*HI ALL: Email sent to me by another GA researcher, re 1805 Land lottery .... Tina About the person doing land lottery lookups and >>Is anyone aware of how I might obtain a book on the first >>lottery, which was in 1805? There were seven Georgia land >>lotteries in all (aside from the obscure 1833 one), so that >>is the only one I'm missing. I look forward to hearing from >>you and will endeavor to answer all requests. > >According to the Georgia Dept of Archive >http://www.sos.state.ga.us/Archives/rs/1805.htm >The 1805 land lottery was published as >Wood, Virginia S. and Ralph V. Wood. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. >Cambridge, Mass.: Greenewood Press, 1964 > >This looks like it had been out of print for years. Our library has >a copy that is showing its age. Anyone who had used this book >knows it is just a list of names, county of residence and whether >the draw was sucessful or not. > >Georgia. Surveyor General. Grants, Land Lottery. 1805 Card File. >All cards are filed alphabetically. Information given includes >the name of each participant, county of residence, notation as >to "B" (blank) or "P" (prize) draw, lot number, district number, >and county in which the land was located. (GDAH Microfilm #291/71-77) > >This Georgia archives microfilm might be a better source of the >1805 land lottery since it also gives the lot and district >of the land that was drawn. from Doug *THANKS DOUG!* TP He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb