Hi: Apologies if I sent this a couple days back. I haven't spotted it on my Auto-filed copies so hope this is the first time. I found this index while wandering the web. If you find some of your names on it you may want to buy the book. One point - it does not tell what dates that it covers. My Crawford Co. surnames are not on it and they were there in the 1830s and 1840s so possibly this covers other dates or other counties. OR - the most likely reason - the AR Gazette was for the entire state and so had only very important people mentioned. But, my John Hinds WAS in the Gazette in 1825 and 1838 and his name is not on this index - so I think maybe the dates are later than that. I would suggest that you paste the url below and look at the index.. Regards, Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com ============================================= http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ar+index+4138816+F CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: TXTdes11.txt) ARKANSAS FAMILIES: GLIMPSES OF YESTERDAY COLUMNS FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE (ISBN 1-56546-070-7) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file graciously provided by Desmond Walls Allen to help you locate sources for your Ark. research. This text file contains a name index to Arkansas Families: Glimpses of Yesterday Columns from the Arkansas Gazette, available from Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033. Price $24.50 plus $3.00 shipping (and Ark. residents must add 4.5% sales tax). Note: this is a BIG file -- it takes time to load (be patient). After it loads, you can save this file to your hard drive and open it with a word processor. The actual index in the book contains not only names, but also places, topics, and more. We've reduced this index to just personal names (we hope).