This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/275.295.331 Message Board Post: I'm ronreddell@hesenergy.net. I would like a response from anyone knowing about reddell history, being Irish. Please e-mail me. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/275.295.330 Message Board Post: I'm ronreddell@hesenergy.net. I would like a response from anyone knowing about reddell history, being Irish. Please e-mail me. Thank you.

Visit this site for a list of the North Carolina Volunteer Soldiers who guarded the Indian people on the "Trail of Tears" in 1838. <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/military/indian.txt">North Carolina Volunteer Soldiers</A> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/military/indian.txt"> ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/military/indian.txt</A> Evelyn Flood Rkinfolks@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patton, Kinley, Smith, Hefley, Mitchell, Poyner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/548 Message Board Post: My grgrandmother Rhoda (Donie) Kinley married John William Smith in Jasper, Newton Co, AR Nov 28, 1893. On the Marriage document a W. F. Kinley was the surety. Grandma Donie's mother Sarah Patton was married to a William Hector Kinley and had a son named William Frank Kinley. (A family story goes that brother Frank Kinley was a policeman in Jasper at one time) Donie also had a sister Nora Kinley who married a James Poyner July 21, 1895 in Jasper. I don't know who grgrandfather John Smiths parents were in Jasper also. John died ca 1902 and Grgrandma Donie married Andrew Hefley Sept 11, 1903. The Pattons and Kinley's originally came from Boone county before coming to Jasper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/547 Message Board Post: Searching for information concerning a John J Easley. I located his name on the land records for Arkansas. John was b abt 1907 and his father was Thomas Andrew Mark Easley. I appreciate the help and thanks. Missy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moore, Springer Blackford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/546 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Eva who was a Blackford who married William Agustus Springer. Had the following children: Ernest born abt 1884 Frank born abt 1886 Garnett Allen born abt 1900 also living with Eva in the 1910 Newton Co. census is her mother Susan M. Blackford. In the 1910 census Eva is a widow. I believe that later she married a Moore. Eva is listed in the Jasper Cemetery as Eva (Springer) Moore born 28 Oct 1872 died 6 Jan 1934. Who was the Moore she was married to? What happened to Ernest and Frank. Allen Garnet born 11 Jan 1900 died 9 Dec 1944 is in the Jasper Cemetery. He served with the Missouri National Guard in 1915 on the Mexican Border.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHAWNEE BEENES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/70.1 Message Board Post: these people that you are looking for are still living and they are back in the state of oklahoma in the city of shawnee and they are just north of my father land just out side of the shawnee city limit about one hour drive i would like to talk to you about this if you could get back to me on this my name is EDGAR,D,BEENE SON OF BEENES

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/545 Message Board Post: Visit us at www.southwestarchives.com. Our site is under construction. Faith Riley, Director

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CASEY/MARTIN/FERGUSON/MITCHELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/541.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes! It is Malinda Ferguson Mitchell. She was first married to Edmond Mitchell on Jan. 6, 1831 in Decatur Co. Indiana.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/541.1 Message Board Post: Susan, Could that be Malinda Mitchell married to Thomas A. Casey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horne/Horn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/544 Message Board Post: I would like to get in touch with any relatives or decendants of Miller Horne/Horn and Maude (Davis) Horne/Horn. They lived in Logan County, Arkansas and Johnson County, Arkansas but thier relatives could be anywhere. They had two children named Coy and Lydie. Miller had two children by a previous marriage named Nornam and Lola and Maude also had two children before she married Miller. Miller was my grandfather and I am trying to find where he is buried at. Any information will be appreciated. e-mail me at scorpio@nwoknet.net Thanks in advance MEL

I went to the MO state archives website to see what microfilm I could order..I happen to notice on the left side of the page..Birth & Death Records database. It is not complete for all MO Cos. but it might help some of you on births/stillbirths and deaths. http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/county/croll.asp Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson

Census Records Federal Populations Schedules. • Indexed—1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 • The Arkansas History Commission has an excellent collection of compiled and/or published federal censuses and census indexes for most of the state's counties in addition to microfilm copies of all federal censuses for the state. • Soundex—1880, 1900, 1910 (Miracode), 1920 State Schedules. " A collection of French and Spanish records that lists early Europeans in Arkansas between 1686–1804 is Morris S. Arnold and Dorothy Jones Core, comps. and eds., Arkansas Colonials. Federal territorial census records for 1810 included those settlements in the Arkansas District of Hopefield (West Memphis), St. Francis, and settlements along the Arkansas River, but these enumerations were lost. The 1820 federal territorial census included Miller County, which was organized that year by the Arkansas territorial government but actually was partially in Texas under Spanish control. This census was also lost. Arkansas Territory sheriffs were to enumerate the citizens biennially beginning in 1823. Although these censuses were recorded in 1823, 1825, and 1827, only the 1823 schedule for Arkansas County remains of the three early enumerations. The 1829 sheriff's census includes the name of the head of household, but only fragments remain. Those counties for which complete returns are available are Arkansas, Chicot, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Crittenden, Independence, Lawrence, Miller (old), St. Francis, and Washington. None are available for Pope or Sevier counties, and only the total number of inhabitants were submitted by the sheriffs of Hempstead, Izard, Lafayette, Phillips, and Pulaski counties." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Industry and Agriculture Schedules. • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Mortality Schedules. • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Slave Schedules. • 1850, 1860 "The original agriculture, industry, and mortality schedules are maintained by the Special Collections Library of the University of Arkansas. Microfilm copies of the agriculture, industry, mortality, and slave schedules are housed at the Arkansas History Commission. Originals of the slave schedules are at the National Archives. The Arkansas Genealogical Society is currently sponsoring a statewide program to reconstruct the missing 1890 federal census with compilations of tax and other local records for that period. Of the seventy-five counties in Arkansas, sixty-six have a completed replacement of the 1890 federal census. Only Grant, Chicot, Drew, Hot Spring, Franklin, Poinsett, Sharp, Woodruff, and a portion of Lee counties remain to be finished. The Arkansas Genealogical Society should be contacted for the current status of the project." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )

Church Records Some church records for Arkansas churches are available at the Arkansas History Commission. These include published church histories, church records, newspapers, and manuscript collections. Baptist "Arkansas Baptist State Convention Collection, Ouachita Baptist University, Riley Library, 410 Ouachita, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71923." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Lutheran "Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church, 3558 South Jefferson Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Roman Catholic "Chancery Office, St. John's Seminary, North Tyler and I Streets, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Episcopal "The Bishop's Office, 509 Scott Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Methodist "North Arkansas Conference Depository, Hendrix College, Olin C. Bailey Library, Washington and Front Streets, Conway, Arkansas 72032; and Little Rock Conference Depository, Methodist Headquarters Building, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204" (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ) Presbyterian "Arkansas College Library, Batesville, Arkansas 72501." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )

Tax Records "Tax records are available at the respective county courthouses and in the Arkansas History Commission. Nearly 600 tax books, original or microfilmed, for Arkansas counties are included in the collection at the Commission. Legislation was enacted in Arkansas which required that copies of early county tax records be sent to the state auditor in Little Rock. Where county records were lost, the state auditor's copies are especially valuable. Personal property tax records have been published for a few counties. Tax lists, along with other sources, are being used to reconstruct the lost 1890 federal population census." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )

From Arkansas County Record Description Website Land Records "When Missouri Territory, encompassing the present state of Arkansas, was established in 1812, the United States government agreed to acknowledge private land previously granted by Spain and Mexico. Two grants were also awarded to previous French claims. The largest percentage of Spanish and Mexican grants were located in the present-day counties of Arkansas and Desha. Preemption rights were acknowledged in 1814, and private land claims were heard by land commissions. Spanish control of land was loose, and many officials and landowners failed to comply with regulations, resulting in continuous claim problems, some extending for forty years after statehood. At times, no surveys were conducted for these grants. Frequently forgeries were made of the governor's signature on land grants, resulting in a high percentage of fraudulent claims. Early Spanish land claims and the original tract book are available at the National Archives and the FHL. A French measurement term used in some Spanish grants is “arpents”; one arpent is a little more than four-fifths of an acre. Most early land grants to heads of household were for parcels of 800 arpents, or approximately sixty-eight acres. An additional parcel of fifty arpents or about forty-two acres was awarded for each child. Between 1803 and 1836, Native Americans were forced to cede their lands in Arkansas and move west. As the federal government acquired land, it was made available for settlement. Territorial land transactions began in 1803 for the Arkansas District (part of Louisiana Territory until 1812 when the district became part of Missouri Territory) and in 1819, when it became Arkansas Territory. First Settlers of the Missouri Territory, 2 vols. (Nacogdoches, Tex.: Ericson Books, 1983), lists early land grants in Arkansas. Originally negotiated by William Lovely as cession land, Lovely Purchase Donation Claims generated from the private sale of land for the present-day area of northwest Arkansas are grouped and microfilmed along with disputed Spanish land claims and the original tract book. Bounty land for War of 1812 service was distributed by lottery. The first land office was established in 1818 with the GLO ordering a survey of sixty townships. The first survey was finished in 1819, but no land was actually sold until 1821. Land offices opened at Arkansas Post and Davidsonville in 1820 were soon moved to Little Rock and Batesville, respectively. In 1832 Congress divided the territory into four land districts. Two additional land offices were then opened at Fayetteville and Washington. Increased demand for land led to additional offices at Helena and Clarksville before 1840, followed by Champagnole before 1850 and Huntsville in the next decade. New land offices appeared by 1870 at Camden, Dardanelle, and Harrison. But, between 1880 and 1900 the only land offices open in all of Arkansas were those located in Camden, Dardanelle, Harrison, and Little Rock. The latter remained open until 1933. After the initial acquisition, all subsequent land transfers are recorded at the county seat through the county clerk's office." (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )

Copied from Arkansas County Record Description Website Court Records " Generally, probate court records in Arkansas are generated by the chancery court and maintained by the county clerk. Wills and records created from probate proceedings for both testate and intestate estates are among the most valuable county records. Bound volumes of probate records include the recorded will, appointments of administrators, court orders for the inventory of an estate, the inventory, estate sale records, guardianship appointments and accounts, administrator/executor accounts, list of heirs, and final accounts. Probate records and/or wills for the period prior to 1920 for most of the counties in Arkansas are available on microfilm through the FHL and the Arkansas History Commission. Volumes of published wills or probate records are available for some Arkansas counties. Most county clerks also maintain bundles of loose probate records. These packets contain documents, not always in the record books themselves, filed in probate court in connection with estate settlements, guardianships, and insanity cases. Some are arranged in chronological order. Others are organized in semi-alphabetical order regardless of date. Original Pulaski County loose probate packets are at the Arkansas History Commission. In a few cases, other county probate packets have been microfilmed and are available there as well. Courts with countywide jurisdiction are circuit, chancery, county, and justice of peace. Jurisdiction varies from county to county, but generally circuit courts hear criminal, naturalization, and major civil cases. Chancery courts have jurisdiction over equity, divorce, probate, and adoption cases. County courts have jurisdiction over juvenile, tax, and claim cases, as well as county financial matters. Justice of peace courts hear preliminary criminal and minor contract cases. These records are generally available from the time of the county's organization except in those counties where records were destroyed by fire or other causes. Courts of common pleas existed during the territorial period, but no records remain. The county clerk's office maintains records for all courts functioning in the county. Because jurisdiction varies, check each county for its procedures. The state supreme court has appellate jurisdiction from lower courts, and its records can be valuable for those counties with record losses. " (Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/543 Message Board Post: I am looking for dates and rocords that would pinpoint things relative to doc and his family. Also would like to find info on Ollie Van Moss his wife and where she and her family vame from.. Any info would be apprieciated.

Have a book "Guide to Microfilmed County Records At the Arkansas History Commission" by Russell Pierce Baker. =================== These microfilmed records can be found at your nearest LDS Family History Library (if they don't have the record there they can order from Salt Lake City for you). ==================== Even though courthouses were destroyed by fire and during Civil War, there are many Early Tax and Deed Records still available. The Tax Collector made sure the property owners established their land records so taxes could be collected. So if you are looking for early records, your ancestors records might be in an earlier county or the parent county. ============= The dates given below are for Microfilmed County Records ============== BOONE COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 9 April 1869 Parent counties: Carroll and Marion County boundary changes: Line with Marion defined 9 Dec 1875. So records start basically 1869 ===================== CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 1 Nov 1833 Parent County: Izard Progeny Counties: Boone 1869, Madison 1836, Newton 1842 Early Tax Records start 1834 Rest of the records start basically 1866 to 1870 time period Courthouse fire in 1870. =============== CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 18 Oct 1820 Parent County: Pulaski They have early tax records starting 1821. Rest of records basically start 1851(Deed Index) Progeny Counties: Franklin 1837; Lovely 1827, Pope 1829, Scott 1833, Sebastian 1851, Washington 1828. So early Pope County records from 1820 to 1829 MAY be at Crawford County. ============= CRITTENDEN COUNTY, ARKANSAS created 22 Oct 1825 Parent county: Independence Progeny Counties: Cross 1862,Lee 1873,Mississippi 1833 Circuit Court Records 1826-1910 County Court Records 1826-1878 Marriage Records 1837-1921 Will Records 1826-1946 =============================== IZARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS Parent County: Independence Created 27 Oct 1825 Progeny Counties: Baxter 1873, Carroll 1833, Fulton 1842, Marion 1836, Stone 1873, Van Buren 1833. Early Tax records start 1829. Basically rest of the tax records start 1889. Courthouse fire in 1889. ============================= JOHNSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 16 Nov 1833 Parent County: Pope Progeny County: Logan 1871 County Boundary Changes: Line with Franklin defined 14 Dec 1833. South boundary defined 2 Nov 1835. East Boundary defined 5 Oct 1836. Line with Pope defined 19 Feb 1859, 25 Mar 1871, 16 Mar 1875 and 9 Mar 1877. Early tax records start 1834 Marriage records 1855 Circuit Court records 1848 Indexes to Deeds 1838 Probate records 1844 ============================== MADISON COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 30 Sept 1836 Parent Counties: Washington, Carroll County Boundary Changes: West boundary changed 30 Nov 1838. Line with Carroll defined 1 Jan and 20 Jan 1843. Line with Newton defined 21 Dec 1848. Line with Carroll defined 29 Dec 1854 and 15 Jan 1857. Part annexed to Carroll 8 April 1869 Indexes to deeds starts 1848 Deeds start 1843 Early Tax records start 1837. Marriage records start 1896 Courthouse fire in 1902. ============================== NEWTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS Created 14 Dec 1842 Parent County: Carroll Court records basically start from 1866 Courthouse fire in 1866. County Boundary Changes: Line with Madison defined 21 Dec 1841, line with Pope County defined 10 Jan 1853. The 1880 Newton County Census, Boston Township seems to be in the Boston Township of Madison County. During the war, the courthouse was destroyed about 1863. Early tax records start 1850. ========================= MANY RECORDS DESTROYED DURING CIVIL WAR IN ALL COUNTIES, SO MANY COUNTIES DO NOT HAVE EARLY RECORDS

Hope this helps some of you! Good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson >>Dear colleague, The Wisconsin Historical Society has two new online research tools to help genealogists research ancestors who served in Wisconsin units during the Civil War. Please feel free to pass on the information below to fellow researchers who moderate email lists or edit newsletters. Feel free to run them in your printed or email newsletter, forward them to your members, or place a link anywhere on a site you maintain. If you want to expand or edit these paragraphs, feel free to visit the web sites below and use any text there that would be helpful. If this message isn't appropriate for your organization, please accept my apologies. I thought the people with whom you communicate might like to learn about these two new online genealogy resources at the Wisconsin Historical Society's Web site (www.wisconsinhistory.org). Best wishes, Michael Edmonds 608-264-6538 Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 These online volumes list all soldiers who participated in Wisconsin's Civil War regiments. Known collectively as the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, two volumes were compiled in 1886 from archival records and an alphabetical index was published in 1914. Together these 3,000 pages give Civil War service details on about 90,000 Wisconsin soldiers. Search for soldiers by last name and/or regiment and company. Browse this free resource. www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/ Wisconsin Civil War Service Records Once you've found your soldier in the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, order a photocopy of your Wisconsin ancestor's Civil War service record. For most soldiers these records show soldier name, rank, age and birthplace; hair and eye color, complexion, height, occupation, and residence; when, where, and by whom enlisted; term of service; place where the enlistment was credited; and date and manner of termination of service. A special "remarks" sections lists promotions, special duties, leaves of absence, engagements, injuries, and, if the soldier died in service, date and place of death and sometimes place of burial. Fees apply. Note: these are not National Archives pension records. www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ogrs/