http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/polk.htm I am so excited to let you know that thanks to Cassandra, we have the Church minutes from 1840-1870 on-line for the Van Wert Baptist Church located in originally Paulding now Polk County. This represents an enormous amount of time on Cassandra's part in typing these. The story of these minutes is fascinating in itself: "Transcriber's note: This handwritten book was discovered tucked behind the wainscoting of a house located on West Elm Street, Rockmart or Cedartown, Georgia, when the house was being razed. I have not been able to determine the age of the home or the original owner. The house was destroyed between 1955 and 1958. The property was last owned and torn down by the Seaboard Railroad. The finder turned it over to Homer Morgan who in turn gave it to Hugh Watts Randall. Mr. Randall is a descendant of the Morgans who were prominent in the church and a prominent local historian." Now doesn't that give us all hope for uncovering some long-forgotten documents!! Cassandra's ancestors belonged to this church and she did us all the great kindness of sharing them.... Church Minutes like this give us a rare look into the more personal life of our ancestors.....and especially if they happened to be church leaders. If anyone has minutes from any church, I'd love to work with you to get them on-line. What you might think is uninteresting might be the very tidbit that would help someone else in knowing more about their ancestor. Virginia Crilley GAGenWeb Archives, State Manager