Arkansas Genealogical Events

Central Arkansas Genealogical & Historical Society

2013-03-08T19:42:00.001-06:00

Open Research Night and New Research Equipment
Thursday, March 14, 2012,
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
2nd floor of the Arkansas Studies Institute,
100 Rock St., Little Rock.

Join us in the opportunity to actually knock down a brick wall or two...in your genealogy research, that is.

Some of the CAGHS members have decades of experience with the Arkansas Studies Institute's wonderful genealogical sources, and those attending may find just the person there who knows what resource they might try to see if their hard-to-find ancestor will come out from behind the brick walls in their family research.

Those new to genealogy - or someone who isn't yet familiar with ASI resources - will appreciate the opportunity to ask "Where should I start?" or "What should I do next?"

There will be a short training session on the new digital microfilm scanners in the research room.

2013-02-06T06:54:00.001-06:00

Graves Discovery and New Research Equipment
Thursday, February 14, 2012,
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
2nd floor of the Arkansas Studies Institute,
100 Rock St., Little Rock.

The program will begin with a report from Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park., where a large section of graves have been discovered. The methods of documenting these burials with headstones, cemetery records and newspaper obituaries will be outlined.

Later, we will provide training on new digital microfilm scanners available in the Arkansas Studies Institute. Training on the overhead document scanner also will be provided to anyone interested.

There will be time after the program for research, so come and bring a friend!

AHPP-Cemetery Preservation

2012-10-23T09:35:00.001-05:00

The AHPP will be holding its Cemetery Information Resource Fair, November 17, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th Street, Little Rock from noon to 4. Presentations and information on preservation of historic cemeteries will be available at this free fair.
Call Holly Hope at 501 324-9148 with questions.

CAGHS-November Meeting

2012-10-19T11:16:00.001-05:00

Central Arkansas Genealogical & Historical Society
November 8, 2012 - 6pm-10pm
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Located on the second floor of the Arkansas Studies Institute (ASI), at 401 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock's River Market District, please use the Clinton Ave. Entrance

“Come Join in Our Genealogy Fun Night!”

Each person will be given an a page from the 1940 Arkansas census, pick one family from that page to research in one hour. You will then have the opportunity to present what you have found and the sources you used.

Have fun; sharpen your research skills using the extensive Butler Center genealogical resources.

Remember you will be on your own, one person, one family. When we give you the census page, you must decide at that time which family you are going to research.

This will be the first of our quarterly Genealogy Fun Nights.

Each quarter the “game” will be different.

Central Arkansas Genealogical & Historical Society-September

2012-09-03T18:04:00.001-05:00

Central Arkansas Genealogical and Historical Society

September 13, 2012 6:00pm-8:00pm

Join us at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Located on the second floor of the Arkansas Studies Institute (ASI), at 401 President Clinton Ave in Little Rocks River Market District, please use the Clinton Ave, Entrance.

The program for September will be a video presentation by Tim Bingaman.

“Descendancy Research-Finding the Past in the Present”

This video demonstrates the importance of researching the whole family, not just your direct line. You could discover the missing pieces to your family puzzle. I appreciate Mr. Bingaman granting us permission to use the video at our meeting.

Don’t forget out Library Lock-In on October 5^th. It is open to members and non-members! We will have a sign up sheet at the September meeting.

CAGHS-LIBRARY LOCK IN

2012-03-28T10:40:00.006-05:00

Central Arkansas Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc

Friday, October 5, 2012 - 6pm-10pm

Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Located on the second floor of the Arkansas Studies Institute (ASI), at 401 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock's River Market District, please use the Clinton Ave. Entrance

Library Lock In

Friday, October 5^th, 2012

Pack up your research materials and head downtown to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies for an evening of undisturbed research from 6:00pm until 10:00pm. The doors will be locked at 6pm so be sure you are at the Butler Center before then.

The library computers have free access to Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest and Fold3. You can bring your laptop and use the library’s WiFi.

Ancestry is only available on the library computers, but you can access Heritage Quest and Fold3 with your library card. The Butler Center also has a wonderful genealogical book collection, Arkansas county records and Revolutionary War Pensions on microfilm. They have recently become a Family History Library Affiliate, so you can use the Family History Library Catalog to order film and have it sent to the Butler Center for your use.

There will be volunteers there to give hands on help if needed.

Visit our website caghs.net for information about our organization and membership app

Arkansas Confederate Pension Records

2011-11-12T06:43:00.000-06:00

Our Partner Project with FamilySearch is up and running. We are indexing Arkansas Confederate Pensions. If you would like to help with this project, register for a free FamilySearch account, then send me your username only. I will add you to the group. Send to jhdavenport39@gmail.com. Very first batch I indexed had a Davenport in it, in a county where I would not have expected him to be! Great records......

Arkansas Confederate Pension Indexing Project

2011-11-02T16:34:00.000-05:00

CAGHS has partnered with FamilySearch Indexing to index the Arkansas Confederate Pension files, if you are interested in helping with this exciting project, send me an email at jhdavenport39@gmail.com. We hope to go live next week. The images are online now at Familysearch.org, but the index will make them easier to access.

Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Launches New Civil War Website

2011-05-02T10:01:00.001-05:00

In conjunction with the start of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, as well as the kick off of Arkansas Heritage Month, the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is pleased to announce the launch of a new website devoted to the Civil War in Arkansas. Titled “A Nation Divided: Arkansas and the Civil War,” the site presents a wealth of information on our state’s role in its most trying conflict. The site, which has been sanctioned by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, provides easy accessibility to the Butler Center’s vast Civil War–related holdings. Of primary interest to researchers will be the large number of manuscript collection finding aids posted to the site. The finding aids, which serve as gateways to the collections, are divided into Union and Confederate sources and provide detailed descriptions as to the contents of each collection. Within the collections, researchers will find hundreds of letters, diaries, official documents, and photographs. In addition, a number of the primary materials have been digitized and placed in the site’s digital gallery. Now, Arkansas’s citizens as well as people from around the world will be able to quickly and easily view historical documents and photographs related to Arkansas’s role in the Civil War. Two of the first collections to be digitized provide information on greatly under-studied topics of the war: African American involvement and Arkansas’s Unionists. In conjunction with the annual themes developed by the Sesquicentennial Commission, we have also posted material related to the remembrance of the war in Arkansas. Other Civil War–focused resources on the site include lesson plans for teachers; lists of books, photographs, and microfilm available in our research room in the Arkansas Studies Institute; and information on the numerous online databases that we subscribe to. It is our hope that the website will not only spur research into new areas of Arkansas’s past, but that it will also broaden our overall understanding of the war and its effect on our state. Please check it out – http://www.butlercenter.org/civilwararkansas/

Monthly Genealogy Course: Finding Family Facts

2011-03-03T11:41:00.000-06:00

Every second Monday
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute, Room 204
401 President Clinton Ave.

The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.

For more information, contact the Butler Center at 501-320-5700.

Civil War Commemorative Exhibit Planned at Old State House

2010-07-17T20:33:00.000-05:00

The sesquicentennial anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War is fast approaching. The Old State House Museum, located in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, is planning an exhibit entitled An Enduring Union.
It is slated to open April 23, 2011 and run to March 2012. The exhibit will focus on why Arkansas commemorates her Civil War veterans and will feature artifacts, photographs from the museum’s collection, a video, and an accompanying exhibit brochure. The public will be able to view the photographs and artifacts on the museum.

The curator, Jo Ellen Maack, needs the public’s help with the exhibit. She is looking for artifacts and/or images relating to Confederate and Union veteran reunions in Arkansas. Any items you might donate or loan to the Old State House Museum would be appreciated.In addition to including photographs in the exhibit and all exhibit related publications, your permission would be needed for the photographs to be used in any educational resources created for the exhibit.

Those materials are made free to the public and may include, but are not limited
to interpretive brochures, lesson plans, loan boxes and other teacher resources. Any additional resources you could provide would help the museum convey a better understanding of Arkansas’s role in the Civil War and commemorate its participants.

The Old State House Museum is an American Association of Museums-accredited institution. The museum’s primary focus is Arkansas’s political history due to the fact that the building was the state’s first capitol.
Changing exhibits, each on view for about two years, focus on a variety of topics in Arkansas’s history.
If you have questions contact Jo Ellen Maack, Curator, at 501-324-8637 or email joellen@arkansasheritage.org