I am forwarding these to your lists because many of the people who came to settle in the SE section of Georgia came predominately from your states. If you knew that we existed and you wonder where someone went. We might be able to help. As we need to find exactly where they came from. happy Hunting, Diana Sjoberg > To Aid South Georgia Research... > Ware County Genealogy Society is Created > By LARRY PURDOM > Staff Writer > It's said that no one likes to keep up with their families and their > history more than Southerners. Folks researching family history in six > south Georgia counties are getting a big leg up with the chartering of > the Ware County Genealogical Society. > > Long a dream of Linda Angell, author, and well-known throughout South > Georgia as a > genealogist-extraordinaire and as the GAGenWeb Ware County Website > Coordinator. > The Ware County Genealogical Society will kick off its activities in > an official way Sat. Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. with a ribbon cutting at the > facility that doubles as Ms. Angell's Research Library at 1617 Ball St > in Waycross. Now is the time to sign on as a Charter Member of the > Society > and visit Linda's Research Center. There participants will find shelves > groaning > under the weight of books filled with family histories, cemetery records > > and > > wedding accounts from six south Georgia counties: Ware, Atkinson, Bacon, > > Clinch, Coffee and Pierce. > > "I got interested in this by my great-grandmother," explains Linda. "She > > was a midwife in Pierce County and got me interested in all of these > families around here. I used to sit on her knee and listen to all kinds > of stories. For the past 40 years I've been tracking folks down and > roaming > through cemeteries and old records. Genealogy is a fascinating subject. > Folks have responded well and I'm forever getting inquiries from across > the country." Although Linda spends most of her time researching using > old methods, the Society is fully modernized, with a website and an > Internet connection. > > "As with many things, the modern computer has become invaluable as a > research and storage tool," admits Linda. "Recent inquiries have come > from Las Vegas, Ohio, Washington, California and Florida, all looking > for their south Georgia roots." > > The Ware County Genealogical Society can receive e-mail at > angell@gate.net. The Society maintains a webpage at > http://www.gate.net/~angell. Linda's phone number is 912-283-6612. As > mentioned earlier Linda is also the GAGenWeb Ware County Coordinator and > > maintains > a website for that great organization at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware > . > Charter members are being accepted at $25. > This entitles the member to receive the Society's quarterly newsletter > and unlimited access to the Society's extensive databases. The Society > just got up and running on Jan. 1. and there were 25 who quickly joined. > > The past week has seen that number rise to 35. > > "We feel there has been a need for this type organization for quite some > > time," says Linda. "We're encouraged with the number of new members. > Some come from south Georgia while many are from all over the country." > Linda, who is the chairman of the board, has enlisted the aid of two > charter members who are coordinating county mailing lists at Rootsweb to > > provide additional addistance to people researching the South Georgia > area. (http://www.rootsweb.com) > > These include Ms. Melody Moore McCook who is the GAGenWeb County > Coordinator for Atkinson and Coffee counties. Ms McCook is a native of > Coffee County, married to Johnny McCook, also a native of Coffee County. > > Currently living in Cobb County, Ga. the couple have deep roots in > Coffee > County. > Ms McCook is a vice president of the WCGS and is on the board of > directors. > Benton, > Grantham, Jowers, King, Kirkland, McCook, McGovern, Ricketson and Rogers > > are some of the family names she is currently researching. Karen Batten > of > Coffee > County is the Assistant County Coordinator for both of the GAGenWeb > counties, Atkinson and Coffee. Her personal email address is > mmccook@bellsouth.net > The url for Atkinson County GaGenWeb is: > http://www/geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390/. > Coffee County GaGenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941/ > > The GAGenWeb Clinch County coordinator is Diana Sjoberg. Although she is > > an instructor in Las Vegas, Nev. she is a member of the Huxford > Genealogical Society and serving as a vice president and a charter > member on the board of directors of the Ware County Genealogical > Societies. > She is > currently serving as the webmaster for Clinch County's GAGenWeb page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclinch and the corresponding Rootsweb mailing > > list. Her ancestors are Anderson, Andrews, Mathis, Wood, Sears and > Vickers, cover Coffee, Clinch, Atkinson and Ware counties. > ms sjoberg personal email address is: sjoberg1@sprintmail.com > > Kati Smith, of Jacksonville, Fl not only is a charter member she also > serves as the President of the Ware County Genealogical Society and is > the publisher of the "Hoot Owl Express" quarterly newsletter for the > WCGS. Kati, an author, has donotated a few books to Angell's Research > Library. Her surnames are Capps, Crews, Davis, Dixon, Hayes, and Smith. > > Sybil Hyde, the WCGS secretary, says, "I donate a fews hours work each > week, but Linda has so many things going on, she needs a full time > secretary" > > We look for a big turnout Saturday, and we invite our friends from > throughout south Georgia to get involved in genealogy," reminds Linda. > "The mailing list and everyone on it are really great and the Ware > County GAGenWeb page and the Ware County Genealogical Society are all > great ways for me to help out with somethig that I believe in 100 > percent," says Linda. "I see a big future for the Society. It has been a > > great learning experience and I feel that I am getting a great > satisfaction knowing that I have helped someone find a lost family link. > >