Thank you for sharing that as that is a useful database. However... To the Family Tree Legends folk: What a ripoff! A lot of those indexes that your site is charging for have been available for free elsewhere forever. How do you get by with this stuff? They make it sound like they're giving away something that isn't theirs to give away in the first place. Makes me wonder how much of their FTL software might be based upon some other company's work... Family Tree Maker, PAF, et al. Misc. vital records including CA & KY birth & marriage & OR death and a lot more: http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/vitalrecrds.html Texas birth, death, marriage, divorce (includes the county for all records which I notice the later TX births in this company's index do not): http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/countysearch.htm Illinois Death, Pre-1916: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html Illinois Death, 1916-1950 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html Illinois Marriage, 1763-1900: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html Arizona birth & death: http://genealogy.az.gov/ CA, KY, ME, TX death: http://searches.rootsweb.com/ I have access to the AR Death Index (1914-1950) and several other indexes (ask) and will do look-ups. Bear in mind that this database (AR) isn't that great and seems to have a lot of holes in it. Dale

Thought this might be of interest Jan Porter Ahola We're giving away the entire Texas Birth Index (1926-1995) forever! Come search for free at: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths This database will remain free from now on for all those interested in searching it! We're going to start giving away more databases in the near future so watch these email updates for more free offers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hammond, Hammons, Hammonds Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/600 Message Board Post: Could someone check to see if there is an obit on Mary Whitesell North Hammond (Hammons, Hammonds). She died at her daughter's home (Mrs. Laura Baker) in Williford, Arkansas on Feb. 15, 1916. She is supposed to be buried there but I can't find a death certificate or other information that can pinpoint exactly where she is buried. Thank you.

Where in Michiganmwas Rhoda Born? What was Cause of Death? Do you have a copy of her Obituary? Malinda Rhoda Ross (31) b. March 28, 1906, Michigan, d. May 18, 1937 Highland Sharp County, Arkansas Buried Highland Cemetery, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas Kenneth M. Lakey klakey@adams.net

What was Cause of Death? Do you have a copy of his Obituary? Orville Dwight Ross (69) b October 25, 1900 Carmen, Alfalfa County,Oklahoma d May 22, 1969 Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas Buried Highland Cemetery, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas Where was Regina born? What was Cause of Regina's Death? Do you have a copy of her Obituary? Regina T. Starnes Ross (71) b. October 20, 1893, Unknown, d June 2, 1964 Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas BURIED Highland Cemetery, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas Kenneth M. Lakey klakey@adams.net

Hello, I am going to Pocahontas, Randolph County, this weekend and will be going through Hardy and Sharp county. My g-grandfather and gg-grandparents are buried in Highland Cemetery, Sharp County. Is this along US 62? Is it a big cemetery? Does anyone have burial plots so I don't spend a lot of time wondering around? I'll be on a bit of a tight time schedule so any advance planning I can do will be helpful. I'm looking for the headstones of Robert Lee Lindsey d.1947 and Calvin C. Lindsey d.1933 and his wife Martha Condia (Abbott) Lindsey d.1944. Thanks for any info. Robert M. Lindsey Pittsburg State University, KS mrpontiac@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My genealogy __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

> Have you tried this address and had any luck? Try getting a death date Not sure which address you mean, but I should have clarified that from the www.rootsweb.com main page you click on "Searches" at the top. Then on the "Searches" page you can click on the state you want under "Records from Federal and State Resources." The address for Public Record Finder worked fine for me tonight. Several of the links take you to http://find.intelius.com which may or may not be that helpful, depending on what you're looking for, but others, like the California birth index are good. Unless you pay for a subscription to that site, you can search only by last name, so if it's a common name you might have to go through a lot of pages. What state and year are you looking for? Dale

Have you tried this address and had any luck? Try getting a death date Kenneth > The California, Kentucky, Maine, and Texas death indexes have been free on www.rootsweb.com for a long time. You can also find > other vital record indexes -- birth, death, marriage, divorce -- mostly free, here: > > http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/vitalrecrds.html > >> > Dale > > >

Thought this might of interest Jan Porter Ahola Dear GenCircles User, We're giving away the entire California Death Index (1940-1997) forever! Come search for free at: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/caldeaths This database will remain free from now on for all those interested in searching it! We're going to start giving away more databases in the near future so watch these email updates for more free offers.

The California, Kentucky, Maine, and Texas death indexes have been free on www.rootsweb.com for a long time. You can also find other vital record indexes -- birth, death, marriage, divorce -- mostly free, here: http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/vitalrecrds.html By the way, there's a typo near the bottom of that page where it says "Florida." That should read "Texas" as everything below that is for Texas. Dale

Malinda Rachael Lakey Ross (67) b. October 16, 1880 Kingman County, Kansas d. March 9, 1937, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas Buried Highland Cemetery, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas What was Cause of death? Do you have a copy of her Obituary? Dwight Ross (107) b. August 16, 1866, Where? d., Highland Sharp County, Arkansas When? Buried Highland Cemetery, Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas What was Cause of Death? Do you have a copy of his Obituary? Kenneth M. Lakey klakey@adams.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price, Taylor, Barnett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/599 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Bertha (Taylor) Price. She married Edgar Price on Dec. 24, 1905 in Calamine, Sharp County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of P. C. Taylor and Martha (Barnett) Taylor. She was born on Aug. 21, 1886 and died April 23, 1956 in Beach Grove, Arkansas. If anyone has any information I would really like to hear from you. Thomas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price, Sullivan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/598 Message Board Post: I am looking for the Price family of Calamine, Sharp County, Arkansas. William Henry Hart Price married a woman named Octavia (Sullivan) Price on Feb. 4th, 1877. They had eleven children by the names of Claude Price, Little Berry Price, Maude (Price) Wallis, Edgar Price, Mary (Price) Wallis, Otto Price, Noble Price, Josephine (Price) Yeager, George Price, Ruth Price, and Alonzo Price. If anyone has any connections with this family I would love to hear from you. Thomas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mudtown,LaCrosse Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/597.1.1 Message Board Post: Hey Jerry, glad to know you like genealogy, my friend. Would you please ask Becky to ask her Mom about Mud Town/Mud Town Road. I really appreciate you helping me with this. This article is found in the Sharp County Record of 1897 Road Notice: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply at the October term of the Sharp county court, 1897, for an order authorizing him to make the following changes in the Evening Shade and Mud Town road and the Evening Shade & LaCrosse road, to wit” Leaving the Evening Shade and Mud Town road near the foot of the first hill ne of W. G. Horton’s house and run n by ne to Evening Shade and LaCrosse road leaving said road near the ?w corner of the north field of the Birchfield farm and run nearly east to the west end of the lane near the Birchfield…? .. and intersect up the old road in the bottoms. Jasper Justus, Principal Petitioner. If I can locate the two roads I may be able to locate where W. G. Horton lived W. G. Horton was my husband's great great grandfather. Ask her if she knew of the Birchfield farm. Eva

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/mV.2ADI/597.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Eva... I don't know, but I would guess that Becky Short (Mrs.Jim Short) at Salem .....and is a teacher at Cherokee Elem....would be able to provide this info....if not, she could probably get it from her Mom for you. Shall I ask that she do that....or do you want to contact her? Becky grew up in that area of the country.....her mom and dad, too.

1910 Woodruff Co., AR -- De View Twp. -- 07 May 1910 -- p. 176 Barrentine, Lewis J. 24 MS AL AL Head md. 6 yrs. Mattie 26 TN TN TN Wife 3 ch./2 liv. Cara L. 3 AR MS TN Daughter Eddie S. 3/12 AR MS TN Son Davis, Nancy 56 TN TN TN Mother-in-law wd. I forgot to add Nancy Davis had 6 children w/ 2 living.

This would be a long shot, but it sort of fits: 1880 Crockett Co., TN -- Dist. 1 -- 22 Jun 1880 -- p. 150 Davis, Henry K. 34 TN TN TN Head Nancy 27 TN NC NC Wife D.A. 14 TN TN TN Daughter S.I. 13 TN TN TN Daughter John L. 10 TN TN TN Son Sallie 7 TN TN TN Daughter Walter W. 5 TN TN TN Son Josie 3 TN TN TN Daughter ------> Ella E. 1 TN TN TN Daughter 1900 Woodruff Co., AR -- De View Twp. -- 27 Jun 1900 -- p. 58 Davis, Henry K. 55 Jun 1845 TN TN NC Head md. 26 yrs. Nancy 49 Jun 1850 TN NC KY Wife 6 ch./4 liv. Josie 22 Mar 1878 TN TN TN Daughter Mattie 16 Sep 1883 TN TN TN Daughter Cora 14 Apr 1886 TN TN TN Daughter 1910 Woodruff Co., AR -- De View Twp. -- 07 May 1910 -- p. 176 Barrentine, Lewis J. 24 MS AL AL Head md. 6 yrs. Mattie 26 TN TN TN Wife 3 ch./2 liv. Cara L. 3 AR MS TN Daughter Eddie S. 3/12 AR MS TN Son Davis, Nancy 56 TN TN TN Mother-in-law wd.

I am looking for the parents of a LouElla (or Elsie) Davis who was born between 1879 - 1882 in AR. At 19, she married Alvin Godwin in Fulton County, AR in 1900. Their marriage license lists Ella as "19 from Hardy AR". In the 1900 census, Ella and Alvin Godwin lived in Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County, Arkansas; by 1910, they lived in Mammoth Springs, Fulton County, Arkansas with their two children Laura and Arvil. Both census reports list TN as Ella's parents' place of birth. I lose track of Ella and the two children after 1910. Alvin goes back to live with his parents. I did see an Ella McGee, married (but no husband listed), with two kids - Lorine O and Orvale L Godwin on the 1920 Pottawatomie, OK census. However, her age is not quite right in this census (34 yo, which would make her born in 1886), although the children's ages are correct. Also this census lists her place of birth as TN and that of the kids to be MO. Her son, Orvale L Godwin corresponds to my great-grandfathe! r's name, so I am pretty sure this is the right Ella. I am looking for Ella's parents who were at one time probably in the Sharp or Fulton County, AR area and also I am looking for her daughter, Laura or Lorine Godwin. Any help would be greatly appreciated. --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Here's a new twist scammers are using to commit identity theft - The Jury Duty Scam. Here's how it works: The scammer calls claiming to work for the local court and claims you've failed to report for jury duty. He tells you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest. The victim will often rightly claim they never received the jury duty notification. The scammer then asks the victim for confidential information for "verification" purposes. Specifically, the scammer asks for the victim's Social Security number, birth date, and sometimes even for credit card numbers and other private information — exactly what the scammer needs to commit identity theft. So far, this jury duty scam has been reported in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington State. It's easy to see why this works. The victim is clearly caught off guard, and is understandably upset at the prospect of a warrant being issued for his or her arrest. So, the victim is much less likely to be vigilant about protecting their confidential information. In reality, court workers will never call you to ask for social security numbers and other private information. In fact, most courts follow up via snail mail and rarely, if ever, call prospective jurors. Never give out your Social Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential information when you receive a telephone call. This jury duty scam is the latest in a series of identity theft scams where scammers use the phone to try to get people to reveal their Social Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential information. It doesn't matter *why* they are calling — all the reasons are just different variants of the same scam. All should be aware of this scam and to not be intimidated by the calls if you receive one - simply hang up. Protecting yourself is simple: Never give this information out when you receive a phone call.

Just thought I would mention that Linda Bloodworth Thomason who was the writer and co-producer for the tv show EVENING SHADE, [as well as the co-writer and coproducer with her husband, for the tv show DESIGNING WOMEN], was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, in Poplar Bluff, MO. She graduated with my 1st cousin, and is very familiar with these parts of the Ozarks! Many of the storylines for Designing Women were based on things in the area, and she used real people's names who lived in the area. Lanita Sconce Smith Daviess Co., MO