My Family Website has new names added. Take a look. Leona http://www.intcon.net/~lheadley/favorite.htm

My Family Website has new names added. Take a look. Leona http://www.intcon.net/~lheadley/favorite.htm

Hershel, The Sharp Co Court House is located in Ash Flat and has a room where you can view a lot of the old orginal records of Sharp Co. You cannot copy from the large old books on the copy machine anymore because the books are becoming very brittle. So you have to use your handy dandy pencil. Ginny

I also have used that Library. Has a lot more material than one would think. Its only 8 miles from our cabin so its very handy when I'm there. That is where I first found the Marriage Books for Sharp county compiled by Joyce Hambleton Whitten, as well as lots of other good info. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hershel Taylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Ash Flat > Myrvin > Many thanks for the reply & info. > Hershel > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Ash Flat > >Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:15:49 EDT > > > >The library in Sharp County is in Hardy, Ark. They have some genealogy > >material. I was there last week. > > > >Myrvin > > > > > >==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > >removal. > >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >[email protected] > >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > >============================== > >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > >If you know how to reduce these risks. > >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > >

Hi Lanita: Thats a great thought. It seems as if everyone runs our lives except us. Keep up the good work. A list would be nice. Marian Wood Hilton

The library in Sharp County is in Hardy, Ark. They have some genealogy material. I was there last week. Myrvin

Myrvin Many thanks for the reply & info. Hershel >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Ash Flat >Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:15:49 EDT > >The library in Sharp County is in Hardy, Ark. They have some genealogy >material. I was there last week. > >Myrvin > > >==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for >removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >[email protected] >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website >http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

You can contact the Coryell List Administrator, Bobbie Ross. She is a great lady, and can answer your question about the newspaper article author, and getting her permission. [email protected] This is a bunch of $#@#$ as we say in the hills. It is absolutely all about money. I have a subscription to ancestry.com, and have had for a couple of years, but I predict this will be detrimental to them in the long run. I can't support anything that basically moves us backward. Not to mention all of the uncountable hours that volunteers have put into their own lists. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Millers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] query, obit, will, bible boards > Ron, > > Can we get permission from the newspaper author to copy to send that to > the helpdesk.... I cannot post.. I can get in, login, the whole bit, but > I can't post.. it comes up with a 'no data in document'.... > > I think it would do them a world of good to see that we are NOT happy! > > Lanita in Wichita > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

Does anyone know of a genealogy library in Ash Flat Ar? Hershel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Here are some sites for Census and Arkansas maps http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03_ar.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/arkansas/ar_censusmap.htm And County Formation Maps http://www.segenealogy.com/arkansas/ar_map.htm Hope they can help someone.

Ron, Can we get permission from the newspaper author to copy to send that to the helpdesk.... I cannot post.. I can get in, login, the whole bit, but I can't post.. it comes up with a 'no data in document'.... I think it would do them a world of good to see that we are NOT happy! Lanita in Wichita

Thanks. I know I have the right lady, because of all the census and marriage records. And, the living family members who knew her. I guess your answer is what I already knew, but it's good to get reinforcement from someone else! Jean C. At 02:21 PM 6/27/01 -0500, you wrote: >I think that was common. My husband has an ancestor whose name on her >children's tombstones, census records, etc., was Sarah L. or S.L. However, >her name was Sarah Elizabeth and called Lizzie by those close to her.

Retransmitted for your information from a list manager in Texas > Dear List Members, I expected to hear from each of you by now, complaining > about our GenConnect boards. A year ago Ancestry bought out Roots web, with > the assurance that things would only be better or the same. Recently they > announced that they were doing away with GenConnect for a "new" "improved" > single board. I'm still in a state of shock, perhaps it will get better, but > for right now I am at a loss. I can't even get into my Board to administer > or edit it. The following is a newspaper column in the Houston paper by > Lynna Kay Shuffield and she covers it very well. > > "New Development with GenConnect Boards" > > On June 14th, GenConnect, RootsWeb and Ancestry.com announced they would be > pulling down all of the query and data boards for every county, state, > country and surname. We were promised a "new and improved system" to post > our queries and data! Instead, on June 21st we were served, in my opinion, a > homogenous bowl of slop! > > In reality, all of the query and data boards (i.e., Obituaries, Pensions, > Wills, Biographies, Bibles, & Deeds) from GenConnect, RootsWeb, Ancestry.com > and FamilyHistory.com were rolled into one massive board without any context > to its original structure or format. In the "new message board" system, you > cannot tell a query for an obituary from a Bible record from a deed. > > The previous system allowed for the orderly organization of data into > groupings. You knew if you went onto the Obituary Board for Milam County you > would find obituaries and not Wills. Now when you go to the Milam County > Message Board, you don't know what you have in the way of data or queries! > And this is the same for every county, state, country and surname message > board! > > The biggest complaint about the new system is many folks feel they were > mislead because there was nothing in the announcement that informed anyone > that the structure of their data boards was going to be destroyed! No one > had the opportunity to copy their information off for safekeeping before > they were pulled-down. For example, on the Milam County Obituary Board, we > had over 1,500 obituaries posted. Now, they are all co-mingled with other > data entries and queries on one board containing almost 4,000 entries! What > a mess! > > The search engine and instructions are not very clear. For example if you > are searching for San Saba County, it will never appear because the search > engine only recognizes SanSaba, without a space between the words. The same > goes for any two-named counties, i.e., SanJacinto, TomGreen, etc. And of > course, there is nothing telling you about this little quirk! > > Additionally, the new system no longer allows the Message Board > Administrators to manage or edit queries. In the past, administrators could > edit postings to insure they were appropriate and met the requirements. Now > anyone can post anything without any controls or supervision. The only > option now available to board administrators is to totally delete a posting! > Administrators are not being given any instructions or "how to" for the new > system and the URL addresses for the message board change without any > notice! > > Ancestry.com took a perfectly good system and solely, in my opinion, made it > into a vehicle to increase the number of hits on their website, to increase > their advertising rates and increase the exposure of the products it sells > to those who visit the new message boards. > > Another failure of the new system is that it no longer sends you a direct > e-mail to alert you to new postings on the boards you are interested in > researching. Now, you have to go directly to the board to determine what new > postings have been made as the notification system only notifies you when > you log-in the system. Gee, another opportunity to increase the number of > hits on the website by forcing you to have to visit them to see what's new! > > Therefore, in my opinion, the new system does not have its roots in > establishing a better research system for genealogists but instead is just > another commercial vehicle to make money off folks who are interested in > family history research. > > We can only hope another group will step forward and fill the vacuum that > Ancestry.com has made with its "new and improved system." > > "Genealogy.com Now Charging for Support" > > Genealogy.com has announced that it will now begin charging $2 PER MINUTE > for technical support for the genealogy software, Family Tree Maker they own > as well as other genealogy software that it markets. This means you will pay > Genealogy.com $120 PER HOUR for help and technical support. They require > payment in advance by credit card only. > > Family Origins users can still obtain FREE software support by contacting > the software owner directly at < http://www.formalsoft.com >. Family Origins > also has an e-mail list where other users can help with information, > comments and suggestions. Additionally, Family Origins now has started its > own Message Board Forum at < http://formalsoft.com/forums/ > for users who > have questions and need help! > > "Social Security FOIA Fees to Increase" > > Effective July 1, 2001, the Social Security Adm. will increase its fees for > requesting a copy of a Social Security Application for anyone found on the > Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The new fees: $27 if the Social Security > Number is provided; $29 if the Social Security Number is NOT provided; $16 > search for death information Social Security Number provided; and, $18 > search for death information Social Security Number NOT provided. For > additional information regarding new fees for Freedom of Information Act > (FOIA) requests for the Social Security Adm., visit < > http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm#_Toc517745425 >. > > To read a past article in this column related to the importance of using the > SSDI in genealogy research, visit: < > http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-003.htm >.

I think that was common. My husband has an ancestor whose name on her children's tombstones, census records, etc., was Sarah L. or S.L. However, her name was Sarah Elizabeth and called Lizzie by those close to her. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] I Need Some Help From Local Ash Flat Residents, Please! >Hi! > >Going by census and marriage records, I can at least document my 2nd gr >grandmother as "Sarah L. BALLARD", b. 1844, TN. Although, the delima comes >when I talk with her grandchildren who are still living! They know her as >"Elizabeth". > >If I go by "Elizabeth", I find what is possibly her in the following census >information, shared with me, quite awhile back: >================================================================= >"Jean, if I'm not mistaken, that area of Sharp Co. would have been in >Lawrence Co. earlier like 1850...so here what I show in my whole state >census for 1850 Ark. > >BALLARD, George H. 44 TN, Elizabeth 32 IL., Ursula 12, Davi P. 8, >ELIZBETH 6, Morrison 4, Joseph D. 1, WRIGHT, William 18, Thomas B. 13 >Dwelling 367, Black river Twp., Lawrence Co., Ark. >And: >BALLARD, Samuel age 40 TN, Eliza 26 VA, Mary A. 1, George W. 12, >Margaret 8, Samuel 6 Matthew 5, Dwelling 368, Black River Twp., Lawrence >Co., Ark. > >Black river seems it's in Independence Co. later. " >========================================================= >The strange thing is that in the marriage record and on the census >records, she is listed as "Sarah L", and also as born 1844. Note the fact >that this Elizabeth, daughter of George H. BALLARD, was also born 1844. > >Jacquelyn Romberg (on this list) seems to be the person who has >accomplished the most on the BALLARDS so far, and she has been very helpful >in sharing information with me. > >Your BULLARDS don't ring a bell with me, but it does seem like these names >eventually would lead back to the same common family, doesn't it? > >Jean Cuevas > > > > >At 07:03 PM 6/26/01 -0600, you wrote: >>Jean who is in your Ballard line?I have a Harrison Bullard who is >>the son of Harriet and?Bullard.He may have had a brother named >>John. Harrison H.P.H. Bullard married in 1890 to Amanda Henson in >>Stone Co,Ar Doon't know when or where he died,but she died at >>newport Ar Jackson Co Ar 1920.Some of my Hensons and their spouses >>are almost impossible to find.Sue >>Sincerely, An iPhone User > > > >==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use >[email protected] or [email protected] if >you are on the Digest list. >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html >

Thanks, Myrvin. According to Dad's elderly cousins, they say that John and Elizabeth are buried there. I have this information, which may be my John D. : John D. Ferguson C Pvt/Pvt 2nd Ark. Cav I 1882 W Joined at Houston, Mo., 1 Jan 1863, age 18, b. Haywood, Tenn., mustered out at Memphis, Tenn., Aug 1863 Sounds like the same person as buried in the Highland Cemetery, doesn't he? Jean At 10:31 PM 6/26/01 -0400, you wrote: >Jean there is Highland Cemetery in Sharp County. They don't show a John D >Ferguson but do show a Jno. B. no dob or dod it shows Company C 2nd Arkansas >Calvary. Find no Sarah Ferguson or Elizabeth Ferguson in Sharp Co. > >Myrvin

Hi! Going by census and marriage records, I can at least document my 2nd gr grandmother as "Sarah L. BALLARD", b. 1844, TN. Although, the delima comes when I talk with her grandchildren who are still living! They know her as "Elizabeth". If I go by "Elizabeth", I find what is possibly her in the following census information, shared with me, quite awhile back: ================================================================= "Jean, if I'm not mistaken, that area of Sharp Co. would have been in Lawrence Co. earlier like 1850...so here what I show in my whole state census for 1850 Ark. BALLARD, George H. 44 TN, Elizabeth 32 IL., Ursula 12, Davi P. 8, ELIZBETH 6, Morrison 4, Joseph D. 1, WRIGHT, William 18, Thomas B. 13 Dwelling 367, Black river Twp., Lawrence Co., Ark. And: BALLARD, Samuel age 40 TN, Eliza 26 VA, Mary A. 1, George W. 12, Margaret 8, Samuel 6 Matthew 5, Dwelling 368, Black River Twp., Lawrence Co., Ark. Black river seems it's in Independence Co. later. " ========================================================= The strange thing is that in the marriage record and on the census records, she is listed as "Sarah L", and also as born 1844. Note the fact that this Elizabeth, daughter of George H. BALLARD, was also born 1844. Jacquelyn Romberg (on this list) seems to be the person who has accomplished the most on the BALLARDS so far, and she has been very helpful in sharing information with me. Your BULLARDS don't ring a bell with me, but it does seem like these names eventually would lead back to the same common family, doesn't it? Jean Cuevas At 07:03 PM 6/26/01 -0600, you wrote: >Jean who is in your Ballard line?I have a Harrison Bullard who is >the son of Harriet and?Bullard.He may have had a brother named >John. Harrison H.P.H. Bullard married in 1890 to Amanda Henson in >Stone Co,Ar Doon't know when or where he died,but she died at >newport Ar Jackson Co Ar 1920.Some of my Hensons and their spouses >are almost impossible to find.Sue >Sincerely, An iPhone User

Jean there is Highland Cemetery in Sharp County. They don't show a John D Ferguson but do show a Jno. B. no dob or dod it shows Company C 2nd Arkansas Calvary. Find no Sarah Ferguson or Elizabeth Ferguson in Sharp Co. Myrvin

Hi! While I was visiting some of my folks in Franklin earlier this month, I did more asking about my ancestors, John D. FERGUSON and Wife, Sarah L. BALLARD (they always knew her as "Elizabeth"). I was told that they are buried in the Highland Cemetery, in Sharp County. Does anyone know where the Highland Cemetery is located? And, is that the name of the cemetery, or should I be looking for another? I found out that after they lived on the first farm at Cave City, they later lived on land between Ash Flat and Hardy. Is Hardy in Sharp County?? I was told that one of my gr grandpa Tom Ferguson's sons, Oscar, had descendants named Leonard and Jesse SMITH. I believe Leonard was said to be an Assembly of God preacher at Horseshoe Bend (where-ever that is!) Oscar had two daughters, "Cimie"?? and Ginny. Do they ring bells with anyone? This FERGUSON/BALLARD hunt of mine has been a real challenge, for sure! Thanks! Jean Cuevas

Jean who is in your Ballard line?I have a Harrison Bullard who is the son of Harriet and?Bullard.He may have had a brother named John. Harrison H.P.H. Bullard married in 1890 to Amanda Henson in Stone Co,Ar Doon't know when or where he died,but she died at newport Ar Jackson Co Ar 1920.Some of my Hensons and their spouses are almost impossible to find.Sue Sincerely, An iPhone User

In a message dated 6/26/01 1:12:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << [email protected] >> This is a great list, because the people are great. Can't believe how much I've learned because of the patience of other list members. Debbie