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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

H A P P Y   H A L L O W E E N!


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.

December 2008

H A P P Y    H O L I D A Y S

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

H A P P Y   H A L L O W E E N!


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.

Cemeteries 08/24/08
Dake Cemetery - Names and Marker photos added.
Red Yard Cemetery - new names and marker photos added.

Cemeteries 08/24/08
Mt. Olive Cemetery - more Names and Marker photos added.

Cemeteries 08/16/08
Mt. Olive Cemetery near Midland - more Marker photos added. The entire cemetery has been submitted but will take a little while to get all 900 posted. The entire Red Yard Cemetery has also been submitted and will up shortly.

Cemeteries 08/14/08
Liberty Cemetery - more Marker photos added.

Cemeteries 08/13/08
Jones Cemetery - Marker photos & info added.

June 2008

Cemeteries 06/29/08
Clark Cemetery - First listings and marker photos added.

Cemeteries 06/15/08
Coop Prairie Cemetery - 2 Selph photo markers added.

Old Pictures 06/15/08
Hill and Bridges family picture added. Lots of unknown folks on this one to identify. (Newest always at the top)

Cemeteries 06/05/08
Gilliam Cemetery - Selph photo markers and information posted. Lovelace Cemetery - Guthrie photo markers added. Liberty Cemetery - names and photo markers added

Old Pictures 06/02/08
New picture added. Do you know any of these folks? (Newest always at the top)

Cemeteries 06/02/08
New Providence Cemetery and Liberty Cemetery - Marker Photos and New names added

Old Pictures 06/01/08
3 New picture added. Do you know any of these folks? (Newest always at the top)

Cemeteries 06/01/08
Lovelace Cemetery - Marker Photo and New names added

May 2008

Cemeteries 05/30/08
New Providence Cemetery - New names & Marker Photos added

Cemeteries 05/21/08
Liberty Cemetery - New names Marker Photos added

Cemeteries 05/17/08
Steep Hill Cemetery - more new names & Marker Photos added

Cemeteries 05/14/08
Steep Hill Cemetery - more new names & Marker Photos added

Cemeteries 05/13/08
Liberty Cemetery - New Marker Photos added
Steep Hill Cemetery - New names & Marker Photos added

Cemeteries 05/12/08
Hartford Memorial Park Cemetery - New marker photos added
Steep Hill Cemetery-New marker photos added

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Old Homes & Places 05/10/08
2 new pictures added - Downtown Ft Smith-Arcade Mens Store & Ft. Smith Light & Traction Building

Old Churches 05/10/08
First Baptist Church, Ft. Smith - pictures from 1857-2007
Shiloh Methodist history and list of preachers added

Old Pictures 05/10/08
New picture added. Was this before or after the Wright Bros. (Newest always at the top)

Old Schools 05/08/08
Mountain Home School Children 1902

Family Trees 05/08/08
Henry Coleman family added

Old Pictures 05/08/08
New picture added. Can you identifty these men? (Newest always at the top)

April 2008

Don't miss the link just posted above to a list of locations of any Family History Libraries in Arkansas & other places.
The "Clickable Map" on the top of the Cemetery page is working again.

Old Pictures 04/26/08
New picture added. Lots of faces...can you identifty any? (Newest always at the top)

Railroads & Sebastian Co.04/25/08
Choctaw Line Handbill added.
Even if you are not interested in Railroad information you will enjoy the town descriptions in Sebastian Co.

Cemeteries 04/20/08
Hartford Cemetery - Names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 04/16/08
Hartford Cemetery & Morris Cemetery- Names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 04/15/08
Hartford Cemetery - Names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 04/14/08
Hartford Cemetery - Names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 04/10/08
Hartford Cemetery - Names & marker photos added

Old Bios 04/06/08
Lots of new bios from Goodspeed added.

Cemeteries 04/04/08
Morris Cemetery - More names & 82 Marker Photos added plus lots of family information.

Cemeteries 04/03/08
Morris Cemetery - More names & Marker Photos added.

Cemeteries 04/02/08
Morris Cemetery - more markers added
Mount Olive Cemetery - lots of new names added

March 2008

Cemeteries 03/30/08
Morris Cemetery - Names & Markers added

Cemeteries 03/23/08
Mount Olive Cemetery - Names & Marker Photos added.
Some of these are very worn...can you help with the info?

Cemeteries 03/23/08
Hartford Cemetery - More names & Marker Photos added.

Cemeteries 03/21/08
Hartford Cemetery - More names & Marker Photos added.

Cemeteries 03/20/08
Hartford Cemetery - More names & Marker Photos added.

Cemeteries 03/19/08
Hartford Cemetery - Names & Marker Photos added.

Old Pictures 03/18/08
New picture added. (Newest always at the top)

Old Schools 03/16/08
Hackett School Children 1937

Cemeteries 03/16/08
Oak Cemetery and F.S. National Cemetery- Names & Marker Photos added.
Morris Cemetery in Bloomer, names and bio information added

Old Post Masters and Post Offices03/16/08
Benj. Webb added with short bio.

03/12/08 - I'm going to be away from the computer for a few more days than planned. If you have submitted anything during my absence I will notify you by e-mail as soon as it is posted. Thanks, Lynn

Old Pictures 03/02/08
Several pictures added. (Newest always at the top)

Cemeteries 03/01/08
Oak, Sugar Loaf, Morris, Douglass Spring Hill, Greenwood Cemeteries- Names added.

Old Churches 03/01/08
Arnett Chapel A.M.E. Church - old bulletin added

Old Newspapers03/01/08
2 clippings from 1861 added.
Last posted always at the top.
Old Obits 03/01/08
More records added to McConnell Funeral Home Records.

February 2008

Railroads & Sebastian Co.02/29/08
Old newspaper RR news added

Old Newspapers02/29/08
more 1800s Clippings added.
Last posted always at the top.

Old Obits 02/29/08
Many more records added to McConnell Funeral Home and we now have an index for the names listed there.

Old Obits 02/28/08
Doyle, Neis, Glass added.

Old Politicians & County Officials 02/28/08
Ft. Smith Mayors 1840-present.

Marriage Records 02/26/08
1890 marriage added.

Old Obits 02/26/08
Several obits from the late 1800s added.

Old Newspapers02/26/08
1800s Clippings added.
Last posted always at the top.

Old Letters & Stories 02/26/08
Willy Forbes letter to Santa 1888.

Old Schools 02/26/08
Hackett School Children & Staff 1920s

Old Newspapers02/25/08
1883 Clippings added.
Last posted always at the top.

Marriage Records 02/25/08
Several marriage announcements from the newspaper have been added to the late 1890's and 1900.

Old Pictures 02/25/08
Several pictures added. (Newest always at the top)

Land Records 02/24/08
The Original Land Owners index should be complete now with the addition of the T6N R29W names.

Old Homes & Places 02/24/08
8 more homes added - Cross, Crossland, Crow, Cumbie, Davenport, Davis(2)

Old Pictures 02/24/08
2 new pictures added. (Newest always at the top)

Old Obits 02/23/08
1880 Mortality Census has been completed.
4 obits added - Speers, Shelby, Babb & Westbrook.

Old Obits 02/20/08
Several more Townships of the 1880 Mortality Census have been transcribed. Upper and Ft. Smith Townships will be added as they are completed.

Old Obits 02/18/08
Several Townships of the 1880 Mortality Census have been transcribed. Other townships will be added as they are completed.

Old Pictures 02/24/08
New picture added. (Newest always at the top)

Old Obits 02/17/08
Obit added for George and Monroe Webb-1928.

Old Pictures 02/17/08
New picture added. (Newest always at the top)

Cemeteries 02/16/08
Liberty Cemetery - 100 new marker photos and names.

Old Pictures 02/16/08
2 New pictures added. (Newest always at the top) We have over 100 pictures in our Sebastian Co. album. A few need identification. Can you help?

Cemeteries 02/14/08
Liberty Cemetery - 75 new marker photos and names.

Cemeteries 02/12/08
Liberty Cemetery - 50 new marker photos added and lots of new names.

Old Bios 02/12/08
George Monroe Glasgow added.

Family Group Sheets 02/12/08
Nichols family sheet added

Old Pictures 02/12/08
New picture added. We have over 100 pictures in our Sebastian Co. album. See anyone you know?

Military Records 02/12/08
1890 Civil War Reunion - Huntington, Ar.
Lots of faces.

Cemeteries 02/11/08
Calvary Cemetery in Ft. Smith - 1500+ new names & photo markers added

Old Pictures 02/10/08
2 New pictures added - Don't miss these

Old Schools 02/10/08
Hackett School PTA playbill added....all adults

Towns 02/03/08
Washburn, Ar 1909 map added.

Old Court & Tax Records 02/01/08
Jeremiah Bell Land Estate-1910-12
Lots of names in this.

January 2008

Old Pictures 01/26/08
2 New pictures added - can you identify anyone? - latest always at the top

Old Schools 01/26/08
Midland School Picture added.

Old Court & Tax Records 01/26/08
Poll Tax Receipt-1907

Land Records 01/26/08
3 Deeds added - Crow, Farr, Peninger

Old Homes & Places 01/26/08
Wards Ice Cream plant in Ft. Smith and Hackett City Bank in Hackett added

Old Court & Tax Records 01/24/08
Tax Paper for Bell-1916

Land Records 01/24/08
2 Deeds added - McCartney & Bell

Marriage Records 01/22/08
Several copies of Marriage Papers have been added.

Old Pictures 01/15/08
New picture added - latest always at the top

Cemeteries 01/15/08
Coop Prairie Cemetery - Lots of new names & photo markers added

Old Homes & Places 01/14/08
Old USO and YWCA of Ft. Smith on A st. added.

Old Homes & Places 01/09/08
Old downtown Ft. Smith - probably late 40's or early 50's...love the Christmas lights in the second one.

Cemeteries 01/08/08
Oak Cemetery - New name & photo marker added

Old Pictures 01/08/08
2 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Railroads & Sebastian Co.01/08/08
New photo added-Midland Valley Motor Car Crew

Railroads & Sebastian Co.01/07/08
New photo added-Midland Valley Section Gang 1932

Old Churches 01/07/08
Hackett 1st Baptist Church Ladies Aid 1914
can you identify anyone?

Old Obits 01/02/08
More records added to McConnell Funeral Home - 1919-1926 at the top of the page and 1939-1940 at the bottom

Cemeteries 01/02/08
Jenny Lind Cemetery - more names & photo markers added

Cemeteries 01/01/08
Coop Prairie Cemetery - more names & photo markers added

Marriage Records 01/01/08
Excerps from Sebastian Co Marriage Book B - Ft. Smith District.

December 2007

Links for Researchers12/31/07
New link added for site with Sebastian Co. folks pictures, documents and histories as well as other counties in the state and all the names on the Miners Memorial Wall for So. Sebastian Co.
Check it out.

Cemeteries 12/31/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - more names & photo markers added

Old Homes & Places 12/30/07
On the G.W. Evans home, the people in the picture have been identified.

Old Pictures 12/30/07
4 pictures added - latest always at the top
Can you identify any of the men in the second and third pictures?
Picture #4 is one of those miracles of genealogy....look where it came from!

Old Schools 12/30/07
New page for Hackett School added.
1918 Teachers Contract for Ruby Rowe added.

Cemeteries 12/28/07
Roselawn Cemetery in Ft. Smith- Names & first photo markers added
National Cemetery in Ft. Smith-names and photos markers added
Morris Cemetery - lots of names added-some photos added

Cemeteries 12/05/07
Roselawn Cemetery in Ft. Smith- Names added, photos to follow.

Old Homes & Places 12/01/07
Isaac Vandever Lewis Home added

Bible Records 12/01/07
W.H. and H. A. Mayers Bible record added

November 2007

Cemeteries 11/27/07
Oak Cemetery - More names & photos added.

Cemeteries 11/26/07
Oak Cemetery - More names & photos added.
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer - more names and photos added.

Old Pictures 11/25/07
New picture added - latest always at the top

WHO IS THIS? 11/25/07
A brand new section for unidentified photos with 12 new ones.
As time permits I will be moving some that are now on the regular "pictures" page.
See if you can help identify any of these.

Old Homes & Places 11/25/07
Old Company House at Coal Mine 6, Huntington, Ar added

Cemeteries 11/25/07
Oak Cemetery - More names & photos added.
Old Union Cemetery - names and photos added

Cemeteries 11/24/07
Oak Cemetery - 1st names & photos added.

Old Obits 11/22/07
Carter obit added

Cemeteries 11/21/07
Morris Cemetery at bloomer- lots of new names & photos added.

Cemeteries 11/20/07
West Harmony Cemetery - First 31 names and marker photos added.

Cemeteries 11/20/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - 45 names and new marker photos added, and more to come.

Census Records 11/19/07
1890 Cole Township - Town of Hackett is complete.

Cemeteries 11/19/07
Hartford Memorial - 30 marker photos added and a few new names.

Cemeteries 11/18/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - marker photos added and a few new names.

Cemeteries 11/17/07
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer - lots more names, pictures next week.
Coop Prairie Cemetery - more photos added and a few new names giving us over 1000 marker photos for that cemetery with more to come.

Census Records 11/17/07
1890 Cole Township - Hackett- more pages added.

Cemeteries 11/16/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - marker photos added and a few new names.

Census Records 11/16/07
1890 Cole Township - Hackett- first part of transcription posted.

Census Records 11/16/07
1870 Mississippi Township - first half of transcription posted.

Census Records 11/15/07
1860 Sugarloaf Township transcription completed and indexed.
There are 2 more townships to be transcribed, City of Ft. Smith and Center. If someone would like to volunteer to do these please let me know.

Old Pictures 11/15/07
2 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Old Obits 11/15/07
City of Ft. Smith Death Records link added - 1881-1924

Cemeteries 11/14/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - lots more names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 11/13/07
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer- 50+ more names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 11/12/07
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer- more names and marker photos added

Check out this link to see how the project mentioned above in "New Things Coming In Genealogy" is going. They now have listed specific current projects and coming projects.
You will also find some Sebastian Co family histories on this page

Links for Researchers11/11/07
New link added for those who might need info from the UK for their ancestors

Cemeteries 11/11/07
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer- more names and marker photos added
Steep Hill - more names and photos.

Cemeteries 11/10/07
Morris Cemetery at Bloomer- Names added and first marker photos
Liberty Cemetery - more names and photos

Old Obits 11/07/07
More records added to McConnell Funeral Home - 1939-1941, bottom of page

Cemeteries 11/07&08/07
Liberty Cemetery - Names and marker photos added

Old Pictures 11/06/07
3 New pictures added - and one needs to be identified....latest always at the top

Old Churches 11/06/07
West Harmony Church/School and Cumberland Presbyterian Church at West Hartford added

Old Schools 11/06/07
New page for West Hartford School added.

Old Homes & Places 11/06/07
Hartford Depot - 1905 added
What a busy place it was

Cemeteries 11/06/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - Names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 11/05/07
Liberty Cemetery - Names and marker photos added

Military Records 11/04/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's.
Notes from several more files added.

Cemeteries 11/04/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - More new names and marker photos added
Liberty Cemetery - Names added - photos coming

Cemeteries 11/03/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - More new names and marker photos added
Shiloh Cemetery-lots of new names and marker photos
Greenwood Cemetery - 5 new marker photos added

Military Records 11/03/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's.
Notes from Lewis, Howard and West files added - several other names mentioned

Old Pictures 11/01/07
New picture added - latest always at the top

October 2007

Railroads & Sebastian Co.10/31/07
New photo added

Old Pictures 10/31/07
3 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Cemeteries 10/30/07
Liberty Cemetery - More new names and marker photos added

Old Schools 10/30/07
Addition to the Frazier School page and a new page for Arkola School and Midland High School added.

Old Pictures 10/30/07
New pictures added - latest always at the top

Cemeteries 10/29/07
Liberty Cemetery - More new names and marker photos added

Old Pictures 10/29/07
New pictures added - latest always at the top
We need your help identifying the people in it

Cemeteries 10/27/07
Liberty Cemetery - More new names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 10/26/07
Liberty Cemetery - lots of new names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 10/25/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - more names and marker photos added

Old Obits 10/25/07
more records added to McConnell Funeral Home - 1939-1941

Old Obits 10/24/07
McConnell Funeral Home records added - 1939-41
More to be added.

Cemeteries 10/24/07
Gilliam Cemetery - more marker photos added - Completed

Cemeteries 10/21/07
Calvary Cemetery - more marker photos added
Gilliam - names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 10/20/07
New Providence Cemetery - new names and marker photos added
Pleasant Hill Cemetery - new names and marker photos added
Slaytonville Cemetery - first names and marker photos posted

Cemeteries 10/19/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - lots of new names and marker photos added

Old Pictures 10/18/07
2 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Misc. Page 10/18/07
Geneology Excerts from AMASDA Report #3327

Cemeteries 10/17/07
Calvary Cemetery - new marker photos added
Giliam - Lots of new names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 10/16/07
Giliam Cemetery - new names and marker photos added

Misc. Page 10/15/07
Excerts from WPA interviews about people connected with Sebastian Co.

Cemeteries 10/15/07
Lavaca City Cemetery - marker photo added for Abel Brown & wife added
Calvary Cemetery - marker photos added.

Cemeteries 10/14/07
White/Shelby Cemetery - more names added
Measles Cemetery - first marker photos posted
Calvary Cemetery - more marker photos and 2 names added
Steep Hill Cemetery - names with photo markers added

Land Records 10/14/07
New link to Name of owners whose land was condemned for Camp Chaffee construction.
We hope to have more on this soon

Cemeteries 10/13/07
Gilliam Cemetery - Lots more names & marker photos added
Calvary Cemetery - more marker photos added
White/Shelby Cemetery - names added

Cemeteries 10/12/07
Calvary Cemetery - More new marker photos added
We now have marker photos for over 1000 residents of that cemetery alone and still posting there
Coop Prairie - more marker photos added
Gilliam - more marker photos and names added

Misc. Page 10/12/07
1931-1932 Customers at Berkley's Store in Lavaca, Ar

Old Obits 10/12/07
Obits added for Taylor and Vick 1936

Old Newspapers10/12/07
2 Clippings added 1920 & 1938

Cemeteries 10/11/07
Search engine added for Cemetery listings only

Old Schools 10/09/07
Class pictures added for Lavaca School.

Old Country Doctors 10/09/07
Nursing grads from Sparks Hospital in Ft. Smith for 1941 added

Old Bios 10/08/07
New off site link for Sebastian Co Bios.

Look Ups 10/08/07
New "Look-up" source. Check it out.

Marriage Records 10/08/07
Marriage papers for Berkley/Burchfield 1919 added

Old Country Doctors 10/07/07
2 more doctors have been added...Johnson & Hunt

Family Group Sheets 10/07/07
Crossland family sheet added

Old Pictures 10/07/07
New picture added - latest always at the top

Old Country Doctors 10/06/07
Another Doctor has been added along with new photos.
Any photos of any of the old doctors to post would be most welcome.
I am in possession of many pictures of the nurses and student nurses at Sparks from about 1939 - 1941 if anyone is interested in them. I have names on some but not all of them.

Cemeteries 10/06/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - New marker photos added

Old Pictures 10/05/07
2 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Old Schools 10/05/07
Oak Grove 1930, Milltown 1906 and Enterprise 1910-12 added

September 2007

Cemeteries 09/24/07
New Cemetery Map added...can be viewed & zoomed from satelite view.
If you see any corrections I need to make or can locate any cemeteries that are not marked on it please let me know. This is a Terrific new tool!!!

Cemeteries 09/24/07
White Shelby Cemetery - 10 more new names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 09/23/07
Calvary Cemetery - More new marker photos added
Barling Cemetery-2 new names & marker photos added
White Shelby Cemetery - new names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 09/22/07
Calvary Cemetery - Lots of new marker photos added

Old Pictures 09/21/07
New pictures added - latest always at the top

Cemeteries 09/21/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - 60+ New names & marker photos added.

Cemeteries 09/20/07
White/Shelby Cemetery - New names added. More to come
Calvary Cemetery - added 60+ marker photos
Un-named Cemetery in Greenwood - added some personal info about 2 residents there
Unknown Cemetery near Bonanza - added some personal info about residents there.

Cemeteries 09/19/07
Gilliam Cemetery - 58 new marker photos & names added.
Hartford Cemetery - 2 new marker photos added - Scantlings & James.

Cemeteries 09/19/07
2 New Cemeteries added to list - Booth Cemetery and Lowery-Rye Cemetery.
Can you help with them?

Old Obits 09/18/07
Obit added for John Hare - 1883

Old Newspapers09/18/07
Several Clippings added from the 1800's

Cemeteries 09/18/07
Dawson Cemetery - listings completed.

Cemeteries 09/18/07
Bell Farm Cemetery - information on several of those buried here added.

Cemeteries 09/17/07
Calvary Cemetery - 39 more marker photos added.

Cemeteries 09/16/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - more names & marker photos added.

Cemeteries 09/15/07
Dawson Cemetery-lots more names added.
Valley View-new names added and 45 new photo markers.
Steep Hill Cemetery-53+ marker photos added.

Old Pictures 09/15/07
7 New pictures added - latest always at the top

Cemeteries 09/14/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - more marker photos added and Dawson Cemetery-more names added.

Cemeteries 09/13/07
Notes added to Dorsey listings in Clark Chapel Cemetery & to Dorsey & Crow in Mt. Harmony Cemeteries.

Cemeteries 09/13/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - new names & marker photos added

Old Country Doctors 9/13/07
Several new doctors bios added

Cemeteries 09/11/07
Calvary Cemetery - 36 marker photos added

Cemeteries 09/09/07
Valley View Cemetery more marker photos added

Cemeteries 09/08/07
Valley View Cemetery first marker photos added....more to come

Old Country Doctors 9/08/07
New Section added

Old Pictures 09/08/07
New picture added - Who is this?

Cemeteries 09/07/07
National Cemetery at Ft. Smith- 4 names and marker photos added

August 2007

Cemeteries 08/21/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - added 3 more names and marker photos

Cemeteries 08/15/07
Dayton Cemetery - added 4 more names and marker photos and 2 old "unreadable" marker photos...can you help?

Cemeteries 08/14/07
Dayton Cemetery - addn. info added for several listings

Cemeteries 08/08/07
Clark Chapel Cemetery - names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 08/05/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 08/05/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery - names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 08/04/07
Clark Chapel Cemetery - names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 08/03/07
Gentry Cemetery - marker photos added

Cemeteries 08/02/07
Calvary Cemetery - marker photos added

Old Letters & Stories 08/02/07
1878 letter posted.

Cemeteries 08/01/07
Lavaca Cemetery is complete - new names & dates added and a cemetery history added

July 2007

Towns 07/30/07
Jenny Lind - added a picture

Cemeteries 07/30/07
Steep Hill Cemetery - new names and marker photos added
Lavaca Cemetery - additional dates and new names added

Cemeteries 07/29/07
Mayberry Cemetery - new names and lots of new marker photos added and gate photos of Hickory Ridge Cemetery added....listings to come soon.

Old Homes & Places 07/29/07
Vanderburg Grocery where Phoenix Mall is now located in Ft. Smith added

Old Pictures 07/29/07
New pictures added - Grahams and 1904 Vanderburg/VanCleve wedding picture-- Latest pictures are always at the top.

Old Homes & Places 07/19/07
Old "Little" home near Dayton added

Cemeteries 07/19/07
Calvary Cemetery - notes added to Homan and Riley listings.

Old Obits 07/18/07
Lots of additions made to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 3 - beginning at the top of the page.

Old Pictures 07/18/07
New picture added - Can you identify the people? -Latest pictures are always at the top.

Cemeteries 07/17/07
Clark Chapel Cemetery - names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 07/14/07
Calvary Cemetery - marker photos added

Old Pictures 07/13/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top.

Old Churches 07/13/07
Mt. Harmony Bapt Church and memorial to O.M. Stallings added

Cemeteries 07/13/07
Calvary Cemetery - names and marker photos added

Land Records 07/12/07
BRAND NEW SECTION - "Excerpts from Old Land Abstracts"
CHECK THIS OUT and if you have a Sebastian County land abstract or know someone who does, please share the 1800's information from them. They are a gold mine of genealogical information!

Cemeteries 07/11/07
Calvary Cemetery -names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 07/09/07
Gilliam Cemetery -names and marker photos added

Old Obits 07/09/07
Additions made to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 3

Family Trees 07/09/07
James Clinton Brewer family added

Cemeteries 07/08/07
Union Ridge Cemetery - Last of the marker photos I have received now posted.
Coop Prairie - names and marker photos added

Cemeteries 07/07/07
Gentry Cemetery - 36 new marker photos and a few names added
Calvary Cemetery - 20 new marker photos and a few names added

Cemeteries 07/06/07
Mt. Harmony Cemetery - names added and information changes made plus 22 marker photos added

Old Newspapers07/05/07
Clippings added from 1882

Cemeteries 07/05/07
Gentry Cemetery - 35 new photos marker pictures and a few names added
Mt. Harmony Cemetery added some up-dated information on Seamans
Dawson Cemetery added 3 new "pesonal photographs"

Marriage Records 07/04/07
Several marriage announcements added from the 1830-60's.

Cemeteries 07/04/07
Mt Harmony Cemetery - A few new photos and Marker Photos added
Union Ridge Cemetery - new names and marker photos added

Family Group Sheets 07/03/07
Matthew Pugh family sheet added

Cemeteries 07/03/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Marker Photos added and a few new "K" names.
Union Ridge Cemetery - More Marker Photos and names added.

Cemeteries 07/03/07
Valley View Cemetery complete listing.

Old Pictures 07/01/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top.

June 2007

Cemeteries 06/30/07
Valley View Cemetery - names added

Old Obits 06/30/07
Miss Mollie Williams 1949 obit and funeral home record

Old Letters & Stories 06/30/07
Some Sebastian Co. Memories from the 20's & 30's

Marriage Records 06/30/07
New Marriage License added

Old Pictures 06/30/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top.

Cemeteries 06/30/07
Union Ridge Cemetery - more names & marker photos added

Cemeteries 06/29/07
Union Ridge Cemetery - more marker photos added

Cemeteries 06/28/07
Dawson Cemetery-about 1/3 of the names are now on-site...more to come.
Calvary Cemetery - I've posted all the names I now have. It's only about 1/2 of the large, large cemetery. Hope to finish posting all the marker photos to match soon

Cemeteries 06/27/07
Calvary Cemetery-more marker photos added.
Clark Chapel-more names & marker photos added.
Dayton Cemetery - a few new marker photos added. One is for an Unk. Sarah who died in the 1800's, toward the bottom of the page. The rest cannot be read but I'm hoping someone else can tell what it says.
Valley View Cemetery has first listings.

Cemeteries 06/26/07
And more names and photos added to Calvary

Cemeteries 06/25/07
More names and photos added to Calvary....nearing the midway mark.

Cemeteries 06/25/07
First names and marker photos added to an unnamed cemetery on the north side of Greenwood. Could this one be named Baker?

Marriage Records 06/24/07
More old "Marriage Announcements from Newspapers" added from mid 1800's

Cemeteries 06/24/07
More names added to Calvary Cemetery and first names for Gilliam Cemetery...more names and pictures to be added to both shortly

Marriage Records 06/23/07
Some marriages added from Marriage Register of St. Johns Episcopal Church

Old Wills 6/23/07
New listings added to the Wills page

Marriage Records 06/23/07
Added some "Marriage Announcements from Newspapers" - 1830's & 1840's

Cemeteries 06/23/07
First 10 Names and Marker Photos added to Mt. Olive Cemetery and New Marker Photos added to Calvary Cemetery and first names and marker photos for Gentry Cemetery.

Old Obits 06/22/07
Several entries from the St. John's Episcopal Church Burial Registry from the 1860's-80's

Cemeteries 06/21/07
New Marker Photos added to Calvary Cemetery

Marriage Records 06/20/07
Marriage Announcements in the Newspapers added from late 1800's

Old Wills 6/20/07
New listings added to the Wills page

Cemeteries 06/18/07
Pleasant Valley Cemetery listings added

Old Pictures 06/17/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top.

Cemeteries 06/16/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Names added thru "J's" & names and marker photos added to Union Ridge Cemetery

Old Court & Tax Records 06/16/07
Probate notices from 1859 added for Hanna & Hays

Old Newspapers06/16/07
Clippings added from 1859

Old Obits 06/16/07
Several obits added from 1859

Cemeteries6/15/07
various Names and/or Photo Markers added to Dayton, Huntington, Clark Chapel, Cherokee African American & Douglass Cemeteries

Look Ups 06/15/07
New "Look-up" source. Check it out.

Old Obits 06/15/07
5 obits added from 1882 & 1883

Cemeteries6/15/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Names & Marker Photos added

Cemeteries6/14/07
Calvary Cemetery - More names added

Cemeteries6/12/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Marker Photos added

Old Newspapers06/10/07
Several more clippings added from the 1800's

Marriage Records 06/10/07
Marriage Announcements in the Newspapers added from late 1880's

Cemeteries6/10/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Marker Photos and names added

Old Schools 06/09/07
1931 Greenwood picture added

Old Post Masters and Post Offices06/09/07
Page with photos of some old mail carriers of Sebastian Co. added

Cemeteries6/09/07
Calvary Cemetery - More Names and Marker Photos added

Old Newspapers06/09/07
Several new items added from 1881

Old Post Masters and Post Offices06/08/07
New sections added - do you have infomration to share?

Cemeteries6/08/07
Calvary Cemetery - Marker Photos added - lots more names and photos to come

Cemeteries6/07/07
Names added to Calvary Cemetery
Lots more names and Marker Photos for all to come shortly
There will be about 1000 added before we're through.

Misc. Page 06/03/07
Some 1887 Doctors, Lawyers, Druggist, Ministers & Postmasters

Cemeteries6/03/07
More names & Marker Photos added to Douglass Cemetery

Old Obits 06/03/07
1870 Mortality Schedule added
Reported Deaths for the Year Ending June 1, 1870

Old Obits 06/02/07
1860 Mortality Schedule added
Reported Deaths for the Year Ending June 1, 1860

May 2007

Old Schools 05/30/07
Several schools from the 1800's added with some students names

Misc. Page 05/29/07
List of Sebastians old post offices and dates. Hope to have postmasters and more information soon.
If you can contribute to this page please let me know.

Cemeteries5/26/07
More names & Marker Photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery

Cemeteries 5/24/07
New names & marker photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery

Old Obits 05/21/07
2 pages of index from Birnies Funeral Home Records with death dates and cemetery....more to come

Old Churches 05/21/07
Several pages from the late 1800's register of Valley View Church of Christ added

Cemeteries 5/20/07
Lots of new names added to Arbuckle Cemetery

Old Obits 05/20/07
Lots of newspaper obits from the mid 1800's added
and Old Funeral Home Records from Putman Funeral Home

Cemeteries 5/15/07
Last few marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery for now.

Cemeteries 5/14/07
More new names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Cemeteries 5/14/07
40 new names and marker photos added to Union Ridge Cemetery

Old Birth Records 05/13/06
A 1933 Birthday Party

Old Schools 05/13/07
Roster of 1921 Freshman Class Ft. Smith High School
Can you match any of the names to the pictures?

Cemeteries 5/12/07
Over 100 new names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Old Schools 05/12/07
More pictures from early 1930's Belle Point School....can you identify any of them?

Old Bios 05/11/07
New Bio added....Barnes

Cemeteries 5/10/07
Lots of new names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Cemeteries 5/07/07
Over 50 new names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Old Schools 05/06/07
Picture of principal and teachers from early 1900's Belle Point School....do you know who they are?

Old Pictures 05/06/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top.

Old Obits 05/06/07
Names from Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 4

Cemeteries 5/06/07
Lots of new names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

April 2007

Old Obits 04/30/07
Names from Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 3

Military Records 04/29/07
WWI document added for Alford Lee Burchfield

Old Schools 04/28/07
Many names added to the Belle Point 1935 first grade class.

Cemeteries 4/28/07
Lots of names and some corrections added to Greenwood Cemetery
It is so important that we get these cemeteries right, please don't hesitate to share any corrections we need to make and the source for the correction.

Old Schools 04/27/07
Ft. Smith High School freshman boys 1921.

Old Schools 04/26/07
Ft. Smith Junior High class of 1920 - only one name....do you know any of them?

Cemeteries 4/25/07
Over 50 names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Military Records 04/25/07
Vietnam War - new name added.

Old Pictures 4/24/07
New 1936 picture added -lots of people to identify.

Cemeteries 04/23/07
I have moved about 20 names and marker photos from Lovelace Cemetery to Coop Prairie Cemetery tonight. If you have anyone in those cemeteries you might want to check the readings again. Sorry for the confusion. We've posted a lot of pictures and names in a short period of time. If you find any errors please let us know.

Military Records 04/21/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Notes from more files added

Cemeteries 04/21/07
More names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Cemeteries 04/20/07
Lots of names and marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery

Cemeteries 04/20/07
Over 100 names added to Mayberry Cemetery

Old Pictures 4/17/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top of the page
I know someone can identify some of these folks.

Old Schools 04/19/07
New 1910 class photo added to Peabody School - no names....do you know one of them? And a new pictures added to Belle Pointe 1933.

Military Records 04/19/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Notes from another file added

Black History page 04/19/07
Some of the Southern Claims Commission applications contain testimony of former slaves. I have added a link to the ones that do to the Black History page.

Cemeteries 04/18/07
More new name and photos added to Union Ridge Cemetery

Military Records 04/17/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. Notes from 2 more files added

Cemeteries 04/17/07
New name and photos added to Union Ridge and Mayberry Cemeteries

Railroads & Sebastian Co.4/16/07
New photo added from Excelsios 1906 - can you identify any of these men?

Military Records 04/16/07
WWI - Rufus Booker added.

Cemeteries 04/16/07
New name and photos added to Mayberry Cemetery

Military Records 04/15/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's. 2 more files added

Old Pictures 4/15/07
3 New picture added - Latest are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 04/15/07
New name and photo added to Clarks Chapel - Wortman
and lots of new names and pictures add to Coop Prairie Cemetery

Military Records 04/14/07
Civil War Southern Claims Commission Reports 1870's with Lots of names...more to come.

Old Obits 04/13/07
Many more names added to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2

Cemeteries 04/13/07
More names & Marker photos added to Union Ridge Cemetery and to Coop Prairie Cemetery
We are approaching the 3000 mark with cemetery marker photos on site....in fact, when I post what I have in my files already - over 700 - we will be Way over that mark!!! A BIG thank you to all who have contributed to this effort. If you haven't you still can....we have a Long, Long ways to go.

Old Obits 04/12/07
More names added to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2, many from the 1898 Cyclone

Cemeteries 04/12/07
Names & Marker photos added to Union Ridge Cemetery and a few new names and photos added to Steep Hill Cemetery

Cemeteries 04/09/07
More marker photos added to Hartford Cemetery
And a terrific way to save an old cemtery stone...check at the top of the Cemetery page

Cemeteries 04/08/07
14 marker photos added to Hartford Cemetery

Old Obits 04/08/07
More names added to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2 Southern Sebastian Co. & to Birnies Funeral Home Records in the 1880's

Railroads & Sebastian Co.4/07/07
New Section added, new names. More to come here.

Old Pictures 4/07/07
Old pictures added of the Midland Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Shop in Excelsior, Ar - Can you name any of the men? Outdoor Skating Rink at Central, Ar. & 1939 Masonic Reunion.

Old Schools 04/07/07
2 New Schools added and new Belle Point School picture added

Old Pictures 4/07/07
New picture added - Latest are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 04/07/07
Names & marker photos added to Greenwood Cemetery. Parker Cemetery is now complete.

Cemeteries 04/06/07
More names & marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery
This completes the photos and names I have in my files

Old Homes & Places 04/04/07
24 Old Home pictures added

Cemeteries 04/04/07
More names & marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery

Bible Records 04/04/07
Edward Goff, Tim Goff & James Bible records added

Cemeteries 04/03/07
More names & marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery
Names added to Calvary Cemetery & Lavaca Cemetery

Cemeteries 04/02/07
Lots of new names added to Mayberry Cemetery
and new names & marker photos added to Huntington

Cemeteries 04/01/07
New names & marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery

March 2007

Cemeteries 04/01/07
New names & marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery

Old Homes & Places 03/31/07
Old Girard Home, Lavaca, Ar circa late 1800's added

Misc. Page 03/31/07
Ft. Smith's first ice cream parlor.

Cemeteries 03/31/07
LOTS and LOTS of new names added to Hartford Cemetery
and more photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery making 525 photos there

Cemeteries 03/30/07
A note added about Safely cleaning moss and algae from tombstones, & more marker photos added to Coop Prairie.

Old Pictures 3/30/07
New picture added - Buchanan. Latest are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 03/29/07
Roselawn Cemetery, Ft. Smith, first 2 names added
Can you help?
And I would love to have pictures of those two graves
Also, name & military photo added to National Cemetery at Ft. Smith

Cemeteries 03/29/07
More Coop Prairie Cemetery photos added

Cemeteries 03/28/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery photos & names added - now posted 341.
200+ still to post.

Cemeteries 03/27/07
Coop Prairie Cemetery photos & names added
More to come tonight

Cemeteries 03/25/07
Dayton Cemetery - new photos added
This completes the posting of what I have now for Dayton

Old Churches 03/26/07
Saint Leo's Catholic Church of Hartford added

Old Schools 03/25/07
Belle Point School, Ft. Smith, 1935-36 1st grade.
Can you help identify any of these children?

Old Pictures 3/25/07
New picture and interesting info added. Latest are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 03/25/07
Lavaca City Cemetery, LOTS of new names added
Dayton Cemetery - lots of new photos added

Cemeteries 03/24/07
Cherokee/African American cemetery, 23 listings & photos added

Old Pictures 3/24/07
New picture added. Latest are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 03/24/07
Mayberry Cemetery at Central, 50 listings added....more to come.

Cemeteries 03/24/07
Lavaca City and Dayton Cemeteries - new marker photos added....more to come.

Cemeteries 03/23/07
Lavaca City Cemetery - total of 183 marker photos now posted
Dayton Cemetery - more photos posted.

Cemeteries 03/21/07
Lavaca City Cemetery - lots of new names & marker photos added

Old Pictures 3/21/07
Seven new pictures added by 3 different submitters. New are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 03/21/07
First on-site listing for Pleasant Hill Cemetery added.
Can you help with more names?

Family Trees 03/21/07
Joseph M. Miller family added

The flu bug has been visiting our house this week - therefore the lack of new things posted on the site. Hope to be back up and running in a few days....have hundreds of things to post. Keep checking back. lr

Cemeteries 03/12/07
More names and 45 marker photos added to Dayton Cemetery...more to come

Cemeteries 03/11/07
More names and 57 marker photos added to Buggy Hill Cemetery and over 70 photos added to Douglass Cemetery

Old Newspapers03/10/07
Rusty Dozen Baseball Team

Old Pictures 3/10/07
New Photo added.
New ones are always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 03/09/07
More names and marker photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery and several small cemeteries added. More names added to Steep Hill.

Cemeteries 03/08/07
Names added to Steep Hill, McMurtrey & Green Floyd Bethell Cemeteries

Cemeteries 03/07/07
Marker Photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery.br>

Cemeteries 03/06/07
Lots more listings added to Coop Prairie Cemetery and full listings for Tate Cemetery.br>

Old Obits 03/07/08
More names added to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2 Southern Sebastian Co.

Cemeteries 03/06/07
Lots more listings added to Dayton Cemetery and more marker photos added to Coop Prairie.

Old Obits 03/06/08
Names added to Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2 Southern Sebastian Co.

Cemeteries 03/05/07
First listings of Dayton Cemetery and Buggy Hill Cemetery added...more to come.
I have more names and marker photos from both of these that will be posted soon.

Old Letters & Stories 03/05/07
The Charley Joplin Story - Murder in Jenny Lind

Cemeteries 03/04/07
Listings of Jackson Cemetery added

Cemeteries 03/04/07
70+ marker photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery...more to come soon.

Old Obits 03/03/07
The start of Birnies Funeral Home Records Book 2 Southern Sebastian Co. added

Cemeteries 03/03/07
Lots of Names & 109 marker photos added to Lovelace Cemetery

Cemeteries 03/02/07
LOTS of names & a few marker photos added to Huntington Cemetery

Cemeteries 03/01/07
LOTS of new names added to Douglass Cemetery and over 100 names added to Hartford Memorial Cemetery

February 2007

Before you head out to the cemetery this spring read about HOW TO CLEAN TOMBSTONES and HOW TO REPAIR BROKEN STONES on the Cemetery Page.

Old Pictures 2/28/07
1911 Ft. Smith Police Dept with names

Old Bios 02/27/07
New section added to the Bio page....Sebastian County Famous People with our first 3 bios.

Black History page 02/27/07
"The Remarkable Henry Norwood Family"

Cemeteries 02/27/07
40+ marker photos added to Coop Prairie.....more to come.
Measles Cemetery now has names.

Cemeteries 02/26/07
250 More names added to Hartford Memorial Cemetery...more to come.

Cemeteries 02/25/07
More new names and photo markers added to Steep Hill Cemetery...we now have about 170 total. And more added to Jenny Lind Cemetery for over 200 there.

Cemeteries 02/24/07
More new names and photo markers added to Steep Hill Cemetery...more to come.

Cemeteries 02/23/07
New names and photo markers added to Steep Hill Cemetery

Cemeteries 02/22/07
Added lots more new names and photo markers to Coop Prairie and Jenny Lind Cemeteries

Old Bios 02/21/07
Bio of Enoch & Mariah Jones added.

Military Records 02/21/07
Battle of Devil's Backbone-Federal and Confederate Accounts

Cemeteries 02/21/07
Added more new names to Coop Prairie Cemetery and lots of new names and marker photos to Jenny Lind Cemetery.

Military Records 02/20/07
Civil War Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas 1866 - lots of names added.

Cemeteries 02/20/07
Added New Cemetery and listings - Leatherwood Cemetery

Old Politicians & County Officials 02/20/07
W.K. Sebastian, who Sebastian Co was named for added

Old Schools 02/20/07
Picture of Old Ft. Smith High School before the tornado in 1898.

Military Records 02/20/07
Civil War page - First Arkansas Infantry Volunteers Memoranda.

Cemeteries 02/20/07
More listings and marker photos added to Coop Prairie Cemetery

Misc. Page 02/20/07
Officers of the Local Chapter of G.A.R. 1889 & History of the Greenwood newspaper in the 1800's.

Military Records 02/19/07
Joseph Ferrari added to WWII page.

Cemeteries 02/19/07
We have our first listings and marker photos for Barling Cemetery

Military Records 02/19/07
Civil War Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas 1866 - lots of names.

Cemeteries 02/19/07
More marker photos and names added to Arbuckle Cemetery and Liberty Cemetery. Lots of new names on Coop Prairie Cemetery.

Old Newspapers02/18/07
News from 1874 added

Cemeteries 02/18/07
New Providence Cemetery added. Markers and names added to Steep Hill and Arbuckle Cemeteries. First listings and marker photos added for White Shelby Cemtery.

Old Obits 02/17/07
J.F. & Lula James added

Cemeteries 02/17/07
350 names added to Hartford Memorial Cemetery & many names and marker photos added to Steep Hill Cemetery, new names added to Jenny Lind Cemetery

Cemeteries 02/17/07
105 marker photos added to National Cemetery at Ft. Smith for Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers buried there

Military Records 02/17/07
Ft. Smith's Black Civil War Soldiers, The 11th U.S. Colored Troops.
Also linked on the Black History pages

Old Homes & Places 02/16/07
Negro Boy's Club, St. Edwards Hospital and Old Goldman Hotel Lobby in Ft. Smith added

Family Trees 02/16/07
Ross/Beatty family added

Cemeteries 02/16/07
First listings added for Mayberry Cemetery
Lots of new names added to Coop Prairie...pictures coming soon.
Lots of new names added to Steep Hill from the funeral home records. Any additional stone readings will be added to funeral home info.

Cemeteries 02/15/07
11 marker photos added to Steep Hill and first listings added for Coop Prairie Cemetery
Can you help?

Old Politicians & County Officials 02/15/07
John Sebastian Little added

Old Homes & Places 02/15/07
Union Station in Ft. Smith added with it's history

Military Records 02/15/07
Story of the Civil War and Fort Smith & Clyde Lovell has been added to the WWII page.

Cemeteries 02/12/07
First listing and marker photo added to Arbuckle Cemetery

Misc. Page 02/11/07
Capt. John Rogers & The Founding of Ft. Smith

Cemeteries 02/11/07
Lavaca Cemetery added one listing and marker photo, Tate Cemetery added first four listings and markers and photos of the cemetery, and Red Oak added first 8 listings and marker photos. Red Oak is listed also on the Black History page.

Military Records 02/10/07
New list of Civil War Vets added

Old Obits 02/10/07
Maledon obit added

Old Homes & Places 02/10/07
2 new pictures added
The 1910 Ft. Smith one is fantastic.

Cemeteries 02/09/07
Douglass Cemetery- A total of 104 marker photos and names now on this cemetery page

Old Pictures 2/09/07
Photo of Thomas O. and Mary West Gann Family

Old Homes & Places 02/09/07
32 homes added
Not finding your ancestor's home? I have 300+ more to post

Old Churches 02/08/07
Mt Zion Baptist with lots of names.

Old Schools 02/08/07
Lone Star School added with lots of names

Cemeteries 02/08/07
40+ names and marker photos added to Jenny Lind Cemetery
& 300+ names added to Hartford Memorial Cemetery

Cemeteries 02/07/07
Jenny Lind Cemetery added today...first 10 names & marker photos posted....more to come

Family Trees 02/07/07
Descendants of Joseph Hugh McLaughlin added

Cemeteries 02/07/07
Tate Cemetery added today...do you have ancestors there you want to add?
And 50 more names added to Hartford Cemetery with 1500+ more to post.
Lots & Lots of new names added to Steep Hill Cemetery & pictures coming.

Cemeteries 02/06/07
Washburn Cemetery now complete

Old Obits 02/06/07
Entries from Birnies Funeral Home Records, South Sebastian County part of Book 1 complete - all from the late 1800's.

Old Pictures 2/05/07
Photo of James Boyd Neighbors added. Submitter has some questions...can you help her?

Misc. Page 02/05/07
1887 Ft. Smith Patrons' List and Business Directory added
Names & addresses for many.

Misc. Page 02/05/07
1887 Towns, other than Ft. Smith, Patrons' List and Business Directory added
Names & addresses for many.

Cemeteries 02/05/07
Washburn Cemetery A-L now complete, more coming

Old Court & Tax Records 02/05/07
Transcription of the 1885 Larceny Trial of Geo. Edwards. Transcription of the 1886 Murder Trial of Geo. Edwards...very interesting.

Cemeteries 02/01/07
Washburn Cemetery A-H complete, more coming

Old County Officials 02/01/07
1851-1951 County Officials added

Old Newspapers02/01/07
New "old" clipping added...latest always at the top of the page

Old Schools 02/01/07
Shiloh and West Pine Grove School Histories added with lots of names

Old Homes & Places 02/01/07
Two pictures from Ft. Smith downtown places added

Maps 02/01/07
New map of 1936 Sebastain Co, BEFORE Camp Chaffee

Old Obits 02/01/07
More Birnies Funeral Home records added from the late 1800's.

January 2007

Old Obits 01/31/07
More Birnies Funeral Home records added from the late 1800's.

Old Schools 01/31/07
Huntington School History added with lots of names

Military Records 01/31/07
Olen Burchfield and the Hannah Bros. added to WWII page

Cemeteries 01/31/07
Liberty, Calvary and Greenwood Cemeteries - posted some personal photographs.

Old County Officials 01/30/07
We have a new section and I have moved the file that was on the misc. page to this new one.

Old Schools 01/30/07
Buckner College added

Old Obits 01/30/07
3 New Obits added

Military Records 01/30/07
2 New additions to the Civil War page

Misc. Page 01/30/07
Mansfield Glass & Choctaw Brick & Gas Co.(with names and pictures) added

Old Schools 01/29/07
Phyliss Wheatly School, Huntington added
also added to Black History page

Old Letters 01/29/07
Beautiful love story addded

Black History page 01/29/07
History of Cherokee/African-American Cemetery.

Old Churches 01/29/07
History of Arnett Chapel AME Church added.
Also posted on the Black History page.

Old Pictures 1/29/07
3 New Photos added.

Old Schools 01/29/07
History of Witcherville School added

Old Churches 01/28/07
History of Lavaca Baptist Church added.

Old Schools 01/28/07
History of Bugscuffle School added

Military Records 01/28/07
New addition to the Civil War page

Cemeteries 01/28/07
Douglass Cemetery now has 70 marker photos

Old Bios 01/28/07
1903 Bios are complete
With over 200 bios, some giving ancestor info. back to the 1700's.

Old Bios 01/27/07
1903 Bios are complete thru the S's now.

Old Homes & Places 01/27/07
LOTS of new "old" home pictures added
We're looking for better copies of some of these pictures.....do you have one?

Old Churches 01/27/07
Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist M E South & Christian Church added
Can you help with exact locations or histories?

Old Schools 01/27/07
Commercial College, DuVal and Maple Grove School added
Where was Maple Grove? Any more information or pictures about any of our school listings would be welcome.

Towns 01/27/07
Greenwood, Ark. picture, histories of Mansfield, Hartford, Hackett and Bonanza

Misc. Page 01/26/07
History of Sebastian Co. from the 1903 Atlas - with lots of names

Old Bios 01/26/07
Added Byrum Benjamin Beatty.
1903 Bios are complete thru the P's now.

Towns 01/26/07
Several new "old" pictures added from Huntington, Ark
Can you name the people in some of the picture?

Family Trees 01/26/07
James Smith Family added

Cemeteries 01/25/07
Oak Valley Cemetery added

Old Churches 01/25/07
Mansfield Methodist added

Bible Records 01/25/07
McKiney Bible

Old Obits 01/25/07
Obit added for Long.

Old Bios 01/25/07
Bios from 1903 now complete through O's

Towns 01/25/07
Huntington, Ark
Can you name the people in this picture?

Old Schools 01/25/07
Huntington High School & Witcherville added

Land Records 01/24/07
"Some 1887 Residents of Sebastian Co" with T&R, profession, year they came & from where.

Cemeteries 01/24/07
Douglass Cemetery, 16 names and marker photos added
about 50 more to be added in the next day or so

Old Homes & Places 01/23/07
More new "old" home pictures added

Old Bios 01/23/07
Bios from 1903 now complete through L's

Marriage Records 01/23/07
3 new Marriage license' added

Old Newspapers01/23/07
New "old" clipping added...latest always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 01/23/07
Lavaca Cemetery full listings added
2 Marker photos added also

Old Homes & Places 01/22/07
Lots of new pictures added
Can you give us more information or names for some of the people pictured in a few of the photos?

Old Bios 01/22/07
Bios from 1903 now complete through H's

Old Churches 01/22/07
Little Lost Church near Hackett
Please see if you can help

Old Newspapers01/22/07
New "old" clippings added...latest always at the top of the page

Cemeteries 01/22/07
Added Steep Hill Cemetery and first listings

Old Schools 01/21/07
A second picture added to Mansfield School
Can you tell us more about this picture?

Old Pictures 1/21/07
4 new photos added.

Maps 01/21/07
New map of Western Arkansas added

Cemeteries 01/21/07
First listing and marker photo on Morris Cemetery close to Bloomer added.
Can you add to the residents of this cemetery?

Old Schools 01/21/07
Fidelity School added

Old Bios 01/21/07
Bios from 1903 now complete through G's

Old Homes & Places 01/21/07
20 new pictures added
Can you give us more information or names for some of the people pictured in a few of the photos?

Old Churches 01/20/07
1867 Newspaper article added to Immaculate Conception Church page

Old Schools 01/20/07
Mansfield old class picture added

Misc. Page 01/20/07
1880 Facts About Sebastian Co.

Old County Court & Tax Records 01/20/07
2 new posted....actually it's the first 2 for this page.

Old Bios 01/20/07
Bios from 1903 now complete through F's

Land Records 01/19/07
More new owners plats from 1887

Old Homes & Places 01/19/07
15 new pictures added
Can you give us more information or names for some of the people pictured in a few of the pictures?

Old Obits 01/18/07
Obits added for Brown and Griffith.

Old Pictures 1/18/07
2 new photos added.

Marriage Records 01/18/07
Marriage license of Pool/Hukill & Brown/Griffith added

Military Records 01/18/07
New addition to the Civil War page

Old Documents 01/18/07
2 new documents added from the 1870-1890's

Old Letters 01/18/07
More wonderful old letters added from the 1870's

Old Pictures 1/17/07
Several new photos added. One un-identified person....can you help?

Old Obits 01/17/07
Partial list of names from Birnies Funeral Home records beginning in 1880's and individual records for Beatty, Haney, Sliger, Ferguson & Brown.

Land Records 01/14/07
LOTS of new owners plats from 1887

Old Letters 01/13/07
Wonderful old letters added from the 1870's

Land Records 01/13/07
1903 Owners Plat for T3&4N-R31W now has a list of included names at the top of it. Additions or corrections are most welcome.

Cemeteries 01/13/07
Elmore Cemetery listings added.

Old Pictures 1/12/07
New Photo added.

Land Records 01/12/07
Lots more owners plat maps from 1903 added.

Land Records 01/11/07
Several more owners plat maps from 1903 added.

Old Pictures 1/10/07
4 New Photos added.

Marriage Records 01/10/07
Marriage license of Black/Swafford 1880 added

Old Schools 01/10/07
Bugscuffle School added

Old Bios 01/09/07
More new bios from 1903 added

Old Pictures 1/09/07
3 New Photos added...can you identify the mine or any of the miners in one of them?

Old Bios 01/08/07
13 new bios from 1903 added

Land Records 01/08/07
List of Some Residents of Sebastian Co. 1903 completed

Old Schools 01/08/07
Mt. Harmony School early 1900's

Old Homes & Places 01/07/07
2 new pictures added

Land Records 01/07/07
Owners Land Plat Map added for 1903 - T6N R30W & 31W
& list of some residents in several Township & Ranges...
a work in progress

Old Bios01/07/07
J.J. McCalister added

Old Schools 01/05/07
Hartford School early 1920's

Old Pictures 1/05/07
New Photo added...Barnes.

Old Pictures 1/04/07
New Photo added, Orvil Sewell & miners of Sebastian County.
Can you identify any of these men?

December 2006

Guest Book 12/30/06
New page added for your comments & suggestion

Census Records 12/29/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Upper Township added

Old Pictures 12/29/06
New Photo added, Smith family
New are always at the top

Census Records 12/28/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Marion & Sulphur Townships added

Cemeteries 12/26/06
New info and pictures added to Carter Family Cemetery

Census Records 12/19/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Cole Township

Census Records 12/17/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Lafayette Township

Census Records 12/16/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Washburn Township

Census Records 12/13/06
Transcription & index of 1860 Greenwood Corporation

Old Pictures 12/12/06
2 New Photos added
New are always at the top

Census Records 12/10/06
Transcription of 1860 Brawley & Mountain Townships and Indexed

Census Records 12/08/06
Transcription of 1880 Center Township and Index complete

Census Records 12/04/06
More pages transcribed and indexed for 1880

Military Records 12/04/06
New section added for Vietnam ancestors
with first 2 submissions

Military Records 12/03/06
1 addition to the Civil War page,
2 on the WWI page and
22 on the WWII page

Land Records 12/03/06
3 Owners Land Plat Maps added from late 1800's

Old Churches 12/02/06
Picture and information added to the Church Page
Can you help us with histories or old membership lists for any of our church listings...or add a new church?

Census Records 12/01/06
More pages transcribed and indexed for 1880


November 2006

Census Records 11/30/06
Lots more pages transcribed and indexed

Old Newspapers11/29/06
4 New "old" clippings added...latest always at the top of the page

Old Obits 11/29/06
Obit for Rogers from 1836 and Duvall 1841 added

Census Records 11/29/06
Index to surnames listed on the 1860 Bigg Creek township transcription and more transcribed pages and index to 1870 Bates Township added

Census Records 11/28/06
Index to surnames listed on the 1880 Center township transcription

Census Records 11/27/06
More pages added to 1880 Center township transcription

Family Group Sheets 11/26/06
Lewis Reves Pate family sheet added

Old Homes & Places 11/26/06
Martin Geren House, Ft. Smith

Cemeteries 11/19/06
Lots of new names and information added to Mount Harmony Cemetery

Census Records 11/19/06
More pages added to 1880 Center township transcription

Census Records 11/16/06
First pages of 1880 Center township added....more to come.
Please Help With This Project.

Old Pictures 11/15/06
5 New Photos added
New are always at the top

Old Obits 11/10/06
Obit for French from 1834 added

Cemeteries 11/05/06
100 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery

Cemeteries 11/04/06
149 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery

Cemeteries 11/03/06
19 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery

Cemeteries 11/02/06
31 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery

Cemeteries 11/01/06
46 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery
LOTS more to be added to Mt. Harmony over the next few days
Thanks so much to Curtis for these several hundred photos we will be posting over the next few days.
Do you have a cemetery photo that you could share on the site?

October 2006

Cemeteries 10/28/06
64 new marker photos & names added to Mount Harmony Cemetery
LOTS more to be added to Mt. Harmony over the next few days

Cemeteries 10/27/06
Pictures & new names added to Calvary Cemetery

September 2006

Cemeteries 09/30/06
Pictures, new names & information added to Center Valley Cemetery

Cemeteries 09/29/06
Lots of pictures & information added to Bull Cemetery

Old Homes & Places 09/23/06
Old Sparks Hospital, Ft. Smith

Old Schools 09/22/06
Jenny Lind School Children 1933
Can you identify any of them?

Old Pictures 09/21/06
New Photo added
New are always at the top

Old Schools 09/21/06
Hartford School Children 1920's
Can you identify any of them?

Military Records 09/21/06
WWII-Jack James

Old Pictures 09/19/06
New Photo added
New are always at the top

Family Group Sheets 09/01/06
2 more Coleman family sheets added

August 2006

Family Group Sheets 08/31/06
5 Coleman & Sargant family sheets added

Land Records 08/30/06
9 Deeds & Such added

Look Ups 08/30/06
New "Look-up" volunteer added....Thanks Mildred.

Old Pictures 08/17/06
New Photo added
New are always at the top

Bible Records 08/13/06
Putnam Bible

Old Letters 08/13/06
1826 Letter added

July 2006

Old Pictures 07/31/06
3 New Photos added

Old Obits 07/30/06
7 obits added

Old Homes & Places 07/27/06
New place and picture added

Military Records 07/17/06
WWI Draft Registration Cards
The "A's" from Board #2

Census Records 07/06/06
1887 Township Map added

Cemeteries 07/06/06
Names and pictures added to Ft Smith Natl Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Liberty Cemetery and Greenwood Memorial Cemetery. Pictures added to Island & Arbuckle Cemetery

Old Homes & Places 07/06/06
New pictures added

Old Churches 07/04/06
Picture added to the Church Page
....can you help us with some history?

Cemeteries 07/04/06
Added several more new cemeteries to the map and cemetery list and Added several new pictures to the cemetery page
Thanks for all the help on this project.
If you have any transcriptions you can share, please consider doing so.

Cemeteries 07/02/06
There are now 79 cemeteries identified and marked on the cemetery road map. There are 15 on the map with no names. There are 18 listed on the cemetery page that are not placed on the road map. Can you help????

Old Churches 07/01/06
Picture of Lavaca Baptist Church 1886 added

Cemeteries 07/01/06
Pictures of Mount Harmony Cemetery added.
New Pictures and names added to Bell Cemetery.

June 2006

Old Homes & Places 06/30/06
4 pictures added

Cemeteries 06/30/06
Pictures of Greenwood Memorial Cemtery and Liberty Cemetery added.

Military Records 06/30/06
Civil War Pension papers for Reding
These papers have some wonderful information in them....example: 3 wives names.

Old Homes & Places 06/29/06
New Section added...can you add to it?

Maps 06/29/06
Current Day Sebastian County Road Map added

Military Records 06/27/06
Civil War Pension papers for McAlister

Old Obits 06/27/06
1941 obit added

Old Pictures 06/27/06
New Photo added

Military Records 06/26/06
Birchfield WWI draft card added

Military Records 06/26/06
Curtis A. Hannah, Sr.WWII discharge papers added

Towns 06/26/06
Stories from Old Jenny Lind
Lots of surnames

Marriage Records 06/24/06
Marriage papers of William J. Seamans & Belle Meeks added

Military Records 06/24/06
Hoyt Hannah WWII information added

Military Records 06/24/06
Annie M. Morris Civil War Widows Pension Papers and A.J. Hannah's muster cards added. McHenry Seamans and Wm J. Seamans Military & Pension Records and Belle Seamans Widows pension.

Cemeteries 06/24/06
Bell Farm Cemetery transcription and a few pictures added.

Old Pictures 06/23/06
2 New Photo added

Land Records 06/23/06
2 Land Files added for Hannah with lots of other surnames mentioned.

Old Pictures 06/22/06
1 New Photo added

Military Records 06/22/06
Rebecca Hannah's Indian War Widows Pension Papers added

Land Records 06/22/06
Land Records for James M Hannah & Samuel W Hannah added

Land Records 06/17/06
T5N R30W original owners plat map added.

Old Birth Records 06/15/06
Some Griffith & Brown Births

Land Records 06/10/06
Index to Original Owners complete.

Land Records 06/10/06
T5N R31W original owners plat map added.

Marriage Records 06/10/06
By Groom, A-Allensworth completed.
This will be a LONG on-going project and when complete should contain all the marriage records through 1949.

Land Records 06/09/06
T5N R32W original owners plat map added.

Old Bios06/07/06
I have re-posted about 1/2 of the old Bio's that had been taken down when I re-did the site.
The rest will be up again shortly.

Cemeteries 06/04/06
Stroud Cemetery transcription and a few pictures added.

Cemeteries 06/03/06
Lone Star Cemetery transcription and partial Mt. Zion Cemetery transcription with pictures added.

Black History 06/03/06
Added section with two links....can you help with this?

Cemeteries 06/01/06
St Marys and Pleasant Ridge Cemeteries transcritions added.

Military Records 06/01/06
Isaac T. Eppler 1872 claim added

Old Obits 06/01/06
Ft. Smith Times Record, Dec 30, 1996

May 2006

Cemeteries 05/30/06
4 more Cemeteries transcribed for cemeteries on Ft. Chaffee property
A big thank you to Judith for all of these

Look Ups 05/30/06
New section added with first volunteer....Thanks Terri.

Land Records 05/29/06
T6N R30W original owners plat map added.

Cemeteries 05/29/06
14 Cemeteries transcribed for small cemeteries on Ft. Chaffee property

Land Records 05/28/06
J-N Index to Original Owners added.

Land Records 05/28/06
Original land grants for "townlots" within the city of Ft. Smith - 1898

Land Records 05/28/06
T6N R31W original owners plat map added.

Land Records 05/24/06
T8N R32W original owners plat map added.

Land Records 05/19/06
T6N R29W original owners plat map added.

Land Records 05/19/06
A - I Index to Original Owners added with links to maps.
To be completed shortly

Land Records 05/18/06
T6N R32W original owners plat map added.

Census Records 05/17/06
1860 Census, Big Creek Twsp COMPLETED
The rest of the 1860 townships will be completed shortly...want to help?

Land Records 05/15/06
T9N R30W & T8N R31W original owners plat map added.

Cemeteries 05/08/06
19 Carruth Cemetery pictures added

Cemeteries 05/08/06
Oak Hill Cemetery pictures added

Old Schools 05/08/06
Ft Smith Class of '46 play program

Old Pictures 05/04/06
2 More Photos added

Old Schools 05/04/06
Class of 1920, Greenwood, Ar

April 2006

Family Group Sheets 04/24/06
Nelson Parker family

Cemeteries 04/24/06
Parker Cemetery added with grave and family picture- Ursula
Does anyone have more information on this cemetery?

Land Records 04/23/06
1881 Land patent application for William T. Goodwin

Cemeteries 04/23/06
I have listed LOTS of new cemeteries today....all we need now are transcriptions and pictures!!!

Cemeteries 04/23/06
Center Valley Cemetery
a partial listing

Marriages 04/23/06
6 new marriage license images added

Family Trees 04/23/06
McMurtrey Family & Hefley Family added

Old Pictures 04/23/06
More Photos added...new ones are always at the top of the page

Land Records 04/22/06
T7N R29W & T7N R32W original owners plat map added.

Land Records 04/21/06
T7N R31W original owners plat map added.

Old Schools04/21/06
History of Lavaca Schools & Picture
graciously shared by Jack James from his new book

Old Pictures 04/21/06
2 New Photos added...new ones are always at the top of the page

Family Trees 04/21/06
Arnold Family added

Family Group Sheets 04/21/06
Several new families added today

Cemeteries 04/19/06
Hartford Memorial Park Cemetery

Land Records 04/19/06
T7N R30W original owners plat map added.

Census Records 04/18/06
1860 Census, Big Creek Twsp, pg 1093-1096. The rest of this township will be completed shortly...want to help?

Land Records 04/18/06
Township and Range Grid map with original land owners plats attached.
This is an on-going project so keep checking back to see if your ancestors have been added yet.
T8n R29w and R30w and T9n 29w are complete.
Eventually we will have a name index and the cemeteries and towns shown on these also.

Towns 04/17/06
History & Old Pictures of Lavaca added.

Old Churches 04/17/06
Pictures & history of Lavaca Methodist Church added

Family Group Sheets 04/17/06
Burchfield family added

Old Pictures 04/16/16
New Photo added...new ones are always at the top of the page

Please remember we need YOUR help.
If you can contribute to any of these pages, consider taking time to do so.

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