Good morning, Anita. I was going to suggest that you start at the Brooks Co. GA web page @ <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/brooks.htm> but checked the page out again this morning and saw that you had already registered the BURNEY and EVERETT surnames. If you haven't already, you could call the Probate Judge's office (The Ordinary) at 912/263-5567 to ask them to check the marriage books for these surnames. I learned while completing my research in Brooks Co. that they initially kept separate marriage records for "Whites and Coloreds". I even found one of my white relatives listed under "Colored". Perhaps she was considered "Colored" because she was Native American. I checked the Quitman telephone directory for BURNEY and EVERETT and found the following: BURNEY, Roy A., Jr., Hickory Head Plantation - 912/263-9743 EVERETT, Mary, Route 2 - 912/263-8776 "A Survey of Brooks County Cemeteries" Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery located south of Highway 122, Tallokas District, Page 6: BURNEY, Amanda Hicks, b. March 6, 1835, d. April 11, 1921 BURNEY, Gaston, b. Dec. 23, 1838, d. June 8, 1896 Columbia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery is located approximately 12 miles south of Quitman off the Quitman-Madison, FL road to Nankin. Turn right onto dirt road at Nankin. The church is a short distance on the left. Page 34 EVERETT, Robert F., b. Feb. 8, 1883, d. Oct. 24, 1966 EVERETT, Jessie Rambo, b. March 17, 1880, d. Jan. 15, 1964 w/o Robert F. EVERETT. EVERETT, Rayford, b. Feb. 22, 1913, d. Nov. 17, 1965 s/o Robert F. and Jessie. EVERETT, Mabel Jarvis, b. Jan. 23, 1916, d. July 25, 1977 w/o Rayford EVERETT. Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery located at Dixie on the Barwick Road. Page 76 EVERETT, Emma, b. 1865, d. 1950 EVERETT, Infant with no dates EVERETT, Robert S., b. 1865, d. 1953 Harmony Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, take the Quitman Highway from Barwick, Church and Cemetery are located one (1) mile from Barwick. Page 102 EVERETT, Amanda M., b. March 15, 1825, d. July 16, 1913. EVERETT, John, b. Aug. 30, 1822, d. Dec. 22, 1898. EVERETT, Peyton B., b. Dec. 16, 1852, d. Sept. 23, 1872. I believe these cemeteries are usually regarded as white cemeteries. I learned while I was in Quitman in September 1999 that the genealogical society had asked the African-American community if they would work with them to complete surveys of their cemeteries. You may want to contact Alene Kitchens at 912/263-8880 to see if she can give you a contact name for the African-American community in Brooks County. Do you live near Quitman and Brooks Co., GA, Anita? I hope some of this information is helpful to you. Faye Jones Yager - Alexandria, MN -----Original Message----- From: A. Cummings <marya67@ij.net> To: GABROOKS-L@rootsweb.com <GABROOKS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:51 AM Subject: African-American Records >Posted on: Brooks Co. Ga Queries Forum >Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Brooks?read=296 > >Surname: Everett, Burney >------------------------- > >I would appreciate any information someone can give me about to African-American >families who lived in Brooks County near Pidcock. The family names are >Everett and Burney. I know for certain that both families were there through >the early 1920's. even if you don't know the names can anyone give any >search tips. > >