I think I have stumbled upon a little gold mine on the Fannin County, Texas GenWeb site. All the biographies from "Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas," are there ... not just for Fannin County, but the entire state of Texas. The book was published by F.A. Battey Company of Chicago in 1889. Many of the biographies are of people who came from Georgia. The biographies are on pages from the book that were scanned, not biographies that were rewritten. The quality is excellent. Here is the Web address: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etxfannin/s.html The biographies are wonderful even if they're not your own people. I couldn't stop reading them. Have fun ... Judy
Judy, that's a wonderful resource. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JodieK444@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:32 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Georgia folks who went to Texas > I think I have stumbled upon a little gold mine on the Fannin County, Texas > GenWeb site. All the biographies from "Biographical Souvenir of the State of > Texas," are there ... not just for Fannin County, but the entire state of Texas. > The book was published by F.A. Battey Company of Chicago in 1889. Many of the > biographies are of people who came from Georgia. The biographies are on pages > from the book that were scanned, not biographies that were rewritten. The > quality is excellent. > > Here is the Web address: > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etxfannin/s.html > > The biographies are wonderful even if they're not your own people. I couldn't > stop reading them. > > Have fun ... > Judy > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/20/03