This from Jennifer Braswell on the Bibb County Page regarding Washington Library, great information, Gaila snip > Hello, GABIBB listers! > This is the reply to a question I sent to the Washington Library concerning > their holdings regarding cemeteries: > > : Mrs. Braswell: > : Your request for information regarding funeral home records in the > Genealogical and Historical Room has been forwarded from the Reference > Department. > : > : We have a four volume set containing the photocopied funeral cards from > Connally & Pitts Funeral Home for the years 1921 to 1940. In addition, we > have a bound photocopied volume of the interment list from Hart's Mortuary > for burials between April 1915 and April 1946 inclusive. These are the > funeral home records we have for Bibb County mortuaries and funeral homes. > : > : In addition to these records, I should like to mention a number of other > sources our patrons use in finding ancestors who died or are buried in Bibb > County. We have interment records for Rose Hill Cemetery (1840-1871 and > 1896-1915), Riverside Cemetery (to 1940) and Riverside Cemetery (Old Section > to 1972), and Macon Memorial Park Cemetery (1935-February 2000). We also > have records of Rose Hill Cemetery based on a gravestone survey of 1959. We > have records for Cedar Ridge Cemetery and a partial list of Hart's Mortuary > burials in Evergreen Cemetery. We also gravestone survey records of a > number of smaller Bibb County cemeteries. > : > : Moreover, we have several indices for obituaries in local newspapers. We > have Willard Rocker's book abstracting marriage and death notices from the > Macon Messenger (1823-1865), Jean Ard's multi-volumed index of funeral > notices from the Macon Telegraph (1870-1910), and the library's index of > Macon Telegraph obituaries (1907-1994). > : > : Before closing, I should also mention the Georgia Death Index, which began > in 1919. We have the index for the years from 1919 to 1998. Finally, I > think your list users will be excited to know that our book catalogue will > soon be on line. We are now in the process of moving the catalogue to a > computerized format in the PINES system, which is accessible to users in > their homes. Once we are on board, it will be possibel for any one of our > patrons to check for a particular book from his or her home computer. This > without having to wait for us to open and without having to call or drive to > the library. (The microfilm catalogue will not be available through this > system immediately, but we hope to include it eventually). > : > : Thank you for your interest in our collection. I hope this information > will prove useful to GABIBB rootsweb list users and that many will visit us, > or if they are too far away to visit Washington Memorial Library, that they > will write or e-mail us. Patrons may e-mail directly to the Genealogical > and Historical Room (Our e-mail address is > washingg@mail.bibb.public.lib.ga.us) or write to us at the address below > listed. ( I should caution that we can not accept research inquiries over > the telephone, but of course will answer questions about our hours, holiday > closings, and holdings over the telephone). With my very best wishes, I am, > : > : Very truly yours, > : > : C. Stokes > : > : Christopher Stokes, Ph.D. > : Washington Memorial Library > : Genealogical and Historical Room > : 1180 Washington Avenue > : Macon, Georgia 31201-1790 > : > : > : > : ==== GABIBB Mailing List ==== > : Bibb Co, GA website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabibb/index.htm > : > : ============================== > : To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > : > : > > > ==== GABIBB Mailing List ==== > Be sure your subject line represents the true subject of your post; > otherwise, someone who could help, or connect with you, may choose to delete your post. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >