Resources - Reference Books - Lookup Volunteers
The following books may be found in your local library or genealogical society archives. If you know of any books that contain a goodly amount of St. Francis County data, please send me the Title and Author so they can be post on the list for others. Thank you.
St. Francis County Published Reference Books |
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| Reference Book and Author |
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| HISTORY OF EASTERN ARKANSAS by Goodspeed Publishing Company |
| ARKANSAS PENSIONERS, 1818-1900 by Dorothy Payne |
| ARKANSAS GAZETTE OBITUARIES INDEX by Stephen J. Chism |
If you own any St. Francis County sources, whether listed or not, and will do look-ups, please let me know. Email me at Paul V.Isbell. Feel free to request a look-up from the following resources. Please limit your request to one name per request. Please put ST. FRANCIS COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidentally deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the book from which you are requesting the lookup.
USGenWeb will not tolerate any copyright violations. Lookup requests should
be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple. Information
given will be minimal, for example, if it is a cemetery lookup, the information
will be the name of the cemetery and dates on the headstone. Please do not
ask for "everyone with X surname" or an entire family group, or for hardcopies
to be mailed; the volunteers have been asked not to comply with such
requests.
Our lookups will extend to searching the book to determine if the book would
be helpful to you in your research. Should the book prove useful, we can
provide the authors address and ordering information. The USGenWeb Project
will endeavor to get a WRITTEN statement from each copyright holder which
stipulates which books may be used for lookups. If you request a lookup,
don't forget to thank your volunteer for their time.
St. Francis County Lookups |
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| The History of St. Francis County, Arkansas by Chowning published April 1954 by Times-Herald Publishing | Paul V.Isbell |
| Forrest City Centennial 1870-1970 Official Brochure published by Times-Herald Publishing | Paul V.Isbell |
| Goodspeed's Biographies(pub. 1890), St. Francis Co only, links to others in my links above- | St.Francis Archives Biographies|
| Izard Family of Arkansas by Mrs.Julia (Izard( Hemenway-1935 | Paul V.Isbell |
| Confederate Veteran's Magazine-1893-1912-Nashville, Tenn. | Paul V.Isbell | 1905 Art Souvenir-Forrest City Times, St. Francis Co. Published by Times-Herald Publishing | Paul V.Isbell |
| Marriages=Book D, E, F, G. H, I, and K, St. Francis Co-Kathleen Bell and Emily Tucker | Paul V.Isbell | Cemetery Listings Vol 1 and 2, St. Francis Co-Kathleen Bell | Paul V.Isbell |
We will point to your family history homepage on the net, but cannot store
GEDCOMs on this server. Updated April 13,2011
St. Francis County Homepages |
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The Forrest City Public Library has issues of the local newspaper on microfiche, dating back a number of years to 1894. The lovely ladies working there said they would be willing to look up items in the old issues, but things can change, always ask if they have the time. However, please understand the following: THEY NEED AN EXACT DATE SUCH AS A DEATH DATE TO DO A LOOKUP. There are also many gaps where whole weeks and months are missing. To go to their website, with email and other information, click on the name above. They have extensive genealogy information not found anywhere else, Including Family Histories by Loyd N.Sybert The phone number is (870) 633-5646. The address is Forrest City Public Library, 421 South Washington, Forrest City AR 72335. If you write, please include a self addressed stamped envelope and if you call long distance, please offer to call back for the information. Their budget is slim, just like other libraries throughout the country!
This site allows you to enter any surname and see its distribution across all fifty states for the years 1850, 1880, 1920, and 1990. This site also includes surname origins, the top 100 surnames in each state, and significant local surnames.
Arkansas Land Records Interactive Search
This site searches pre-1908 Homestead and cash entry patents by name for you. See if your ancestor is here!
St.
Francis County Early Families Gedcoms