Ray, Thank you for this information. Is there anyone in the Putnam Co. area that can find this book for us and copy this information? Have a great day Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Isbell <isbell2@hotmail.com> To: <BIRDWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 9:43 AM Subject: Isbells & Birdwells in WPA book > I don't have this book, but saw this description on the Internet and it > mentioned Birdwells. > > Putnam County, Tennessee Bible, Family & Tombstone Records Compiled by WPA > Workers > 154 Total Pages, Oversized: 8.5"x11" > Full Name Index > Mint Condition, Softcover > > > Gathered by WPA Workers in the 1930s, the records found in this 8.5"x11" > oversized publication may well contain the 'missing link' you are > desperately searching for. Packed with bible, family, and tombstone records, > it's a virtual genealogical goldmine for Putnam County, Tennessee > descendants. Although the records are now scattered between the State > Archives, various Public and Private Libraries and other collections, this > volume contains all available data. > > During the Great Depression in the early 1900s, many Americans were given a > "job" by the United States Government to support their family. One such > "job" was transcribing early court, family, Bible, and cemetery records as > well as other local records. Original versions were typed on onion skin > paper with "x" number of carbon copies. Although the State Archives owns the > vast majority of 'first' or typed copy, carbons have circulated for years > but are now scattered. Often the typing is not the best and is difficult to > read but these valuable records still constitute one of the best sources of > information for Tennessee Counties. In many cases, these are all that remain > of the original as many county records have been lost. WPA records are > generally full text transcription: much larger in scope than an abstraction > or summary. > > > Family Records & Bibles Contained in this Publication > > Algood > Allison > Boyd > Braswell > Bryant > Burton > Carlen > Collier > Cooper > Cullum > Ellis > Ensor > Farley > Gentry > Gragg > Hargis > High > Horn > Huddleston > Jared > Leftwich > Maddux > Marchbanks > McDonald > McKindley > McKinley > Reagan > Rector > Richmon > Richmond > Swell > Starness > Terry > Vaden > Veteto > West > Wilhite-Marchbanks > > > > Cemeteries Contained in this Publication > > Bloomington Springs Graveyard > Baxter Graveyard > Boma Graveyard > Boyd Family Lot > Buffalo Valley Cemetery > Campbell Family Lot > Cookeville City Cemetery > Cookeville Graveyard > Ditty Family Graveyard > Double Springs Graveyard > Dry Valley Graveyard > Farley Graveyard > Farley Family Lot > Haynes Graveyard > Frank Huddleston Graveyard > Hughes Graveyard > Joseph Jared Graveyard > William Jared Graveyard > Johnson Graveyard > Bird Jones Family Lot > Lee Graveyard > Lovelady Graveyard > Maddux Graveyard > McBroom Graveyard > McDaniel Graveyard > McKinley Graveyard > Nichols Graveyard > Phillips Graveyard > Potite Graveyard > Rhea Graveyard > San Springs Graveyard > > > Surnames Contained in this Publication include: > > Allen, Anders, Armstrong, > Birdwell, ********* > > Boyd**, Braswell*, Bush, > Cain, > Elrod*, Embrey, Emery, > Frasier, French > > Isbell, ************ > > Taylor**, Teel, Thompson, Thornton, Tolbert, Tucker, Turner > Whitaker, Whitker, > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.