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Surnames: Wilson, Haislip, etc.
Classification: Query
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Thanks for the offer. Paul Haislip Wilson was born in Arkadelphia on 22 July 1900. Paul
listed his parents as Frank and Francis Wilson (nee Haislip) on his Social Security
application. I wonder if there are newspaper records -- a birth announcement, for instance
-- for this birth. I also have a marriage license which shows that J.P. Wilson, 28, and
Fannie Haislip, 22 or 27, married in Arkadelphia on 21 June 1899. I wonder if there is
some mention of this in the newspaper. I guess I should add that one of Paul's sons,
Pauls Jr., indicated that Paul Sr.'s natural father died when Paul Sr. was 15 years
old in 1915. I suppose it's possilbe that J.P. was Paul Sr.'s natural father.
Could Frank be his adopted father or perhaps it is the name that J.P. preferred to go by?
Are the newspaper records for Arkadelphia indexed? Do you have property or tax records
available there? What would you charge for doing this research? Thanks a lot. Erik