*HI ALL: Just in case the below info from Steve might be beneficial to anyone, I'm posting his response to me re "poor schools" he was asking about.... TP Tina - > >I think that I know the two books to which you are referring and I have >checked on them at the local Wilkinson Co. library. One did supply >the names of the eight or nine schools in the county and a short >description of Talmadge, but not much more -- particularly student >records. Neither the 1980 book/index of student names of "poor" schools >in Georgia for that pre-1860 period nor a contact with a county board of >education official produced any solid leads. I was thinking that there >might be someone with info on that Talmadge institution. Thanks for your >response. Steve > >