Linda, do you have a website besides the Georgia site? I'd like to reply to you personally. Kay (Fiveash)----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Murray" <lhmurray@bellsouth.net> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Atkinson > Kay, > > I really really don't want to discourage you, but there may not have been > anything in the way of (what we think of today as) an obituary in the Pelham > newspaper for your baby sister. I have completed three volumes of newspaper > "death notices" from my local newspaper, and though a very few of the early > death notices concerning infants named more than the parents, most did not. > > Those few-and-far-between early obituaries were almost always written by a > family friend or close relative and usually gave little information of a > genealogical nature, but were descriptive of the child, the broken-hearted > parents, and (usually) the promise of a reunion in Heaven. > > Did Braswell's new owner have any idea as to the disposition of Braswell's > records? They are probably still with someone in the family if they haven't > been destroyed, and the new owners probably know who that would be. Have > you checked with the Mitchell County Historical or Genealogical Society to > see if they have made any effort to secure them? > > > Linda in Marietta > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kay"s Email" <k5ash@bellsouth.net> > To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Atkinson > > > > Linda, I should have mentioned that Braswell Funeral Home was in charge of > > the service at the time. I have written to them and they are not under > the > > same ownership, so I'm told, and have no records for me. Kay > > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >