Thank you, Leonard! I appreciate you telling me about that. :o) I'm about about 2 hours from Elbert County. I have been there several time, mainly for cemetery hopping and looking for my ancestors ( I did not find Leonard) but since I can usually only get out there on weekends the court house is closed. I did finally manage to get a copy of the book "The History Of Elbert County, Georgia" which has some information in there on all of the lines that I am looking for from that area! So that helped a lot! :o) Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard F. Rice" <ricelf@mindspring.com> To: "Sandy Kelly" <sandyk@speakeasy.org> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [GAELBERT] Looking For Duncan, Dooley, & Rice > Sandy, > > I don't know how far away from Elbert County you live but there is a lot of > information on Leonard Rice in the Probate Court Office in Elberton. My > name is, coincidentally, Leonard Rice, but I haven't found any family > connection with the Leonard Rice you are looking for. I am descended from > Richard Rice who came to Elbert County in 1822, married Elizabeth Johnson > White, and died there in 1841. While researching Richard I found lots of > references to Leonard Rice, which naturally caught my eye. I saw his will, > numerous land transactions and other documents. I did not copy any of > Leonard's documents but if you can get to Elberton there are a lot of > records pertaining to Leonard. He is buried in Elbert County but I can't > remember now which cemetery. I know it was a church cemetery. I wanted to > go by and take a picture of "my" tombstone but ran out of time on my last > trip there. > > Richard Rice is my dead-end ancestor so I know how frustrated you are about > finding information on Leonard. I believe the information you are seeking > is there in Elberton if you can just get there to find it. Good luck. > > Leonard Rice > > >