As a member of EGGS (East Georgia Genealogical Society) I would like to add a little information to Faye's comments about the Barrow County Cemetery Book now at the printers. Barrow County was formed in 1914 from the counties of Walton, Jackson and Gwinnett so if you are looking for a cemetery that was in one of these counties, then it may possibly be included in the new book. See Faye's message below for information on how to order a book. We welcome any of you far and near to join our group. We have a great group of people, good programs and have a wonderful time as well as an outstanding Quarterly. I live near Charlotte, NC but attend most of the monthly EGGS meetings which are a three hour drive for me. (I also get a chance to visit family and get in some genealogy research.) See Faye's message below for information on how to join EGGS. Pat Hardin ----- Original Message ----- From: <FayePoss@aol.com> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 11:14 AM Subject: [GAWALTON] Re: GAWALTON-D Digest V00 #59 > Hi Momma Walton - Just wanted to fill you in on the goals of "Georgia > Settlers." > > > I received the neatest little booklet yesterday "Georgia Settlers" by > > the East GA Genealogy Society. This is a very informative publication > > involving several of our "Gen-Kids" & several GA counties, which I > > intend to order before long. Maybe Jim or Faye could fill us in on > > this, especialy since I'm going to have to get offline again. Good job > > "Kids"!!! > > First, the East GA Gen. Soc. covers 28 counties: Banks, Barrow, Butts, > Clarke, Columbia, Elbertr, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, > Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, > Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren & Wilkes. > > Our goal is to have abstracts of various county records in each issue & try > to cover something from each of the counties, or rotate around until all the > counties are included. This is what was included in the first issue: > > Announcements > Article by Mr. Walton Cox on "Walton Co. Cemetery Locator Project." > Columbia Co. - 12 months support, 1858-1898 > Glascock Co. Marriage Book A (will continue on thru Book B) > Madison Co. - Poor School Fund, 1828-39 (also continued in May issue) > Walton Co. - Wills & Estate Records A, 1819-1827 (abstracts of records > will be continued in the next 4 issues, or however many it takes) > Family Tree - Descendants of Matthew Patton (5 generations of the > Patton family) > Queries, etc. > > This publication is 8-1/2 x 11" and each quarter will have about 30 typed > pages of material. Membership cost is very reasonable ($10 for individuals) > and includes the quarterly. Forms are located at the EGGS web site: > > www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs/ > > BTW, Mr. Walter Cox will be the speaker at our next EGGS meeting in Winder on > Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00PM, speaking on the Walton Co. Cemetery Locator > Project. We're all looking forward to hearing about this project first hand! > This next meeting will be held at Matthews Cafeteria in Winder, and a lot of > us will get there prior to 7:00 and enjoy some of their excellent Southern > style cooking. We invite any of you on the Walton Rootsweb list to join us, > if you're in the area. > > EGGS has just barely finished the book "Barrow County Georgia Cemeteries" and > it is now at the printers - expected to be shipped March 23rd. Its HB, 620 > pages, full name index - an excellent reference! Cost until about the 1st of > April is $35 + $3 S&H, and after that time increases to $40 + $3. (Order > forms on the above web site.) > > Since we're on a roll here, and Walton is having the "disappearing > cemeteries" problem, EGGS is now considering surveying the cemeteries in > Walton Co., and starting on a new cemetery book for Walton Co. Of course, we > need volunteers to help with the surveying!!! Anyone that can donate some > hours and/or days to this project, please contact Jim Patton at this e-mail > address: > > gaeggs@email.com > > Well ... if I've forgotten anything important, maybe Jim can put his two-bits > in! > > Faye Poss > >