files and on our web pages. We SHOULD voluntarily do so. Let's please police ourselves before someone MUST begin to police us. Thomas Niswonger President, Newton County Historical Society --part1_d3.46ebe51.2652e495_boundary--

Hi all, Those of you with an interest in the TREAT family in Arkansas are invited to check out some data I recently placed out on WorldConnect at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gdtreat2 Comment, additions and corrections are welcome! Enjoy!\ Gary Treat __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Hello my name is Donnie Raby I went to school at Parthenon 1948-1955 teachers Helen Casey-Bob Lively- Jack McMutcheon-Norman- Phillips I am looking for information on a teacher who taught there in early 30,s Willa Harris she came from Ok. and she lived with John Mchughes she died 1977 in Duncan Ok. any help appreciated thanks Don -----Original Message----- From: Sue Reddell <siouxsue@alltel.net> To: ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com <ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:21 PM Subject: [ARNEWTON] Parthenon Academy > HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE PARTHENON SCHOOL .I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL IN >1954-56? TEACHER WAS HELEN CASEY(ELMER CASEY WIFE). MY FATHER AND MOTHER >LIVED IN OLD DORMITORY 1946-1947. MY FATHER IS HUGH HENDERSON (SON OF REED >HENDERSON AND ELSIE (RAMSEY) HENDERSON. HUGH REMEMBERS DUSTER SUTTON >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Larry, >I'm very happy that you wrote! All of these names are interesting >to me as most [or all?] are probably related to the REDDELLs, >and SUTTONs, in some way or another. Duster, was an older >brother to my mother in law, Gussie Opal (SUTTON) REDDELL, >who was married to Joseph "Joe" McKinley REDDELL, s/o >James Knox Polk REDDELL and Margaret Isabell (COOK). > >Anything about Duster SUTTON, is really important to my >husband and myself, as he and Clydus were so kind to us >when we were newly married, in early 1957, living in CA., >also. > >We visited them a few times when they owned a motel in >El Cerrito, CA., where they also lived. They worked very >hard to make it a success, doing all of the work themselves. >They had a cute little red-headed daughter named Rita, >who played her accordian for us. :-) > >They later moved to a new home in the area, where we >visited them and were invited to dinner a number of times. >Sometime later they bought a large mobile home park >in Fresno, where we visited a few times while on our way >to AR. for vacations. > >Sadly, Duster, died on a day when he and Clydus were to >begin a new life. They had bought a trailer and were coming >to AR. to visit friends and family, having worked so hard to >make it possible to comfortably enjoy their retirement. They >had just sold their mobile home park, and Duster had taken >the car into a business to get a trailer hitch installed. They >gave him a loaner car, it stalled in traffic, he got out and >started to push it to a safer place and he dropped over >with a massive heart attack. It was a very hot day, as I >remember. > >Duster's parents were William Robert SUTTON, and >Elizabeth "Lizzie" (FARMER). He was raised at RedRock. >His grand-parents were Dr. Simon Solomon SUTTON, >and Mary Ann (TENNISON), and Joseph C. FARMER, >and Mary Ann (BURDINE). > >I have more data regarding this family if anyone is interested. > >I hope I didn't offend anyone by sending this information >via the list instead of sending it to you privately, Larry. >Gratefully, Sue Reddell >Harrison, AR >siouxsue@alltel.net > > > >

I am forwarding this new information on to you..Kathy *** The Arkansas History Commission Staff appreciates the support of all our friends who have contacted the offices of the Governor and State Building Services regarding the possible removal of the state archives from its present quarters. We have been informed by the Governor's office that the archives will not be moved to an unsuitable facility and that no more communications should be sent. Thank you for your help. John L. Ferguson State Historian

Save the Historical treasures of Arkansas, email the White house: http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html Jim

I thought I should pass these emails along to you. Kathy We all know the state of Arkansas is rich in history. We, Arkansans, have many treasures of our past all safely housed at the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives. These treasures, unique not only to Arkansas but to the entire Southeast United States are now in danger. The archives are under threat by those who are elected to protect them. The State Building Services has plans to move the Computer Services department into the area that currently houses the Arkansas collection. The precious materials now housed in climate controlled areas would in essence be moved to an unprotected space. Some of these records date well before the Arkansas Territory was established in 1818. No monetary amount can be placed on such documents, as the original Arkansas Constitution. Of all departments under state control, I believe strongly that you will find AHC to be one of best-run departments. I had the honor of working as a volunteer at the History Commission for several years. If anything, more room and monies should be allotted to allow more access to these records. The director of the archives, Dr. John Ferguson, has been in place since the early 1960's and he is solely responsible for gathering of this magnificent collection. Moreover, he holds tight to the purse strings! AHC provides an unusual service to the state. Not only does it house a bit of our past, but also it draws visitors to the state. I am a former board member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and the founding member of the Arkansas Family History Association. I have been active on the web for over 5 years and know of the growing interest that genealogy or history has on the American people. I encourage thousands of researchers to come to Arkansas each year specifically to visit the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives. AFHA has a mailing list of over 2000 researchers who are actively investing their time searching out keys to our state's history. These people are retirees who are voters in this state or tourists who come to research but leave behind their tourism dollars. I urge you to contact your lawmakers and urge them to reconsider this position. Arkansas History is all of ours to protect. This decision lies in the hands of the State Building Services. Take a moment, right now, and pick up the telephone to voice your displeasure. The number is 501-628-5598! You may also want to call the governor's office at 501-682-2345. Do not let our Arkansas heritage be misplaced or worse destroyed! Sincerely, Tracey Carrington Converse ***** For those of you interested in writing to the governor relative to the Ar History Comm problem - here you are: The Honorable Mike Huckabee Governor, State of Arkansas State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 P. J. Cowling **** I see that we have been given Governor Huckabee's phone number and snail mail address. Here is how you contact him the way most of us prefer. Send your comments to www.state.ar.us/governor/gems. GEMS is an acronym for Governor's Electronic Message Systems. He DOES read his email--I've tried it before and got a personal answer from him. Try it!

HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE PARTHENON SCHOOL .I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL IN 1954-56? TEACHER WAS HELEN CASEY(ELMER CASEY WIFE). MY FATHER AND MOTHER LIVED IN OLD DORMITORY 1946-1947. MY FATHER IS HUGH HENDERSON (SON OF REED HENDERSON AND ELSIE (RAMSEY) HENDERSON. HUGH REMEMBERS DUSTER SUTTON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry, I'm very happy that you wrote! All of these names are interesting to me as most [or all?] are probably related to the REDDELLs, and SUTTONs, in some way or another. Duster, was an older brother to my mother in law, Gussie Opal (SUTTON) REDDELL, who was married to Joseph "Joe" McKinley REDDELL, s/o James Knox Polk REDDELL and Margaret Isabell (COOK). Anything about Duster SUTTON, is really important to my husband and myself, as he and Clydus were so kind to us when we were newly married, in early 1957, living in CA., also. We visited them a few times when they owned a motel in El Cerrito, CA., where they also lived. They worked very hard to make it a success, doing all of the work themselves. They had a cute little red-headed daughter named Rita, who played her accordian for us. :-) They later moved to a new home in the area, where we visited them and were invited to dinner a number of times. Sometime later they bought a large mobile home park in Fresno, where we visited a few times while on our way to AR. for vacations. Sadly, Duster, died on a day when he and Clydus were to begin a new life. They had bought a trailer and were coming to AR. to visit friends and family, having worked so hard to make it possible to comfortably enjoy their retirement. They had just sold their mobile home park, and Duster had taken the car into a business to get a trailer hitch installed. They gave him a loaner car, it stalled in traffic, he got out and started to push it to a safer place and he dropped over with a massive heart attack. It was a very hot day, as I remember. Duster's parents were William Robert SUTTON, and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (FARMER). He was raised at RedRock. His grand-parents were Dr. Simon Solomon SUTTON, and Mary Ann (TENNISON), and Joseph C. FARMER, and Mary Ann (BURDINE). I have more data regarding this family if anyone is interested. I hope I didn't offend anyone by sending this information via the list instead of sending it to you privately, Larry. Gratefully, Sue Reddell Harrison, AR siouxsue@alltel.net

Got this from another list I'm on.... Subj: [WING-L] 1895 Passing the 8th Grade Date: 4/25/00 12:14:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: belann@wirefire.com (Phyllis Campbell) To: WING-L@rootsweb.com Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? ...Take a Look: This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895 Grammar (Time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications. 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run. 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per m? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of theRebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607 1620 1800 1849 1865 Orthography (Time, one hour) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals? 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'. 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,super. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd,cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane,fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is theocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba,Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth. - ------------------------------------------------- Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. - -------------------------------- Gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, Newton Co. listers! My husband Robert REDDELL's uncle, Duster SUTTON, and his wife Clydus (CARLETON), taught at the Parthenon Academy probably in the early 30's. They only had high school educations, and I've always wondered how they could have been qualified to do so. Now I know... Sue Reddell Harrison, AR. siouxsue@alltel.net

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Held by family and friends, may give a note about the=20 date of birth. - Baptismal records. Churches maintain baptismal records which confirm=20 that a person was accepted into the Christian faith. Vitals about the=20 person are recorded. - Biography. The old county histories are full of individual=20 biographies. Most of the counties of the U.S. have had at least one=20 county history written. Plus, there are "Who's Who" biographies, and=20 numerous biographical dictionaries. - Birth Announcement (card/letter). Sent out by the proud new parents to=20 friends and relatives. - Birth Announcement (newspaper). Announcements feature births, not=20 always giving the name of the child, but always the names of the=20 parents, e.g., "born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Smith, a girl." - Birth Certificate. The one thing you can count on is the date and=20 place of birth of the person. Filed first in a county or town, then a=20 state copy filed. - Burial permit. Deceased persons transported across state lines usually=20 require a burial permit. Filed at a county or state health department,=20 data about the deceased, including a date and place of birth may be=20 included. - Business license application. Found at a city or county office. Modern=20 records have great genealogical information. Earlier ones may only give=20 name and residence. - Christening record. Many churches maintain christening records, which=20 in most cases are naming ceremonies. Typically, a child's date of birth,=20 name of parents, and names of godparents are included in the written=20 record. - Church membership record. Churches maintain lists of members. Some=20 churches even publish photo albums showing all members for a year, and=20 many of these lists include vital information. - Church confirmation record. A common record found at many protestant=20 churches (Lutheran, Episcopal, etc.) and all Catholic churches. - Church burial record. May still exist for very early burials in church=20 cemeteries. Coroner/Medical Examiner's record. If a person died under=20 accidental or suspicious conditions; or if an autopsy were performed; or=20 in most cases for any person who died outside of a hospital there will=20 be coroner's report which includes vital statistics about the deceased.=20 Recorded at the county level. - Cremation record. In cases where there was no funeral or memorial,=20 there may still be record of a cremation with a funeral director or=20 cemetery, and birth information may be found there. - Correspondence. Written correspondence found in family records may=20 reveal a reference to a birth of a person. - Cemetery Sexton's office record. A cemetery office may have more than=20 just a list of burials, they may have vital and biographical information=20 for each interment. - Census schedule. Federal censuses, 1790-1840, show age brackets;=20 1850-1920 censuses give an age. 1900 and 1910 censuses give both age and=20 month and year of birth. Plus, don't forget state or territorial=20 censuses. - Census index. Recent census indexes, particularly those produced by=20 Heritage Quest, give an age and place of birth for each person listed. - Census Soundex index. 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses have soundex=20 indexes, which includes the name, age, and nativity for every member of=20 a family. - Census Mortality schedule. 1850-1880 censuses have mortality=20 schedules. Name of person plus age at time of death is shown. - Company employment record. Private records, but if person is deceased,=20 they may be open to inquiries. - City Directory. Many include names of heads of households, spouse,=20 children, and their ages. Best collections found in the public library=20 nearest to the subject's residence. - Death Certificate. The birth and birthplace may be correct, but since=20 it was not filled in by the person who died, it is subject to error.=20 Filed first in a county or town, then a state copy filed. - Doctor's birth record. Country doctors usually kept their own set of=20 birth records. - Doctor's patient record. Records of patients served by family=20 physicians are good sources to the basic vital statistics for a person.=20 Successful inquiries from relatives may be possible. - Draft registration record. 1917-1919 records are now on microfilm at=20 FHL, representing some 10 million males between the age of 18 and 35=20 years. Vital statistics included. - Driver's license. May be in family papers. State licensing bureau may=20 have an old record as well. - Driving history record. From a state's Motor Vehicle Department.=20 Available to anyone in some states, restricted in others. - Deed record. Public record, kept at a county courthouse. Deeds may=20 mention a person's age. - Estate settlement record. Part of the probate papers, and may give=20 names and ages of heirs of the deceased, as well as the deceased. - Family Bible. Traditionally, an official document accepted for such=20 things as pension applications, proof of age, etc., before the era of=20 birth certificates. A family Bible is still a place where vital=20 information is recorded. - Family needlepoint. Family trees with names, dates, places, etc., were=20 popular motifs for needlepoint works during the 19th century, and they=20 became family heirlooms. - Family paper. Any written document maintained in a home with names,=20 dates, places, is a genealogical source. - Funeral home record. Modern funeral records may include fact sheets,=20 obituaries, and printed eulogies, all with genealogical information=20 about the deceased, including birth information. - Fraternal/club record. Most fraternal organizations have records they=20 will let researchers see, particularly for early time periods. - History book. A person mentioned may include biographical information. - Hospital patient record. The face sheet of every patient's file in a=20 hospital is where the vital statistics on the patient are recorded.=20 However, only authorized persons can read these files. - Homestead record. After five years, a homestead claimant must prove=20 his claim, and these papers are full of genealogical information,=20 including names and ages of all children in a family. Homesteads are=20 part of the Land Entry Files located at the National Archives. - Immigration record. "First papers" filed at any court level in U.S.,=20 municipal, county, state, or federal courts. Index to names and papers=20 are public records. - Insurance Company record. Although private, an insurance company may=20 have vital information for a deceased person in their files. - Insurance ID Card. May be found in family papers. - Lineage Society Application. DAR and other groups have great=20 collections of applications, which give much genealogical information. - Mortgage record. Recorded in a courthouse with deed records. May give=20 a person's residence, age, and even name of spouse. - Marriage application or license. These documents may have something=20 like, "John Smith, 22, a native of Iowa." Filed first in a town, city,=20 or county. Statewide registration in most states did not begin until=20 after 1950. - Military personnel record. For deceased veterans, these are public=20 records, maintained at the National Personnel Records Center in St.=20 Louis, MO. - Military medical record. For deceased veterans, these are public=20 records. - Military burial record. Veterans buried in national cemeteries are all=20 named in a single database, along with their date and place of birth. - Newspaper article, such as "Boy, 9, hit by car...," or any article in=20 a newspaper in which names of people are indicated, an age is usually=20 given for the subject. - Newspaper gossip column, particularly for weekly newspapers, where=20 various communities in an area may have a correspondent who submits a=20 weekly column about the goings on in that community. References to=20 births in these columns are common. - Naturalization record. Very complete from 1905 forward. Earlier=20 records, such as First Papers, can usually be found at the county level. - Non-population census schedule. Social Statistics, Mortality,=20 Agriculture, Slave Schedules, and Manufactures all of which name people=20 and their ages. - Nursing Home record. The vitals about a past or present resident of a=20 nursing home are recorded, and most are more easily accessible than=20 doctor or hospital records. - Obituary. Found in local newspapers. Even the most abbreviated ones=20 include at least an age at the time of death. - Probate record. Papers almost always have some indication of a=20 deceased person's date of death, and age. Recorded at a county=20 courthouse. - Professional license application. Found at state level. May mention=20 schools attended, vitals, and more. - Passport. Available at National Archives. Applications are full of=20 genealogical evidence. - Pension record. Private company records, but if person is deceased,=20 they may be open to inquiries. - Permit to transport a body out of state. Filed at the state level=20 health department and may include vital information about the deceased,=20 including date and place of birth. - Petition for land grant. Date of application is a clue to the person's=20 age, but some will give age and residence of the petitioner. Filed at=20 state land office, state land states. - Query in genealogy periodical. Usually identifies a person with basic=20 vitals, but submitter of the query needs to be contacted. - Resum=E9. May still exist in company records, or found in personal=20 papers. - School attendance record. May still be available at a school office.=20 Worth checking on for records over 50 years old. Age can be deduced from=20 year of attendance and grade level at school. - School annual. Confirmation of year(s) of attendance at a particular=20 school, and age can be derived. Complete collection of school annuals=20 can be found at a school's library. - School credentials record. Graduation, honors, degrees, etc. are all=20 available to employers checking on a past student's school record. - Ship passenger list. 19th and early 20th century manifests were taken=20 like a census of passengers on board a ship, with complete families=20 listed along with ages and nativity. - Social Security Master Death Index. Includes birth dates and birth=20 places for persons who died from about 1962 forward. - Social Security Work History Record. Special report available from=20 SSA, gives name and basic vitals for a person along with a record of=20 places worked, earnings, etc. - Stone mason inscription record. As a backup to a missing cemetery=20 record, the local stone mason who carved the inscription on the=20 tombstone may still have a record of what the inscription was to say,=20 who ordered the stone, and a reference to the birth and death of the=20 person interred. - Tombstone inscription. At least, the year of birth and death is given=20 on a tombstone. - Title insurance record. If for an old land/property purchase, a record=20 may still be seen. - Union card. May be in family papers. Union office may have a record as=20 well. - Union dues record. Union office record, may be accessible to a=20 relative. - Vital Statistics Indexes. State and county offices maintain indexes to=20 birth records. Several states have published their birth/death indexes,=20 and a few have them on the Internet. - Voter registration. Public records kept at a county courthouse. - Who's Who. Biographies for thousands of people. end of list Did he mention Goodspeeds Histories? RKinfolks@aol.com

Carroll County marriage records thru 1910 are online at www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs Fleta Powell Aday http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs/research.html The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam http://www.cswnet.com/~brenfroe http://www.cswnet.com/~fleta/aday.html Subject: [ARNEWTON] marriage lookup : Mysty suggested looking in Carroll & Boone counties. : Is there anyone that can look in Carroll, Boone, Newton, Logan, Searcy and : Perry counties for Joseph Wesley Carlock & Dora Adaline Edmonson between 1906 : - 1909 most likely 1907

Ok listmembers-- I got some responses from Van Buren & Pope county, they were not there either. Mysty suggested looking in Carroll & Boone counties. Is there anyone that can look in Carroll, Boone, Newton, Logan, Searcy and Perry counties for Joseph Wesley Carlock & Dora Adaline Edmonson between 1906 - 1909 most likely 1907. I also still need the sheriff/constable information. I now remember that the question was about a High Sheriff. I got one person from Perry that had a book for 1840 - 1889. I need information closer to 1900. Thanks for any help that I receive. If someone can explain (off line) how to search the archives I will find the information for myself. I searched some but could not get the right key words to work. Thanks again, yvonne ____________________________ Colorado Springs, Colorado reply to henson@rmi.net web page: http://www.rmi.net/~henson Names I am researching: BRENT(S), GRANT, EDMON(D)SON, HENSON, MCARTHUR ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

Hi List Members -- I need some help. I can't seem to find a marriage license for Joseph Wesley Carlock to Dora Adaline Edmonson. The time should be between 1906 and 1909. I have checked Conway County & Yell County (you don't suppose I missed them ?). I need someone to check Pope, Perry, Newton, Logan, Searcy, Johnson, Van Buren, Falkner & Pulaski. Thanks for your help. yvonne ____________________________ Colorado Springs, Colorado reply to henson@rmi.net web page: http://www.rmi.net/~henson Names I am researching: BRENT(S), GRANT, EDMON(D)SON, HENSON, MCARTHUR ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

Hi I am looking for any relatives or anyone who would have addresses of the children of Roscoe Talmadge Phillips, Sr. [called Talmadge] who was born and raised in Jasper, Newton County. He was the son of Roscoe Conklin Phillips and Angie Tennison. See outline below Descendants of Roscoe Talmadge Phillips 1 Roscoe Talmadge Phillips Born: July 28, 1906 in Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas Died: April 28, 1969 in buried Jasper Cemetery at Jasper, Arkansas . +Bessie Evalin McDarris Born: Unknown Married: Bef. 1931 in Newton County, Arkansas Died: Bef. 1990 .. 2 Roscoe Talmadge Phillips, Jr. Born: April 6, 1931 in Newton County, Arkansas Died: October 23, 1980 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, buried Jasper Cemetery at Jasper, Arkansas .. 2 Jimmy Phillips Born: Bet. 1932 - 1934 .. 2 Florita Phillips Born: July 28, 1936 in Newton County, A rkansas .. 2 Perry Mack Phillips Born: April 21, 1941 in Newton County, Arkansas *2nd Wife of Roscoe Talmadge Phillips: . +Charlene Spencer Born: April 22, 1932 Married: Bef. 1964 in ? .. 2 Angela Phillips Born: July 28, 1964 in Arkansas ... 2 Annette Phillips Born: September 1, 1967 Thanks much Charlene Holland char@presys.com

This is a super good web to help identify old pictures. <A HREF="http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4294884141">ZingAlbum: Photo Adoption Page</A> http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4294884141 Evelyn RKinfolks@aol.com

There was much controversy over the last mailing concerning this matter but these two emails do give us websites with the proposals so I am sending them on to you. Kathy ***** The NARA proposal to revamp the system and fees for providing copies of Military Service Records, Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, and Pension Application Files has been published in the 25 April 2000 issue of the Federal Register. Public comment is invited and should be directed to NARA Regulation Comment Desk 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Fax: 301 713-7270 The comment period closes on 26 June 2000. NARA prefers that you use either the postal address or fax number to submit our comments rather than e-mail A complete copy of the Federal Register notice is available from the NARA Web site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html. The proposed Reproduction Fee Schedule covers a number of items, but the the Military Service Records, and the Pension and Bounty-Land Warrants are of the greatest concern to genealogists. NARA proposes three major changes: 1. The NATF Form 80 would be discontinued, to be replaced by two new forms: NATF Form 85 to request both Bounty-Land Warrant application files and Pension files (more than 75 years old), and NATF From 86 to request Military Service Records (more than 75 years old). 2. For all three types of files, NARA would no longer send a selection of pages, but would send the complete file. This would eliminate the two-step process currently used and should be beneficial to most genealogists. 3. The fees for all three types of files would be raised. For Military Service Records the new fee would be $17.00, regardless of the number of pages included in the file. For Bounty-land Warrants the fee would be $17.25, again without regard to the number of pages. For Pension Files the fee would be $40.00, regardless of the number of pages. Finally, the proposal would go into effect on 1 September 2000, if approved. Many genealogists may consider the proposed fees to be excessive. NARA specifically invites comment on the proposed fee schedule. The FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee urges everyone who wants to comment to carefully read the full proposal before submitting comments. The proposed fees are intended to cover the actual cost of locating, copying and mailing the records, plus 10% as authorized by law, and are based on the average size of the files. NARA states that the average for Military Service Records and Bounty-land Applications is somewhere under 20 pages, while the average for full Pension Files is 105 pages. The FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee will be looking at the NARA proposal carefully, and will submit comments as appropriate. Individuals who would like to provide input to the Committee's evaluation are welcome to do so but are also encouraged to comment direct to NARA at the address given above. Comments for Committee consideration should be e-mailed to fgs-access@fgs.org, or mailed to Federation of Genealogical Societies, Attention: RPAC, PO Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940. In order for the Records Preservation and Access Committee to adequately evaluate such input it must be received by 26 May 2000. The deadline for comment to NARA, however, is still 26 June 2000. Posting of this message to other mail lists is encouraged. A copy of this message will also be available on the Records Preservation and Access page of the FGS Web site <http://www.fgs.org/fgs-recordsnews.htm> and on the NGS Web site <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org> **************** In the referenced message I wrote "The FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee urges everyone who wants to comment to carefully read the full proposal before submitting comments." Then, in the very next sentence I demonstrated why one should read CAREFULLY! The offending sentence states "The proposed fees are intended to cover the actual cost of locating, copying and mailing the records, plus 10% as authorized by law...." This is not correct. The proposed fees are intended to cover full costs, but NOT an additional 10%. I misread a portion of the NARA proposal wherein the 10% additional charge is clearly stated to apply to publications of "special works and collections of resources" and to releases of "historical photographic materials and sound recordings." Let me make it completely clear: NARA is not proposing to include a 10% "profit" in the fees. Now that I have so cleverly demonstrated why it is important to read the full release carefully, I must also plead guilty to having hit the Send button before adding a signature line to the message! Some days are just like that! Oh! And if you forwarded the original message to anyone, please do the same with this. Shamefacedly, Jack Brissee Chair, FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee

Reuben BARNARD and Rachel SPARKS are the parents of Peter Peterson BARNARD, who married Tabitha SELF in 1871, Newton Co. Peter and Tabitha's daughter Sarah Jane married Jefferson F CALLAHAN. Jeff's parents are Mark Richard CALLAHAN and Martha Jane WHITE. Georgia Aeverman

John and Nancy CLARK are my g g grandparents. They were in Newton Co in 1880. Other family members: Martha Ann CLARK who married John MEEKS; Mary SIMPSON who married George YOUNG; Larkin SIMPSON who married Sarah BERRY; Charity CLARK, Rebecca CLARK, Rudolph SIMPSON, Frances SIMPSON. Georgia Aeverman