May 30, 2010
My sister, Tina sent me
"A Brief Sketch of the Coulter Family in America" This was
an article found in our grandmother's closet in 1966. It
has no information on our Coulter line but might point someone
else in the right direction. Thanks Tina!
Also, I have finally finished putting the photographs for Mount
Carmel Cemetery in Cabot, Lonoke County online.
Also, a note to the hard-headed out there, watch
the heat this weekend! I went out to Riverfest Friday
night and smooth passed out right on the ground in front of God
and everyone. Don't let yourself become
overheated....drink plenty of water and seek the comfort of air
conditioning. There are no brownie points for dying off
from heat exhaustion.
May 29, 2010
There is a major Civil War marker dedication coming up this
Saturday (great Memorial Day activity) in DeValls Bluff (1 hour
East of LR). This will be the first of 5 or so Civil War signs
in DeValls Bluff through the AR Dept of Heritage in conjunction
with the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War...so its a big deal.
DeValls Bluff played a major role during the Civil War and is
recognized by experts as potentially being a significant tourist
attraction for the state, but has tragically been very
neglected. The Arnold Family Foundation (which I serve as the
Exec. Dir of) is trying to change this and I hope you can help.
Info is below (taken from the local paper).
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The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial marker at DeValls Bluff
will be dedicated
on Saturday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. at Rhodes Park off Highway 70
in downtown DeValls Bluff. Representative Tiffany Rogers of
Stuttgart, Senator Bobby Glover of Carlisle, Mark Kalkbrenner, a
member of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and
possibly Congresswoman Blanche Lincoln will be attending the
Arkansas Civil War observance at DeValls Bluff noting the
importance of efforts at DeValls Bluff during
the Civil War and during the Reconstruction Period. The
general public is invited
to the ceremonies conducted by Mayor Brooks Castleberry who will
remark on the contributions of DeValls Bluff during and after
the Civil War Era. The Arkansas Civil War
Sesquicentennial Commission has developed several interpretive
themes for each year of the observance of the 150th anniversary
of the war between 2011 and 2015,
Commission Chairman Tom Dupree announced recently.
May 26, 2010
While you are making your plans for this weekend, please don't
forget the Soldiers on Monday. Here are a few of the
services in the Central Arkansas area. I am planning on
attending Maumelle's service as I have been to the State
Veteran's cemetery. Been there, don't that and that is all
I am going to say. : ) Beautiful Cemetery but I miss
the Little Rock National Service.
GOVERNOR
BEEBE TO GIVE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT THE ARKANSAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERY
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs will present a
Memorial Day ceremony Monday,
May 31, 2010 at 10:00
a.m. at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery, 1501
West Maryland Avenue, in North
Little Rock. Governor Mike Beebe will give the keynote
address. Gene McVay, Commander of the American Legion
Department of Arkansas, will be the Master of Ceremonies. Other
participants will include the Patriot Guard Riders, the 106th Arkansas
Army National Guard Band, and the India Co., 3rd BN,
23rd Marines
Honor Guard Firing Detail. Carl Schmidt, Fleet Reserve
Association President, will conduct the sea service portion of
the ceremony.
Public parking will be available at Woody’s Sherwood Forest on
Maryland Avenue and possible overflow parking will be at the
Wal-Mart on Hwy. 107 and Maryland Avenue. Handicapped parking
will be available at Pulaski
Technical College Aerospace Technology Center across
from the cemetery. Busses and vans will begin transporting
individuals to the state cemetery at 9:00 a.m.
Individuals are encouraged to bring umbrellas rain-or-shine.
Water will be provided.
We encourage the support of our veterans who have sacrificed so
much. They have stood up for our freedoms and for those around
the world. Memorial Day is a time for us to come together and
honor their memory and for the service they have given this
great nation.
For more information on this event please contact Susan King,
Public Information Specialist, at 501-992-0192 or e-mail susan.g.king@arkansas.gov.
Also:
There will be a Memorial Day service held on Sunday, May 30th in
the Bellwood Cemetery at Pine Bluff. The annual Memorial Day
service will be at 2pm and any living historian interested in
participating should bring their best Confederate uniform and
three rounds of ammunition for the three vollies to be fired
following the service. Participants in the service should be
there no later than 1:30pm. Directions are: {turn left onto
University (hwy 79)from Martha Mitchell Expressway (hwy 65)}
then left onto Pullen. Take right into last cemetery entrance
and follow to back. This service is meant to honor ALL veterans
of the United States and Confederates as well.
Also:
Lake Willastein in Maumelle. 10:00 A.M. Keynote Speaker
Rob Hopper with the Arkansas Fallen Heroes Memorial, which will
be on display. <----This is the one I am going to.
May 23, 2010
Added photographs for
Martin Cemetery in Lonoke County.
May 22, 2010
Jacksonville Museum of Military History Museum
Day
When: Saturday May 29th,
2010
9:00am -5:00pm
Where: Jacksonville Museum of
Military History
100
Veterans Circle, Jacksonville Arkansas
Free
Admission to the
Live music
from 12:00pm
– 2:00pm provided
by the Bluegrass Bombers and the Mary-Lou Duet
Free food
from 11:30am-
1:00pm provided by
Centennial Bank (while supplies last)
Antique
Military Vehicles on display from the Military Vehicle
Preservation Association of Arkansas (MVPA)
May 21, 2010
If you were looking
for this
Campbell Family, you might just have a hard time
locating them. Makes me wonder where they were married.
May 19, 2010
Valerie Vanderhoeven
has brought another one of our boy's home.
Cleotus C. Chaney died March 5, 1945 and is buried at Netherland
American Military Cemetery in Margraten. Wouldn't it
be great if we could get photographs of all their
graves....maybe one of these days when I retire. Until
then, if you have a photograph and/or story of an Arkansas
soldier buried overseas, please send it. I will be glad to
store it for future generations!
This is absolutely one
of the most terrible names I have ever heard. I always
hated "Priscillia" and was relieved to have everyone shorten it down
to "Pris". I can only imagine her nickname. "Jugs"
maybe? That would create all kinds of trouble today.
May 18, 2010
Finished posting all
of the photographs for Sheridan Cemetery in Grant County.
May 17, 2010
In Sheridan Cemetery
(Grant County) is the grave of
O.L. "Jufe" Nall's "Arm" which was wacked off in a saw mill
accident. There is even a fence around it as if
protecting it. Mr. Nall is also buried in the cemetery,
but for some reason, chose not to be buried with his arm but on
the opposite side of the cemetery.
We also have
Paul J. Clark, who was a State Rep and Grant County Sheriff.
Very nice marker, but, more interesting is his wife's marker.
Minnie B. Clark was the first female Sheriff of Grant County.
I get a chuckle thinking of her called "Sheriff Minnie" and
imagine her to be 95 lbs, 5 feet tall and a big pistol on her
side. She took over her husband's position in 1937 after
he died in office. She also served as Tax Assessor and Tax
Collector.
May 15, 2010
It is probably a
good thing that I do not work downtown anymore. Pat
Anthony's kids, Tim & Arbie Anthony, are opening a Sweet Shop down at the River Market
and she tells me they have been making the best Candy for years
and have decided to share. I will add a reminder when it
gets closer to opening day. Maybe I will run into you
there...
Coming soon to the Little Rock River Market!
Ottenheimer Market Hall!
May
28th, 2010 – First Day of RiverFest
Fudge, Truffles, Lollypops, Caramels, Brittles,
and Many More Delectable Favorites!
All Family Recipes, All Handmade!
Phone: 501-244-0252
Also, all of the
photographs for Carlisle Cemetery in Lonoke County are now
online and maybe accessed in the
Please feel free to add more information or make
corrections to the listings and remember, if you want to use the
search function, you have to register.
May 13, 2010
As I load the
cemetery photographs, I am going to point out the unusual
markers and memorials. Love the style of this
wrap-around bench and my mind visualizes a great love affair
between these two people.
May 12, 2010
Jennifer Tarver has
a nice photography website with photographs of Camp Nelson and
Toltec Mounds at:
Earth-Tone
Photography.
May 11, 2010
This Sunday, May 16th at 2:00, Mount
Holly Cemetery (Little Rock) Historical Tour
Please support this tour to raise funds for the General T. J.
Churchill Chapter Scholarship Fund. Entrance will be via the
13th Street gate as I asked for the main gate on Broadway to
be CLOSED to ensure the safety of our guests. The bell house
is located in the center of the cemetery, just walk straight
from the 13th Street entrance.
The cost of the tour is $10.00 and funds support our
scholarship fund. I will be conducting the tour and expect it
to last between 60 and 90 minutes with several opportunities
to take a break (and sample refreshments) if so desired.
Remember, this is a walking tour so wear comfortable shoes.
The recently released Mount Holly Cookbook will be available
for purchase!
Recipes In Perpetuity features
timeless tastes and tales from residents and future residents
of Mount Holly Cemetery. Some of the recipes are old family
favorites not previously published--some dating to the early
1800's. The recipes and stories contained in the collection
are sure to delight everyone! Recipes In Perpetuity is $29.95
cash or check with no
tax if you purchase the cookbook at the tour.
May 8, 2010
My former
father-in-law,
Marvin Harold Weathers passed away on Monday after a five
year battle with cancer. Bertha and Marvin are the perfect
grandparents that everyone dreams about having & Marvin will be
missed much.
He had a beautiful service and my prayers go out to the
Weathers, Reeves, & Oswald families of Coal Hill.
I have wrapped up the
Arkansas Gazette project and now have 1819 - 1850 online for
a total of 11, 260 articles. These articles included
marriages, deaths, legal notices, murders, robberies, fires,
lynchings, elections, auctions, business ads and sometimes
personal diatribe and letters from the war.
If
you can't find your people listed there, you might try Desmond
Allen's books at Arkansas Research. She has a book by
James Logan Morgan (364 pages) which contains abstracts from
many small town Arkansas newspaper. ( I have this book
in my personal collection and it is priceless to me.) She
also has at least
10 others books authored by herself, Oscar Russell & Cathy
Barnes that cover later years of the Arkansas Gazette.
With that said, my new major project will be to bring all of the
cemetery photographs online so that they will not need to be
requested. Let's hope it doesn't take as long as the
Arkansas Gazette project.
May 4, 2010
The Old State House
Museum has a new blog:
Old State House Museum Collections Blog
OSHMCollections.com
Check
out our new blog! This site is a great place to catch up on the
activities of the collections department, new acquisitions,
object research and more. Each month, the blog will also feature
a new audio or video podcast that highlights particular objects
in our collection.
On a ArkansasTies note: I have added the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for October - November 1849.
You can find them here:
May 1, 2010
All I can is wow....the Good Lord was doing some major furniture
moving last night. This mobile home was previously about
50 feet to the left off the road. Many people had their homes destroyed last night
so
please keep these people in your prayers.
April 29, 2010
It has been one
big drama filled week and I won't bore you with the details, but
I will say, I did enjoy a wonderful presentation on David
O. Dodd by Tom Ezell with the Civil War Roundtable of Arkansas.
This month the presentation was presented at the "Ten Mile
House" owned by Jerry Hooker and Greg Elliott. Wonderful
hosts and I felt very privileged to have met them. They
have done a wonderful job restoring the house.
Mark and I were able to make it over to see the carriage train.
I had tried to catch it on the tracks for some pics but did not
make it on time. I also tried to get some pics while it
was parked in North Little Rock but there were so many people
there you couldn't shake them with a stick.
I did manage to knock out a few Arkansas Gazette
transcriptions and I am getting very close to wrapping this
project up. Please remember you need to register to use
the forum search. There are now over 11,000 articles on
line. Of course, you could browse but it might take
awhile. ;)
April 24, 2010
I received a note
that Bayou Meto Cemetery in Jacksonville have their decoration
days May 1 & 2, 2010.
If you want to mail a contribution:
Bayou Meto Cemetery Association
%First Arkansas Bank & Trust
Attn: Larry Wilson
PO Box 827
Jacksonville, Ar. 72076
Please, note all
Cemeteries in Arkansas depend on contributions to keep them
maintained. Just imagine yourself going out and mowing and
weed-eating around every marker in a cemetery every two weeks,
and you can quickly see where the money goes.
Also, I have added the transcription of articles for the Arkansas Gazette for
March - June 1849. You can find them here:
April 22, 2010
From Deb LeBel:
Calling all VietNam Vets:
American Legion Post 71 of Cabot is holding a Welcome Home
VietNam Vets Ceremony. This will be May 8,2010. Begins with a
parade
@ 9am Panther Trail @ Hwy 89/S. Pine St. to Veterans Community
Center on Lincoln. Event begins @10 am - 5pm. This event is to
welcome our Vets that never received a Welcome. There will be
guest speakers inc. Sen. Bozeman, free food, door prizes. Please
come &
help us welcome them home.
and up in the same
area, from DannaKay Duggar with the Jacksonville Military
Museum:
Museum Supporters,
As you may or may not know, The Jacksonville Museum of Military
History has a Civil War sister organization titled The Reed’s
Bridge Field Preservation Society. The museum physically houses
the artifacts from Reed Bridge and well as gives the narrative
of the story of the battle at Reed’s Bridge. The Reed’s Bridge
Society with help from the J’ville A&P purchased two replica
cannons for the battle site. Steve Shore braved rain and snow to
bring them from Virginia and they have been hanging out at the
Jacksonville Museum for the past couple of months. But now the
first one is in place and ain’t she a beauty! This cannon is
located where the Union Artillery was located during the battle.
Heading into J’ville on Hwy 161 from NLR it’s on the left side
of the road across from the fire station. The second cannon will
be located on the site close to the homestead where the
Confederates were located. If it’s not raining this Saturday go
check it out
Heritage Seekers in North Little Rock will meet
Monday night:
Monday, April 26, 2010
7 p.m.
Laman Library, North Little Rock
Creating A Genealogical Goldmine: The Archivists’ Toolkit
Presented by Lynn Ewbank
Access and Technology Archivist with the Arkansas History
Commission
April 21, 2010
Another one of our home boys that were killed in World War II
has been adopted by Mr. Smeets in the Netherlands. Take a
look and see if you recognize this soldier. Since most of
us will never be able t o visit these cemeteries in Europe, it
means a lot to me that they adopt our boys and take care of
their graves. Here is his letter:
Dear sir/madam,
My name is Reinoud Smeets and I'm sending you this email
from The Netherlands, Europe.
I would like to know
more about a person named Salvador(e) J. Di Cosmo.
Salvador J. Di Cosmo was killed in action during WW2. He
crashed with his B-17 in The Netherlands. His body has
never been recovered. He was reported killed in action
on 19-08-1943.
Near Margraten you can find The American Cemetery. The
cemetery contains the graves of 8.301 Americans.
The special thing about this cemetery is that all
graves and almost all names on the wall of the missing
are 'adopted'. Adopting means visiting the grave and
taking care of it by placing flowers.
To give a better picture about the cemetery and the
adopting program, you can visit the following links:
http://www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl/englisch/index1.htm
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/mia/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=671255&popcount=1&tcount=1
On this link you can find a picture of his name on
The Wall of The Missing.
http://www.303rdbg.com/cem-netherlands.html
His name on The Wall of The Missing has also
been adopted. Therefore I'd like to know more about this
young man who gave his live for our freedom. We've been
searching in vane for over two years now.
The reason for writing this email is that Salvador's
hometown was in Pulaski County, Arkansas. I'm not 100%
sure, but I think he was from Little Rock, Arkansas
He was married to Miss Mary E. Cole.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=907914&popcount=2&tcount=2
Can you help with my inquiry? It would mean a lot to me.
All help is appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mr. Reinoud Smeets.
Sittard, The Netherlands, Europe.
April 20, 2010
Tomorrow, we Arkansans, will have the
opportunity to see the last Steam Iron Horse Train built for
Union Pacific on its Valley Eagle Heritage Tour. It will
be rolling into Little Rock tomorrow and on display in North
Little Rock all day Thursday. I personally am going to try
and check it out coming in on the tracks, wish me luck! I
am not a big Twitter fan, but for this I will certainly be happy
to get my update Twitters, Twits, oh well, whatever you want to
call them!
Just seeing photographs of it gets me excited!
April 18, 2010
I have a new
personal project....like I need one. ; ) This is a
personal project and entirely unrelated to genealogy or history,
or even Arkansas for the matter but will be fun for me.
Added the transcription of articles for the Arkansas Gazette for
January - February 1849. You can find them here:
April 16, 2010
Added the transcription of articles for the Arkansas Gazette for
September - December 1848. You can find them here:
April 14, 2010
The General T. J. Churchill Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy will host a Confederate Memorial Day Observance on Saturday,
April 24th at 2:00 at Oakland Fraternal Cemetery.
Oakland Cemetery is located at 21st and Barber Streets, Little
Rock.
Additional
Information:
Directions:
Drive through the main gate and down the hill toward the
office. At the office turn right and drive in front of the
mausoleum and around the mausoleum to the left. Continue
driving up the hill. At the top of the hill at the back of the
cemetery you will see the monument placed by the UDC in 1913. This
is the Southeast corner of the cemetery. There is ample
parking and easy access to the area for the service. Please
bring a lawn chair if you are unable to stand for a long period. There
is no rain date scheduled for this observance. Event will be
held rain or shine-bring an umbrella.
Guests are asked to wear a hat in honor of the soldiers
remembered at this service. Antebellum or Victorian dress is
acceptable for this observance. Please bring a flower from your
garden to place at the base of the monument during the singing
of Amazing Grace.
Our
guest speaker will be Mrs. Lakresha Gray Diaz who has conducted
extensive research into the history of Oakland-Fraternal
Cemeteries.
Oakland's history began during the Civil War as many Confederate
soldiers were dying daily in the many make-shift Little Rock
hospitals. In May 1862 the City of Little Rock appropriated
funds of $5,000 to purchase 160 acres from the Starbuck and
Woodruff families to establish Oakland Cemetery. The final
resting place of thousands of Confederate and Union soldiers,
Oakland was nominated for the National Register of Historic
Places in 2009.
Contact: Kay Tatum,
(501) 375-5197 or kay.tatum@yahoo.com
If you love Baseball, you have to check out this website.
Very, very, did I say VERY NICE website on Arkansas Baseball
Fields.
Moving right along and moving much closer to be being finished
with the Arkansas Gazette project, I have added the
transcription of articles for for March - August 1848. You can find them here:
April 12, 2010
Added the transcription of articles for the Arkansas Gazette for
January - February 1848. You can find them here:
Also, I wanted to point out an article I found
interesting. It is a list of equipment and supplies that
were recommended for those traveling to California. It's a
good thing they didn't charge bag check fees back then.
April 11, 2010
History comes alive with the reenactment of the Civil War
skirmish at Lunenburg. Presented by the Pvt. Job S. Neill Camp
#286 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Reenactment times are
3 pm Saturday May 1, 2010, and 2 pm Sunday May 2, 2010, with a 5
pm. May 1 unveiling of an historical marker commemorating the
battle at the Lunenburg Community Center.
The reenactment will be held at the site of the original
skirmish near Lunenburg, at Cooper Valley. Take Hwy 9 out of
Melbourne toward Sylamore. Take the first county road to the
left, CR 3. There will be a sign at that intersection for
“Miller Cattle and Poultry.” The battle is in the field to the
left of the road near the second bridge across the creek.
Free Admission – Free Parking
Sponsors for the event are American Burger Center, Byram Dozing
and Backhoe, Conway Miller, D&L Discount, Hatfield Ready Mix,
Mark’s Pharmacy, Miller Cattle and Poultry Farms, and Pizza Inn.
For questions, call Roger Harvell at 870/368-3618 (home) or
864/361-0354 (cell), or e-mail rogerh48@bellsouth.net
Col. A.R. Witt SCV Ceremony 2010
Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Arkansas -
April 10, 2010
Certainly near and dear to our heart, we here in Arkansas
(regardless of our possum jokes) like to cook and eat.
Kathy Fuller with the Arkansas Gravestones project has a new
website up at:
Drop in and show her a little support. I
can use all the cooking help I can get.
Added the transcription of articles for the
Arkansas Gazette for November - December 1847. You can
find them here:
Looks like it is going to be a beautiful
weekend!
April 6, 2010
For those of you
researching World War I, I want to share a website:
Very, very nice!
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for September - October 1847.
You can find them here:
April 4, 2010
I spent a great weekend in Missouri but sure am glad to be home.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for July - August 1847.
You can find them here:
March 31, 2010
Wow, it has been a
busy month!Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for January - June 1847.
You can find them here:
March 28, 2010
The Arkansas
Cemetery Alliance is in the process of being formed and Pam
Childers from Cross County, Arkansas has been nominated to head
the start of this group.
What is the purpose of the Arkansas Cemetery Alliance?
While the "official" purpose is still being drawn up, the
unofficial version is to bring together all of the Cemetery
Groups, County Coordinators, Societies and interested
Individuals into one entity that will have a legal voice to
promote preservation of Arkansas cemeteries in Arkansas.
We have a vital need to promote to the public and change our
cemetery laws. We have a vital need to teach our kids the
importance of remembering out ancestors. And finally, we
have a need to preserve and save the thousands of cemeteries we
have in Arkansas. The first group meeting was composed of
members from the Arkansas Genealogical Society, Arkansas
Archaeological department, the Arkansas Historic Preservation
Program and countless people for various county groups and
interested individuals.
If you are interested in Arkansas Cemeteries, please come
and support this new group. Give us your advice & ideas for this
new group.
Kathy Fuller has
graciously volunteered to work as webmaster for this new group
and has setup a facebook page and email address at
ArkansasCemeteryAlliance@gmail.com. Drop her a line or
join facebook and show your support.
March 27, 2010
Today was the
Cemetery Symposium II and there was some wonderful speakers (I
learned quite a few new things) and we discussed forming the
Arkansas Cemetery Alliance. There are some great ideas out
there and a lot of great people out there ready to run with the
torch to get this started. I will let you know more when
we get the details lined out a little more. To those of
you who volunteered to spearhead the committee, we will get a
list of people and contact info out in the next couple of days.
To fill in those of you not there, during the Symposium leader,
main speaker, and beloved friend of many people in Arkansas, had
to go the hospital (yes, Desmond, I MADE you go) and they think
she might have had a minor stroke.
We just got Desmond in her room a little while
ago over at the Baptist in Little Rock and I just now got home
so I apologize for the delay in updating everyone. She was
starting to feel better this evening but they are still running
tests to find out what is going on since her body is out of
whack. She has her iphone and will be able to check her email if
you want to send her some get well wishes, I am sure she would
love it. She was really upset about falling out of the symposium
today. Her email address is: desmondwallsallen@gmail.com
March 26, 2010
I have learned a
few interesting things today:
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for November - December 1846.
You can find them here:
March 24, 2010Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for September - October 1846.
You can find them here:
March 21, 2010
Yesterday was a
wonderful day for Spring to tease us a little. My girls
(Nikki & Christina) and I were able to get out enjoy the Old
Mill and take some great pictures.
Today was a reminder that we are not quite to spring yet.Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for June - August.
You can find them here:
March 19, 2010
Lance Nettles has been so kind as to send us a photograph of the
"new" Mural in Monette, Craighead county, Arkansas by Candice
Teeter and Lane McKinley and the Dr. Pepper sign.
They did a wonderful job. Thanks Lance!
Also here a link to Lance's photograph website
with photographs from Craighead county.
March 18, 2010Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for January - May 1846.
You can find them here:
March 15, 2010
We have reached a major milestone with 10,000 Arkansas Gazette
articles and 10,300 total articles. That is a lot of
transcribing!
Moving on to 11,000 transcriptions, I have added
the
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for August - December 1845.
You can find them here:
March 13, 2010Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for May - July 1845.
You can find them here:
Please note: The Arkansas Gazette articles from
1819 - July 1845 are online and may be found in the Arkansas
Gazette forum so there is no need to request those by email.
March 12, 2010
The PAAC (Preservation of African American Cemeteries,
Incorporated) has announced "Memorial in May - Cemetery
Preservation Conference" workshop in Monticello, Arkansas on
April 30 - May 1, 2010.
You can find out more
information by downloading the flyer and registration form:
Also, just a reminder, the AGS Roadshow is this
weekend down at Stuttgart. You can find more information
listed in the Calendar on the top menu of this page.
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for March - April 1845.
You can find them here:
March 10, 2010
LaKresha Diaz has
been working on a nice website for Oakland Cemetery. Love
it.
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for January - February 1845.
You can find them here:
March 7, 2010Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for October - December 1844.
You can find them here:
Also, Desmond has sent us an announcement on the
Cemetery Symposium. I definitely plan on attending this
one & look forward to seeing everyone there.
We’ve set up Cemetery Symposium II
Date: Saturday, March 27th -
10 am until 4 pm
Where: Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock, 501 West
9th St.,
Little Rock
(For details and directions, see http://www.mosaictemplarscenter.com/)
Presenters: We’ve scheduled the ever-popular Skip
Stewart-Abernathy, ground sonar specialist Jami Lockhart, and
erudite Don Ott, along with a couple of others
Purpose: We want to explore the feasibility of forming a
state-wide cemetery alliance. In an upcoming e-mail, we’ll send
links to more information about this topic.
Lunch: There’s a McDonald’s and Wendy’s and other fast-food
restaurants within a few blocks.
Cost: None – we’re after your ideas and participation.
Please forward this e-mail to your friends and relatives. We
want everyone to come who’s interested in preserving our
Arkansas cemeteries.
Call me, Desmond, at 501/470-1120 if you have questions or
e-mail me, DesmondWallsAllen@gmail.com.
See you there!
Desmond
March 5, 2010
At a recent UDC meeting,
Desmond Walls
Allen with Arkansas Research presented a program on the 1911
Confederate Census. The video did not come out but I was
able to get her permission to post her handout. Some wonderful
info here on a seldom used research tool. If your soldier filled
out one of these survey's, it could possibly be a gold mine of
information.Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for August - September 1844.
You can find them here:
March 3, 2010Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for June - July 1844.
You can find them here:
Added
the transcription of
articles for the Arkansas Gazette for November 1841.
You can find them here:
