Elaine; I don't think your message made it to the board....... Just a little history I've found surfing the net on the other cemeteries near Magnolia Cemetery, located in Northwest and SouthWest Atlanta, some on Hollywood Road; and a couple much further south... "excepts taken from Jewish Times.com" by Vivi Abrams http://atlanta.jewish.com/archives/2002/031502cs.htm The cemetery's past ...From a distance, the hills of graves on Hollywood Drive in Northwest Atlanta seem sliced in half. On the right, flowers and green grass caress measured gravestones. On the left, dead kudzu, thorns and weeds strangle the view of crumbling concrete and marble. ...About 60 Jewish graves dating from roughly 1890 to 1920 are nestled in the wooded section of Hollywood Cemetery off James Jackson Parkway, a rundown section of Atlanta blotted with incinerators and landfills. ...Hollywood Cemetery is on a list of cemeteries the committee would like to have cleaned, says Reisman. The group would also like to fix up several Jewish plots in Greenwood and at Roseland Cemetery, a rundown burial ground in South Atlanta that was devastated when the city built an off-ramp for I-75 through the Jewish section. How does a cemetery become a wasteland and just who is buried there? Franklin Garrett, the renowned Atlanta historian who died a few years ago, wrote about the formation of Hollywood Cemetery in "Atlanta and its Environs," published in 1954. "As the city expanded into the suburbs in order to provide space for the living, so also did it require additional space for the dead," Garrett wrote. "To partially fulfill this need Hollywood Cemetery was organized in 1890. . . . Today [it] lies in the valley through which run Hollywood Road and the River Car Line. It has spread across the hills bordering this valley, and provides a final resting place for thousands, including many pioneer residents of the Atlanta area." The entire article, written in 2002 - is rather fascinating..... Jon -----Original Message----- From: Clarence Mundt <clancynsusan@aaahawk.com> Sent: Aug 9, 2005 8:24 PM To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Magnolia Cemetery , Atlanta, Fulton, GA Thank you Linda for the Certificate numbers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Murray" <lhmurray@bellsouth.net> To: <GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Magnolia Cemetery , Atlanta, Fulton, GA > We began recording deaths in 1919, but I don't see one in GA for Russell. > > Here are some earlier Presnell deaths which occurred in Fulton County. Might come in handy if you find a close relationship in Hollywood Cemetery or in census records: > > Henry W. Presnell, died October 20, 1920, Fulton County - Certificate #28568-B > Robert H. Presnell, died March 1, 1924, Fulton County - Certificate #7902-F > John M. Presnell, died April 29, 1926, Fulton County - Certificate #9232-H > > Good luck, > Linda in Marietta > > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx