Christy, If you will also subscribe to GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com, I'm sure you can pick up a lot of info there. I am kin to some of the same lines as you are but I have nothing on the ones you have. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Pedersen <cap2@leading.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Message From Listowner > I joined the subscriber list a month or so ago and have gotten "nuggets" of > information ever since. I have not posted the names I am researching so > here goes. > > OK, here's my surname list: > Browns from the Nichols area - g grandfather Arnold Graham Brown, gg > grandfather Hugh Brown (both buried in Forest Grove Cemetery outside of > Nichols). I would be interested in any info but especially on Arnold's > spouse, Rena Jordan. > > Bennett's fom the Axson or Waycross area - g grandmother was Roxie Bennett > Herren (1st married Wm Herren); my Grandmother was from her second marriage > to MY BRICK WALL!! Wesley Bullard. According to my grandmother, Roxie ran > a boarding house in Axson (on the road that leads to Utah Church Cemetery) > in the early 1900's. This is where my grandma, Thelma lived as a child > until her mother died of TB. She was the only child of the second > marriage - Wesley was supposedly an Irish immigrant, but I have not been > able to find hide nor hair of him anywhere!! Roxie's parents were Diana > Bennett, and William Jackson Bennett-b. Millwood GA (both buried in Axson > Cemetery). His mother was Mary Ann McDonald (father Randal Randolph > McDonald of Ware County). > > I realize that many of the folks I am researching are actually from Atkinson > County, but as Melody says, there is no list for Atkinson, and much of the > area is inter-related anyway. > > Any leads would be appreciated. > > Christy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: melody <mmccook@bellsouth.net> > To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 5:49 PM > Subject: [GACOFFEE] Message From Listowner > > > > Hello! > > > > > > We've gotten several new subscribers these past few days and I > > would > > like to WELCOME them to the COFFEE mailing list. > > > > I encourage you to post freely. I can almost guarantee that someone else > > will be searching many of those same names. This list has been way too > > quiet lately, but with 112 subscribers we should be seeing more posts. > > > > The list is not moderated so please jump in anytime! Karen Batten and I > > are, like so many of you, involved with other things, but we do > > receive and read each post. > > > > Please, if you have not done so already, post a short introduction > > about > > yourself and post the surnames that you are searching. > > > > I encourage all of you lurkers out there to not only post your surnames, > > but maybe even your "brick walls". So many Coffee County families are > > related that someone else on the list may have all or part of the > > information that you have been seeking > > > > This list is primarily for Coffee county genealogy, but I also want to > > include Atkinson County as it does not have it's own mailing list. So many > of the same people from the Coffee, Ware, and Clinch lists would just > subscribe to it, that I don't think it is necessary yet for Atkinson to > have one of it's own. > > > > Quite a number of our ancestors lived and worked in what is now Atkinson > > County. As long as the posts concerns Coffee or Atkinson county, we will > > allow it.. whether it's genealogy, stories or memories about Coffee's > > past, or questions concerning Coffee County today. > > > > > > I'd like to mention that we do have look-up volunteers for the Coffee > > County books that we own. Nancy Nilsen owns all 10 volumes of Huxford's > > Pioneers of Wiregrass, Coffee County Cemetery Book 1837-1978, Coffee > > County Marriage Records 1870-1910. > > > > Karen Batten owns a copy of the Coffee County Cemetery Records and I > believe a copy of Ward's History of Coffee County. > > > > Kim Gilliard owns a number of Coffee County books and also a copy of the > marriage index. She is able to do limited lookups as she works ALL the time. > > > > Shirley Durden was available for look-ups and has a number of books. > Shirley, please let us know if you are willing to help us out and also list > what books you have now. > > > > I own volumes 1-10 of Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass, > > 1860,1870 and 1880 Coffee County census records, The history of the > > First United Methodist Church, and a copy of Huxford's Coffee County > > Marriages 1870-1900, and for those of us whose ancestors lived a little > > further out back then, I also have the 1820 Tattnall County census and > > the 1850 Irwin County census. I also have the 1850 Telfair County census > where a number of our Coffee ancestors lived. I do have a copy of the > Marriage Index for Coffee County and can do look-ups there too. > > I do have to mention that due to the large > > number of requests that I receive, I'm pretty far behind on them. It may > take me awhile, but I'll eventually get back with you. > > > > If anyone else has books and would be willing to volunteer as a look-up > > either for the list or for the Coffee County GaGenWeb page, please e-mail > me privately and I will add your name and e-mail address. > > If you have some of the same books that we do and > > would like to volunteer, please let me know. I can always forward you > > plenty of work!<G> > > > > I'd like to thank all of our look-up volunteers for so generously sharing > with us. We really do appreciate it so very much! > > > > I'd also like to remind everyone that the query page is pretty active > > and you just might find an answer there. It is located at: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Coffee > > > > > > During the short time that the list has been in existence, we've had very > few flames and they will not be tolerated. I really don't expect any > > as Coffee Countians are among the most courteous and gracious people > > anywhere. > > > > If you can help someone out, please answer their post and do so. I know > > they would really appreciate it. > > > > If you have a question regarding the mailing list or the Coffee County > > GaGenWeb site, please feel free to e-mail either Karen Batten or myself. > > > > > > So, let's get busy and post those surnames!! > > > > Take care, > > Melody > > > > > > > >