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SUMMARY:Butterfield's Overland Mail Company & Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas: 1858-1861
DESCRIPTION:Butterfield’s Overland Mail Company & Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas: 1858-1861 \nPresented by Bob Crossman\, Author \nBob’s topic today is the Butterfield Overland Trail that passed through the Arkansas River Valley almost 350 times between 1858 and 1861. The Overland Mail Company stagecoaches carried passengers and mail west from Memphis and St. Louis to San Francisco through Arkansas. The Overland stagecoaches and stage wagons traveled day and night\, completing the 3\,293-mile journey is less than twenty-five days. \nHis presentation will pay special attention to each of the twenty Overland Mail Company stations spread across Arkansas. The stations were typically located about fifteen miles apart. The stagecoaches or stage wagons would stop for ten minutes at each station for the quick change of horses. Twice a day the stage would stop at a station for about forty minutes\, allowing the passengers to have a moment of rest and purchase a quick meal while the driver obtained a fresh team of horses or mules. \nDr. Bob Crossman graduated from Russellville High School 50 years ago and has lived in Conway the past 35 years. His wife\, Marcia Swain\, is a native of Morrilton. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary this winter. Dr. Crossman received a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway\, Arkansas\, and received graduate and post-graduate degrees from SMU in Dallas\, Texas. \nBob is the author of three books published in the past three years on Butterfield’s Overland Mail Company. He now has eight books that are now in print and has sold over 35\,000 copies of his books on Amazon and through dozens of other booksellers. He is a member of the Arkansas Historical Association\, Faulkner County Historical Society\, and the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. \nZoom Meeting Chat BOB \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\nMeeting\nPresentation\nQuestions and Answers\nEnd
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/butterfields-overland-mail-company-stagecoach-trail-across-arkansas-1858-1861/
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SUMMARY:Brick Wall Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Brick Wall Challenge \nBrick Wall Challenge\nGet busy NOW! Dig out your toughest\, wildest\, craziest\, confusing\, most dysfunctional\, oldest\, newest\, dead-end\, forgotten family secrets\, genealogical challenges! Let’s put our heads together! \nGenealogical Serendipity!\nYou can’t do genealogy very long without genealogical serendipity. You parked right next to the very tombstone you were looking for. The exact book you needed fell off the shelf. Something made you take the next exit. Ever feel like your ancestors are guiding you? Tell us about it! We promise our eyes won’t glaze over! \nINSTRUCTIONS! \nRemember time will be limited…. make your time count! Be organized. \nFeel free to share a screen with a Power Point \, show some pictures or simply ask a question. \nYou do not have to sign up ahead of time and there is no deadline to sign up.\n>>> People are already reserving a spot. <<< \nIf you know you have a brick wall to present- please sign up now (at Mary’s email below) Something of a head count would be nice. \nListen to other challenges- they will all be of interest. \nBe considerate of time so others can ask questions. \nAny questions? Mary argardengoddess@att.net \nZoom Chat: Zoom Chat Brick Wall \nZoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting\n0:02:30 Presentation\nQuestions and Answers\n1:37:29 End\n\n[/um_member_video]
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/brick-wall-challenge/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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SUMMARY:Finding Your Roots in African American Genealogy
DESCRIPTION:Finding Your Roots in African American Genealogy \npresented by Carla Hines-Coleman \n“I will talk about how I matched verbal information John gave me and went to the internet to match information he had grown up with. There was little knowledge he had of his Coleman family. So\, I decided to help him with his ancestry.” \nCarla is a charter Member of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society\, Inc. (AAHGS) Arkansas Chapter; a charter Member of Preservation of African American Cemeteries (PAAC); a board member of the Arkansas Black History Advisory Committee; Chairperson on the Black History Commission of AR; Chairperson on the Oakland/Fraternal Cemetery Board. \nCarla is a genealogical and historical researcher. In addition to doing research for others\, she has conducted personal genealogical and historical research in Arkansas\, Tennessee\, and Kentucky including courthouse records\, cemetery records\, census records\, church records\, burial records\, family history records and oral history interviews. She is the principal Researcher for Black Cemeteries Uncovered\, PAAC. Carla is on the board of the Arkansas Genealogical Society. \nCarla has conducted research and documentation on historical African American cemeteries; compiled and conserved funeral home and historical records in preparation for microfilming; repair\, clean and preserve archival material\, books and artifacts; archival Conservation Volunteer at the Arkansas History Commission; Union Cemetery Project\, PAAC; Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy: Preservation of African American Cemeteries\, Statewide; Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas. \nIt is fair to say that Carla knows a little bit about black cemeteries & preservation in Arkansas. We are proud to have her as a board member of Heritage Seekers. (Where does she find time for all this?) \nZoom Meeting Chat 25 Jul \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting\n0:03:46 Presentation\n0:45:26 Questions and Answers\n1:32:54 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/finding-your-roots-in-african-american-genealogy/
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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SUMMARY:Sorting out Problem Families in Colonial Virginia Records: A Set of Tools and a Case Study
DESCRIPTION:Sorting out Problem Families in Colonial Virginia Records: A Set of Tools and a Case Study \nPresented by Dr. Bill Lindsey \nThe goal of this presentation is to offer researchers a problem-solving approach when they trace a family back to Virginia in the 1700s and discover that the ancestor they’re tracing is one of several people (usually men) found in the records of a colonial Virginia family at the same time. How do you sort those men with the same name out and identify the one who is\, documents tell you\, your ancestor? \nWhy Virginia?\n• Unlike some other colonial states (especially in New England)\, its records are very spotty\,\n• And those that do exist have often suffered tremendous damage in the two wars fought on Virginia soil.\n• So special techniques have to be developed to piece together Virginia families prior to 1790\, especially in counties with partial or absent records. \nThe presentation focuses on a case study of a Thomas Thomson  living in Louisa County\, Virginia\, in the middle of the 18th century at a point when there are multiple men named Thomas Thom(p)son living in Louisa County — men that have gotten confused with each other in published accounts. \nWilliam D. (Bill) Lindsey is a Little Rock native who holds a B.A. in English from Loyola University\, an M.A. in English from Tulane University\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in theology from the University of St. Michael’s College of the Toronto School of Theology. Among other published works\, he’s the author of Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor\, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher\, which won the Booker-Worthen prize in 2014; and (with William L. Russell and Mary Ryan) A Family Practice: The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine\, 1799-1989. \nBill maintains a genealogical blog in which his goal is to place online his research of nearly fifty years. The blog is called Begats and Bequeathals: A Southern U.S. Family Documented and is found here: https://begatsandbequeathalsasouthernusfamilydocumented.com \nSorting Colonial VA Families \nLINDSEY CHAT-1 \nLINDSEY CHAT -2 \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:01:50 Meeting\n0:04:00 Presentation\n1:07:49 Questions and Answers\n1:23:52 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/sorting-out-problem-families-in-colonial-virginia-records-a-set-of-tools-and-a-case-study/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220627T183000
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SUMMARY:The Apple Blossom\, The Underappreciated Career of Vada Shield and the Titan II Missile Explosion
DESCRIPTION:The Apple Blossom\, The Underappreciated Career of Vada Shield and the Titan II Missile Explosion \nPresented by James L. ‘Skip’ Rutherford III \nEver wonder about things that happened\, OR things that didn’t happen that affected ALL Arkansans?  Well\, Skip Rutherford has had a front row seat to his share of some of the biggest events in recent Arkansas history. \nSkip Rutherford is Dean Emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock\, the nation’s first to offer a Master of Public Service (MPS) degree. Rutherford served as Dean from 2006-2021.  Prior to becoming Dean\, he coordinated the planning\, construction and opening of the Clinton Presidential Library and Park in Little Rock. \nA graduate of the University of Arkansas\, he received the Journalism Department’s first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has an extensive private sector background in communications and public relations. He has served as a visiting professor at Lyon College\, University of Arkansas\, University of the Ozarks\, and the University of Central Arkansas and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Hendrix College. \nHe serves on the Board of Trustees at Lyon College\, the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) and the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital System.  He was the founding chair of the advisory board of the Arkansas School for Mathematics\, Science and the Arts in Hot Springs. \nHe has been named “Headliner of the Year” by the Arkansas Press Association; “Arkansan of the Year” by the Arkansas Broadcasters Association; “Arkansan of the Year” by the Arkansas Times; and was recognized as “Tourism Person of the Year” at the Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism. \nHe and his wife\, Billie\, are the parents of three adult children and have two grandchildren. They are members of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church where he co-teaches a young adult Sunday School class\, is a past chairman of the Board of Stewards and co-chaired the church’s centennial.  Skip co-owns and manages two family farms in Independence and Jackson counties. \nSkip Rutherford chat \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\nMeeting\nPresentation\nQuestions and Answers\nEnd
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/the-apple-blossom-the-underappreciated-career-of-vada-shield-and-the-titan-ii-missile-explosion/
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CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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SUMMARY:History of Oakland Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:History of Oakland Cemetery \nPresented by Mike Hood \nMichael Hood\, Civil Engineering Manager for the City of Little Rock\, will present a program June 13th for the Heritage Seekers Club virtual lecture series on the history of the State Hospital and a real-life Halloween ghost story of the fate of the old State Hospital Cemetery. \nMichael Hood has been a regular program participant for the Pulaski County Historical Society since 2010.  Past presentations include In Search of the Little Rock Maumelle and Western Railroad;  Westward from Little Rock\, Early Roads and Places; Tour of Western Pulaski County\, Halstead\, Pleasant Grove and Walnut Grove; Historical Firsts for the Town of Little Rock; and a Tour of the Oakland and Fraternal Cemetery.  (Stay tuned for an event including Mike at Oakland in the spring) \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting\n0:00:20 Presentation\n1:09:00 Questions and Answers\n1:12:33 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/history-of-oakland-cemetery/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220509T183000
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SUMMARY:What Can You Find in the 1950 Census - and HOW?
DESCRIPTION:“What Can You Find in the 1950 Census – and HOW?\npresented by Diana Crisman Smith \nWe’ve been anxiously awaiting the 1950 U.S. Federal Census. Now it’s here – do you know what to do with it? We’ll look at how to figure out who you want to find; how to locate them in the census; the differences between the various sites hosting the census; what’s in the census; where to find more information and help; and answer some questions that you may have already encountered. \nDiana Crisman Smith has been researching since childhood and has served as a lay librarian at her local Family History Center for more than 20 years. She has been active as a researcher\, speaker\, writer and teacher since the 1980s.\nSince 2010 she has written online courses on a variety of topics including: Land Records\, Civil War Pension Records\, Military Records\, Death Records\, RootsMagic\, Danish Research Basics and Scandinavian Research. She currently has two courses at Lisa Alzo’s ResearchWriteConnect Academy; Using City Directories and Vital Events 101\, with more to come. She has also done crash courses on her favorite Midwestern states.\nShe has written for numerous genealogical publications\, including current regular columns in the National Genealogical Society News Magazine and the Association of Professional Genealogists’ APG Quarterly and contributions to a wide range of local and national periodicals). Diana penned a genealogy column that ran for two years in the 27 editions of the Cleveland (Ohio) Sun Newspapers and is the listed author of Finding Your Danish Ancestors: A Primer for Research & History from Heritage Productions\, Toronto\, Canada.\nDiana and her late husband enjoyed speaking at conferences around the country (and at sea) for the past 30+ years and she is now expanding her genealogical endeavors—speaking\, writing\, teaching and researching—after concluding a career in software consulting. She hopes to get back to sea for another genealogy cruise one of these days. \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting\n0:00:00 Presentation\n1:09:29 Questions and Answers\n1:11:36 End\n\nWHAT CAN YOU FIND IN THE 1950 CENSUS AND HOW
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SUMMARY:Genealogy for Genealogists: "A Refresher Course”
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Genealogy for Genealogists: “A Refresher Course”\nby Russell Baker of Heritage Seekers\nToday we literally live in a new world. What old skills do we need to refresh and what new ones do we need to learn\, as we decide what new information to believe and what to be skeptical of? \nRUSSELL P. BAKER\, archivist\, lecturer\, historian\, teacher\, and author\, is a native of Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville\, where he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received a B. A. in History in 1967. In 1985 he earned a M. A. degree in Public History by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 2009\, he retired after nearly 40 years with the Arkansas State Archives in Little Rock\, where he was that institution’s Archival Manager. When he retired\, he was Arkansas’s senior archivist. It’s not uncommon to have a “Russell sighting” at the archives.  Over the years\, he has taught history and archival courses at several local colleges and universities\, including UALR and Pulaski County Technical College. \nMr. Baker the author of several award winning historical and genealogical publications. His Historical Directory of Arkansas Post Offices 1832 – 1971 and Arkansas Township Atlas are modern classics. During his professional career\, he has contributed articles on genealogy\, southern history\, and religion to local\, regional\, and national publications. He is also the author of a number of articles for the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Over the years\, he has been a frequent lecturer on modern family history research theory at regional and national genealogical conferences. He is a life member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and has served on its board of directors for five decades. He is a past president of that organization and he has been editor of the society’s quarterly publication\, the Arkansas Family Historian since 2013. \nHe is a member of the Vimy Ridge Missionary Baptist Church in Alexander\, Arkansas\, where he has served as a Sunday school teacher and church organist for over thirty years. Currently\, he is that congregation’s church clerk.  Russell is also a long-standing friend of Heritage Seekers and a favorite guest speaker. \nApril 25 chat \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:23 Meeting\n0:03:40 Presentation\n0:49:24 Questions and Answers\n1:31:41 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/beginning-genealogy-for-genealogists-a-refresher-course/
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CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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SUMMARY:Preparing to Write
DESCRIPTION:Preparing to Write\nby Craig Roberts Scott \nThis discussion deals with the situation\, the environment\, the psychology and setting the mood in order to write. There is no one solution that fits all\, but there are questions that you can determine the answers to\, that will help you figure out why sometimes you can and sometimes you just can’t. Writing is a social activity. We write for others. Usually in solitude. Isn’t that a contradiction? Sometimes we might write for us and us alone. \nCraig Roberts Scott\, MA\, CG\, FUGA is the author of seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly\, the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books\, Inc.\, a genealogical publishing firm with over 8\,500 titles in print. A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years\, he specializes in military records\, problem-solving\, Quakers\, and publishing. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. He is a former Treasurer and Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. \nHe has been a faculty member or coordinator of research tracks in the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research\, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy\, and the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He became a Fellow\, Utah Genealogical Association in 2014. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Guided Research and Consultation Track\, helping students solve their brick wall problems. SLIG also hosts Craig as the subject (willing victim) of a lively discussion called\, “Stump Craig.” \nApril 11 Chat \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting\n0:00:50 Presentation\n0:49:05 Questions and Answers\n1:26:47 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/preparing-to-write/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220328T183000
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SUMMARY:Two Topics: GEDCOM and Calendar Confusion!?
DESCRIPTION:Two Topics: GEDCOM and Calendar Confusion!?\nby Scott Lee of Heritage Seekers\n#1 GEDCOM – Short for GEnealogical Data COMmunication\, GEDCOM is a file format used to transfer family tree data from one system to another. It was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). It is the universal method of transferring a family tree database from one program to another or to and from websites. Few people realize that it is a simple text file that is human-readable. This presentation will demystify this file type and teach you how to read it and even how to make simple edits. \n#2 Calendar Confusion!? – Why was Thursday\, October 4\, 1582\, followed by Friday\, October 15\, 1582\, but only in some countries? Pope Gregory XIII did not invent the Gregorian Calendar\, who did? George Washington was born on February 11\, 1731/32. So\, was he born in 1731 or 1732? Why does the date of Easter shift around\, sometimes before Passover\, sometimes after Passover\, but rarely coinciding with it? October is derived from octo\, Latin for eight\, so why is it the 10th month? Did the Russian “October Revolution” really occur in November? Why does the Hebrew calendar sometimes have 13 months? These questions and more will be answered. \nScott is a retired software engineer who has been researching his family history since 1979. He has served as an officer in several genealogical societies and lectures on genealogical topics. Currently\, he is a board member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and President of Heritage Seekers. In 1995\, he helped design the GEDCOM 5.5 standard for transporting genealogical data\, improving its syntax to be more easily read by software and fixing several issues in date specifications. He created the calendar conversion website rosettacalendar.com and his date manipulation library is used by many software packages including PHP which is used in more than half of all websites. Scott grew up in Little Rock\, Arkansas\, but his work took him to Indiana\, Oregon\, North Carolina\, and New York City. In retirement\, he\, and his wife\, Deirdre\, have returned to their families in Arkansas. \nHis career included the medical field\, engineering computer graphics\, and consulting in the process of building reliable software. In retirement\, he is working in the design of deep learning neural networks and software for genealogy. In his spare time\, he enjoys writing science fiction\, studying ancient calendars\, writing free open source software\, keeping up with the latest advances in physics and astronomy\, and of course\, researching his family history. \n2022-03-28-chat \n2022-03-28-calendars \n2022-03-28-gedcom \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:02:00 Meeting\n0:06:09 Presentation\n1:42:09 Questions and Answers\n2:07:04 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/two-topics-gedcom-and-calendar-confusion/
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CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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SUMMARY:Using Kinship Networks to Solve Genealogical Problems
DESCRIPTION:Using Kinship Networks to Solve Genealogical Problems\nby Dr Bill Lindsey\nHistorians as diverse as Peter Laslett\, Gary Mills\, and Carolyn Earle Billingsley have proposed that historical researchers should breach the artificial barrier between genealogy and “real” history. \nIn her book Communities of Kinship\, Billingsley demonstrates the significance of family history by showing how a Southern plantation family\, the Keesees\, and their kinship network extended the cotton frontier west\, moving step by step in a planned process involving back-forth communication. \nIn their book Plain Folk\, Planters and the Complexities of Southern Society\, Ricky and Annette Pierce Sherrod confirm Billingsley’s thesis and apply it to the movement of a number of families to the Red River valley region of Louisiana in the 19th century and then into Texas. \nIn his talk\, Dr Lindsey will show how the kinship network approach of Billingsley and the Sherrods can be used to solve genealogical problems in our ancestral research. \nWilliam D. (Bill) Lindsey is a Little Rock native who holds a B.A. in English from Loyola University\, an M.A. in English from Tulane University\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in theology from the University of St. Michael’s College of the Toronto School of Theology. Among other published works\, he’s the author of Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor\, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher\, which won the Booker-Worthen prize in 2014; and (with William L. Russell and Mary Ryan) A Family Practice: The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine\, 1799-1989. \nBill maintains a genealogical blog in which his goal is to place online his research of nearly fifty years. The blog is called Begats and Bequeathals: A Southern U.S. Family Documented and is found here: https://begatsandbequeathalsasouthernusfamilydocumented.com \nMarch 14meeting_saved_chat \nZoom meeting video:\n0:00:55 Meeting\n0:01:25 Presentation\n0:53:09 Questions and Answers\n1:26:24 End\n\n[/um_member_video]
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/using-kinship-networks-to-solve-genealogical-problems/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220228T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20220210T014658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T175736Z
UID:630-1646073000-1646078400@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – The Role Cemeteries Play in Recording Our Community Histories
DESCRIPTION:The Role Cemeteries Play in Recording Our Community Histories\nby Carla Hines-Coleman & Tamela Tenpenny Lewis\nThe “Dynamic Duo of Black Cemetery Preservation” \nThis presentation demonstrates the historical significance of documenting the important roles of the enslaved\, descendants of slaves and free people of color within the communities of Hensley\, Woodson\, Wrightsville\, and Sweet Home in Pulaski County\, Arkansas. It will also encourage people to protect forgotten or abandoned African American cemeteries by connecting their communities to the past through research methods using cemetery transcriptions\, slave narratives\, oral history\, and obituaries. \nPreservation of African American Cemeteries\, Inc. (PAAC) was started in January 2003 by Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis and Carla Coleman\, along with six other dedicated individuals throughout the state. Tamela is the current president. The desire of PAAC at the time of inception was to be a leader in preserving undocumented African American cemeteries\, to work with preservation societies\, cemetery associations\, cemetery caretakers\, etc. This goal was quickly met within the first years of operation. \nIn Arkansas\, Tamela and Carla are passionate about endangered African American cemeteries. They have worked tirelessly over the years spreading the word about African American cemeteries and their need for preservation. The pair were featured in a documentary entitled\, Silent Storytellers\, featured on AETN. The Documentary explores the history\, culture and importance of preserving Arkansas’s cemeteries. The documentary also demonstrates Tamela and Carla’s vast knowledge about historical preservation and the importance of documenting history. With a membership base that spans Arkansas and across the US\, one would have to speak with each organization affiliated with PAAC to get a full understanding on how the efforts of these two women has changed the culture of cemetery preservation and created a renewed awareness about African American heritage in Arkansas. \nTamela Tenpenny-Lewis is co-founder and president of Preservation of African American Cemeteries\, Inc. (PAAC). She has served as the national president of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society and was also a charter member and first chapter president of the Arkansas Chapter. The recipient of the AAHGS James Dent Walker Honorary Lifetime Membership Award\, Tamela is also the recipient of the (AGS) Association for Gravestone Studies; Oakley Certificate of Merit and an Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy Award presented by the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas. \nCurrently\, she serves on the boards of the Arkansas Humanities Council and Friends of the Arkansas State Archives. She serves as the Scholarship Chair for the ASU- Strong Turner Alumni Association. Tamela is a 41-year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc. She resides in Little Rock\, AR\, is the daughter of Samuel & Evelyn Tenpenny\, wife of Judious Lewis\, and proud parent of Student Doctor\, Taylor Lewis. \nCarla is a retired production associate from Avaya Inc. She is a (private) genealogical and historical research consultant. Carla also serves on the boards of Oakland & Fraternal Cemeteries\, the Arkansas Genealogical Society and Arkansas’ Black History commission. She is also affiliated with the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society\, Union Cemetery Project\, PAAC. Black Cemeteries Uncovered\, PAAC\, Compiler\, African American Funeral Homes + more. \nPAAC also (pre-Covid) took regular road trips to Civil Rights historic sites\, etc. Both are members of Heritage Seekers. \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:03:34 Meeting\n0:10:50 Presentation\n1:52:33 Questions and Answers\n2:20:11 End\n\nCopy of Chat from the meeting
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-the-role-cemeteries-play-in-recording-our-community-histories/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20220115T173632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T192406Z
UID:620-1644258600-1644264000@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Brick Wall Challenge PART TWO! Stump Craig!
DESCRIPTION:Brick Wall Challenge PART TWO! Stump Craig!\nby Craig Roberts Scott \n“Stump Craig” is an opportunity to interact with a bonafide know-it-all\, genealogically speaking. He is willing to help solve any genealogical problem. He won’t find your great-grandfather\, but he can help YOU find him! \nGet busy NOW & dig out your toughest\, wildest\, craziest\, confusing\, most dysfunctional\, oldest\, newest\, dead-end\, forgotten family secrets\, genealogical challenges! Especially military questions! (Any war or National Archives questions) \nYou will be able to speak with Craig and show him your problem. \nINSTRUCTIONS! \nRemember time will be limited…. so make your time count! Be organized. \nFeel free to share a screen with a Power Point or simply ask a question. \nYou do not have to sign up ahead of time and there is no deadline to sign up.\n>>> People are already reserving a spot. <<< \nIf you know you have a brick wall to present- please sign up now (Mary’s email below) Something of a head count would be nice. \nIf you require coaching on Zooming\, etc- contact Mary (email below) \nListen to other challenges – they will all be of interest. \nBe considerate of time so others can ask questions. \nThis is going to be fun! Bring on your toughest questions as it is impossible to “Stump Craig!” \nAny questions? Mary argardengoddess@att.net \nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:02:52 Meeting\n0:05:18 Presentation\n2:28:25 Questions and Answers\n2:39:49 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/brick-wall-challenge-part-two-stump-craig/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20220115T172507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T204854Z
UID:616-1643049000-1643054400@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Find-A-Grave: How does all that information get in there?
DESCRIPTION:Find-A-Grave: How does all that information get in there?\nby Richard Theilig \nWhile we can’t possibly go over all of the ways you might use this free online resource\, we can hopefully cover at least the ways you can help yourself and fellow researchers\, the next time you are at a cemetery\, to locate the final resting place of their ancestors and loved ones. We will try to cover how you can search\, add and update grave records and photos to the database to make it easier for everyone to find a grave. \nRichard has been doing genealogy for his family for the better part of the last 35 years. Much of his family tree was passed down to him from grandparents on both sides of his family. All of his extended family knows that if they have births\, deaths\, family documents\, photos\, etc… that they want preserved\, they make sure it finds its way to Richard. He digitizes it and make it all available to everyone via Ancestry on a shareable online space. \nRichard does a lot of volunteer work in cemeteries. He finds them to be peaceful\, reflective places full of history and memories. His family has often gone on vacations specifically to visit cemeteries\, whether they contain relatives known to them or not. In fact\, he has been known to stop at a seemingly abandoned cemeteries along some lonely county roads just to make sure the cemetery has been recorded in the Find-A-Grave database. Most often\, at least some of the markers are recorded\, sometimes with photos\, sometimes not. He makes it his mission to make sure these “lost” souls are recorded with the hope that their families can now find them. \nRichard is a member of Heritage Seekers and associate director at Laman Library in North Little Rock. \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nSorry\, the video of this meeting did not record correctly and is not available.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/find-a-grave-how-does-all-that-information-get-in-there/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20220103T175447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T222701Z
UID:613-1641839400-1641844800@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting - Black and White and Read Online: Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research
DESCRIPTION:Black and White and Read Online: Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research\nby Diana Crisman Smith \nHave you enhanced your research by using newspapers? Have you found those “lost facts or people” in newspapers? Our ancestors used them extensively to keep everyone up on the latest information – births\, deaths\, arrests\, marriages\, and many other items. This presentation will discuss where to find newspapers online\, with a few tricks for maximizing your time and efforts.” \nDiana Crisman Smith currently lives in Cape Coral\, Florida and has been researching since childhood and has served as a lay librarian at her local Family History Center for more than 20 years. She has been active as a researcher\, speaker\, writer and teacher since the 1980s. \nSince 2010 she has written online courses on a variety of topics including: Land Records\, Civil War Pension Records\, Military Records\, Death Records\, RootsMagic\, Danish Research Basics and Scandinavian Research. She currently has two courses at Lisa Alzo’s ResearchWriteConnect Academy; Using City Directories and Vital Events 101\, with more to come. She has also done crash courses on her favorite Midwestern states. \nShe has written for numerous genealogical publications\, including regular columns in the National Genealogical Society News Magazine and the Association of Professional Genealogists’ APG Quarterly and contributions to a wide range of local and national periodicals). Diana penned a genealogy column that ran for two years in the 27 editions of the Cleveland (Ohio) Sun Newspapers and is the author of Finding Your Danish Ancestors: A Primer for Research & History from Heritage Productions\, Toronto\, Canada. \nDiana and her late husband enjoyed speaking at conferences around the country (and at sea) for the past 30+ years and she is now expanding her genealogical endeavors—speaking\, writing\, teaching and researching—after concluding a career in software consulting. She hopes to get back to sea for another genealogy cruise one of these days. \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text\nHandout: Black and White and Read Online \n 
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-black-and-white-and-read-online-using-newspapers-for-genealogical-research/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211213T223459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T023023Z
UID:604-1639420200-1639425600@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Arkansas State Insane Asylum and Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Arkansas State Insane Asylum and Cemetery\nby Mike Hood \nMichael Hood\, Civil Engineering Manager for the City of Little Rock\, will present a program December 15th for the Heritage Seekers Club virtual lecture series on the history of the State Hospital and a real-life Halloween ghost story of the fate of the old State Hospital Cemetery. \nThe state insane asylum was first known as the Arkansas Lunatic Asylum in 1873. The asylum treated individuals suffering from mental illness\, epilepsy\, birth defects\, learning disabilities\, and the effects of old age. Many had committed criminal offenses. All were there through a judge’s order. In those days\, the treatment of the mentally ill and handicapped persons was crude by modern standards. In most cases\, sedation or electric shock therapy was the only medical treatment available. Most patients remained there for the rest of their lives and many were buried on state property. \nMichael Hood has been a regular program participant for the Pulaski County Historical Society since 2010. Past presentations include In Search of the Little Rock Maumelle and Western Railroad; Westward from Little Rock\, Early Roads and Places; Tour of Western Pulaski County\, Halstead\, Pleasant Grove and Walnut Grove; Historical Firsts for the Town of Little Rock; and a Tour of the Oakland and Fraternal Cemetery. (Stay tuned for an event with Mike at Oakland in the spring) \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:09:12 Presentation\n0:51:35 Questions and Answers\n1:27:04 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/arkansas-state-insane-asylum-and-cemetery/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211011T195940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T021002Z
UID:587-1638815400-1638820800@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – Show 'n Tell
DESCRIPTION:Show ‘n Tell \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:00:00 Meeting Starts\n2:01:57 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-show-n-tell/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211203T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210110T184415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T184615Z
UID:361-1638532800-1638536400@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Sandwiching in History Tour: Gibb-Altheimer House (Second Gibb House) Arch Street\, Little Rock
DESCRIPTION:Sandwiching in History Tour: Gibb-Altheimer House (Second Gibb House) Arch Street\, Little Rock\nDecember 3 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.\nThis house\, with an impressive front porch designed as an elaborate portico topped by a triangular pediment\, was designed by local architect Frank W. Gibb to serve as his own home. Completed in 1906\, the house’s design was similar to the Arkansas Building\, also designed by Gibb\, for the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. Gibb and his wife\, Mary Newton Gibb\, a prominent local suffragette\, would live in the home until 1911\, when the home was sold to Maurice Altheimer\, a prominent local financier\, merchant\, planter\, and member of the influential Altheimer family of Jefferson County\, Arkansas. Today\, the house continues to be a private\, single-family home.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/sandwiching-in-history-tour-gibb-altheimer-house-second-gibb-house-arch-street-little-rock/
LOCATION:Facebook Live\, AR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211122T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211120T205204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T000347Z
UID:599-1637605800-1637611200@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting - "Unexpected Treasure:"  Using Church & Religious Records in American Genealogical Research
DESCRIPTION:“Unexpected Treasure:” Using Church & Religious Records in American Genealogical Research\nby Russell Baker \nChurch records can sometimes be overlooked (like “where” are they?) in genealogy. Sometimes they may be the only records of birth\, marriage\, deaths or more for our families. Even in burned counties\, church records can survive. Not to mention lost censuses or other such catastrophies. Russell Baker is an expert in exactly that (among numerous other things) Glad to have Russell back! \nRUSSELL P. BAKER\, archivist\, lecturer\, historian\, teacher\, and author\, is a native of Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville\, where he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received a B. A. in History in 1967. In 1985 he earned a M. A. degree in Public History by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 2009\, he retired after nearly 40 years with the Arkansas State Archives in Little Rock\, where he was that institution’s Archival Manager. When he retired\, he was Arkansas’s senior archivist. Over the years\, he has taught history and archival courses at several local colleges and universities\, including UALR and Pulaski County Technical College. \nMr. Baker the author of several award winning historical and genealogical publications. His Historical Directory of Arkansas Post Offices 1832 – 1971 and Arkansas Township Atlas are modern classics. During his professional career\, he has contributed articles on genealogy\, southern history\, and religion to local\, regional\, and national publications. He is also the author of a number of articles for the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Over the years\, he has been a frequent lecturer on modern family history research theory at regional and national genealogical conferences. He is a life member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and has served on its board of directors for five decades. He is a past president of that organization and he has been editor of the society’s quarterly publication\, the Arkansas Family Historian since 2013. \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:04:20 Meeting Starts\n0:10:12 Presentation\n0:51:00 Questions and Answers\n1:24:27 Post-meeting\n2:14:59 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-unexpected-treasure-using-church-religious-records-in-american-genealogical-research/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210110T194233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T194233Z
UID:374-1636617600-1636822800@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Mountain View Bluegrass Festival
DESCRIPTION:Mountain View Bluegrass Festival – Nov 11 -13\, 2021\nFeaturing: The King James Boys\, Ralph Stanley II\, Dave Adkins\, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out\, Kody Norris Show\, SideLine\, Shannon Slaughter\, Gravel Yard Bluegrass Band\, The Ellis Family\, Spillwater Drive and more!
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/mountain-view-bluegrass-festival/
LOCATION:Mountian View\, AR\, Mountain View\, AR\, 72560\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211108T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211108T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211011T195516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T170252Z
UID:583-1636396200-1636401600@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – Family Tree Maker: Discussion with the Pros
DESCRIPTION:Family Tree Maker: Discussion with the Pros\nby Mark Olsen\, Family Tree Maker Ambassador \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-family-tree-maker-discussion-with-the-pros/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211105T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210110T184158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T184158Z
UID:359-1636113600-1636117200@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Sandwiching in History Tour: Historic Argenta\, North Little Rock
DESCRIPTION:Sandwiching in History Tour: Historic Argenta\, North Little Rock\nNovember 5 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.\nThe Argenta Historic District in downtown North Little Rock\, Arkansas\, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is a commercial and residential area that represents the history of the growth of North Little Rock\, known at one point as Argenta after local silver deposits\, during the early 20th century. After a period of decline in the 1960s and 1970s\, a push for historic preservation and economic development in the 1990s helped to revitalize this historic neighborhood. Join us as we explore the historic commercial core of downtown North Little Rock in cooperation with Argenta Downtown Council.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/sandwiching-in-history-tour-historic-argenta-north-little-rock/
LOCATION:Facebook Live\, AR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211025T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211025T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211011T193252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T223053Z
UID:581-1635186600-1635192000@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – What Cha' Waiting For?  I'm Waiting For The 1950 U. S. Census To Drop In April!
DESCRIPTION:What Cha’ Waiting For? I’m Waiting For The 1950 U. S. Census To Drop In April!\nby Rhonda Stewart \n“The 1950 U. S. Census asked forty-two questions about the population of America and twenty-six questions concerning housing of Americans. Imagine the details you can uncover about your relatives!” \nA native of the “South End” neighborhood of Little Rock\, Arkansas\, Rhonda C. Stewart graduated from Parkview Senior High. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a Public Relations emphasis at Arkansas State University\, Jonesboro. She has a Master’s in Public History from UALR. She is the genealogy and local history specialist with the Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies for the past sixteen years. She is the daughter of Edward & Louise Stewart Shields and Louis Villery of Lake Charles\, Louisiana\, the granddaughter of Willie and Lillie Toombs. Her family roots date to 1895 in the city of Little Rock and 1825 in the state of Arkansas. She is a sixth generation female born to Arkansas soil. \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:09:04 Meeting Starts\n0:13:57 Presentation\n0:46:18 Questions and Answers\n1:29:08 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-what-cha-waiting-for-im-waiting-for-the-1950-u-s-census-to-drop-in-april/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211024
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210110T175044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T175044Z
UID:331-1634947200-1635033599@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:AGS Fall Workshop
DESCRIPTION:AGS Fall Workshop with Blaine Bettinger. More details to come.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/ags-fall-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211011T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211011T191858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T221216Z
UID:579-1633977000-1633982400@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – Tracking Ancestors Along the Great Wagon Road
DESCRIPTION:Tracking Ancestors Along the Great Wagon Road\nby Dr. Bill Lindsy \nThe primary focus of this presentation will be to provide clues for those whose ancestral research is “stuck” in some region west of Pennsylvania or Virginia\, but who have strong reason to believe that their ancestors came from one of those states\, with roots reaching back to the colonial period. The presentation will focus in particular on families that made the trek down the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania to Virginia and the Carolinas\, and then migrated west. \nThe lecture will suggest a number of approaches to bridge the gap between the period/area in which you are stuck\, and colonial Pennsylvania/Virginia. The point of the presentation will not be to provide an exhaustive overview of genealogical research in Pennsylvania and Virginia\, but to assist researchers who are beyond the beginning stage\, as they try to push backwards to Virginia and Pennsylvania. \nWilliam D. (Bill Lindsey is a Little Rock native who holds a B.A. in English from Loyola University\, an M.A. in English from Tulane University\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in theology from the University of St. Michael’s College of the Toronto School of Theology. Among other published works\, he’s the author of Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor\, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher\, which won the Booker-Worthen prize in 2014; and (with William L. Russell and Mary Ryan) A Family Practice: The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine\, 1799-1989. \nBill maintains a genealogical blog in which his goal is to place online his research of nearly fifty years. The blog is called Begats and Bequeathals: A Southern U.S. Family Documented and is found here: https://begatsandbequeathalsasouthernusfamilydocumented.com \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text\nHandouts \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:02:06 Meeting Starts\n0:05:40 Presentation\n1:02:32 Questions and Answers\n1:40:58 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-tracking-ancestors-along-the-great-wagon-road/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211011T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20211011T195731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T195731Z
UID:585-1633939200-1633971600@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting – Mapping Your Ancestors’ Land in Arkansas
DESCRIPTION:Mapping Your Ancestors’ Land in Arkansas\nby Caroline Shults \nThis is a Zoom virtual meeting. To get a link to attend\, you must:\n– be a paid member\, or\n– subscribe to our email list at https://heritageseekersar.com/subscribe/ or\n– follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/heritageseekersar.club
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-mapping-your-ancestors-land-in-arkansas/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211001T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211001T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210110T184015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T184015Z
UID:357-1633089600-1633093200@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Sandwiching in History Tour: Mount Holly Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Sandwiching in History Tour: Mount Holly Cemetery\nOctober 1 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.\nOften referred to as the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas\, Mount Holly Cemetery is the final resting place of many well-known Arkansans. This includes eleven Arkansas governors\, thirteen state Supreme Court Justices\, four US Senators\, and twenty-one Little Rock Mayors. The cemetery was created in 1843\, on land covering four square blocks in downtown Little Rock and includes some earlier grave markers that were moved to the site from older area cemeteries. This historic cemetery includes excellent examples of a wide variety of funerary art and iconography and is a peaceful oasis in the center of the busy city.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/sandwiching-in-history-tour-mount-holly-cemetery/
LOCATION:Facebook Live\, AR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210927T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210927T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210322T182634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T214315Z
UID:522-1632767400-1632772800@heritageseekersar.com
SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting - Flora\, Fauna and Faces: Reading Cemetery Symbolism
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Meeting – Flora\, Fauna and Faces: Reading Cemetery Symbolism\nby Holly Hope \nSpecial projects chairman\, Arkansas Dept of Parks\, Heritage & Tourism. \nA favorite speaker\, Holly returns to Heritage Seekers to discuss the history of symbolism on gravestones and its evolution to the forms we see today. She will touch on the most popular forms and the meanings they convey. \nHolly has worked at AHPP for 26 years. She writes articles\, National and Arkansas Register nominations\, assists constituents with questions about preserving cemeteries and documents historic properties around the state. She facilitates and organizes workshops in barn preservation and cemetery preservation. \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text \nMembers\, please login to see the video:Zoom meeting video:\n0:07:20 Meeting Starts\n0:23:50 Presentation\n1:07:00 Questions and Answers\n2:25:06 End
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-flora-fauna-and-faces-reading-cemetery-symbolism/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210903T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210903T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
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SUMMARY:Sandwiching in History Tour: Historic Downtown Searcy
DESCRIPTION:Sandwiching in History Tour: Historic Downtown Searcy\nSeptember 3 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.\nThe community of Searcy\, along the Little Red River\, was selected as the original county seat of White County in 1835. Initially developed by Israel Merrick Moore\, the town was incorporated in 1851. Today\, the historic core is dominated by the White County Courthouse\, which was completed in 1871\, and includes north and south wings added in 1912. Join us as we explore the historic commercial core of downtown Searcy in cooperation with Main Street Searcy.
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/sandwiching-in-history-tour-historic-downtown-searcy/
LOCATION:Facebook Live\, AR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arkansas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210823T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210823T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T181117
CREATED:20210322T183759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T190254Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting - Brick Wall Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Meeting – Brick Wall Challenge \nThe Brick Wall Challenge bloomed out of the Research Days at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. The Research Days are about helping people with their own research at the Butler Center. Brick Wall Challenge is about “brick walls.” We all have them. Present your brick wall for consideration and “challenge” the entire group for suggestions for what to do next\, leads to new ideas\, records you never thought of\, regional contributions\, or who knows? Hopefully\, what you learn can lead to some solutions & you might even find a cousin in the process. Start preparing to present your brick wall challenge now! \nMeeting Files:\nZoom meeting chat text
URL:https://heritageseekersar.com/event/zoom-meeting-brick-wall-challenge/
LOCATION:Zoom Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Heritage Seekers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Heritage Seekers Genealogy Club":MAILTO:info@HeritageSeekersAR.com
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