Donna Parrish has won the Georgia Golden Peach Award for the second quarter of 2004. Congratulation Donna. You well deserve the award for all your hard work and dedication. We need more people like you. People that are willing to go that extra mile in helping others researching in Georgia. For more information and past winner see: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/award.html Doris Robbins GA State Host for AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/

Hello, my name is Jane Combs and I am the Hostess for the new Oconee County Georgia AHGP site. If you have any Oconee County related materials such as marriage records, obituaries, wills, cemetery transcriptions, anything at all, please send to me and I will post it online By submitting your materials we can help others who are researching in Oconee County GA. Together we can keep internet genealogy free for everyone! http://www.rootsweb.com/gaocone2/ Thanks, Jane Jane Schwarz Combs jascombs@sbcglobal.net County Coordinator for: Lawrence County, MS http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslawren/ Hinds Co., MS http://www.rootsweb.com/~mshinds2/ Oglethorpe Co., GA. AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaoglet2/ Oconee Co., GA. AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/gaocone2/

The Appomattox Society Dedicated to the 28,231 soldiers of the Confederate States of America who were there at Appomattox Courthouse with Robert E. Lee. These men found it within themselves to stay and fight for "Marse Robert" when the Confederacy was failing, their friends were deserting and their families were imploring them to comeback home. Unto this end, The Appomattox Society was formed to honor these men and their descendants. Ever faithful, they received the now famous General Order No. 9 From General Lee, stacked their arms, picked up their few meager belongings and headed to what days before had been a separate country, now again a state in the United States of America. The Appomattox Society consists of lineal and collateral descendants of the men who stayed and received their paroles at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 10 - 15, 1865. Persons of any age or gender, who can show lineage back to one of these soldiers, are eligible to join the society. The hope is to collect biographical information on every man that surrendered at Appomattox and put it into a database where it can be researched by anyone wanting to find out more information on the men that were there. After numerous requests from persons whose ancestors were paroled after Appomattox, we have agreed that any person who can show lineage to a confederate ancestor that was paroled after Appomattox shall be eligible for full membership in the Appomattox Society. We will, in turn, profile these men in our newsletter also. This includes the soldiers who surrendered with Gen'l Joe Johnston near Greensboro, N.C., soldiers who surrendered with with Gen'l E.K. Smith at New Orleans, soldiers who surrendered with Gen'l Stand Waite in Texas, and other soldiers who can show parole on or after 9 April, 1865. The society is also open to all descendants of men who were captured and held until after the surrender. http://www.appomattoxsociety.org/

Anyone that is descended or that is connected to Neverson Cook born 1775 and Margaret Greer his wife needs to contact me off list at hallcoahgp@yahoo.com Neverson and Margaret Cook are buried near Lula ,Ga in a family cemetery. This land has recently been sold and the owner/developer and I have had lengthy discussions about the preservation and continued access. He is going to provide easement to the cemetery and enclose it with a fence. He would like info on anyone buried in the cemetery . I am trying to provide him with a biography of Neverson. This family is not related to me. I am the Hall County Saving Graves Coordinator and I have no further info on Neverson Cook. Thanks for any help in locating descendants. Vicky Hall County AHGP Hall County Saving Graves

HELLO TO ALL, I SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION JIM M. JONES. I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFO. TO HELP. JIM M. JONES MARRIED HATTIE. THEIR CHILDREN ARE. 1. DAVE C. JONES MARRIED 1ST SALLIE COULTER 2ND MAGGIE DIXON. 2. WILLIE JONES (B) 12-15-1905 (D) 1-20-1926 WAS HUNG FOR KILLING AN UNDERWOOD MAN, IN TAYLOR COUNTY,GEORGIA. HUNG IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA. 3. HOMER JONES MARRIED JULIA HINTON SHE DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN UPSON COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SO DID HER TO GRANDAUGHTERS. 4. JIM JONES JR. MARRIED ETHEL PLYMAIL 5. JACKSON JONES 6. EMMA JONES MARRIED ROBERT J. MATHEWS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, BRENDA

Hi.... I may have asked this before, so I apologize if I have.... I am seeking information on Noah Sampson(Nov 1879 -Dec 24, 1948 in Duval Co, FL) and Ella Hodges Conner(Sep 1878-Feb 12 1951 Pierce Co, GA) (Connor)...they came from Nassau Co, FL and settled in Pierce Co, GA...the Blackshear area.....they had 6 children: Lenova (Linnie or Lennie), Millie T., Robert Newton, Allen Wash, Charlie Jackson and Eulave (Eula). Also any obits if there are any..... Linnie(Mar 1902 -Oct 30, 1986) married Daniel Drawdy Thomas and they from I gather in the 1930 Pierce Co, Ga census, had one child...would like to kow if they had more.... Millie(Dec 1903 - Oct 22, 1969) married John Silas O'Steen and had 3 children that I know of...anymore? Robert, I believe never married...he died in 1936.... Allen(Apr 1913-Dec 12, 1967) married Ruth Catherine Bowen and not sure if they had any children.... Charlie(Sept 1916-Apr 15, 1970) married 3 times: Josie Critchlow, Mattie Lee Wilds and Ruby Lee White...not sure if they had any children.... Eula(Apr 1922 - Nov 14, 1986)married William Eugene Moody....any children?? I would appreciate any help in this research......thank you.... Stephanie Grohol

A very nice lady has sent me some photos that belonged to William Howard Martin and his wife Nellie Janet Huff Martin. She would like some help identifying the photos. A few have names, but she is not sure if they are correct. They can be seen at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunknow/FultonMysteryPhotos.html Thanks, Doris Robbins GA State Host for AHGP http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/

Does anyone on this list know where Whitesides GA is/was? Thank you, Sue Palmer~Elliott "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.711 / Virus Database: 467 - Release Date: 6/25/2004

Hi, I have read wills where the husband stated the estate was to be sold at his death. That would mean that the widow would have to buy it because she did not own it jointly with her husband. Other persons may have been named in a will as the guardian of minor children. Women were not thought to be capable of caring for business in those days. Mary

Enough on this thread. If anyone has a problem with any message sent to this list, please contact the list manager fdy@comcast.net Thanks Faye At 12:58 AM 6/24/2004, MBrown2205@aol.com wrote: >I'm grateful to get them any way I can, also. I only get them once anyway. >

Me too! Greta in Lake Placid, FL. Researching Anderson, Bausell, Crum, Curry, Dixon,Fields, Harmon,Hinton, Knight, Mickler, Rowell, Tucker, Woodson, Voyles families in VA>NC>SC>GA>FL. All outbound email is scanned by Norton Antivirus 2004 gretasgarden@htn.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <MBrown2205@aol.com> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Re: GA Archive Uploads, 13 June - 19 June 2004 > I'm grateful to get them any way I can, also. I only get them once anyway. > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. > GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html >

I'm grateful to get them any way I can, also. I only get them once anyway.

I just signed up for the list. I didn't know how to do it so thanks. Pat in TX. Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:30 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: GA Archive Uploads, 13 June - 19 June 2004 > Wouldn't it be better for everyone to sign up for the > DAILY-UPLOADS-L@rootsweb.com instead of > getting all of the GA Archive Uploads to every list > we are on? > > Is it any wonder so many have e-mail's are bouncing? > > Thanks, > Winn > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.709 / Virus Database: 465 - Release Date: 06/22/2004 > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt include a clear and specific subject line. > Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

> > From: "A-T-K's Grannie" <gnw@rose.net> > Date: 2004/06/23 Wed PM 01:30:19 EDT > To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: GA Archive Uploads, 13 June - 19 June 2004 > > Wouldn't it be better for everyone to sign up for the > DAILY-UPLOADS-L@rootsweb.com instead of > getting all of the GA Archive Uploads to every list > we are on? > > Is it any wonder so many have e-mail's are bouncing? > > Thanks, > Winn > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.709 / Virus Database: 465 - Release Date: 06/22/2004 > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt include a clear and specific subject line. > Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > I, for one, am glad to get them any way that I can. Jimmy

There are two types of Guardianship - person and property...If a Parent died intestate, the surviving parent might have no need to get Guardianship of the minor childrens' person, however the children would inherit a Property Estate, wherein the Widow would need to get Guardianship of the Estate in order to use the proceeds for the Minor children's support...If the person did not name a Guardian of their Minor childrten in the Will, the Adminsitrator would need some kind of Court order to place the Minor children with someone else... Probate Records are a great source for information... >From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Question re Guardianship and Estate Sales >Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:07:56 -0400 > >Claudia, >The probate court can require that everything be sold and the proceeds >become part of the estate. Usually that is required by an >administrator when the family cannot reach an agreement as to who gets >what. >Dee >For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this >link: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >----- Original Message ----- >From: <CannadyGal1@aol.com> >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:00 PM >Subject: [GA-Roots] Question re Guardianship and Estate Sales > > >I have a similiar question. Why did they have estate sales >in which you see the family and neighbors purchasing items >BUT you also see the WIDOW buying back household belongings? >I know it was not to pay off debts as one relative had a very large >estate. >And the widow had to apply to be guardian of her own children??? >thanks for any help, >claudia > > >==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager >Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it. >GA Volunteer >lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html > > > > >==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager >Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. >GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html > _________________________________________________________________ Get fast, reliable Internet access with MSN 9 Dial-up – now 3 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/

Wouldn't it be better for everyone to sign up for the DAILY-UPLOADS-L@rootsweb.com instead of getting all of the GA Archive Uploads to every list we are on? Is it any wonder so many have e-mail's are bouncing? Thanks, Winn --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.709 / Virus Database: 465 - Release Date: 06/22/2004

In Ola Mae Martin's things I found part of a school paper with photos and captions. I can't show the photos on this site, but thought they'd be someone out there who would recognize these students names. If so, I can scan the photo you want and send it to you privately before I give these to her son. jeanette photos-Knitting is a hobby of many people. Above, Marianne Williams, Rita Lincoln and Bevely Kohn, think it is a good hobby and that it offers a good time. Below: Janelle Parish, Charlotte Herowitz, and Helen Berkowitz enjoy helping Uncle Sam. Here they are shown pouring waste fats, that were collected at the school last week, into tin cans. photos- Above, Harvey Hammett, Clark Henning and Charles Cox enjoy their hobby of making model airplanes. What is your hobby? Below, Richard Garber and Donald Brandies find a hobby in collecting insignia. Robert Stern likes to make model airplanes. Toweshend Budd collects bullets and Billy Fulwiler collects skins. photos-Above: Bobby Ginsburg, Seigreid Guthman, Raymond Kyser, Elasco Addison, Dorthy King and Hugh Folk enjoy music. Below: Reading entertains Louis Aviles, Charles Ittner, and Betty Lou Callaway. Right: Tommy Griffin entertains with his hula dance. photos-Above, Rita De Mott, Sidney Daniel, Susan Kehler, Sarah Sullivan and Miriam Ogburn enjoy Art as a hobby. Below, Ola Mae Martin enjoying her hobby of bowling.

Thanks Dee and Jimmy. There was a will and property was left to individual family members yet they still had the estate sale. I believe Dee is correct about the family not reaching an agreement... Especially knowing "Mr. Dee" is an attorney...(grin) Don't tell him I said that Dee. Thanks again claudia

> > From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > Date: 2004/06/21 Mon PM 12:07:56 EDT > To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Question re Guardianship and Estate Sales > > Claudia, > The probate court can require that everything be sold and the proceeds > become part of the estate. Usually that is required by an > administrator when the family cannot reach an agreement as to who gets > what. > Dee > For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this > link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CannadyGal1@aol.com> > To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:00 PM > Subject: [GA-Roots] Question re Guardianship and Estate Sales > > > I have a similiar question. Why did they have estate sales > in which you see the family and neighbors purchasing items > BUT you also see the WIDOW buying back household belongings? > I know it was not to pay off debts as one relative had a very large > estate. > And the widow had to apply to be guardian of her own children??? > thanks for any help, > claudia > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it. > GA Volunteer > lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html > > > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. > GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html > In those instances in which the deceased husband left no will and there is more than one legal heir and the legal heirs cannot agree on a division of the estates property, then the law requires that all assets left by the deceased be sold and the proceeds divided equally among the legal heirs. This is still the law today. Same scenario if the wife died without a will and had owned property in her own right. In the event of no will, legal heirs, including the widow, often bid on the assets. The money they paid was put into a fund controlled by the administrator with the court as "overseer". Because there was no will and all property legally belonged to the husband, this was the only way that a widow could keep any of the property, including even her bed clothes. That is unless she owned property in her own right, which was probably something she had inherited or which was given to her directly. Same with other legal heirs. By law, the father was the only legal parent/guardian of his and his wife's children. The wife had no legal standing regarding her own children until she applied for and the court granted her guardianship of her and her deceased husband's children. And that's just the way of the law was carried over from England. Hope this helps a little. Jimmy

Claudia, The probate court can require that everything be sold and the proceeds become part of the estate. Usually that is required by an administrator when the family cannot reach an agreement as to who gets what. Dee For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <CannadyGal1@aol.com> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:00 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] Question re Guardianship and Estate Sales I have a similiar question. Why did they have estate sales in which you see the family and neighbors purchasing items BUT you also see the WIDOW buying back household belongings? I know it was not to pay off debts as one relative had a very large estate. And the widow had to apply to be guardian of her own children??? thanks for any help, claudia ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it. GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html