Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society
Library and Office
The MCGHS library contains a large collection of Madison County, AR history, including the printed census for every decade from 1840 through 1930 (except 1890), 150 family history books, homestead and Civil War records,
Madison County Record newspapers on microfilm from about 1900 to 1994,
information on cemeteries with a wall map showing their location,
and an ongoing obituary file on index cards taken from the newspapers.
If any of the names below fall into your line, there is a world of information that Ken has accumulated on these particular lines along with others. Be sure not to miss this. The decade dates below, refer to census and the other dates are from tax or deed records. Ken has the documentation on all the dates.
GODARD, SMALLMAN, DRAKE, CLARK, McGINNIS, MEANS, VAUGHAN
1794 Patrick Co., VA;
1815 White Co., TN;
1830 Warren Co., TN;
1840 Washington Co., ARK;
1850 & 1860 Madison Co., ARK;
1870 Washington Co., ARK;
1880 Benton Co.,ARK;
1890 Madison Co., ARK;
1895-1903 Grayson Co.,TX;
1903 Lincoln Co., OK;
Roy Andrew's "DRAKE FAMILY GENEALOGY WORLD WIDE", is a site you simply must visit. Tons of information can be gathered here from others who have submitted information in different catagories to be a part of the fine pages Roy has put together. Such catagories such as, Drake History, Drake Databases, Drake Researchers Websites, The Drake Exchange(which incidently is hosted by our fine leader, Barb Marshall), Drake Reference Library, Drake Enquirys, "Rouge" Gallery, and Databases A-Z Breakdown.
Randy T. Easton has just updated his web page with about a few hundred Drakes, from Nicholas Drake on down, 1200's to 1800's . Those of you who need a connection, take a look! There is a huge amount of documentation provided in these wonderfully created documents. There might just be that little bit of information you have been seeking for low these many years, that will complete your own genealogy line.
The next link is one that is packed with over 5000 names. This is an accumulation of over 20 years of genealogy work. Jerri McCoy states that she is slowly getting her sources attached to the information, but it is taking time. This is a very well planned and formatted Web Page. She has it so indexed that you can move through the information very quickly. Don't miss the opportunity to search out the possibility of finding information which will benefit you, as you go through the agonizing process which genealogy searches provide you.
After all else has failed in locating your ancestors, just Click on Ancestor Search below, and this will take you to one of the greatest sites for locating your ancestors found anywhere else.
It searches multiple genealogical databases from one site. Simply
fill in an ancestor's name, click on which of the seven databases you wish to search and then MultiGen does the search for you. To search the additional databases simply click BACK in your Web browser and then click on the next database in the list. Databases included are: Ancestry.com, Family Tree Maker, Gendex, Genealogy.com, JewishGenFamilyFinder, Kindred Korrections, and LDS Family Search.
