A meeting to explore the formation of a Combs Chapel Cemetery Association

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A meeting to explore the formation of a Combs Chapel Cemetery Association will take place Sunday, April 21, at the Fayetteville Public Library at 2 p.m.

Located in southeast Fayetteville, Combs Chapel Cemetery is one of the county’s oldest graveyards, with burials dating to the 1850s, according to Susan Young, meeting organizer. Among the oldest burials there are members of the Brooks, Broyles, Cline, Collins, Combs, Edmondsons, Mayes, Mhoon, Ridley and Sutton families.

For more information, call 479-422-8553 or email combscemetery@gmail.com.

Classes – Gather Your Family

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Classes

2013 Classes (subject to change)

Cherokee Genealogy, A Beginner’s Guide

Gene Norris, Senior Geneologist with the Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.

The main focus of this presentation will be on how to start your research and what records are available to trace your Cherokee ancestry from the earliest known documents which were produced during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

My Great Grandma Was a Cherokee Princess

Gene Norris, Senior Geneologist with the Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.

the main focus of this presentation will discuss the common misconceptions that the general public has in regards to Cherokee culture and history throughout time which has been perpetuated by public media and handed down through the generations.

via Classes – Gather Your Family.

This is just a sampling of the classes available at the Gather Your Family Northwest Arkansas Family History Conference!  Check out the full class list on the Classes Page:  https://sites.google.com/site/arkfamilyhistory/topics

Then register and come to some or all of the classes on Saturday, April 13th!

When:  April 13, 2013

             8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

 

Where: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

             6731 Lynches Ferry Cove

             Springdale, AR 

Info:      Dianne Letsch

             479-466-4307

Come learn about finding your ancestors!

Hope to see you there!

Kellie

 

eResources A to Z | Fayetteville Public Library

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HeritageQuest

HeritageQuest Online provides access to full Census records and thousands of online genealogy books. via eResources A to Z | Fayetteville Public Library.

Heritage Quest

HeritageQuest offers many resources to you at the convenience of your home computer and the only requirement is a library card!  You can search Books, Census, PERSI, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank (the bank founded to serve African Americans), and the memorials, petitions, and private relief actions of the US Congress in the LexisNexis US Serial Set. The census records include name indexes for many years and images from 1790 through 1940. What a wonderful resource that the library provides along with our library card!!

More Library Resources to come next week!

Kellie