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From: "Johnny" <>
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Will Do Look-ups
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:32:11 -0500

Hi Rex! I've kept this on my file for a bit since I've never known to much
of the Persi Index or such...If you would do a look-up for me it will be
greatly appreciated..Surname-Cox(Charles A.,Sarah Lucinda Foster,John
Riley,Hurbert Lee,William Newton,James Riley,Ava Viola,Flora B,Annie
Ethel)Atkins,Wilson twp.Pope Co.AR &Jackson twp.Pope Co.Arkansas between
years 1903-1930's..Hope I did correctly...Johnny..
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From: Rex <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: [ARKANSAS] Will Do Look-ups


>I have the Persi 2000 index and would be glad to look-up articles by
surname or by county and state. Will then send you a list of all article
titles that match your criteria. If there are any that catch your
attention, I will be glad to make arrangeme
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>nts to get copies of any of the articles you want for a small fee to help
cover gas, parking, copies, postage, etc. The Allen Co. Library has all of
these periodicals. If you are not familiar with Persi, you need to be.
Here is a description of Persi
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>. Let me know if I can do a look-up from the index for you. Be
pre-warned, there may be a long list of matches depending on the search you
request. As an example, if you ask me for any articles pertaining to a
particular County, you are likely to get
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> a lengthy list of matches to look through. Don't get me wrong; I'll be
glad to send the list to you, and as I mentioned, can then make arrangements
to get copies of any that you feel may be helpful to you.
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>The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest and most widely used
index of articles from genealogy and local history periodical articles in
the world. PERSI began as a project of the Allen County Public Library in Ft
Wayne, Indiana. Under the
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>direction of Michael Clegg, their lofty goal was to gather all genealogical
periodicals, both past and present, and index their contents. This growing
database has become the largest dataset of its kind, and is renowned as a
key to superior genealogica
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>l research.
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>PERSI is a comprehensive subject index of periodical articles on genealogy
and local history written in English and French (Canadian entries) since
1800. The collection also includes literature dating from the 1700s,
although the collection before 1800
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>is less complete. PERSI is a work in progress--In the current May 2000
release, Allen County Public Library added more than 400,000 citations,
bringing the total number of fully searchable records to more than 1.5
million. The index catalogs almost 5,50
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>0 different periodicals, listing every article according to locality,
family (surname), and/or research method.
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>Let me know if you'd like a look-up.
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>Rex
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>I do Look-ups at the Second Largest Genealogy Library
>in the Country. Email me directly to inquire at
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