April and May have been busy months for LRCGS. We had booths at the Little River County Courthouse Centennial Celebration, Ashdown School's Annual Spring Fling and Ashdown's Annual Whistlestop Fair. All three were exciting events and we talked to many folks from all over who were interested in beginning their own family research.
We have had some great speakers at our monthly meetings so far this year.
Our speaker in January was Mr Leon Hood from the Soil Conservation Office in Ashdown. He presented a very educational program on topographical maps and explained how to read them. This is very useful to those of us who would like to find these old cemeteries and plot out the land where our ancestors lived.
In February Mr Eddie Lamb provided us with an entertaining look at his native home land- Scotland.
In March we presented a workshop on cemetery history, symbolism and burial customs.
If you live in the area, our monthly meetings are the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at the Cossatot U of A, with refreshments starting at 5:30. Visitors are welcome!
New additions to the LRCGS web site:
Little River County Church History
Clinical License Book~1885-1893- Calls to Ordination
Rocky Comfort Methodist Church History
Ashdown Presbyterian Church History
Little River County Military
1930 Veteran's Census ~Little River County
A special note~ If you happen to know the location of any cemetery that is not listed on our cemetery page, would you please drop us a line? We are searching for old family plots, and the smaller "lost" cemeteries in this county. You can reach us at grady@whti.net or jenkum@newwavecomm.net.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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