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PRESS RELEASE FROM FAITH RILEY OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL ARCHIVES



SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL ARCHIVES

MERGES WITH  ARKANSAS HISTORY COMMISSION

(This story also announces SARA’s 3rd Annual Genealogy Fair



PLEASE RUN ASAP           OK TO RUN AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE



 Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives (SARA) in Washington, AR has merged with
the Arkansas History Commission (AHC) which is the state archives located in
Little Rock.  Wendy Richter has succeeded Dr. John Ferguson as director of the
AHC.  The AHC is a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.
SARA will remain in Washington at its present location.

The SARA Foundation, Inc. (formerly Friends of SARA) Board of Directors will
formally hand over SARA to the AHC during a ceremony at the Third Annual SARA
Genealogy Fair on October 29 in the 1914 Schoolhouse at Old Washington
Historic State Park.

Dr. Louis Stubbs, long time board member from Sevier County, will host the
ceremony.  Invited speakers are Dr. John Ferguson; Mildred Smith, a founder;
Mary Medearis, first SARA director; Wendy Richter; Richard Davies, Director of
the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism; and Greg Butts, Director of
State Parks.

In honor of this momentous occasion and in gratitude to all those who
supported SARA throughout its 27-year history, the SARA Foundation, Inc. will
cover all expenses for the genealogy fair.  Lunch and workshops are all
offered at no charge.

All workshops will be conducted by staff members of the AHC.  Here is the
schedule:

10-11:20 Room One: One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Gleaning Information
from Arkansas Photographs by Lynn Ewbank and Voices of the Dead: Extracting
Genealogical Information from Arkansas Cemetery and Death Records by April
Goff.  Room Two: The Longley Family, A Case Study: Learning About Those
Elusive African American Ancestors by Christine Longley Gatewood and A Lasting
Arkansas Legacy: Preserving Family Heirlooms by Julienne Crawford.

11:30  Handover Ceremony followed by lunch

1:30  The workshops listed above will be repeated.

Certificates of attendance will be provided for teachers.

All genealogical and historical societies in SW Arkansas are invited to have a
vendors table at no charge.  Notify Faith Riley or Gail Martin at 870-983-2633
or friley@southwestarchives.com to reserve a space.  Visit our website at
www.southwestarchives.com