Wow......at last!!!! and HELP from Arkansas Rootschatters please.

[RJ_Paton]

There are a number of listings in the white pages phone book for "J* Hump*"
for Little Rock and area ,have a look at telephone listings

[loo]

Congratulations on getting this far!

Don't take this too negatively, but perhaps you should also be checking the obituaries in Little Rock.  I hope not, but this could possibly be the reason why he disappeared off the website.

There must be a voter's list or voter's registration thing somewhere.

[Llwyd]

Hi there,

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to read/reply.

Falkyrn,the site you suugest is where I obtained the address of the John Humphreys I have written to.He appears to be the only one who fitted the bill.Still I shouldn't make assumptions.

Loo,I hope he isn't dead.I would think he is around the same age as me,certainly not a great deal older anyway.

Helen,Cheers.

Phil,No I'm not giving up.I've now sent another e mail to America.

 

[MaryA]

When I was doing a similar search and just knew a few names, I checked the White Pages but when I found addresses I wrote letters, seems that was better than finding old email addresses which might not quite be dead but may not get checked as often as they used to - don't we all have some partly abandoned because of spam?

Out of half a dozen letters a couple were returned "not known at this address" so at least I could cross them off the list but one actually found the man who passed it onto his son who in turn did reply to me - by email too since I'd put one of mine in the letter.

Maybe I was just lucky, but my thought was that even if they had moved house, the new owners might just know where they had gone and forward the letter.  If somebody has an actual piece of paper in their hand I hoped it would make them feel responsible for it.

Mary

[jinks]

Just a though.

Does any of your Arkansas relatives have a business address?

I managed to trace some of my distant PYE relatives this way, and I ended up ordering a book
about their business - showing family history
from their side.

Jinks

[Llwyd]

Hi there,

Thanks Mary and Jinks.Mary, I still haven't forgotten the offer of a bevy and yes I think you were lucky.
Jinks,I know absolutely nothing of this person I am looking for.I didn't even know he existed,until I found the post on the B.B.C. web site.

I'm now in touch with the Arkansas Genealogical Society hoping they can/will help.

Cheers everyone............

[cfuller]

Did you ever find your John Humphreys? 
If not, what was the name of your common ancestor?

[Llwyd]

Hi there,

No I haven't traced him yet.

We share a common great grandfather by the name of, would you believe it,John Humphreys.

My grandfather and the grandfather of the John Humphreys I seek were brothers.

His grandfather,my great uncle,was Christmas James Humphreys.

[cfuller]

There was a Humphrey Society.  I inquired with them, but unfortunately they disbanned a few years ago.

You might try posting your search for him at www.genealogy.com.  This is a popular message board.  You can post by surname as well as location.  There is a field titled "Jump to".  Type the surname in this field and it will take you directly there.  It's worth a shot.

I wish rootschat had postings by surnames.  When you're searching a surname such as Charles, it sure would be nice if the search results didn't list everyone with the given name of Charles.

I'm from Texas.  I don't know how they do things in Arkansas, but I am not aware of voter registration information on line.

Good Luck,
cfuller