Webinar Wednesday – Finding Information about U.S. Postmasters
Last Saturday, I attended a webinar hosted by the Dallas Genealogical Society. Jeanette Sheliga presented “My Ancestor was a Postmaster.” It is located behind the pay wall for society members only. She presented three online record groups that have information about postmasters and post offices. I searched in my database and found my 2x-great-grandfather, Ebenezer Loveless of Faulkner County, Arkansas, was a postmaster at the Linder post office. Appointments to Postmaster The first document I found was the ledger that listed the appointments of postmasters. Ancestry has this database called, “ U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971,” and entering Loveless and Faulkner County, Arkansas, one entry came up for Ebby Loveless. He was appointed to the Linder Post Office on 21 November 1901, relieving James L. Swailes, and the next postmaster listed was John D. Parks, who started on 11 October 1907. [1] Appointment to Postmaster - Faulkner Co, Arkansas Official Registers All go...