This is a really great message! Thank you for posting! Carole Farr Drexel gdrexel1@airmail.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACSTRAUSS@aol.com> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: Check out Statesboro - Bulloch County Regional Library > <A HREF="http://lcomcorp.com/Library">Click here: Statesboro - Bulloch > County Regional Library</A> > > http://lcomcorp.com/Library > > Some 18 years ago, she first volunteered her services to our Library. She > volunteered as an assistant to ride on the Bookmobile. As she was riding > through the rural areas of the county, she saw the many old cemeteries and > realized that they needed to be surveyed before all the tombstones records > were lost. > She, along with other DAR members and friends, began a survey of Bulloch > Cemeteries. This project eventually resulted in her publication of: > 6 Volumes of Cemeteries Records of Bulloch County. > Since her first project, Hulda Kelly has not been idle! Her dedication and > accomplishments have been extraordinary. She continues to volunteer and work > five mornings a week on genealogical projects at the Library. > Here is a list of her mammoth contributions. She has transcribed and > published the following: > > 20 Volumes - Bulloch County Censuses - 1900, 1910,&1920. > 12 Volumes - Births, Deaths, & Marriages from Bulloch County Newspapers from > 1899-1946. > 1 Volume - Bulloch County Deed Book 5 - 1819-1840. > "I See By the Paper 1899-1946" - Stories from Bulloch Newspapers > "Uncle David Said" - Writings of Dave Turner of the Bulloch Times > 2 Volumes - Bryan County Censuses - 1870 & 1880. > 7 Volumes - Burke County Censuses - 1860, 1870, & 1880. > 7 Volumes - Emanuel County Censuses - 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900. > 3 Volumes - Johnson County Censuses - 1860, 1870 & 1880. > 1 Volume - Index to Montgomery County Census of 1880. > 1 Volume - Index to Tattnall County Census of 1880. > 4 Volumes - Cemeteries of Jenkins County. > 1 Volume - Screven County Deed Book A - 1794-1810. > 5 Volumes - Screven County Censuses - 1860, 18870, & 1880. > I must definitely note that she has painstakingly indexed all these volumes, > too! This task is probably as difficult as the transcribing. We should note > that in all these books, not one helped Hulda in her own family research. > Here generosity is doubly felt. After producing all this fine body of > material. Mrs. Kelly has given the publishing rights to the Statesboro > Library. Her stipulation is that all profits derived from the sale of her > books be used to buy additional materials for the genealogical collection. > In my opinion, family researchers for our area of Georgia owe a great deal to > Hulda Kelly. She, more than any person I know, had done most in promoting > genealogy research. We are indeed spoiled because of her good works! She has > made our research easier and simpler. > (This article transcribed from a talk by Smith Banks, any errors of fact > would be the transcriber'ws, the sentiments are shared by all!) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > The Georgianetweb Statesboro Library page also has interesting information > about the Brannen room (and other Georgia Library genealogy resources). > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > > To contact the Genealogy Department, send email to: > genealogy@mail.bulloch.public.lib.ga.us >