I'm trying to find out the extent of it and exactly what it was. I found it several years ago as a reference in a magazine article about Esom Hill, GA, referencing "Brewster/Isbell Papers". Somebody suggested the Family History Center, but they don't have it. From this morning's research, I gather that Shorter College undertook the project and went to various counties microfilming all kinds of family papers. It sounds to me like a genealogist's paradise, but I CAN'T FIND IT! Does my frustration show? The title of the book I referenced is: "A finding aid by county for the Northwest Georgia Document Preservation Project" / prepared by Ann I. Ottesen; with the support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; with the aid of Georgia Department of Archives and History." It is described as 'a guide to the microfilm in this collection: 294/1-75'. I did find several references to it's being done by Shorter College. The Ga Archives has a copy, and I'm sure there are others around Northwest Georgia in libraries. If not, perhaps there should be! Kitty > From: "mlfarrer" <mlfarrer@swbell.net> > Reply-To: GAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:41:06 -0500 > To: GAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [GAFLOYD] Northwest Document Preservation Project > Resent-From: GAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:41:07 -0600 > > What the heck was the Northwest Document Preservation Project? > > Lynn Farrer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kitty Johnson [mailto:mskitty@peak.org] > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 1:13 PM > To: GAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GAFLOYD] Northwest Document Preservation Project > > Greetings! Does anybody know how I can find information about the papers > microfilmed in this project? I have just spent a frustrating morning on the > internet, and about all I have been able to find is that the project was > done by Shorter College. There is a book by Anne I. Ottesen indexing the > project at the Georgia Archives (and probably other places, but certainly > not in Corvallis, Oregon!). Some individual counties referenced the Project > with the papers associated with the county, but I didn't see one for either > Polk or Floyd Counties. Any information appreciated! > > Kitty Johnson > Corvallis, Oregon > > > ==== GAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > GAFLOYD-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GAFLOYD > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== GAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > GAFLOYD-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GAFLOYD > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I guess you already saw this on the NARA website: Ottesen, Anne I., prep. A Finding Aid by County for the Northwest Georgia Document Preservation Project. Rome, GA: Shorter College, 1993. Copies may be obtained by contacting the Georgia Department of Archives and History, 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30334. It also looks like they have it at the Walker County library http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:C-TwXUC6FlwJ:www.walker.public.lib.ga.us/ghr/from.html+Northwest+Georgia+Document+Preservation+Project&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8 Linda Atkins