16 August 2008
adding censuses from Alabama: 1830, 1840, 1870
20 September 2006
Odds and Ends:
- Replacing some of the 1920 and 1930 Arkansas soundex info with actual
census transcriptions as I go
- Adding bits and pieces to the Oklahoma page.
13 July 2006
added 3 Missouri death certificates and uploaded corrections to some
of the Arkansas census pages
28 October 2005
added Fort Smith, Arkansas city directory information for 1906 &
1967
10 September 2005
my email addressed has changed - see the home page
8 September 2005
added more Arkansas cemetery & burial info
7 August 2005
added Arkansas WWI Soldiers
added Dawsons from Arkansas
Births Prior to 1903: 1942 Filings, Binders 2 & 3
3 August 2005
added cemetery records for several more Arkansas counties (still not
done)
1 August 2005
added cemetery records for several Arkansas counties (more to come)
27 July 2005
added 6 burials (Jackson, Cleburne and White Cos., Ark.)
24 July 2005
added Desha Co., Ark. marriage page (no
DAWSONs found)
added Ouachita Co., Ark. marriage page (3 DAWSONs found)
14 July 2005
added five new photos to (Arkansas) photo
page
26 June 2005
added 1881-2 Little Rock city directory
info
3 Oct 2004
added a guestbook
13 Sept 2004
added Arkansas 1820 census info
(reconstructed)
added Alabama census indices for 1830, 1840, & 1870
31 Aug 2004
changed site title from "Dawson Families of
Arkansas" to "Southern Dawson Families"
30 Aug 2004
added a section for LOUISIANA DAWSONs:
- Early marriages
- Claiborne Parish marriages
- census indices
11 July 2004
added 2 Izard County families to 1870
Arkansas census
22 April 2004
tweaked the homepage a bit
11 April 2004
OH census index, 1840 & 1850 (1870 &
1880 to come)
one Sebastian Co., Ark. obituary
12 Oct 2003
added remainder of 1880 MO soundex
entries
5 Oct 2003
added 1880 MO Soundex info J-L
4 Oct 2003
added to 1880 Missouri Soundex (Elizabeth - Israel and all W's)
29 Aug 2003
Benton Co., Ark. marriages 1886-1895
Clark Co., Ark. marriages 1880-1900
Clark Co., Ark. divorces through 1900 (only one)
Note: From this point
down, all info is for the state of Arkansas, unless otherwise
noted.
12 Aug 2003
added census index for:
1820 Georgia
1840 Georgia
1850 Georgia
1830 Missouri
1840 Missouri
1860 Missouri
1880 Tennessee (East and Middle)
1890 Texas Veterans
27 July 2003
added newspaper obituaries for Craighead
Co.
added 2 new obituaries to Pope Co.
1 July 2003
cleaned up a few links
added Benton Co. burials
17 June 2003
added 3 obits from Benton Co. newspapers
added 1 obit from Independence Co. newspaper
added Calhoun Co. burials
added 1 Hot Spring Co. marriage
added ages to Hot Spring Co. marriages
changed 1900 census entry for Cora DAWSON
added 1910 census entry for Richard C. DAWSON
23 Mar 2003
added MO 1890 Veterans census index
added Henry Doson 1910 census entry (Clay Co.)
corrected a 1920 census entry from Nellie to Nettie Dawson
added Clay Co. marriages and deaths found in newspaper abstracts
added Clay Co. burials
3 Feb 2003
added TX 1870 census index from a second
source, plus a few full entries
2 Feb 2003
added names from index of "Arkansas Births
Prior to 1902," Vol I
began a section of Missouri records
added more of the 1880 MO soundex (Charles W. - Elijah)
added some Missouri burials
added Missouri marriages, early to 1850
30 Jan 2003
added 1850 missouri census index
updated reunion information
20 Jan 2003
added Randolph Co. burials (22
individuals)
16 Jan 2003
corrected 1870 census entry for John J. Dawson - page
number and dwelling number were incorrect
re-organized the front page & main
page
6 Jan 2003
added one Faulkner Co. obituary
3 Jan 2003
added one Sebastian Co. obituary
21 Oct 2002
added 1930 AR Soundex transcription
22 Sep 2002
added one Sebastian Co. obituary
4 Sep 2002
added 3 Sebastian Co. obituaries
added Fort Smith city directories for the years 1953,
1956, 1957, 1959, and 1961-1964
1 Sep 2002
added 11 Sebastian Co. obituaries
added Fort Smith city directories for the years
1928/29, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1960, 1965, and
1970
27 Aug 2002
correction to Lawrence Co. marriages
corrections to 1910 and 1920 Arkansas census
added 4 Sebastian Co. obits
added Fort Smith city directory for 1921/22, 1923/4 and
1925/6
22 Aug 2002
added link to article on inventor Artemas L.
Dawson
21 Aug 2002
added a Sebastian Co. obituary
added a link to "Arkansas Dawsons" email list
18 Aug 2002
added 3 names to Crittenden Co. burials
added 1 name to 1850 census
updated reunion page
added several names to Sebastian Co. burials and
funeral home records
completed 1870 census
added 1914, 1918, and 1919/20 Fort Smith City
Directory
added 1880 Missouri soundex, A-Charles
8 August 2002
added Faulkner Co. burials
correction to an Ashley Co. marriage (A.C. Dawson, not
H.C.)
correction to Arkansas Death Index (date and county
were incorrect for John Henry Dawson d1948)
added full info on six 1870 census entries - just a few
more to go
6 July 2002
I have revamped the Arkansas portion of the site to
make it more intuitive and easier to access. The previous "new" format made
research more difficult than necessary.
added 3 Sebastian county obituaries to
Newspapers
put 6 photos in photo album
added one 1930 Arkansas census entry
2 July 2002
added Dawsons listed in the 1930 Fort Smith city
directory
29 May 2002
updated the researcher list
added census indexes for 1850 and 1860 South
Carolina.
3 Apr 2002
added Yell Co. burials
added Yell Co. newspaper abstracts
added one 1870 census entry
added a researcher to the researcher page
added a section for reunions to the researcher page
5 Feb 2002
added mortality indexes for Tennessee
added 3 families to Arkansas 1900 census
added DAUSON spelling to 1850 Tennessee census (4 families)
added census index for 1870 Missouri (except Cook Co.)
added divorce records for Sebastian Co. (Fort Smith)
added civil and chancery court records for Sebastian Co. (Fort Smith)
23 Jan 2002
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Tennessee, 1870
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Texas, 1850 through 1870
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for South Carolina, 1810
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Virginia, 1810-1830
18 Jan 2002
announced decision to begin including DAWSONs from states other than Arkansas
added Researchers page to Arkansas DAWSONs
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Georgia, 1830
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Illinois, 1860 and 1870
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Mississippi, 1830 through 1870
added DAWSONs in Census indexes for Tennessee, 1800-1860
3 Jan 2002
added 1890 Sebastian Co. reconstructed census (from tax lists, etc.)
added a lot of Sebastian Co. marriages I had somehow missed (from both
districts)
added Sebastian Co. cemetery listings from the Greenwood district
20 Dec 2001
added 1890 Personal Property Assessments for Independence county
added Independence Co. marriage records 1826-1877
added Independence Co. cemetery records
transcribed more of the 1870 census entries
12 Dec 2001
I finally got around to mentioning the gedcom
at Rootsweb.
4 Dec 2001
The 1870 Census information is now 2/3 complete.
30 Nov 2001
Arkansas Death Records 1914-1934 are now statewide
11 Nov 2001
1860 Census info now complete
9 Nov 2001
Added 1 Sebastian Co. marriage
Added 1 Crawford Co. marriage
Added 3 names to Obits (Sebastian Co.)
7 Nov 2001
Added Arkansas Death Records (statewide) 1934-1940 and removed duplicate
entries from North Central AR (so it now covers 1914-1933)
4 Nov 2001
added to Yell Co. marriages
added 2 queries to query page
added 1 Woodruff Co. marriage
26 Oct 2001
Added DAWSONs from the Arkansas State Death Index - North Central AR,
1914-1940 and (whole) State of Arkansas, 1941-1948
Added a list of DAWSONs in Arkansas Wills, earliest to 1900
Added 1890 tax lists and reconstructed censuses for several counties
Removed "Divorce" section and combined divorces with marriages for individual
counties
Added "birth notices" section
Added 2 Arkansas ministers
Added Chicot County marriage page (no DAWSON marriages found)
Added Cleburne County marriages 1883-1903 (2 couples)
Added Cleburne County cemetery listings (3 graves)
Added Conway County marriages 1851-June 1945 (16 couples)
Added Conway County cemetery listings (3 graves)
Added 1 Conway County death notice
Added Crittenden County marriage page (no DAWSON marriages found)
Added Dallas County marriages (4 couples)
Added Drew County marriages 1847-1861 (1 couple)
Added Faulkner County marriages 1883-1924 (16 couples)
Added Garland County cemetery listings (5 graves)
Added Jackson County cemetery listings (4 graves)
Updated Jackson County marriages to 1907
Added Jackson County divorces (1 couple)
Added 3 death notices from Jackson County
Added Madison County marriages (1 couple)
Added Pope County marriages 1830-1919 (20 couples)
Added Pope County divorces to 1974 (3 couples)
Added Pope County cemetery listings (5 graves)
Added 1 Pope County obituary
Added Scott County marriage page (no DAWSON marriages found)
Added Searcy County marriage page (no DAWSON marriages found)
Added Van Buren County marriages 1865-1940 (3 couples)
Added a birth notice and a death notice from Van Buren County
Added 2 Van Buren County notices to "Newspaper Articles"
Added Van Buren county cemetery listings (1 grave)
Added Van Buren County Deeds Recorded 1860-1947
Added White County marriages up to 1940
Added White County divorces through 1945 (5 couples)