Pleasant Grove Families (Saline Co. AR) Resource
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Re: Pleasant Grove (Saline Co. AR) Resource
| jeanrice1 (View posts) | Posted: 10 Jan 2002 11:35PM GMT |
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Hi, I don't have any personal connection to Arkansas, but I have posted many informational-type notes on a variety of places - my hobby. Locate a historical society in that county and/or state and subscribe to their periodical. It will be something wonderful to look forward to in the mail. By demonstrating an interest on your part in "their" county/state, they are more apt to go all out for you in helping you research your family and you just might run across mention of your own family in the issues. Most historical publications have an everyname index in their year-end issues, and you can publish a query that will be seen by nonInternet researchers! Offer the society a "donation" in exchange for a search to come up with some particulars/documents regarding your families. Ask if they can obtain any circa turn-of-the-century (1900) USA county marriage applications. Do not confuse these with marriage certificates, as applications often contained much more inforrmation on the parents of the bride and groom. Wills are full of information. Land records often give the name of the last place lived.
I have also had great results by checking out my genealogy library for old USA county history books and/or obtaining other ones via free interlibrary loan with the help of my reference librarian. You don't need an author's name, just tell them you want a county history book. Some of my humble Indiana families were written up in these old history books because they were early settlers, belonged to particular fraternal and religious organizations, held office, were school teachers, volunteered in the Civil War - you could have knocked me over with a feather!
I have also found information on microfilmed old newspapers obtained via free interlibrary loan, especially when I have a definite date of death. Order the newspaper for the two days following death. Your reference librarian has books that tell her the name of the newspaper, when it was in business and where she can obtain these films for you for look at your library.
Microfilmed USA census soundex films are wonderful, easy to use. Families often moved from state to state in groups, lived next door to each other, married their neighbors. These can be obtained at your local LDS FHC and genealogy library.
When you don't have a definite death date but a general idea, check out the microfilmed state death indexes at your genealogy library or local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center. These films are divided into approximate 10-year increments and give the date of death, age at death, spouse's name, county of death, city of death (see Code at front of film), and best of all the exact number of the death certificate!
The Saline Co. book is likely in one or more AR library collections. Perhaps the author is on the Internet or a member of a historical society board. If I come up with any further information I will post an addendum.
Jean
I have also had great results by checking out my genealogy library for old USA county history books and/or obtaining other ones via free interlibrary loan with the help of my reference librarian. You don't need an author's name, just tell them you want a county history book. Some of my humble Indiana families were written up in these old history books because they were early settlers, belonged to particular fraternal and religious organizations, held office, were school teachers, volunteered in the Civil War - you could have knocked me over with a feather!
I have also found information on microfilmed old newspapers obtained via free interlibrary loan, especially when I have a definite date of death. Order the newspaper for the two days following death. Your reference librarian has books that tell her the name of the newspaper, when it was in business and where she can obtain these films for you for look at your library.
Microfilmed USA census soundex films are wonderful, easy to use. Families often moved from state to state in groups, lived next door to each other, married their neighbors. These can be obtained at your local LDS FHC and genealogy library.
When you don't have a definite death date but a general idea, check out the microfilmed state death indexes at your genealogy library or local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center. These films are divided into approximate 10-year increments and give the date of death, age at death, spouse's name, county of death, city of death (see Code at front of film), and best of all the exact number of the death certificate!
The Saline Co. book is likely in one or more AR library collections. Perhaps the author is on the Internet or a member of a historical society board. If I come up with any further information I will post an addendum.
Jean