The May 2002 quarterly (GEORGIA SETTLERS) for the East Georgia Genealogical Society (EGGS), will be sent to its members in a couple of weeks. Major articles include: County Records Clarke Co. Deed Book A, (1802-1804), pp. 201-259 Greene Co. Amnesty Oaths (1865-66) Gwinnett Co. Inferior Court Minutes (1820-31), pp. 20-34 Jackson Co. - Sandy Creek Pres. Church Minutes Rockdale Co. Marriage Book A (1871-78), pp. 93-184 Troup Artillery, Clarke Co. (1858-65) This Society includes the following 28 counties: Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren and Wilkes. If interested, additional information and applications forms to join the society can be found on the EGGS web site at: www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs Meetings are held at the main library in Winder, GA, on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00. The next meeting is as follows: May 7, 2002 - The video "Cryptic Clues in the Bone Yard," will be presented. In this video, professional genealogist Sharon DeBartolo Carmack teaches common cemetery trivia and tombstone composition, as well as tips for searching cemeteries and tombstones. She also shows how to take great photographs of your ancestors' headstones and how to make tombstone rubbings, all suitable for framing or for handing down to future generations as family artifacts. This is a really good, informative video and we hope you can join us!