Genealogy
Family Index – location and annotation information from Vertical File and other material available in the library. There are over 340 pages in the index.
The Katie Murdoch Genealogy and History Room is located in the Russellville Headquarters Library
To access HeritageQuest Online, you must log into your patron account here, then click on the HeritageQuestOnline link.
For information about requesting genealogy and research information see: Katie Murdoch Genealogy and History Room Research Policy
E-Mail requests to: information@popelibrary.org
New Books for July and August 2009
Non-Circulating
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 33: Orange 1822-1850, Oxford 1798-1850 and Plainfield 1699-1852 ed. by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 34: Plymouth 1795-1850 and Pomfret 1705-1850 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume36: Portland 1841-1850, Prospect 1827-1853, Redding 1767-1852 and Ridgefield 1709-1850 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 37: Rocky Hill 1765-1854, Roxbury 1796-1835, Salem 1836-1852 and Salisbury 1741-1846 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 39: Sherman 1802-1850 and Simsbury 1670-1855 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 40: Somers 1734-1850, Southbury 1787-1830, Southington 1779-1857 and South Windsor 1845-1851 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 41: Sterling 1794-1850 and Stratford 1639-1840 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 42: Stamford 1641-1852 edited by Lorraine Cook White.
Chester County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I: Deed Books A-F, 1785-1799 [1768-1799] by Brent H. Holcomb.
The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Second Series, Volumes I through XI. (containing Higher Court Records, Executive Council Records)
Columbia County, Arkansas Obituary Index: 1948-2004 comp. by Marcia Chapman, ed. by Rebecca Wilson.
Emigrants from Saxony (Grandduchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) to America, 1854, 1859 by Clifford Neal Smith.
Emigrants from the Former Ant Danne, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States, 1830-1849 by Clifford Neal Smith.
Emigrants from the Principality of Hessen-Hanau, Germany, 1741-1767 by Clifford Neal Smith.
Emigrants from the West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe 1712, 1737, 1787 translated by Clifford Neal Smith.
Family Maps of Carroll County, Mississippi by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of Dallas County, Missouri by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of St. Clair County, Missouri by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of Texas County, Missouri by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of Wright, Missouri by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of Yalobusha County, Mississippi by Gregory Boyd.
From Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists by Clifford Neal Smith.
Genealogical Abstracts from Spartanburg County, South Carolina Newspapers, 1872-1879 comp. by Larry Vehorn.
Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States by Christina K. Schaefer.
Historic Photos of Little Rock by Kimberly Reynolds Rush.
Index to Death Notices Appearing in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (8 volumes) compiled by Oscar G. Russell.
Index to Death Notices Appearing in the Arkansas Gazette, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1960, 1990, 1991(8 volumes ) compiled by Oscar G. Russell
A Long, Hard Road to Freedom by Petrus Lai Nguyen and Derlyne Gibson.
Master Index for Tombstones in all Madison County, Arkansas Cemeteries compiled by Joy Russell.
My Consanguinity and Affinity by James Wilbur Real.
Nineteenth-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, to Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and the United States of America by Clifford Neal Smith
North End Papers, 1618-1880, Newport, Massachusetts: Development of the North End of the City by Oliver B. Merrill.
Steadfast To the Last: South Carolina Soldiers and Citizens Paroled with the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee at Appomattox C.H., VA and Greensboro, NC April 9th and 26th, 1865 by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr.
Tombstone Records of Chester County, South Carolina and Vicinity, Volume I: Compiled from Old Family and Abandoned Church Graveyards by Louise Kelly Crowder.
Transcriptions of Provincial North Carolina Wills, 1663-1729/30: Volume 1, A-K by John A. Brayton.
Transcriptions of Provincial North Carolina Wills, 1663-1729/30: Volume 2, Testators L through Z by John A. Brayton.
The Weeks Family: As We Have Found It by Carol D. Anderson and Susan J. Weeks.
Winton (Barnwell) County, South Carolina Minutes of County Court And Will Book 1: 1785-1791 by Brent H. Holcomb.
Wootens of Leake County, Mississippi by R. K. & M. W. Wooten.
Circulating
Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris.
Collaborations: Two Decades of African American Art : Hearne Fine Art 1988-2008.
Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans (second edition) by John Philip Colletta.
Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy by Dan Rottenberg.
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors: How to find and record your unique heritage by Franklin Carter Smith & Emily Anne Croom.
Historic Photos of Little Rock by Kimberly Reynolds Rush
Innocent Blood: Essential Narratives of the Mountain Meadows Massacre (Kingdom in the West: Mormons and the American Frontier, Volume 12) ed. by David Bigler and Will Bagley.
Jim Crow America: A Documentary Story by Catherine M Lewis and Richard Lewis.
Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity by Leigh H. Edwards.
Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government ed. by Janine A. Parry and Richard P. Wang.
Something to Write Home About: Memories From a Presidential Diarist by Janis F. Kearney.
New Books for June
Non-Circulating
Abstracts From Marengo County, Alabama Newspapers (1840-1910) comp. by Larry E. Caver, Jr.
Autauga County, Alabama Cemetery Records: Eastern Section comp. by Autauga Genealogical Society.
Autauga County, Alabama Cemetery Records: Western Section comp. by Autauga Genealogical Society.
Chester County, South Carolina Will Abstracts: 1787-1838 [1776-1838] by Brent H. Holcomb.
Cleburne County and Its People: Volume I by Carl J. Barger.
Cleburne County and Its People: Volume II by Carl J. Barger.
Confederate Casualties of the War for Southern Independence, Volumes I and II by Betty C. Wiltshire.
Death and Marriage Notices From Autauga County, Alabama Newspapers: 1853-1889 comp. by Larry E. Caver, Jr.
Family Maps of Bradley County, Arkansas by Gregory Boyd.
Family Maps of Linn County, Missouri by Gregory Boyd.
The Heritage of Hall County, Georgia: 1818-2001.
Order of First Families of North Carolina Registry of Ancestors, Volumes 1 & 2 by John A. Brayton.
Perseverance: A Biography of Captain Richard Eggleston Wilbourn, Chief Signal Officer, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia by Walter Earl Waddell.
Scott County, Arkansas (Images of America series) by Wanda M. Gray.
South Carolina’s Royal Grants, Volume One: Grant Books 1 through 9, 1732-1761 by Brent H. Holcomb.
South Carolina’s Royal Grants, Volume Two: Grant Books 10 through 17, 1760-1768 by Brent H. Holcomb.
South Carolina’s Royal Grants, Volume Three: Grant Books 18 through 24, 1768-1773 by Brent H. Holcomb.
The Unforgettables: People and Events of Cleburne County, Arkansas by Chastine E. Shumway.
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume II: Deed Books G-K, 1800-1811 [1769-1811] by Brent H. Holcomb.
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume III: Deed Books L-P, 1811-1820 [1770-1820] by Brent H. Holcomb.
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume IV: Deed Books Q-S, 1820-1828 [1769-1828] by Brent H. Holcomb.
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume V: Deed Books T-W, 1828-1835 [1778-1835] by Brent H. Holcomb.
West Virginia Estate Settlements: An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850 comp. by Ross B. Johnston.
York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801] by Brent H. Holcomb.
Circulating
The Barling Darling: Hal Smith in American Baseball by Billy D. Higgins with Hal Smith.
For, From, About James T. Whitehead: Poems, Stories, Photographs, and Recollections by Michael Burns.
The Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri by James F. Cherry.
Judge Richard S. Arnold: A Legacy of Justice on the Federal Bench by Polly J. Price.
Out of Innocence by Dan Skelton.
Scott County Arkansas (Images of America series) by Wanda M. Gray.
* Donated by Friends of the Pope County Library
Types of Records Available in the History and Genealogy Department
Census Records:
Microfilm – Arkansas 1830-1930 on microfilm (every county)
Index Books:
Canada West (Ontario) 1848 and 1850 (one book).
Alabama 1810-1860.
Arkansas 1830-1870.
California 1850-1860.
Connecticut 1790-1800, 1830.
Florida 1830-1850.
Georgia 1790-1870.
Illinois 1810-1850.
Indiana 1820-1850.
Kentucky 1790-1860.
Louisiana 1810-1850.
Maine 1790.
Maryland 1790-1850.
Massachusetts 1870.
Michigan 1710-1830 (in one book).
Mississippi 1810-1870.
Missouri 1820-1850.
New York 1790-1800.
New Hampshire 1790.
North Carolina 1784-1850.
Ohio 1820-1850.
Pennsylvania 1790-1850.
South Carolina 1790-1850.
Rhode Island 1790.
Tennessee 1810-1870.
Texas 1840-1870.
Vermont 1790.
Virginia 1787, 1790-1850.
Newspapers:
Arkansas Gazette – 1819-1842, 1865-1875, 1891-1895, 1936, 1969, 1988-August 1991.
Courier-Democrat – 1875-April 2005.
Dardanelle Post-Dispatch – 1900-1978.
Johnson County Graphic and Herald-Democrat – 1912-1980.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette– January 1992-March 2005.
Indian Records:
Cherokee By Blood Volumes 1-9.
1900 Census Cherokee Nation (4 rolls of microfilm).
Selected census, immigration, birth, marriage and probate records.
1880 Cherokee Nation Census Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Cherokee Guion-Miller Roll 1909.
Cherokee Dawes Roll 1898.
Military Records:
Revolutionary War:
DAR Patriot Index
Index to Revolutionary War Pensions.
Index to Lineage Books of NSDAR.
War of 1812:
1812 Ancestor Index.
Arkansas Military Bounty Land Grants.
Mexican War:
Arkansas’ Mexican War Soldiers.
Civil War:
Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers.
Arkansas 1911 Census of CSA Veterans.
Arkansas CSA Veterans Pension Index.
Arkansas’ Damned Yankees: An Index.
Arkansas Union Soldiers’ Pension Index.
Selected Regimental Histories.
Spanish-American War:
Arkansas’ Spanish-American War Soldiers.
County Records:
Pope County Courthouse Records 1830-1922.
Miscellaneous records from 68 other Arkansas counties.
Miscellaneous records from 34 other states.
Selected Holdings:
Gale’s Immigration and Passenger Index.
Swem’s Virginia Index.
DAR Library Catalog.
Index – Arkansas Wills to 1900.
Arkansas Gazette Indexes.
Arkansas Mortality Schedules 1850-1880.
Arkansas Family Historian and other Journals.
Virkus Compendium of American Genealogy.