UPDATE: Our meeting on 28 September, 2026 is a special event co-hosted with the Bentonville Public Library. It will not be streamed on Zoom. Learn more about An Evening with Abby Burnett!
Upcoming Events
The Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society holds meetings on the fourth Monday of each month, except for December, at 6:00 p.m. Meetings are usually held at the Bentonville Public Library and on Zoom.
September 28, 2026
6pm - 7pm CDT
In-Person at Bentonville Public Library
Arkansas Cemetery Research with
Abby Burnett
Join us on Monday, September 28th at 6:00 PM (Central Time) for an evening discussing Ms. Burnett's recent title, Though Silent They Speak: Arkansas Gravestones and Graveyards, published by University Press of Mississippi.
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Burnett is an independent researcher who, as seen in the Arkansas Educational Television Network’s 2010 documentary Silent Storytellers, studies such things as long-lost burial customs, tombstone symbolism, epitaphs, and the work of early stone carvers.
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She has written entries on graveyards, stone carvers, and early medicine for the online CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas, and has also given public talks on all aspects of burial in Arkansas, her adopted state for the past forty years.
This event is brought to you by Bentonville Public Library and Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society.​
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Please note that this is an IN-PERSON event only. There will be no Zoom meeting.
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Bentonville Public Library​
405 South Main,
Bentonville, AR 72712​​​​
