At 05:59 PM 6/16/03 -0400, you wrote: >Virginia: Actually, Virginia is not subscribed as a member of the list. The message she sent was a test to see that she could actually send announcments to the list without being a member. Other than sending a test message, this was the first thing she thought about. <g> If you are wondering why she would be making announcments to the list and not be a member of it, is because she is the head of the Georgie Archives team. She often will send a message to 'a' list about something new that has been added to the Archives for that county. Since there are 159 counties in Georgia, receiving mail from 159 mailing list would be a task most of us would not like to face. <g> Today while working with another mailing list administrator on a problem on their list, I discovered that there is a provision made to allow for people to make an announcemnet to the list with out being members. Having worked with Virginia, I knew she was overwhelmed with mailing list messages. This was a way to lighten her load. So... when you see a message from her, and you would like to communicate with her, use the address in the announcement. She would be glad to hear from you concerning any of the files. > >According to the application of Sarah J. Hamilton, who died Dec. 28, 1919, >in Rome, for a confederate widow's pension, her husband, James William >Hamilton, died on March 9, 1919. There was no record of his death in Ga. >Archives death certificates. That is possible and probable. The State of Georgia did not require a county to send death information to the state until 1919. And then many did not. I have a lot of deaths during the early years of the list that are not in there. Then, like now, it is hard to get some folks to change the way they did things. Sending death information to the state was one of those things. > >This information was gleaned by me in research conducted in Rome library in >2002. His military record and subsequent application for Confederate pension >is on microfilm in the library's very excellent genealogy section. You are lucky to have found a source for the death date. Many times we are left with no way to find the information. Another good source in the Rome Cememteries is the Sexton's Book. There is a copy of this in the library also. The first time I saw it, I had to go to the Sexton's office. The book I needed was the years around 1890 - 1900. At best this book was not up to a lot of searching. I am glad that someone was able to copy the entire book and place a copy in the library. Wyndell Taylor List Administrator - Floyd County GA MAiling List