Location of Georgia Baptist Archives: http://cdsearch.mercer.edu/mainlib/special_collections/Sources_Genealogical. htm http://cdsearch.mercer.edu/mainlib/special_collections/directions.htm Mrs. Susan Broome Head of Special Collections Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University 1300 Edgewood Avenue Macon, GA 31207-0001 912-301-2968 Susan Broome broome_sg@mercer.edu Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com Similar info from other denominations are also welcome...
forwarded by permission... Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <jensgen@mail.integrityonline10.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:29 AM Subject: Family Tree Finders Thursday June 15, 2000 : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Thursday - 15 June 2000 : : An introduction to wills and some of the : confusing terms. : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Thursday - 15 June 2000 : : Understanding Wills : : There are some basic record types that genealogists are : encouraged to investigate and use. Among those always : mentioned are the probate records, though many times they : are referred to simply as wills. However, there are times : that we do not give as much attention to these probate : records as we should. : : First, we need to understand the different types of wills. : There are three different types of wills : : 1. Attested will - this will is prepared for the testator by : someone. In the past it might have been the local : magistrate. In today's system this is what a lawyer draws : up for you. : : 2. Holographic will - this will is actually written by the : testator himself, in his own handwriting. : : 3. Nuncupative will - this will is actually recorded at the : deathbed of the testator. A witness writes down the dying : wishes of the individual. : : All three of these wills require witnesses. Attested wills are : the most common ones. Witnesses could not be : beneficiaries, but were often relatives. So, pay attention to : the names of witnesses. Widows were seldom given real : estate outright by their husbands, although they were often : given personal property, such as household items, and often : the widow got the "use" of part of the estate during her : lifetime or until she remarried. : : In the past I often thought that this was a cruel thing to do : to the widow. I have since learned the rhyme to that reason. : It took a little understanding to the aspects of what a female : was entitled to, which in many instances wasn't much. By : limiting her ownership up till she remarried, the first : husband was protecting his inheritance for the children. : When the wife remarried, technically all her worldy goods : became property of the new husband. By limiting her : property until she married, the first husband solved this : problem and guaranteeing that his property and wealth that : would eventually go to his children would indeed follow : this path. : : Another problem that we often get hooked up in when : working with the probate records is in the references to : possible relatives. The two biggest confusions comes from : the terms "Junior" and "Senior." We have long seen them : as denoting the father and the son who share the same : name. However, in early times they actually stood for the : "elder" and the "younger" and may not have directly : related. They simply shared the same name and were living : in the same area. : : The terms "in-law" and "cousin" are major problems, also. : In-law may have been used in the modern sense, but could : just as easily refer to a stepchild. The term cousin probably : causes the most problems. It was applied loosely to almost : any type of relationship outside the immediate family : circle. : : Frequently the term cousin denoted a nephew or niece, but : may have meant a first or more distant cousin, or the spouse : of any of these relatives - and sometimes to other indirect : connections who were not blood relatives. If you are : dealing with a pre-1750 will, be especially careful in : assuming family connections when the term cousin is used. : : So, as you are researching these probate records keep in : mind some of these points. You just never know when you : will stumble upon one of them. : : : : Rhonda R. McClure : rhondam@sodamail.com : : : If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, : please forward this entire message to them! : _________________________________________________ : : IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: : Sodamail Web site: http://www.sodamail.com : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA WEB : Click on the following link to be unsubscribed immediately: : http://gt.sodamail.com/exec/gt/unsubscribe_FT.html?user=#user : [gtKey|encoded]# : : NOTE: You can subscribe to other Sodamail newsletters at the same : time! : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : TO SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : Need help? -- write to: help@sodamail.com : Have questions--write to our editor: editor@sodamail.com : __________________________________________________ : COPYRIGHT 1999-2000 SodaMail LLC. All rights reserved : http://www.Sodamail.com : : : : : :
Hey everybody! Tony Pryse <pryse@biochem.wustl.edu> was SO kind as to put together the Monroe Co., Georgia Civil War muster rolls, and I'm in the process of getting them up on the site. Co. D, 31st Regiment is there now (under Online Records), and there will soon be 7 others there, as well as a Master Index for all 8 regiments. Another wonderful individual, Cliff Spier <cgspier@garlic.com> has been sending me obits to post on the web site. I will be doing this over the next little while as well. So, in other words, keep checking back with the site and see what's new! :-) Mary Kathryn Kozy Monroe Co., GA GenWeb webmaster -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@attglobal.net My Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy/ South King Co. Gene. Soc. page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ South King Co. Arboretum Foundation: http://www.skcaf.org/ Rainier Chorale Home Page: http://www.rainierchorale.org/
Lessons to help: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson14.htm Please offer any more sites you have that will provide info for genealogical research on these American wars and ones that I have not posted info for myself... This list is for all of us and sharing what we have found with each other is what it is all about. Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
The American Revolution: http://www.sar.org/gassar/ http://www.rootsource.com/continental.htm World War I: http://www.worldwar1.com/bioindex.htm Cemeteries: http://www.usabmc.com/abmc2.htm http://members.dynasty.net/jmoats/france/americancemetery/ And some more: http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW, Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
This is a comprehensive list of many resourceful web sites. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Military http://www.cyndislist.com/military.htm#Records http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/faq/ ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/1nc/military/pensions/1835pens.txt http://www.nic.mil/MISC/milloc.html http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ http://www.usigs.org/library/military/links/wwi.htm http://www.usigs.org/library/military/links/index.htm http://www.usigs.org/library/military/index.htm http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/census/revparts.txt http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/#verify Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
Sorry folks for being out of pocket over the weekend. I had to deal with a friend in a crisis and could not get to the computer. I will continue to post other war web sites this week. Thanks for your activity and keep on posting!!! Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/monroe/wills/hudgins1847.txt Josiah Hudgins Will of 1847 This will has just been added to the Monroe County Archives by Rilla Hartsoe http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/monroe.htm Visit this page to see other wills, deeds, cemeteries that have been submitted. Virginia
"The future of this historic spot cannot fail to constitute a subject of deep and abiding interest to the people of this country, and it would seem fitting that it should be preserved as one of the sanctuaries of the nation, and be in due time decorated with appropriate honors." ----- Clara Barton, 1821-1912, July, 1865 (referring to Andersonville) More information on Clara Barton http//www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-1.html Biography Clara Barton http//www.incwell.com/Biographies/Barton.html Clara Barton National Historic Site http//www.nps.gov/clba/index.htm
CIVIL WAR RESOURCES U.S. Military History by James C. Neagles http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/usmilrec1.html "Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor" by Bertram Hawthorne Groene http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/tracyourcivw1.html "Civil War Genealogy" by George K. Schweitzer http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/civwargen1.html Civil War CD-ROM http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/noname.html Confederate Military History CD-ROM http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/conmilhiscd.html "Soldier Boy The Civil War Letters of Charles O. Musser, 29th Iowa" by Barry Popchock http//shop.ancestry.com/ancestry/soldierboy.html Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
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ARTICLES "Researching an Ancestor's Civil War Regiment" by David T. Thackery (Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 1995, Vol. 13, No. 2) http//www.ancestry.com/magazine/articles/civilwar.htm "The Source A Guidebook of American Genealogy" Chapter 9, Research in Military Records, by Johni Cerny (revised), Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, and David Thackery http//www.ancestry.com/home/source/src251.htm "The Shady Side of the Family Tree Civil War Union Court-Martial Case Files" By Trevor K. Plante' (Prologue Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Winter 1998, Vol. 30, No. 4) http//www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/crtmar.html Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ U.S. Civil War Center (See today's Family History Favorite Award) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War (See today's Family History Favorite Award) http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/contents.html American Civil War http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ National Archives and Records Administration Civil War Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html Confederate Pension Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/confed.html Military Service Records http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/service.html U.S. Army Center of Military History Mail: 103 Third Avenue Ft. McNair, DC 20319-5058 Location: Building 35 102 Fourth Avenue Fort Lesley J. McNair Washington, DC http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm Links to Full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm U.S. Army Military History Institute 22 Ashburn Drive, Carlisle Barracks Carlisle, PA 17013-5008 Tel: 717-245-3611 Fax:717-245-3711 http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ "U.S. Military Records" by James C. Neagles (Database version available to Ancestry subscribers) http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3083.htm Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
======================================================= ANDERSONVILLE/CIVIL WAR LINKS & RESOURCES <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= Andersonville National Historic Site (National Park Service) Route 1, Box 800 Andersonville, GA 31711 Tel: 912-924-0343 http://www.nps.gov/ande/ Conditions at Andersonville http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/andecon.htm Archaeology at Andersonville http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/andefiel.htm Wayside Exhibits for Andersonville http://www.nps.gov/hfc/media/way-ande-04.htm National POW Museum at Andersonville http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/pub_aff/courier/feature3.htm Andersonville Prisoners of War, 1863-65 (Database of the Day - Search it FREE for 10 days!) http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3708.htm "Andersonville: A Legacy of Shame . . . But Whose?" By Gary Waltrip (CSAnet) http://www.pointsouth.com/csanet/andersonville.htm Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
Hi folks... Next week we will be honoring all soldiers who gave their lives in any of our wars and conflicts... I will be sharing many web sites that will relate to military information by categories. Some may be duplicated because they serve multipurpose. You are welcome to add sites that you find useful as well. A personal review of a web site is welcome. If you have any soldiers in your line who died for the cause of Freedom... please share these names and the cause. Since many of us will be busy with end of schoolterm activities, we will also use this as our end-of-month ROLL CALL theme. Please use the subject line above to indicate this theme... Regular posts are always welcome... Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com
Can someone help this person? Thanks! -- Mary Kozy Contact him at: Gordon4617@aol.com: I have many ancestors from monroe county and i appreciate your website. the names i am extremely interested in, however, are either not represented or are outdated. those names: gray, dumas, harrison, simmons, middlebrooks, edwards, durham, taylor(which i know a great deal about) and thigpen. the most important link in my tree is following the grays. thomas jefferson gray ran a general store in bolingbroke. he came from a more northern state. he, at the time, could neither read or write, but learned quickly. from what i've been told his wife had to tally the receipts every day and keep a log. her name was lula eileen spicer. they were married on 12/24/1868. from census records, i have discovered that he was born in 1847 in alabama, but that could have been a mistake, since my great-grandmother told me he was from "up north." sorry to have gone on so long, but i want to find out about the grays. any info you might have would be helpful. as a matter of fact, i might have some you might want. taylor info available. thanks- -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@attglobal.net My Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy/ South King Co. Gene. Soc. page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ South King Co. Arboretum Foundation: http://www.skcaf.org/ Rainier Chorale Home Page: http://www.rainierchorale.org/
Sorry about that everyone! I DID get her death date wrong! Thank you all for pointing this out to me. Don't rightly think she could have had descendants if she died the same time she was born. Louise Hammond Remshart Watkins died 6 Aug 1914 at Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia. She was an artist by trade. Mainly worked in oils. I have a beautiful painting she did in 1898 of red roses. She did one of fruit and one of vegetables but my brother and sister have those. My great aunt had some also but her house burned about 15 years ago and all was lost. Louise was legally blind I might add. She mixed her own paints, but then I don't know if you could buy oils back then. Louise had been burned by a stove fire while she was cooking and this is what she supposedly died from. I have always felt a certain kinship to this woman as art is in my blood also. She had to have been very good as these paintings are wonderful. I have a set of four tulip cordial glasses that she painted also. These are so great! Louise is the reason I got hooked on this genealogy in the first place! Thanks again all of you for your e-mails. I will answer all of them one by one so please be patient! Ruth When answering, please leave original message along with all replies to jog my memory. ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ My Homepage has moved! Please note the new address: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ruthptb ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ Researching the following surnames: ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ARTERBERRY, BENNETT, BAUDOUIN/BOWDOIN/BOWDEN, BROCAS, C de BACA (VACA), DICKEN, GOODSON, GUGLE/HAMMOND, HART, HOLLIDAY, HOWARD, HUGHLETT, IVESTER/ISBISTER, NICHOLS, PADILLA, PEAKE, PULLIAM, REMSHART, RUCKER, TATE, WATKINS There are two groups of people. Those who divide people into two groups, and those who don't. And..... There are three groups of people. Those who know how to count, and those who don't.
Hi ya'll, Ok, seems like most queries start out: "Desperately looking for....". Well, I am not desperate but I sure would like some help! Is there a particular newspaper that was printing around 1914 in Monroe County that would have covered High Falls news? Is there anyone who could do a look-up for me at the library in the book that has the Forsyth city cemetery listings? Is there anyone to hire in Monroe County to do a lookup if I can't find a volunteer? I went to the library today looking at a microfilm looking for my great grandmother, Louise Hammond Remshart Watkins. She was married to Thomas Oscar Watkins. Louise born: 31 May 1878 in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia Louise died: 31 May 1878 in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia Louise married Thomas Oscar Watkins on April 30, 1901 in Griffin, Spalding County. Two of her children were born at High Falls and I was told by my great aunt that Louise died at High Falls and was buried in Monroe County, Georgia. I did not find her obituary which I expected to. I was looking at a newspaper called 'The Monroe Advertizer'. Maybe I was looking in the wrong newspaper? I bought the 1986 version of the Monroe County, Georgia, A History book and Louise is not listed in ANY of the cemeteries there. The book mentioned that the CITY of Forsyth's Cemetery is in a book at the library and courthouse. Thomas Oscar Watkins was the grandson of Thomas Dewberry and Senah Laws. From what I can find out, they were pretty well off. Thomas Oscar's mother was Sarah Dewberry. I figure since they were well off, they MUST have put a headstone for Louise! She's just gotta be somewhere!!! Thanks in advance for ANY help anyone can give me! Ruth When answering, please leave original message along with all replies to jog my memory. ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ My Homepage has moved! Please note the new address: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ruthptb ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ Researching the following surnames: ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ARTERBERRY, BENNETT, BAUDOUIN/BOWDOIN/BOWDEN, BROCAS, C de BACA (VACA), DICKEN, GOODSON, GUGLE/HAMMOND, HART, HOLLIDAY, HOWARD, HUGHLETT, IVESTER/ISBISTER, NICHOLS, PADILLA, PEAKE, PULLIAM, REMSHART, RUCKER, TATE, WATKINS There are two groups of people. Those who divide people into two groups, and those who don't. And..... There are three groups of people. Those who know how to count, and those who don't.
Can anyone out there tell me what has happened with the book that was being published on Monroe Co. If a book was paid for and still not received, how would one find out how to get it. ?????????????? Thank You. Regards. Linda
How heartwarming to hear from so many of you who read the little tribute to my mother from Monroe County! Thank you. You made MY Mothers' Day special. Upon re-reading what I had written, I realized that I had made an error in my mother's age when she left Forsyth to go to college. She was "barely SIXTEEN", not "barely eighteen". That seems very young to leave home and board a train alone, but in those days it was possible to complete two grades in one year, and of course there were only eleven grades. Ever the teacher, my mother would have reminded me to "read carefully and check for mistakes before you mail ANYTHING!" Mothers are SO WISE!!!!!