Hello fellow Paulding Co.researchers, I have a web site at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/o/o/Mary-and-Jack-C-Wood/ with the Paulding Co.families beginning in the 2nd.generation with my mother, Jessie Gertrude Brintle. Would you please view this site and let me know if this helps anyone or if you can add any info to mine? I will be glad to share other info I have. Thank you, Jo Wood in AL

NOT SPAM ! This message is being forwarded by Listowner D. Scott Dingler Cherokee County Georgia Heritage Books are now available. Copies may be purchased at all library branches in Cherokee County for $65 each. Pre-paid orders may be picked up on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the R. T. Jones Library in Canton from 10 am - 4 pm. This valuable collection of 1,552 stories, over 1,000 pictures and almost 700 pages make up this fantastic book on the people, places and events in Cherokee County. Mail orders may be sent to Cherokee County Heritage Book, P.O. Box 1876, Canton, GA 30114. Send $69 (including postage). Include street address for UPS delivery. Thanks, Phyllis

There must be someone in Paulding or surrounding counties who know something about Mark Sheffield who married Nancy Carlton in 1878. He may have gone by the name Shuffield. Also is there any connection between Benjamin Fannin and Mark.A Mark Shuffield was in B. Fannin`s will in the 1890`s. Henry S. Carlton my gg grandfather married Amanda Caldwell Johns in 1857. He is the father of Nancy who married Mark. Henry came to Paulding via Elbert Co and counties in between. Thanks Glenn>ghitchcock@aol.com

I am doing research on my great-grandfather Charlie Gamel (born on 8/24/147). He was the 6th child of William and Mary Gamel. If there is anyone doing family research on the Gamel family in Paulding County, Georgia let me know. Thanks.

The following was posted to one of my mailing list. I hate to admit it but I can relate to it. D. Scott Dingler Listowner The top ten indicators that you've become a Gene-aholic..... By Mary H. Harris 10 . You introduce your daughter as your descendant. 9. You've never met any of the people you send e-mail to, even though you are related. 8. You can recite your lineage gack 8 generations, but can't remember your nephew's name. 7. You have more photographs of dead people than living ones. 6. You have taken a tape recorder and or notebook to a family reunion. 5 You have not only read the latest Gedcom standards, you understand it. 4. The local genealogy society borrows books from you. 3. The only film you have seen in the last year was the 1880 census index. 2. More than half of your CD collection is made up of marriage records or pedigrees. 1. Your elusive ancestors have been spotted in more places than Elvis.

Any infor on these two family lines (names include Hannah Catherine, James Isaac, Thomas, etc...would like to swap info) \ Send all info to Sue Brown at jbrown@281.com Thanks, her daughter

IMPORTANT NOTICE - THIS IS NOT SPAM This messages is being forwarded by D. Scott Dingler - Listowner Make plans to attend the August meeting of the Floyd County Heritage Book Committee, scheduled for Monday, August 31st, 7:00 p.m. at the Oostanaula Room, Sara Hightower Regional Library, 205 Riverside Pkwy, rome. Special guest for the meeting will be Phillis Porter, chairman of the Cherokee County, GA Heritage Book Committee, who will share her experience with their project. The Cherokee County book, due out in the Fall, is the largest edition, yet, in Walsworth Publishing Company's Georgia Heritage Book Walsworth series. If you haven't brought in a family, church, club, or organization article and photo, be sure to do so. Soon, we will begin selecting articles to publish in the brochure. Hope to see you on Monday evening. Thanks! Don Mills donmillsinc@mindspring.com

Anyone needing US census records should check out http://www.allcensus.com . You can get any census records from 1790 thru 1920 on CD-ROM and thus view them on your own computer and use a graphics program to enlarge or enhanse as needed

August 23 will be our year Brock reuinion in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia. It was started in the 1930s. We have Brocks from 4 different lines that attend; George Brock b. bef 1755 NC, Isaac Brock b. 1744 NC, Loyd Brock b. abt 1762, Reuben Brock b. bef 1754 or as some people call him Reuben Brock II. The following is the announcement we sent out. BROCK FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY August 23, 1998 11:00 A.M. / Eat at 12:00 Noon Cave Springs Picnic Area Cave Springs, Georgia If you are a Brock or have any Brock ancestors, please be at this reunion. This reunion was started in the late 1930s and has been held every year since. For the last 30 years Harold Brock has personally seen that the reunion continued. As Brocks, we must preserve this reunion for the future generations. Also, encourage all your Brock kin to be at the reunion. Bring pictures of your Brock ancestors. Several of the Brocks descendants have worked for years compiling our family history. In 1998 we published it in a book, "Brock Family History." We publish a new eddtion each year. The current eddition is over 300 pages. There are copies in several libraries and archives. If you have any questions about the reunion, contact: D. Scott Dingler: 770-924-9835 or Bruce Brock: 205-523-5425 or Harold Brock: 706-754-4803

There is a new Gordon County, Georgia Mailing List at Rootsweb. "GAGORDON. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Gordon County, Georgia. Interested individuals may want to check out the Gordon County GAGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagordon/index.html Mailing address for postings is gagordon-l@rootsweb.com. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to gagordon-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or gagordon-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode)." D. Scott Dingler Listowner Food For Thought: If the one that holds our future is the one that holds our hand, we will always have reason to give thanks for we will surely be blessed. Check out my Gealogy home page at http://www.mindspring.com/~sdingler/ Check out the Mailing Lists at http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ D. Scott Dingler 711 Robin Court Woodstock, GA 30188 ********************************************************* * * * JESUS OUR SAVIOR WILL CARRY US ALL THE WAY !!!!!!! * * * *********************************************************

Francis Marion Stanford is a son of Joshua T. Stanford and Susan Jones. He was on a tax record in 1853 in Carroll County, Ga. Was on the 1860 census Haralson Co. Ga. and joined Paulding Co. Vols in 1861. Would like to contact anyone researching Joshua T. Stanford, Levi Stanford and Francis Marion Stanford. Francis married Delila Ann McAdams a daughter of Henry McAdams in Paulding Co. Charles M. Stanford chasstan@swbell.net

The following was sent to all Listowners at Rootsweb. D. Scott Dingler Listowner Hi, folks -- Well, it took almost two months longer than expected, but we're right now installing a SmartList hack that blocks file attachments (including VCARDS), HTML messages and enriched text postings. Sorry about the delay: things have been crazy around here. This note is to let you know how it works. When a poster sends something to a mailing list written in HTML, or with a non-plain-text attached file, the list server will send the poster's message back to them, with a note at the bottom explaining the plain-text requirement at RootsWeb. A COPY OF THIS REJECTION MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS WELL! That's because the poster may write back to you to complain or to ask for help, and it can be pretty confusing if they write a reply to a message that you never saw. So when you suddenly start getting messages from YOURLIST-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com, quoting some ungodly HTML mess that you never saw before, don't be alarmed. :-) It just means the list server is rejecting a MIME message that was sent to your list, and that you may get a response from the poster. This change is not currently something the listowner can turn on and off. Attachments will be blocked from every list alike. This might not be to the taste of some listowners, so we'll consider closely whether it would be safe to make it an optional setting. Thanks to Marc Nozell for finding the SmartList patch that was used as the basis for this fix! Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative volunteer sysadmin and general hacker

I came across this source for securing the 1850 census for the following counties. Thought some of you other researchers might be interested. Carolyn Power Flowers 1850 Census of Georgia Compiled by Rhea C. Otto Distributed by Marilyn C. Cole 8816 Ferguson Avenue-Savannah, Georgia 31406 (912) 355-4889 email: Marilyn355@aol.com 1850 ONLY. Includes: (1) Alphabetical listing of surnames, all family names and ages, occupations, and birthstates. (2) A separate list of household heads as enumerated by the Census Taker, indicating neighbors and possible relatives nearby. (3) A diagram showing how the County was first named, then later divided. Price: $12.00 per county, regardless of population. APPLING ________ FAYETTE ________ MORGAN ________ BAKER ________ FRANKLIN________ MUSCOGEE________ BALDWIN ________ GLYNN ________ OGLETHORPE______ BIBB ________ GORDON ________ PIKE ________ BRYAN ________ GREENE ________ PULASKI ________ BULLOCH________ HALL ________ PUTNAM ________ BURKE ________ HANCOCK________ RANDOLPH________ BUTTS ________ HENRY ________ RICHMOND________ CAMDEN ________ HOUSTON________ SCREVEN________ CAMPBELL________ JACKSON________ STEWAR ________ CARROLL________ JASPER ________ SUMTER ________ CHATHAM________ JEFFERSON________ TALBOT ________ CHATTOOGA_______ LAURENS________ TALIAFERRO_______ CHEROKEE________ LEE ________ TATTNALL________ COBB ________ LIBERTY ________ TELFAIR ________ COLUMBIA________ LINCOLN ________ TROUP ________ COWETA ________ LUMPKIN ________ TWIGGS ________ CRAWFORD_______ McINTOSH________ UNION ________ DEKALB ________ MACON ________ WALTON ________ DOOLY ________ MARION ________ WARREN ________ EARLY ________ MERIWETHER______ WASHINGTON______ EFFINGHAM_______ MONROE ________ WAYNE ________ ELBERT ________ MONTGOMERY_____ WILKES ________ EMANUEL________ WILKINSON________ Please print: Name:_______________________________ Address:_____________________________ City:________________________________ State:_______________________________ Zip:________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I just waned to let everyone know just what a great person she is .incase you don't know who she is ,she is one of the volunteers that give of there time to help people like me to find our familys,and I wanted to thank her on the web. THank you Jeanette GT WOOD,NIX,GREEN COOK,TANNER

Hello, I am researching the Paris line in Paulding and Cobb county. We descend from Lewis PARIS and his wife Phoebe (CALLEY). I have been told her surname is CALLEY, have not found documentation to that effect as of yet. Am interested in all PARIS families in this area. Happy Hunting! Frankie (Linda DeFrees Franks) Soda Springs, Idaho rfranks@cyberhighway.net

In 1795 the two sstep process for Nationalization was established. This act required that any free, white male alien (of at least 21 yrs of age) had to reside within this country for at least three years before he declared his intention to become a citizen. Two years later he could petition the court for naturalization. Unmarried women at least 21 years old (basically for purchasing and selling property) could also apply for citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 granted U.S. citizenship to all persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction (American Indian, inhabitants of unincorporated territories, and children of foreign ambassadors were excluded in this amendment). In Georgia there are two documents associated with the naturalization process, "Declaration of Intention" and Petition for Naturalization". There are two steps involved in becoming a naturalized citizen. The alien initially filed a Declaration of Intention (first papers) to become a citizen in an appropriate court of record. After residency and proof of good character requirements were met, the alien could then petition the court to become a naturalized citizen. Prior to Sept. 1906 this process could be accomplished in any court of record. After then by federal law, this was transferred to the Federal Court System. The federal courts did allow some state courts to participate in the process in a few instances. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ source: Index to Georgia's Federal Naturalization Records to 1950 (Excluding Military Petitions) compiled by Linda W.Geiger & Meyer Frankel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeanette

Before the United States gained its independence, a foreigner residing in America could only obtain citizenship in the country ruling the area of his residence (England, Spain, or France). When the American colonies became independent in 1776, all white residents of European descent born in the colonies or loyal to the Revolutionary cause became AMERICAN CITIZENS. Until 1778 States retained the right to set local residence requirements, and eight states (excepting Connecticut, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania) passed their own naturalization laws. In 1778 all free, white residents in ALL states were granted common U.S.citizenship. The first Naturalization Act passed by Congress on March 26, 1790, provided that any free, white male alien at least twenty-one years old who desired to become a citizen could apply to any common law court of record. The said court could be any court with a clerk and a seal in the state where he had resided for the term of at least one year. Loyal indentured servants residing in the Colonies at the time of the Revolution were granted AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP.

Will do Lookups: Georgia Marriages 1760 - 1820 Marriages and Deaths 1820 - 1830 (abstracted from extant Ga Newspapers) Also from: Index to Georgia's Federal Naturalization Records to 1950. Jeanette at Telfair Co.Ga =============================================== D. Scott Dingler wrote: > > As of 3:00pm 6/2/98, we have 34 subscribers. > D. Scott Dingler >

As of 3:00pm 6/2/98, we have 34 subscribers. D. Scott Dingler

Does anyone have info on Leggett's living in Paulding Co since the 1800's?