I do not know anything about White County resources, but you might want to investigate <ARWHITE@rootsweb.com> or go to <AFHA@rootsweb.com> and ask your questions. JJJ Pat James wrote: > I have a Smith family I am searching for in White County. Does White County > have good resources to contact as does Searcy? I seem to be unable to find > a contact. Could anyone out there advise me? Thanks in advance..... Pat > James > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] Searcy County Ancestor Fair > > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.searcy/3550.1.1.2/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> The actual day of the fair there are many tables set up with various >> venders. Some are there to sell books, like the various county historial >> societies will have books on that particular county: census, marriages, >> cemeteries, wills, court records. Then there are others who will have >> their own family history on their table. They are there to share >> information they may have on their family and hope people will come talk >> to them about the family. They will not have anything to sell, just >> hunting for more information and willing to share it with others. Then >> there will be commercial tables that are only there to sell books, CDs, >> etc. At times there are other miscellaneous offerings. For instance, the >> last two years, Leslie Cemetery Association has had a table. They are >> trying to find out who is buried in the unmarked graves in this cemetery >> and information on each person buried there. Several years there was a >> commercial printer who copied and enhanced pictures for those atte! >> nding. >> >> So you can see there is a variety of information available. On Friday >> night after the workshops are over, there is a dinner for anyone wishing >> to attend. At this you get to talk to all the other folks who are there. >> >> My husband, C. L. and I, have not missed one of these in the years it has >> been held. C. L.'s Boyd family is from Leslie before 1850, so we were >> really interested in this fair. It is the neatest thing I have ever >> attended. But it is not just for Searcy County families, many other >> counties will be represented. >> >> I think you will enjoy it and am sure you will find things on your >> families. >> >> Sincerely, >> Lina Boyd >> Dover, Pope Co. AR >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ARSEARCY-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 ARSEARCY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >