[Stormcrow73]

Originally Posted by andenton06

hey stormcrow, i just got your response. ok heres how it goes. my dads mother (my grandma) was born in alaska in 1928. she was raised there and met Thomas Lloyd Morris while he was stationed there in the army. what year i have no clue. they married and moved to california where he was stationed in Monteray county or city I'm not sure. They then moved back to alaska where they had my dad in 1947, and then my uncle bobby in 1949. for some unknown reason they divorced when my dad was only 6. she then met and married someone else and came down here to georgia. she let him adopt my dad and his brothers. he is the man that I call my grandad. he raised my dad and his brothers. my grandmother refused to talk about him, and gets really upset if you even mention him. i got my dads real birth certificate and it says that his name is Thomas Lloyd Morris he was 21 in 1947 and his birthplace is Alpena, AK. Thats all we know.

I'll see what I can dig up but since that's fairly recent history there won't be a lot of public domain info. The genealogy sites haven't published census records past 1930 and the only type of post 1930 info available is social security death index records. If he happens to still be living then I probably don't have the resources or know how to find out much.

[paramour]

Originally Posted by mountaingirl75

Just wondering if anyone relocating to AR from another state is doing so because they have family history there or to you AR natives...what is your local family history? i'm interested in your stories!

Does it count if one is relocating away from AR to another state because of family history there (i.e., in AR)?

[rms455]

My Great-great-great grandfather came to Arkansas in 1818 and settled near what is now Smithville. He had moved there from Caladonia, Mo and was born in NC. My mothers side moved to Helena, Arkansas in the early 1800's but all family records were destroyed during the civil war.

[Bull Winkus]

My grandparents (Father's side) were from Tuckerman.

My grandparents & great grandparents (Mother's side) were from Marianna.

My parents raised 4 boys and a girl starting in Marianna, then Forest City, Stuttgart, Jacksonville, Minden, LA, Little Rock, Bryant, and finally W. Helena where I finished High School.

[Stormcrow73]

Originally Posted by paramour

Does it count if one is relocating away from AR to another state because of family history there (i.e., in AR)?

LOL, has the old famn damily got you down paramour??

[mountaingirl75]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow73

LOL, has the old famn damily got you down paramour??

haha!

[Cali BassMan]

My Daddy was born in Greenway, AR. He went to the pacific theater in WWII, while my grandparents moved to Broseley Mo. After the war Dad went to Broseley married my Mom and moved to Cali......
Now Wifie's Uncle has retired to Bella Vista, we went for a visit and fell in love with the beauty of the state, and the people that live there....

[northbound74]

Hmmm... I think I can get this somewhat accurate. As I get older, I wish I had payed more attention to this stuff as a kid when the grown-ups were sitting around talking about it.
My great-grandpa moved to eastern Arkansas from Illinois in a covered wagon with his two sons, and probably one of the three wives he outlived. Cars existed, but he lived his whole life without driving one. He died in 1988, at the age of 102. Him, my grandpa, and my great-uncle (I think), all farmed. I know my grandpa grew cotton. My mom and her sisters had to pick it. Not sure how far back my grandmother's family goes in Arkansas, but it's probably at least a couple of generations before her.
My grandpa from the other side was from north-central Arkansas. He somehow met and married my grandmother, who was originally from Kentucky. They lived in western Missouri most of their lives.

[Marcellus]

Well my grandmother on my mother's side had 5 daughters in arkansas and 3 of them are currently residing in arkansas. My dad met my mom in DC and two year later, I was born. We lived in DC for a while but then we moved to a few other states (My dad was in the air force) and after a house fire in Mississippi my parents decided that they'd like to live closer to my mom's family in arkansas. I know the story has a few holes but I don't really pay attention to the family history >>. I'm not born here, but I'm an Arkansan through and through

[paramour]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow73

LOL, has the old famn damily got you down paramour??

<lol> They do not bother me nearly as much now as they did some years back, mainly because I tend to be a recluse & I currently spend a helluva lot of time out-of-state. Otherwise, I cannot throw a rock without hitting a relative somewhere in the grand ole' state of AR. Not that I would be throwing rocks at anyone . . .