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Here is a list of LDS micro film available at your local LDS Family History Library on Sebastian County. If you would be interested in transcribing any of this information for the site it would be most appreciated. It is $6 a film to order them and you have them for about six weeks. Most film have more than one thing on them. Please let me know which one you are interested in doing so we can avoid any duplication of effort.....thank you so much.
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Does anyone know where Mansfield's Child Cemetery was located?
Hendrix Hills Cemetery - Ft. Smith Does anyone have more information on this abandoned and built over cemetery?
WE NEED WILLS & BIBLE RECORDS - do you have one to share?
Could you volunteer to transcribe some of the CENSUS for Sebastian County? If you don't have access to the film, maybe I can help out. It would be great to have all the census transcribed and if you can do just ONE township of one census year that would be a really good start!!! Jump in and have some fun and help hundreds of other researchers in Sebastian County!!!
November 2009
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Cemeteries 11/16/09 St. Mary Cemetery - names & marker photos added.
Cemeteries 11/15/09 St. Mary Cemetery - names & marker photos added.
Cemeteries 11/11/09 Liberty Cemetery - names & marker photos added.
Old Pictures
11/01/09 New photo added.....(latest photos always at the top)
Towns 11/01/09 2 new "old" pictures added to Greenwood, Ar page.
Cemeteries 11/02/09 Leard Cemetery - names & marker photos added.
October 2009
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Old Pictures
10/28/09 "Miners at Great Western Mines Bonanza Arkansas"-one person in photo identified
Cemeteries 10/11/09 White Bluff Cemetery-names complete.
Cemeteries 10/10/09 Dawson Cemetery - first marker photos added.
Cemeteries 10/09/09 White Bluff Cemetery-names added.
Cemeteries 10/08/09 Valley View Cemetery-names completed. White Bluff Cemetery-names added.
Cemeteries 10/07/09 Vinita Cemetery names completed. Valley View Cemetery-names added.
Cemeteries 10/06/09 Valley View Cemetery - photos added for B's. Names added to Vinita Cemetery.
September 2009
Cemeteries 09/25/09 West Harmony Cemetery - names complete. Mtn View Cemetery - names added.
Misc. Page 09/25/09 1866 Masonic Lodge #131, Greenwood, Ar
Cemeteries 09/24/09 West Harmony Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 09/23/09 Mount Olive Cemetery - names completed.
Marriage Records 09/16/09 Sebastian Co Marriages performed by A. L. Brown 1879-1928 Malla Graham 1920-1954 Berry Harwood 1900-1908.
Family Trees 09/13/09 Some Families of Big Creek Township
More names added and index is current. Over 2,000 individuals.
Cemeteries 09/08/09 Island Cemetery - names completed.
Cemeteries 09/07/09 Valley View Cemetery - photos added. Island Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 09/06/09 West Harmony Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 09/05/09 West Harmony Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 09/04/09 Mount Olive Cemetery - names added.
Old Politicians & County Officials 09/02/09 Cleveland Holland
Old Obits 09/02/09 More records added to old McConnell Funeral Home Records 1918-1941.
Cemeteries 09/02/09 Elmwood/Poor Farm Cemetery - names added.
August 2009
Old Obits 08/30/09 More records added to old McConnell Funeral Home Records 1918-1941.
Cemeteries 08/24/09 Mount Olive Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 08/11/09 Elmwood/Poor Farm Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 08/08/09 Mount Olive Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 08/03/09 Mount Olive Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 08/02/09 Jones Cemetery near Hartford, Ar - Received this note today from Richard Meadors - "When I went to photograph this cemetery I found that it had been cleaned off to put 4 chicken houses & a trailer on. Owner told me, & former mayor of Hartford told me that the stones were sandstone with initials & dates only on them. I took a photo of where it was located"
Cemeteries 08/02/09 Washburn Cemetery - names added & corrections made.
July 2009
Cemeteries 07/31/09 White Blufff Cemetery - photos added. Nolon/Newlon Springs Cemetery - names added.
Cemeteries 07/29/09 Newlon Springs Cemetery - names added.
Lovelace Cemetery - names and photos added
Cemeteries 07/26/09 Washburn Cemetery - photos added.
Cemeteries 07/19/09 Bell Cemetery - photos complete.
Cemeteries 07/18/09 Bell Cemetery - photos added.....more to come.
Family Trees 07/17/09 Some Families of Big Creek Township
More names & information have been added.
Family Group Sheets 07/12/09 Corrections have been made to the Albert K. Patterson family sheets. Thanks Alicia - and corrections are always welcome on any mis-information found on this site.
Family Trees 07/10/09 Some Families of Big Creek Township
Because of the number of names on this tree chart it is a little hard to follow but it shows the entwined relationship of over 1500 people who have been born, lived or died in this township over the years from the mid 1800's to the mid 1900's. This certainly is not a complete list of those who lived there.
June 2009
Cemeteries 06/13/09 Liberty Cemetery - info added to some Selph & Perry listings.
Old Birth Records 06/13/09 Various Birthdays -Newton Birthday added
Old Wills 06/13/09 Will of Mary Preston 1879 added
May 2009
Military Records 05/27/09 "Lost & Found Civil War Orphan" Lost track of an ancestor during the Civil War?....read this story.
Family Group Sheets 05/20/09 Several Family Sheets have been added
Cemeteries 05/11/09 Liberty Cemetery - new names, photos & info added
Cemeteries 05/07/09 Mt. Olive Cemetery - new names added
Towns 05/05/09 Link to Lavaca, Ar Museum....Old Military Road, added.
Family Group Sheets 05/03/09 Several Family Sheets have been added
Old Pictures 05/03/09 Early 1900s school picture added. Can you identify any of the students? (Newest pictures always at the top)
April 2009
Family Group Sheets 04/19/09 Several Family Sheets have been added
Old Pictures 04/24/09 J.M. Dolan added (Newest always at the top)
Family Group Sheets 04/19/09 Several Family Sheets have been added and some up-dated
Cemeteries 04/12/09 Mt. Olive and Stroud Cemeteries - photos added
Cemeteries 04/10/09 New Providence Cemetery - complete
Old Pictures 04/09/09 2 New pictures added. Can anyone help with other names on the one of the "SNPJ Society" Lodge 24 Smarnica, of Jenny Lind? (Newest always at the top)
Cemeteries 04/08/09 Ft Smith National Cemetery - Daniel McPherson marker photo added.
Military Records 04/08/09 Civil War Pension Records - Sarah C. McPherson widows pension records added.
Marriage Records 04/07/09 Niblett & Carver 1866 marriages papers posted.
Cemeteries 04/05/09 New Providence Cemetery - more names & photos added Complete through N's
Cemeteries 04/04/09 New Providence Cemetery - more names & photos added
March 2009
Cemeteries 03/30/09 New Providence Cemetery - more names & photos added
Cemeteries 03/29/09 New cemetery & directions added today - Phillips Cemetery. Does anyone have more information or listings?
Old Schools 03/29/09 Picture added to the Hackett School page (Do you know who some of these children are?) and one added under Hackett School Girls. Picture added for Amity School.
Cemeteries 03/23/09 Stroud Cemetery & New Providence Cemetery - names & photos added
Military Records 03/22/09 Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Margaret Lewis, widow of Obdiah Lewis claim information added
Cemeteries 03/21/09 Hartford Memorial Cemetery - names & photos added
Cemeteries 03/19/09 Stroud Cemetery - names & photos added White Bluff Cemetery - names & photos added
Old Pictures 03/16/09 New picture added. (Newest always at the top)
Cemeteries 03/16/09 Stroud Cemetery - names & photos added Liberty Cemetery - photos added.
Cemeteries 03/13/09 Stroud Cemetery - names & photos added
WHO IS THIS? 03/09/09 A new unidentified photo added. See if you can identify any of these folks.
Cemeteries 03/08/09 Hartford Memorial & Mtn View Cemetery - names & photos added
03/08/09 - we have almost 15,000 photos of grave markers posted. I have over 2,000 more that I'm currently working to get up and new ones are coming in weekly if not daily. If your ancestors isn't on here now be sure and check back often.
FYI - Since Sebastian County was not formed until after the 1850 census, land that is found on the 1860 Sebastian County census in the townships of Lafayette, Brawley and Mountain will be found on the 1850 Scott County census in Lafayette Township
Cemeteries 03/07/09 Liberty Cemetery - names & photos added
Military Records 03/06/09 Civil War Pension Records - Emily S. Laster widows pension records added.
Cemeteries 03/06/09 Steephill Cemetery - Sehorn family marker photos added
Cemeteries 03/04/09 Hickory Ridge Cemetery - first names & photos added
Cemeteries 03/04/09 Falconer Family Cemetery added - with names.
Cemeteries 03/03/09 Mtn. View Cemetery - names & Marker Photos added.
Cemeteries 03/02/09 Mt Zion Cemetery & Hartford Memorial Cemetery - names & Marker Photos added.
Cemeteries 03/02/09 Hepseby Cemetery completed.
Cemeteries 03/01/09 First names and photos for Hepseby Cemetery added.
February 2009
Old Bios 02/28/09 Cumbie bio added.
Cemeteries 02/28/09 Several additional cemetery names added.
Cemeteries 02/27/09 Nolon/Newland Cemetery - names & photos completed.
Old Politicians & County Officials 02/25/09 Rufus Cumbie
Cemeteries 02/25/09 Liberty Cemetery - Cumbie, Ray & Stewart names & photos added.
Old Pictures 02/25/09 Several New pictures added. (Newest always at the top)
Family Trees 02/24/09 Descendants of Omar McIntosh Harwell
Military Records 02/24/09 Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Joseph & Ruena Lewis Family History Information added
Old Homes & Places 02/24/09 Nathan Gamble Cumbie Home added
Cemeteries 02/23/09 Nolen/Newland Cemetery - names & photos added.
Cemeteries 02/15/09 Mt Olive Cemetery - more names & photos added.
Cemeteries 02/13/09 White Bluff Cemetery - more names & photos added.
Cemeteries 02/13/09 Mountain View Cemetery - first names & photos added. "A's" complete
Old Wills 02/12/09 Index to Will Book "B" added
Cemeteries 02/11/09 Pleasant Valley Cemetery - more names & photos added.
Cemeteries 02/08/09 Pleasant Valley Cemetery - names & photos added.
Cemeteries 02/05/09 Newlan/Nolen Cemetery - an off site link has been added for a transcription of this cemetery.
Old Pictures 02/04/09 New pictures added. (Newest always at the top)
Cemeteries 02/04/09 Old Miller/Witcher Cemetery -all listings & photos complete.
Family Group Sheets 02/01/09 Several West Family Sheets have been added
Old Post Masters and Post Offices02/01/09 1885 Post Masters & Post Offices added
January 2009
Cemeteries 01/30/09 Shiloh Cemetery -photos complete.
Old Court & Tax Records 01/30/09 Emma Parrish v Willie Parrish - 1919.
Old Bios 01/30/09 Mickles bio added.
Military Records 01/29/09 1883 Sebastian Co. Pensioners-all previous wars
Cemeteries 01/29/09 Shiloh Cemetery - marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/28/09 Cherokee/African American Cemetery - photos complete.
Cemeteries 01/27/09 Bull Norried Cemetery - name and marker photo added.
Cemeteries 01/27/09 Lewis Cemetery on Apple Blossom Road - names and marker photos complete.
Old Pictures 01/26/09 Pleasant Ingraham family added. (Newest always at the top)
Old Schools 01/26/09 Picture added to the Bugscuffle School page with some names. Do you know who the others are?
Cemeteries 01/26/09 Butler Cemetery - names and marker photos complete.
Old Letters & Stories 01/26/09 Aunt Dulcie & the Depression.
Old Obits 01/26/09 Several obits from the 1800's added.
Cemeteries 01/25/09 Cherokee/African American Cemetery and Shiloh Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/24/09 Shiloh Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/21/09 Shiloh Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/19/09 Leard Cemetery - first names and marker photo added.
Cemeteries 01/19/09 Oak Fork Cemetery - names and marker photo added.
Cemeteries 01/18/09 James Fork Cemetery - a few names and marker photos added. This should complete the transcription and photographing of this cemetery for all known markers and burials there.
Old Bios 01/18/09 1891 Reynolds bio added.
Cemeteries 01/17/09 James Fork Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Old Homes & Places 01/16/09 Old Potato Building restored by Dr. Art Martin
Cemeteries 01/16/09 Hartford Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/14/09 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos complete.
Cemeteries 01/12/09 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/11/09 Old Union Cemetery - Lots of maiden names, parents names and family information has been added to several residents.
Cemeteries 01/11/09 Mt Harmony Cemetery - Lots of maiden names, parents names and family information has been added to several residents.
Cemeteries 01/11/09 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos added. Due to the server having some problems the links to the S surnames pictures are not working on Evans but should be by tomorrow.
Cemeteries 01/06/09 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/04/09 Liberty Cemetery - more names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/04/09 James Fork Cemetery - first names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/03/09 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 01/02/09 Mt. Olive Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
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Old Obits 12/31/08 Helen McMurtrey Brown - 1934
Old Obits 12/28/08 George Hudspeth Brown - 1893
Family Trees 12/19/08 A link to the Descendants of Andrew Jackson Wilson & Martha Tressa Ramey and the Descendants of William Hunter Cross & Lucy W. Mays home pages.
Cemeteries 12/18/08 Cemetery at Hwy 71 & Zero St., south edge of Ft. Smith - names and marker photos added. Does anyone have the name for this cemetery?
Links for Researchers12/15/08 New link added to COMPLETE COPIES OF THE FT. SMITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S "THE JOURNAL". A bi-monthly publication since 1977.
Railroads & Sebastian Co.12/09/08 Frisco Depot at Ft. Smith, turn of the century.
Cemeteries 12/09/08 Mt. Olive Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 12/08/08 Hartford Cemetery - names and marker photos added. Evans Cemetery-names & marker photos added. Evans complete thru G surnames.
Old Churches 12/07/08 More added to "Little Lost Church".
Cemeteries 12/07/08 Evans Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Old Homes & Places 12/06/08 Belle Point Hospital
Cemeteries 12/06/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery - names and marker photos added - photos are now complete.
Family Trees 12/05/08 John Henery Owens Decendants added
Cemeteries 12/05/08 Liberty Cemetery & Mt. Zion Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Family Trees 12/04/08 Robert Misee Decendants added
Cemeteries 12/04/08 Mt Zion Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 12/03/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery & White Bluff Cemetery- More marker photos and names added.
November 2008
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Cemeteries 11/27/08 Mt Zion Cemetery - names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 11/26/08 Evans Cemetery - first names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 11/25/08 Evans Cemetery - cemetery view photos added...names and marker photos will be added soon.
Cemeteries 11/25/08 Tatum Cemetery - name and photo added. The family who are buried in this family cemetery were so important to the formation of Sebastian County yet this little family cemetery has never been transcribed or photoed to my knowledge.
Cemeteries 11/23/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery - names and photos added.
Old Churches 11/21/08 The correct name of the "Little Lost Church" has been found with picture and story....thanks, Bob.
Military Records 11/18/08 Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Notes from 3 more files added.
Cemeteries 11/17/08 Tatum Family Cemetery added.
Cemeteries 11/15/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery-more names and photos added.
Land Records 11/14/08 The 1887 T5N R31W land owners map has been transcribed -not on index yet.
Land Records 11/13/08 The 1887 T6N R32W land owners map has been transcribed -not on index yet.
Land Records 11/10/08 The 1887 T5N R32W land owners map has been transcribed and indexed.
Cemeteries 11/09/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery-more names and photos added.
Cemeteries 11/07/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery-more names and photos added.
Cemeteries 11/06/08 Cross Cemetery - more photos and names added.
Marriage Records 11/04/08 All recorded Patterson marriages thru 1900
Cemeteries 11/04/08 Unnamed cemetery on Walter Brock Farm - more photos added. This is a difficult place to find and photograph the grave stones. I appreciated Richards efforts here and in the other old grown over cemetery locations to get readable pictures to you despite the heavy brush, vines and undergrowth. I have posted some family information there for some of the families buried there.
Cemeteries 11/02/08 Unnamed cemetery on Walter Brock Farm - I am so excited to be able to tell you that 2 new pictures were posted today from this cemetery that until now have been noted as un-identifiable on other cemetery census. The Pace Family. With Richards great photos we now have information from them for the first time and there will be more to come from this old, old cemetery and a few other old ones.
Cemeteries 11/02/08 Cross Cemetery - more names and photos About 150+ more to add to Cross.
Cemeteries 11/01/08 Mt. Zion Cemetery - new page with first marker photos and added names.....more to come. Cross Cemetery - more names and photosCemeteries 11/01/08 McMurtrey Cemetery is complete with some new names & photos added.
October 2008
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Cemeteries 10/31/08 Cross Cemetery names & photos added.
Marriage Records 10/31/08 Correction of off site marriage records of Rosa Bared (Bond) & Joseph Bates added.
Old Birth Records 10/31/06 Various Birthdays - Bollman Birthday added
Military Records 10/30/07 Sebastian Co. Casualities added to WWII page.
Cemeteries 10/30/08 White/Shelby Cemetery names complete.
Towns 10/30/08 Gwynn, Ar 1903 Bolen-Darnell Coal Co.photo added.
Old Homes & Places 10/30/08 16 new pictures added in the B's
Cemeteries 10/29/08 White/Shelby Cemetery names added.
Cemeteries 10/28/08 Booth Cemetery added with photos. Cross Cemetery - 1/2 of the photos and names now added Cemetery on Walter Brock Farm - first photos added
Land Records 10/27/08 The 1887 T6N R31W land owners map has been transcribed and surnames listed at the top.
Cemeteries 10/26/08 Unity/Statham Cemetery - Marker photos added
Old Homes & Places 10/25/08 18 new pictures added in the D's
Towns 10/25/08 Gwynn, Ar 1903 Davis Bros Store photo added.
Cemeteries 10/25/08 Cross Cemetery - Marker photos and names added
Land Records 10/25/08 The 1887 T4N R31-32W land owners map now have an index.
Cemeteries 10/24/08 Cross Cemetery - Marker photos and names added
Cemeteries 10/23/08 Old Union Cemetery - Marker photos and names complete
Cemeteries 10/21/08 Old Union Cemetery - Marker photos and names complete through "S"
Cemeteries 10/20/08 Old Union Cemetery - More marker photos and names added.
Family Group Sheets 10/19/08 Several Grober Family Sheets have been added and there will be more tomorrow.- Enjoy!
Cemeteries 10/18/08 Lowery-Rye Cemetery names & photos added. Vinita Cemetery - 4 names & photos added
Land Records 10/18/08 The 1887 T7N R32W land owners map has been transcribed and surnames listed at the top.
Cemeteries 10/17/08 Babb Cemetery - first listings have been added. First Listings and Photos have been added for Haug Cemetery. Neither Haug or Grober cemeteries will be complete until the grass dies down some this winter. Grober is badly overgrown if anyone would like to volunteer to see what they could do.
Cemeteries 10/15/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery & White Bluff Cemetery- More marker photos and names added.
Cemeteries 10/14/08 Old Union Cemetery - More marker photos and names added. A few pictures have been added to the Vinita Cemetery.
Cemeteries 10/12/08 Grober Cemetery - first photos added for little Grober Cemetery. As you can see from the photos it is terribly grown over. Anyone want to help cut some of the overgrowth...while not stepping on what we hope are some more stones there?
Cemeteries 10/09/08 Cross Cemetery - new names & marker photos added.
Cemeteries 10/08/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery - new names & marker photos added.
Cemeteries 10/07/08 Cross Cemetery - new names & marker photos added.
Cemeteries 10/05/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery - new names & marker photos added. Cross Cemetery - First names and marker photos being added today.
Cemeteries 10/04/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery - New names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 10/03/08 Old Union Cemetery - More marker photos and names added.
September 2008
Cemeteries 09/30/08 White Bluff Cemetery - Names & Marker Photos added.
Cemeteries 09/29/08 Hartford Memorial Cemetery - New names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 09/26/08 Mt Olive Cemetery - New names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 09/25/08 White Bluff Cemetery - First marker photos added. More to come.
Cemeteries 09/24/08 Old Union Cemetery - 58 more marker photos and names added.
Cemeteries 09/21/08 Old Union Cemetery - 43 more marker photos and names added. About half of this cemetery is complete now.
08/20/08 - 11,450+ grave stone pictures posted - many more to be posted shortly
Old Churches 08/19/08 True Light Baptist Church added
Cemeteries 09/19/08 Old Union Cemetery - more marker photos and names added.
Marriage Records 09/19/08 Copy of 1907 Marriage License for Coursey-Thomas added.
Cemeteries 09/18/08 Old Union Cemetery - lots of marker photos and names added.
Cemeteries 09/17/08 Old Union Cemetery and Mount Olive Cemetery-many marker photos and names added.
Cemeteries 09/15/08 Mount Olive Cemetery-lots of marker photos and names added.
Cemeteries 09/14/08 Gilliam Cemetery-lots of marker photos and a few names added. - Completed
Cemeteries 09/13/08 Gilliam Cemetery-lots of marker photos amd a few names added.
Cemeteries 09/12/08 Gilliam Cemetery-lots of marker photos amd a few names added.
Cemeteries 09/11/08 Old Hickory Cemetery-names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 09/10/08 Slaytonville Cemetery-names and marker photos complete.
Cemeteries 09/08/08 Slaytonville Cemetery-names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 09/02/08 Slaytonville Cemetery-names and marker photos added.
August 2008
Cemeteries 08/31/08 2 old cemeteries added Old Rogers Cemetery & Major Rectors Graveyard.
Cemeteries 08/28/08 Slaytonville Cemetery-names and marker photos added.
Cemeteries 08/27/08 Buggy Hill-more marker photos added.
Cemeteries 08/26/08 Red Yard Cemetery - complete Buggy Hill-marker photos added.
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