In a message dated 9/9/03 10:42:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LanelleL2@aol.com writes: > I don't know about other counties, but Greene County will. I copied some > about a year ago. > > Lanelle Lanelle, Check with the county now and see if they will allow photo copies. The county where I have been doing lookups for people have recently closed the death records. They will only make certified copies, but they have allowed me to see the certificates and I can write down the information on paper. Not the same as having the hard copy, but the best I can do with limited income. Doris

I don't know about other counties, but Greene County will. I copied some about a year ago. Lanelle

My experience with death certificates in Georgia is different from Phyllis's. I've found only one county health dept. that would let me look at a death certificate without paying $10.00, and they let me do this only once. I happened to be the only person in the waiting room, and I think they felt sorry for me. I've found one, small county where the death certificates are kept at the courthouse instead of the health dept. The clerk allowed me to look at several death certificates and photocopy one. In all other counties, and I've been to several, I've always had to pay the $10.00. I had a friend who used to say, "People who want ancestors have to be willing to pay for them." I always think about her when I order another death certificate. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <PmpGenie@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Death Certificates > Sure, you can go to counties and copy what you need. > Also, you can copy from microfilm, etc. at libraries, archives, etc. > > That is- IF you can go there. > > Phyllis

Sure, you can go to counties and copy what you need. Also, you can copy from microfilm, etc. at libraries, archives, etc. That is- IF you can go there. Phyllis ---------- In a message dated 9/8/2003 8:12:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SBrad1249 writes: > > > Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in and > copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the > way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but I > have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you need > one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of the > copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. > Stephanie Bradley > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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=1 > 237

In a message dated 9/8/03 8:13:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SBrad1249@aol.com writes: > Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in > and > copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the > way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but > I > have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you > need > one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of > the > copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. > Stephanie Bradley Stephanie, Until recently I was able to get photo copies of death certificates in several nearby counties, but when I went to do some lookups last month I was told that death certificates had been ordered closed. The clerk did pull them for me and allowed me to write down the information. I was able to get the name of parents for two relatives that I was having problems with. Big disagreement as to which John Doe was the son of Sam Doe. We now have the right child with the right father. What made it even more confusing was that both fathers had married women with the same name, first and last. With all the problems with Identity thieves, many of the states are now closing records that we need for genealogy. I cannot afford to buy certified copies of each death certificate, that would quickly get into the hundreds of dollars. It looks like researchers should be able to get access to these records without paying such high prices. Doris

Not that I know of. I know you can't do that in Richmond and Columbia County. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SBrad1249@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:12 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Death Certificates > Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in and > copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the > way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but I > have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you need > one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of the > copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. > Stephanie Bradley > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi Sandra, In your original post you noted: > My gr grandpapa : 1827 Georgia Land Lottery > District: 15 > Lot: 138 > County: Muscogee And you noted in a later response: > Correction: In the below message I said Howard > Community was in Harris > County, but I reread Virginia's message and Howard > Commuity is in Taylor County, > Georgia. I am sorry for the mistake. Sandra I located the Howard Community in Taylor Co., (using Tiger mapping) and compared it's location to Land Lottery District 15 (on the STATE OF GEORGIA - ORIGINAL AND 1895 COUNTIES AND LAND LOT DISTRICTS which I acquired from the Georgia Archives) and guess what?! It appears that all the environs of the Howard Community in Taylor Co. were part of the 15th Land Lottery District. Oh and BTW... Land Lottery Districts and Militia Districts are two entirely different animals. I'm going to introduce a third piece of location data that I use and that is the watershed where the land was. This piece of info is commonly found in Deed Records and Tax Lists of the time. You can use the combination of Land Lottery District, Militia District and Watershed data to zero in with a fair degree of accuracy on where the land was. Some words of warning though... This is by no means easy as creek names tend to change over time. If you can't initially find your target creek, follow it to it's confluence with a larger stream or river. Often times you'll find it thereabouts. For example: All the tributaries of Shoulderbone Creek (of Greene and Hancock Counties) have been named something else over time, but they all empty into the the Oconee River as one creek, and there it's known as Shoulderbone. Also I hope you know that you're bordering dangerously close to another obsessive-compulsive subset of genealogical research and that is area research! :-) Hope this helps, Lee __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Yes, you can. I know I did in Jackson Co. Bea

Stephanie: You are referring to non-certified death certificates. Some states allow non-certified copies of the death certificates at a reduced rate, but usually more than the cost of the copy. Georgia does not provide for this. However, I have run across some funeral homes who place a copy of the obit and death certificate in their files and will copy them for relatives or descendants at copy cost only. This is not the norm, but it's worth asking. Alabama has put the information of interest to researchers from their older death certificates (non-certified, of course) on microfilm and made them available to researchers. It would be wonderful if Georgia did this. Barbara Smallwood Stock -----Original Message----- From: SBrad1249@aol.com [mailto:SBrad1249@aol.com] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:12 PM To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEORGIA] Death Certificates Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in and copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but I have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you need one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of the copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. Stephanie Bradley ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== 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

Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in and copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but I have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you need one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of the copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. Stephanie Bradley

Even the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT doesn't have film of the actual death certificates. You have to get the date and then send for the document. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: <SBrad1249@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 5:12 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Death Certificates > Just curious--are there no counties in GA that will allow you to come in and > copy death certificates just for the cost of the copy--about 25 cents --the > way you can marriage licenses and wills? I know you can do that in NC, but I > have not tried in GA yet? If so there might be someone in the county you need > one in willing to go to the courthouse and do that for you for the price of the > copy and postage. That's the way I do the marriage licenses in Pike Co. > Stephanie Bradley > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 > >

Does anyone know whether bastardy bonds were required in Georgia in the 1850s? The area I'm particularly interested in is Hickory Level, Carroll County, GA. If they were used in that area at that time, any idea of books or other sources? Thanks, Beth

My mistake! The Columbia County where my Winn and Greens died was in Arkansas. I need to read the header more carefully. Mary in CA

How do I could go about obtaining a copy of the estate papers for someone who died in Campbell County in 1841? I don't think he had a Will but he did have in testate records. I am also interested in the contact information for anyone in the local area that I could pay to obtain the copies for me and mail them to me? Thanks, David McCarley ICQ: 75885428 AOL: Opv1419 MSN: Opv_m

Correction: In the below message I said Howard Community was in Harris County, but I reread Virginia's message and Howard Commuity is in Taylor County, Georgia. I am sorry for the mistake. Sandra Hi Lee, Thank you so much for your help.  Altho it helps, it makes it a bit more confusing. So as the Captains name's changed, so did the Captain 's District. I've have wonderful instructions as to how visit Harris County and maps from Virginia Crilly.  Virginia wrote me that Howard was a community in Harris County. I am trying to  pin Howard down so I will know where the Land (1827) might have been.  I am trying to zero in on my gr grandpapa's land and Virginia Crilly has gone above and beyond her duty. Rex2 of Harris County has been a great help also with his knowledge of Harris County. There are no maps with Howard Community, I wonder if  anyone remembers  Howard Community in Harris. Thank you for your reply and helping me. Sandra maiden name Waldrop Geoergia

Hi Lee, Thank you so much for your help. Altho it helps, it makes it a bit more confusing. So as the Captains name's changed, so did the Captain 's District. I've have wonderful instructions as to how visit Harris County and maps from Virginia Crilly. Virginia wrote me that Howard was a community in Harris County. I am trying to pin Howard down so I will know where the Land (1827) might have been. I am trying to zero in on my gr grandpapa's land and Virginia Crilly has gone above and beyond her duty. Rex2 of Harris County has been a great help also with his knowledge of Harris County. There are no maps with Howard Community, I wonder if anyone remembers Howard Community in Harris. Thank you for your reply and helping me. Sandra maiden name Waldrop Geoergia

Where is Catula? (What part of Georgia?) Sandra: South West Central Close to Cloumbus, Georgia About 9 miles from Hamilton, Georgia in Harris County, > > Do you have a full name (first and last names) on the > > Sandra: "DEED FOR THE FIRST NEW HOPE METHODIST CHURCH. > > SUMITTED BY GARY BLANTON > > > Georgia > Harris County > > Letter > mentions : Joseph J. Whitaker > > signed by: Henry Whitaker URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris/deed002.htm > Whitaker? > > Elizabeth Whitaker I hope this helps. Sandra > >

George in Leeds. I really don't know When he is listed in Gwennette County, Georgia his drawing was\: Sec. 2 District 15 Lot 138 then it read Caruthers , I fould later that was used as Captain District: Caruthers. (Muscogee) He had four drawings in Muscogee County, Georgia which now are Harris, Talbot and Taylor Counties, Georgia. His acreas each were 202 1/2. each drawing. Thanks for your help. Sandra

Where is Catula? (What part of Georgia?) Do you have a full name (first and last names) on the Whitaker? Elizabeth Whitaker At 11:13 PM 9/7/2003 -0400, Scalawag1867@aol.com wrote: >On one of my deeds for my gr grandpapa Rev. Green Berry Waldrop ,there is the >name Whitaker. > >Green B. Waldrop >Grantor Henry Anglier-Book 13 Page 597 >Catula, Georgia 202 1/2 acreas >20th District Lot 157 >15th Distric Lot 138 > >The name Whiaker was on the deed. > >Do you know any connections? Or New Hope Church? > >Thanks for any help. > >Sandra >maiden name Waldrop >Georgia > > >==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >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

Sandra, could this be Captain Caruthers' District as in Georgia the areas were measured in Military Districts as Georgia was not laid off in 640 acre square mile sections. George in Leeds, AL