Here are some folks you can try to contact at Oakland in addition to sexton. Go through Oakland Historic Foundation. You may want to become a member. Talk directly with Tevi. contact Tevi Taliaferro 404.688.2107. oaklandcemetery@mindspring.com Do you plan to be buried at Oakland. I would love to be buried there. If you are interested in selling a plot let me know. Ann in Atlanta

Subj: Somebody's Links, Vol. 3, No. 9 Date: 3/13/2001 11:44:33 AM Pacific Standard Time From: juliecase@prodigy.net (Julia M. Case) To: Somebodys-Links-Newsletter-L@rootsweb.com SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found Vol. 3, No. 9, 12 March 2001. (c) 1999-2001 Julia M. Case Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER is published several times per month and contains notices of genealogical treasures found, such as photographs, diaries, letters, and family Bibles. Additional "Somebody's Links" notices appear weekly in MISSING LINKS. You can also read and post "Somebody's Links" notices on RootsWeb's "Somebody's Links" GENCONNECT board at http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/SomebodysLinks/ o While browsing a stack of old photos in an antique shop in Fort Myers, Florida in December 2000, I came across a postcard- sized photo of a young man. On the front was penned his name, "Homer David BAUM at 22 years." On the back is written: "Homer D. BAUM, Douglas, Ga. Born at Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York. Born Aug. 22, 1888." After I got home, I checked the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ and found Homer D. BAUM. He died in July 1970, and his last residence was in Arcadia, Florida 33821. I bought the photo for $1, hoping to find someone of his family interested enough to send me a SASE and save this picture from oblivion. Jim Innis j.r.innis@att.net PERMISSION TO REPRINT NOTICES FROM SOMEBODY'S LINKS is granted, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for a commercial purpose; and (2) this notice appears at the end of the message: Previously published by Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net, SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 3, No. 9, 12 March 2001. TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the body of the message to: Somebodys-Links-Newsletter-L-request@rootsweb.com

In a message dated 03/13/2001 11:05:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, AnnBoutwel@aol.com writes: By the way aren't the Lynch's in Oakland? I was there last Saturday for a tour and I think I saw the family monument; however I didn't take a close look. Ann in Atlanta Ann, Yes, The Lynch family has a plot at Oakland. I have not been there yet, but it will be on my list of things to do when I get back to Atlanta. The following is a letter that C.J. Lynch of Atlanta wrote to me. This was the first I knew of the Lynch family plot. Feb. 28, 2001 Dear Mimi, This whole thing started when my sister, Ms. Pat Lynch McClure, informed me that there was a problem with the wall around the family plot # 107 at Oakland Cemetery. The Lynch family owns one whole plot that has three sections, four of the five brothers and their families are buried there.  Michael Lynch has his own plot. Michael had no children, his second wife died within a year of Michael. When I checked in 1982, there was only two contact names of family members on file at Oakland Ms. C. H. Wooten and my father Charles J. Lynch, Jr., now there are three contact names a John H. Lynch, Jr. My family has been paying to keep up the grounds since 1936 for plot 107. Now after over a hundred years John's section of the lot has the name John H. Lynch, Jr. as John's heir. The problem is John and Michael had no children, thus no direct heirs. We remaining Lynch's are all their heirs. Somehow I need to find a direct heir for K. H. Wootten or find what happen to her estate upon her death in order to get the Sexton at Oakland to allow me to get the wall repaired.  Any suggestions as to how to replace K. H. Wootten's name with her heir would be most helpful. Best regards C. J. Lynch

Diane, that's all I found and it is rather sketchy. I am looking for Russell Rollings "Red". His picture is on 1933 Goudey Gum Co. Ann in Atlanta

Ann- I am also interested in the Atlanta Crackers. Someone I am researching, Thomas Hugh Casey played for them. The only thing I could find was: http://www.atlantacracker.com/ If you find any other leads, please let me know as I'm also interested in them. Diane.Casey@bull.com

Lokking for more in depth information on this period of Atlanta Cracker history. This is when Coca-Coal owned the Crackers. Ann in Atlanta AnnBoutwel@aol.com

I have a passionm for Atlanta History and I write a monthly historical calendar for Atlanta Intown. I have groups coming to the city from United Kingdom and I mention Patrick Lynch and the Lynch brothers on my tour. Folks from Ireland just eat it up. By the way aren't the :ynch's in Oakland? I was there last Saturday for a tour and I think I saw the family monument; however I didn't take a close look. Ann in Atlanta

Ann, Thank you for the information! How do you know so much about Patrick Lynch? All I have is a page that I put on the web that was written by Katherine Hinton Wootten, in March of 1939 for the Atlanta Pioneer Society. She was a granddaughter of Patrick Lynch. I have made contact with another Lynch (C.J. Lynch) in Atlanta who has information. He is trying to find a "Wootten heir" in order to fix a wall in Oakland cemetery that is in need of repair. When I move to Atlanta in May and get settled, I will then pursue gathering more info. Again, thank you for what you sent it helps! Take care, Mimi Royal62@aol.com

No, I am not a member of church. Contact Church historian. Have no idea who that would be. Also contact Atlanta History Center. Ann in Atlanta

Check out Garret on Patrick Lynch. He was a very important Atlanta pioneer. As you probably know there were 5 Lynch brothers: Michael, John, Patrick, James, and Peter. All born in County Meth Ireland, with the exception of Peter who remained in Ireland. Lynch brothers came to Atlanta in 1847. They acquired property and built homes aroiund the area of Hurt Park and Georgia State Alumni Hall (Old ATlanta Auditorium). Patrick Lynch was one of the first rock contractors in the city. His first quarry was in section of Central Ave. and Mitchell Street. He later purchased a quarry near Davis St. The street leading to quarry this quarry called Rock Street.The basement of the Church of the Immaculate Conception is an example of Patrick Lynch's work. He died in 1871 before work was completed on church. Ann in Atlanta

Ann Do you know if there are any photos of the first members of Trinity Methodist? Our great grandmother was among the earliest members. Rebecca Norton McDade was a member in the late 1860's or 1870's. Thanks Rose

Ann, Thanks so much for sending that information, it was very interesting! I have been told (by family) that my GGGrandfather, Patrick Lynch, helped Father O'Reilly persuade Sherman to spare the Churches in Atlanta. I cannot wait until I move back to Atlanta to research more on the subject. Again Thank you, Mimi Royal62@aol.com

This is G o o g l e's <A HREF="http://www.google.com/intl/en_extra/help/features.html#cached">cache</A> of <A HREF="http://www.gbgm-umc.org/trinityGA01/history.htm">http://www.gbgm-umc.org/trinityGA01/history.htm </A>. G o o g l e's cache is the snapshot that we took of the page as we crawled the web. The page may have changed since that time. Click here for the <A HREF="http://www.gbgm-umc.org/trinityGA01/history.htm">current page</A> without highlighting. Google is not affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible for its content. These search terms have been highlighted:  evans  chapel  atlanta  A Short History of Trinity United Methodist Church > At its founding in 1853 Trinity was part of The Methodist Episcopal Church, > South. In 1939 The Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Episcopal > Church, South, and The Methodist Protestant Church united to form The > Methodist Church. In 1968, The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United > > Through the efforts of Wesley Chapel, now First United Methodist Church (360 > Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta), Trinity Methodist Church began in the home of > Martha and Greene B. Haygood, on McDonough Street, now Capitol Avenue. A > year later, in 1854, the church moved into a new building--the first brick > church in Atlanta--built on Mitchell Street on the site where the > Department of Transportation stands today, immediately south of the present > Georgia State Capitol. Wesley Chapel and Trinity shared pastors until 1856. > Methodism was less than 100 years old, and Atlanta's population was about > > During the Civil War, in July 1864, as Union General William Tecumseh > Sherman's army approached the city, Trinity Methodist Church was closed and > the Reverend Atticus G. Haygood and his family fled the city. Son of Martha > and Greene Haygood, and later a Methodist bishop and president of Emory > University (1875-84), Atticus Haygood was a missionary in Confederate > General Joseph E. Johnston's army. During August 1864, he held services > twice each Sunday. As the city was evacuated in September, furniture from > refugees' homes was stored in the church. Through the intervention of > Father Thomas O'Reilly, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (48 > Martin Luther King Drive SW, Atlanta), General Sherman spared four > > In 1874, the church moved to a larger, more impressive building on the > corner of Whitehall and Peters Streets (which is now Trinity Avenue). The > church remained at that site until 1911, when they built the present > structure on the southwest corner of Washington Street and Trinity Avenue. > The only ornamentation on this Gothic structure, designed by Walter T. > Downing, a prominent architect of the day, is a lofty tower projecting from > the northwest corner of the building. The "triumph of the whole > construction," according to The Atlanta Journal (October 27, 1912), are its > stained glass windows, made of opaque glass. The north windows depict > themes from the Old Testament; the south windows show themes from the New > Testament. The center windows on the east side of the church contain > symbols of the Christian Trinity; windows on either side show figures > representing the formation of the church (the Apostle Paul and St. John > Chrysostom on the left, Martin Luther and John Wesley on the right). The > elaborately carved chancel and pews, which originally came from Germany, > came from the Whitehall Street building. The <A HREF="http://www.google.com/music_austinorgan.html">organ</A>, built by the <A HREF="http://www.austinorg.com/">Austin > Organ Company</A> in 1912, originally had four divisions: swell, orchestral, > great, and echo. The last division was not included in the 1995 renovation > by <A HREF="http://www.pipe-organ.com/">A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Sales and Service</A> of Lithonia, GA. Five of > its thirty-nine ranks of pipes came from the old Whitehall Street church. > Its construction uses the universal wind-chest method and is > electro-pneumatic. The current three-manual console in the sanctuary, which > dates from 1916, was rebuilt in 1995 to accommodate a solid-state memory > system; a second, two-manual console is located in the assembly hall behind > > Trinity is credited with planting the seeds for five Methodist churches in > the Atlanta area: in 1871 St. Paul (originally on Fair St.) and Evans Chapel > on Stonewall St. (which became Walker Street Church), in 1878 Asbury on > Davis St., in 1879-81 Pierce Chapel (which became St. John's at Georgia > Ave. and Pryor St.), and in 1882-85 Park Street in West End. In the 1880s > and 1890s, Trinity sent at least five missionaries overseas and was active > in Home Missions. The Methodist "Epworth League," predecessor of the > "Wesley Fellowship," had its start in 1889 in Trinity's "Young People's > Christian League." During World War I, Trinity supported two Red Cross > units. On the Trinity church's 75th anniversary in 1929, The Atlanta > > . . . with the rising fortunes of the new Atlanta came an even profounder > test. Prosperity flowed, and pride set high in the hearts of men [and > women]. But Trinity held true to its olden ideal. "Whosoever will be chief > > During the 1930s, Trinity operated a soup kitchen, staffed chiefly by the > women of the church, serving the city at a time when people stood in long > > In the 1950s, the building of freeways displaced residential housing on > Capitol Avenue, Washington Street, and surrounding neighborhoods. > Responding to changes in its environs, which now consists of government > offices and public housing, Trinity sought to minister to the growing > homeless population in Atlanta. In the 1960s, this ministry focused on the > needs of the Capitol Homes community and others in the downtown area. > During the 1970s, 1980s, and on into the 1990s, Trinity continued programs > designed to meet the needs of the inner-city: > a soup kitchen serving 800 homeless people Sunday afternoons, > > a night shelter housing 30 men developed into a program helping men break > the cycles of substance abuse, unemployment, homelessness, and poverty, > > a transitional house for homeless men, and > > a Wednesday noon worship service and lunch for downtown workers, shoppers, > > In the 1990s, Trinity expanded its ministries to respond to the needs of > > Trinity United Methodist Church, a congregation of 250 members, strives to > be open to diverse expressions of Christian faith, to welcome persons from > all religious, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, social and economic > stations, and sexual orientations into the life of the congregation, and to >   <A HREF="http://www.google.com/index.htm">Home</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/location_times.htm">Worship Times and Location</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/who_we_are.html">Who We Are</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/calendar.htm">Calendar</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/education.htm">Education</A>  <A HREF="http://www.google.com/music.html">Music</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/outreach.html">Outreach</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/links.html">Links</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/sitemap.htm">Site Map</A> | <A HREF="http://www.google.com/contact.htm">Contact Us</A>  Ann in Atlanta

Look up Atlanta First United Methodist Church on website. Use "google" Do you know how this works? Two important pastors named Evans connected with earlier church called Wesley Chapel W.H. Evans and Clement Anselm Evans. This is a start. Ann in Atlanta AnnBoutwel@aol.com

I live in AZ but have visited Atlanta for genealogical purposes a few times. If I say something wrong, someone will correct me. Following the postings I thought that we were talking about the GEORGIA Archives. But reading the last post maybe your were asking about the NATIONAL Archives. They are in 2 separate locations. Another place to visit is the Atlanta History Society. I have placed information below about my experiences at all 3. National Archives: http://www.nara.gov/regional/atlanta.html At the National Archives you may find films that your normally would fill out a form and send off to the NARA in Washington DC and pay $10-$20 for them to look up the info. But in general, if you regularly access a local Family History Library and can get censuses there you may not need to spend much time at the National Archives. I believe that this branch specializes in the Civil War records (i.e., Military and Pension). I was surprised to find out that you can browse the actual WWI draft registration cards for the entire United States. It is hard to find cards for large cities unless you have their exact address in 1917 and district. They are SE of Atlanta in East Point, GA (20-25 minutes from downtown). Did not find much as I have access to a very large Family History Center in Mesa, AZ that has a lot of the same films. But I have to keep reminding myself that others do not have access to the films so this may be a good place to go. I wish I had known about the WWI draft cards because I only brought my South-eastern US data with me and did not have those addresses. I plan to go back to Atlanta soon and will be going back there to look at those. They have a $2 booklet (green) that lists some of the resources there - you may want to browse/purchase it. Atlanta History Society: http://www.atlhist.org/archives/html/archives.htm I found a lot of information here. This has a lot of records that the GA archives has but some different. A big thing there is the Garrett's Necrology and the Atlanta City Directories. Nice part of town. If you plan to go there, check days open and plan around this. GEORGIA Archives: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/default.htm I found a lot of information here. They have a card file of researchers by surname so be sure to browse and fill out a card. They have a lot of microfilm including some you would find at the NARA. I thinkthey have a microfiche index to Atlanta area death records to 1920. This is very helpful. They might have a card catalog of obituaries. They have GA DAR records. They are in downtown Atlanta. I think if you wanted to visit all 3 your would need to rent a car. Not sure whether MARTA goes to any of these. If you need any wills, land records, court records the courthouse is about 2 miles away from the archives (they may have recently moved).

I used to live near the National Archives branch in Atlanta. I sure miss being so close. I now live where the nearest branch (Chicago) is 450 miles away, one way! I would like to ask if there is anyone on this list who goes to the Archives and wouldn't mind doing a relatively quick lookup for me there, maybe if you have a few extra minutes, or would like a break from your own research. :-) I am looking for an entry in the 1880 census of Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania. So it should be in the index for that state. It is a lost branch of my family. Five siblings came to New Jersey from Cornwall, England. There were four brothers and a sister. I have located a lot of info about the brothers (I am a gg-granddaughter of one of them), but it seems the sister moved away. I believe she was in Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania for the 1880 census. LOUISA CADDY was born c 1842 in Cornwall, England. Her husband (I don't know if he was still alive in 1880) was SAMUEL CADDY. In the 1870 census of New Jersey, Louisa and Samuel are listed with two children, JAMES, and FRANCIS bc 1869. There may have been more children born subsequently to that census, but I don't know. I don't know if Francis survived to 1880, either. The only child I have any 'line' on is James, who may have moved to Columbia Co., Pennsylvania by the 1900 census, I found a likely candidate for him there. I would be grateful for any or all help in locating this lost branch. Kind regards and thanks to all, Kathy

Does anyone have knowledge of an Evans Chapel, location and denomination? Kindly e-mail any info concerning above. I believe my ggrandfather & family were members, at the time 1875-79, they were living at 148 Nelson St., Atlanta, GA. Earnie Prince bluegene@pdq.net

Cindy - check this out for directions, location, and hours. http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/as/ggi.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Zadrozny" <cinzad@qtm.net> To: <GAFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: [GAFULTON] Where to look? > Could someone please tell me how to get to the Archives in Atlanta? Also, > are there any reasonably priced motels nearby or good eatin' joints? > Appreciate any help. > > Cindy > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > >

This is JUST what I was hoping to get in return for my query!! Thanks so much, Ann! Cindy [Cindy, A nice hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suiotes on Spring St. near Macy's. This is a good area after research. You can shop at Macy's and a little shop call Scarlet Fever right around the corner. You can walk through Centennial Park and go to the top of the Western Peachtree Hotel. You also have access to MARTA> Take the South MARTA train to 5 points and then on EAST line. gET OFF NEXT STOP AT GEORGIA STATE .FROM THIS STOP YOU HAVE ABOUT 2 BLOCKS TO WALK. You might as well enjoy yourself while you are here. Hampton Inn 404.589.1111 1-800-HAMPTON www.hamptoninn-suites.com I live in Midtown and take MARTA all the time. Also come by the Margaret Mitchell House on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday when I am working and I will give you a guided tour. Ann in Atlanta AnnBoutwel@aol.com]

Cindy, A nice hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suiotes on Spring St. near Macy's. This is a good area after research. You can shop at Macy's and a little shop call Scarlet Fever right around the corner. You can walk through Centennial Park and go to the top of the Western Peachtree Hotel. You also have access to MARTA> Take the South MARTA train to 5 points and then on EAST line. gET OFF NEXT STOP AT GEORGIA STATE .FROM THIS STOP YOU HAVE ABOUT 2 BLOCKS TO WALK. You might as well enjoy yourself while you are here. Hampton Inn 404.589.1111 1-800-HAMPTON www.hamptoninn-suites.com I live in Midtown and take MARTA all the time. Also come by the Margaret Mitchell House on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday when I am working and I will give you a guided tour. Ann in Atlanta AnnBoutwel@aol.com