Genealogy Society Of Craighead County, Arkansas This month s meeting will be at the Craighead County Jonesboro Library August 19, 2007 VOLUME NUMBER ELEVEN, ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT AUGUST 2007 MEETING HAPPENINGS: Our regular meeting was held on July 15, 2007. Our speaker was Jan Davenport. Jan is a Past President of the Arkansas Genealogy Society. Jan told us about projects and upcoming events involving the Arkansas Genealogy Society and the Federation of Genealogy Societies. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: The Executive Board Meeting for July was held on August 11, 2007. 1. Genealogy Night 2. Beginning Genealogy Classes 3. Memphis Library Trip 4. The next Executive Board will be September 11, 2007 AUGUST MEETING: The August meeting will be held on August 19, 2007. Our speaker will be Nancy Matthews. The topic will be Family Military History. NEWSLETTER: With the increase in postage, please consider receiving your newsletter by e-mail. We are doing our best to keep costs down. Hopefully we can do this. If you are not sure about getting your newsletter by e-mail maybe you will consider trying it. The newsletter is done in Microsoft Word and is sent as an attachment. It can then be easily printed if you wish. BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSES: The last class was held on August 6 & 7, 2007. We had 5 new students. The next Beginning Genealogy Class will be October 1 & 2, 2007 from 6:00 to 8:00. This will be the last Beginning Genealogy Class until 2008. 1
GENEALOGY NIGHT At last count, 69 people signed in for Genealogy Night. That was a few more attendees than last year. The library would like to thank everyone that was able to participate. If anyone has an idea about something they would like to see for future Genealogy Nights, please contact Nathan Whitmire at: nwhitmire@libraryinjonesboro.org. Thanks for making Genealogy Night a success. Arkansas Genealogy Society Fall Seminar 2007 www.agsgenealogy.org Speakers and topics: Friday, October 19 th Speaker: Carolyn Earle Billingsley, Ph.D. Melungeons and Other Mixed Race Groups The Reality of Researching Your Indian Ancestors Saturday, October 20 th Speaker: Sharon Tate Moody, CG If Living Were a Crime: Evidence your Ancestor Left at the Scene The Law: Portal to Ancestor Documents Airing the Family Laundry? No Ring? No License? Are They Married ARKANSAS MARRIAGE INDEXING PROJECT Goal: Index the marriage records for the state of Arkansas starting with the earliest records and continuing to 1950. The index will contain links to digitized images of the marriage record. Access to the index will be free. Your help will be appreciated. To sign up as an indexer please email agsindexing@comcast.net. You will be assigned a username and password for the project. To index records, all indexers must first download the FamilySearch Indexing program. To download the program: 1. Go to www.familysearchindexing.org 2. Click Install Now Once you have a username & password you can start indexing! (To index Arkansas Marriages, it is necessary to get a username and password from Jan Davenport at agsindexing@comcast.net.) 2
SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH TRIP: Sponsored by The Arkansas Genealogy Society December 2-9, 2007. For more information on prices and accommodations, contact Jan Davenport at 501-912-3587 or jhdavenport@comcast.net. MANY BRANCHES The Seasons Change / the years fly by Blowing winds scatter branches from family trees Sometimes to the farthest reaches of the Earth where they remain unnoticed for centuries Beneath the leaves of the mighty branches the seeds continue generating life as season follows season and years erase the tracks of all who've come before Though most are ordinary seeds, every now and then a superbly unique seed reaches fruition containing genealogy imprinting / producing an overwhelming longing to untangle the roots Questions flow through sleepless nights and wakeful dreams where names dates, and places are whispered, and trust and patience are imparted The painstaking journey then begins and once begun no matter how far / no matter the time or energy spent the ancient paths will be retraced, and roots untangled, and names revealed all along the way At the end of the intense search a surprise awaits; A new beginning / another search /end / beginning for each tree has many branches and the wind is often full of mischief 2003 Sarah Elizabeth Rose 3
Footnote.com to Digitize Content of the Largest Public Genealogy Library in the U.S. Big news! Footnote.com will soon begin digitizing content from Allen County Public Library. This comes on the heels of the company's signed agreement with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) a few months ago to digitize millions of historical documents housed at NARA. Here is the latest announcement: Lindon, Utah August 2, 2007 Today, Footnote.com announced a new partnership with Allen County Public Library (ACPL), the largest public genealogy library in the United States to digitize millions of historical records making them available online for the first time at Footnote.com. The ACPL collections feature unique American and International records including family histories, city directories, military records and historical newspapers. "We're excited to partner with the Allen County Public Library and are fortunate to be working with some of the finest archives in the United States" said Roger Bell, president of Footnote.com "The content from ACPL is a valuable addition to the millions of records we currently have on our site." As part of the partnership, all ACPL records digitized by Footnote.com will be made available at the library for free. For those that cannot travel to the library, these records can be accessed from a personal computer with a Footnote.com membership. In addition to the ACPL, Footnote.com has agreements with The National Archives and Records Administration, the Pennsylvania Archives, FamilySearch, the Center for Research Libraries, and local archives in Goffstown, NH, South Boston, VA, Harris County, TX and others. Footnote.com doesn't just make history come alive, it keeps history alive. Footnote.com has created a site where people with similar interests come together to share their discoveries and insights. Visitors are encouraged to annotate documents, tell their own stories and upload content from their own shoeboxes all for free. MEMPHIS LIBRARY TRIP: There will be a group going to the Memphis Library on Friday, September 7, 2007. The group will leave from the east end of the Jonesboro Library at 7:30 a.m. On the way out of town, there will be a stop at Burger King at Harrisburg Road and the Bypass for anyone wanting to get breakfast. Plan on spending the day. 4
1877 & 1880 CRAIGHEAD COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAXES NAME PT / SEC SEC TWP RNG AREA VALUE Unable to read W1/2-SW 26 14 2 80 $80.00 Blank SE 26 14 2 160 $0.00 John Simmons E1/2-NW 26 14 2 70 $0.00 Henry Day SW 26 14 2 160 $80.00?? St. RR E1/2-NE 26 14 2 80 $0.00 Blank W1/2-NW 26 14 2 40 $0.00 Blank W1/2-NE 26 14 2 80 $0.00 Blank SW 27 14 2 160 $0.00 Blank W1/2-NW 27 14 2 80 $0.00 David Harris E1/2 27 14 2 320 $320.00 Blank E1/2-NW 27 14 2 80 $0.00 Blank W1/2-NW 28 14 2 80 $0.00 Blank W1/2-NE 28 14 2 80 $0.00 Blank E1/2-NE 28 14 2 80 $0.00 Henry Day SW 28 14 2 160 $80.00 S. M.Markel S1/2-NW 28 14 2 80 $40.00 Blank SE 28 14 2 160 $0.00 C & F RR NW-NW 29 14 2 40 $0.00 Henry Day S1/2-NW 29 14 2 80 $40.00 Same NE-NW 29 14 2 40 $80.00 Same SW 29 14 2 320 $160.00 S.M. Markel NE 29 14 2 160 $80.00 Est. Wm. Allen W1/2-NW 30 14 2 90.27 $180.00 Henry Day SE 30 14 2 160 $80.00 J. T. Cook E1/2-SW 30 14 2 80 $0.00 S. M. Markel NE 30 14 2 160 $80.00 Blank E1/2-NW 30 14 2 80 $0.00 James Hamilton W1/2-SW 30 14 2 91.27 $100.00 Mary P.Nelson All 31 14 2 654.57 $320.00 TOTALS 3906.11 $1,670.00 To be continued. 5
The Genealogy Society of Craighead County, Arkansas P.O. Box 844 Jonesboro, AR 72403-0844 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 2007 NEW RENEWAL NAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ADDRESS SIGNATURE SURNAMES Officers: DUES ARE $15.00 PER YEAR DUE ON THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY. President Betty Woodall Vice President Jean Sales Treasurer Dorothy McCarns Publicity Gail Lies Recording Secretary Lynn Dowdy Corresponding Secretary Sherrie Chamberlain Historian Gregg Scott Publications Nancy Matthews 6