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Latest Updates

Our focus is on Little River County; her parent counties: Hempstead and Sevier, and border counties: Howard & Miller

Upcoming Meetings

The next meeting will be June 12, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at Cossatot U of A in Ashdown. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Society News

Special Thanks to..

Judith Harris, Perry Young, Wynell Choate and Jimmie Wright

for providing updates and headstone photographs of LR Co Cemeteries.

We have moved into our new room at the Two Rivers Museum. Thanks to James Sutton (electrical) and Ray & Barbara Aston (walls & ceiling) for your hard work and efforts to get this room ready for us & thanks to those who helped haul those heavy books upstairs to our room

We are compiling a database of Little River, Sevier, Howard, Hempstead & other surrounding county surnames. If you would like yours included, please send your name, email, and surnames (along with name of head, birth and death date) to Terri Buster


Website News

The 2012 Annual is now online in the members only section

Cemetery Update~ Ashdown, Ashdown Memorial Gardens, Hicks, Holy Cross and Dollarhide have been updated. Thank you Judith, Perry and Wynell!

Member's Only--We are now posting resources for most of the counties surrounding Little River. This includes Sevier, Hempstead, Miller, and Howard counties. Join today for admission to this section of the website.

Meetings are held at 6pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Cossatot U. of A., Ashdown, Arkansas.









Genealogy Research Room

Picture of Ashdown Public Library

The LRCGS genealogy research room is located in the Ashdown Public Library. We presently have a microfilm reader-printer and a wonderful collection of census and Little River County newspapers on film.

Our library is steadily growing and we have many Arkansas (and other state) genealogy resources. A copier is available at the library, should you wish to make paper copies.

Ashdown Public Library

160 E. Commerce

Ashdown, Arkansas


© 2012 LRCGS, INC
Little River County Genealogy Society
Arkansas





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1920's?

Can you identify date, location, event, and/or people?

Holman Collection, Photo copyright LRCGS, INC 2012

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Join Us

Annual membership in the Little River County Genealogical Society includes the online LRCGS Journal and free queries posted in the journal. The journal is published annually in January.

Annual dues are $20 for a household membership (for example, husband and wife), and $15 for a single membership. Membership is based on the calendar year, January 1 through December 31.

Queries are limited to 50 words each.

Please download the membership form, complete and send with your annual dues to:

LRCGS, INC. c/o Barbara Aston

P.O. Box 288

Ashdown Arkansas 71822


LRCGS 2012 Board Members

  • President ~ Jennie Lee Stone
  • Vice President ~ Vynn Stuart
  • Secretary ~ Donna Neff
  • Corresponding Secretary / Public Relations ~ Roxie Jones
  • Treasurer ~ Wynell Choate
  • Parliamentarian ~ Vyvian Spigner
  • Editor: Journal/Web/Publications ~ Terri Buster


LRCGS Journal

Published annually, each issue of the LRCGS Journal spotlights a different aspect of Little River County history. Previous spotlights have included Wilton, Peytonville, and Pine Prairie. Additionally, issues contain pictures, news articles, family histories, and research helps.

If you are interested in receiving the LRCGS Journal, please see the membership section for more details.

Historical and Genealogical societies may send an e-mail to the journal editor to inquire about an exchange program.

Look-up Requests

Look-ups are free with the exception of any copying fees. However, a small donation to the LRCGS would be greatly appreciated! Money received will go to our book fund to purchase more resources for our genealogical research room.

Available Resources:

  • Cemetery
  • Newspaper Archives
  • Census
  • Little River County Court House Documents

Directions:

  • One request per e-mail
  • Be specific with your request. Please supply full names, birth and death dates and any other known information to help narrow the research.
  • Send requests to one of the following volunteers:

    History & Genealogy in the News


    For More Information
    contact ~ Terri Buster
    ..Genealogy Junkie