Rockdale County GaArchives History .....Rockdale County Genealogical Society-Newsletter August 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Larry C. Knowles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002854 March 20, 2009, 6:01 pm JEANS & GENES Rockdale County Genealogical Society Publication-August 2006 ___________________________________________________________ August 13, 2006, Meeting The Rockdale Genealogical Society will meet at 3:00 PM on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1275 Flat Shoals Rd., SE, Conyers, Georgia. Our speaker will be Debbie Manget, director of the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, speaking on “Plans for the new library and the Heritage Room.” For information please call 770-356-3229 or e-mail spierce02@comcast.net The public is invited. There is no admission charged; however, donations are appreciated. These help to defray expenses such as paying for speaker’s expenses to travel to our meetings. ___________________________________________________________________ Bible Records Can Be Important for Research This information taken from Ken Thomas’ book “Ken Thomas on Genealogy” has a suggestion of what should be done with regard to Bible records: Family Bibles often contain family information pages where our ancestors have inscribed births, marriages and deaths. Many copies of these records have been published, while others have been gathered over the years by genealogical societies and patriotic groups, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The Georgia State Archives has an interesting collection of them both in typescripts and on microfilm. The Georgia Genealogical Society, Box 38066, Atlanta, 30334, is interested in acquiring copies (not the bibles themselves) of any Bible records not heretofore published or on deposit at the Archives. Persons sending such to the society, or directly to the archives, should include the title page of the Bible, since the date of publication is very important in order to ascertain whether the records were contemporary with the events or recorded later. Anyone who locates a Bible for sale, or has access to any Bible that is no longer with its family, should make an effort to copy the records (either photocopy or transcript) in order that this information could be made useful to others. The Rockdale Genealogical Society will accept copies from family Bibles of the family names which have been recorded therein. These will become part of the records held in the family file folders in the special collections room at the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library. ____________________________________________________________________________ Latter-Day Church Family History Hours This may be late for August but we would like to post our hours of operation at the Family History Library in your monthly newsletter. The hours are: Tuesday: 10:00am-2:00pm, 7:00-9:00pm Wednesday: 10:00am-2:00pm, 7:00-9:00pm Thursday: 10:00am-2:00pm Others times available by appointment by calling 770-785-9888. Thank you, Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ 2006 Scheduled Speakers for Remainder of Year September 10 - Bill Freese “Using the Federal Census” billyfreese@cs.com October 8 - Ken Thomas, AJC Genealogy Columnist (topic to be determined) ktomjr@aol.com November 12 - Celebrations, Reflections, and Refreshments. _________________________________________________________________ Library Visitors List Research Names Nancy Guest, 207 Arcadia Dr., Tocoa, Ga. 30577. Researching Johnson Deborrah Furse, 1608 Brentwood Crossing, Conyers, Ga. DFURSE@BELLSOUTH.NET, Researching Underwood, Sawyer, Farmer, Hollingsworth Alice Bratcher, Louisville, Ky. Researching family Worthy Edwards, Conyers, Ga. Researching Johnson, Edwards, Sullivan ____________________________________________________________________________ Brooks Surname Inquiry I am a GG-Grandson of Josiah and Ruth Brooks who settled in the Sheffield Dist. of Newton County circa 1830. My G-Grandfather was a younger brother to Cornelia Adeline Brooks Peek who I believe is the matriarch of a sizable Peek clan in your county. He also was a younger brother to James Hunter Brooks whose Granddaughter Jessie married Thomas Farmer. Her father was also named Josiah and lived with them as of the 1930 census. Directly below them on that census is the Newt Farmer family which includes a son Marion T. Farmer. I am trying to help a cousin of mine in North Carolina update the book “Brooks and Kindred Families” which was originally published in 1950 by Ida Brooks Kellam. He, of course, is also a cousin to some of the Farmer family. My Great-Grandfather, John J. Brooks was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and had four brothers die in the Civil War. I think the Farmer that Jesse Brooks married was James Thomas, and his family was directly above the Newt Farmer family on the 1930 census. There were also two Peek families on the same page. My Great-Grandmother, Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson, was also from Conyers. I’m kin to Judy Bond, whom you might know, through her. Judy led my brother to our G-Grandmothers’ grave in the Sodom Cemetery. Thanks for any and all considerations. We would like to contact anyone having information related to Brooks, Wilson and Farmer families of Newton and Rockdale Counties. Mike Almgren 547 Gunter St. Batesburg, SC 29006 803-532-6530 mgabb446@aol.com _________________________________________________________________________ Trying to Locate a Genealogist Ms. Pierce, I saw in the AGS publication about your up coming meeting. I am searching for Mr. Montgomery Hurst. I was hoping if you do not know him that you could ask at your meeting if anyone knows about him. He is a genealogist that lives in your area. I have been trying to call him, but to no avail. I know he is an older gentleman and I was afraid he had passed away. All my emails to him have come back. I’m trying to reach him about the Montgomery Hurst Book the he wrote several years ago. I do so want a copy of his book. If you can tell me anything about him it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for you time. Lou Hays Lou Hays lou.hays@earthlink.net ____________________________________________________________________________ Judy Bond Reports on Cemetery Work We have been in the woods and all over the south side of Rockdale researching Cemeteries. This may be a good topic to report: Our cemetery research updates as to what we have done and where we are. Don Sailors of Jackson County has been working with me. He photographs, pinpoints by GPS, and documents the locations. I give him all the information I have gathered on families of the county. He compiles it on his computer for the up-coming CD/DVD. I will get with you on this later. Judy Bond _________________________________________________________________________ Gone to Georgia Book Noted “Gone to Georgia” by William C. Stewart is one of the most important reference works for Franklin, Jackson, and Gwinnett Counties of Georgia. It includes information on settlers of Madison, Clarke, Hall, Habersham, Oglethorpe, Jasper and DeKalb Counties. Rockdale County is included since it sprang in part from Gwinnett County. The book focuses on families which moved through or from Pendleton, Greenville, Spartanburg and Abbeville Districts of South Carolina into Franklin, Jackson and the succeeding counties in the period roughly from 1796 to 1827. There are four copies of the book in the Nancy Guinn collection, three of which are available for circulation. These should be available for inter-library distribution to patrons of other libraries. The call letters are: GA 929.3 STE ____________________________________________________________________________ Date Calculation WEB Tools Available Hello to All. The following sites are active and usable for date calculation and you would do well to add them to your favorites list. http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld032.html Hope This will solve your problem. Good luck in your quest. Laurie Woodworth, Goldstrohm, Roberts Laurie Roberts These web sites should be very helpful to those who want to calculate the age of an ancestor. _______________________________________________________________ Palm Pilot Software for Genealogy Use I’m sure everyone knows now but me, but what software can I use on my palm pilot that will let me carry my genealogy with me? “Kate” I believe the PalmOS is supported by something called GEDStar/GEDStar Pro. WinCE devices are supported by (hmmm, didn’t I install it on this nearly year-old computer... dig up PDA) Pocket Genealogist So, if you want to go small and have your research at hand, you can do it with a Palm Pilot and the right software. ________________________________________________________________________ South Carolina Archives Hours Noted Due to budget cuts, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History at Columbia, South Carolina will discontinue evening and weekend hours. The new hours will be from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday to Friday effective in July, 2006. The reduction will provide researchers with only forty hours of access each week and that will be limited to regular state business hours. Previously, the agency had offered the most generous hours of any state archives with seventy-seven hours available each week. Anyone planning to visit the South Carolina State Archives should be well advised to check ahead to determine available hours. Otherwise, you might find yourself unable to gain access to the facility. _______________________________________________________________ City of Conyers History Available on CD or VHS The Conyers City of Vision 150th Anniversary video is available for purchase. This is a video documentary which features interviews and special memories from Conyers’ first 150 years. All the proceeds support the Rockdale County Historical Society. It is available in VHS tape for $5.00 + tax and shipping. It is also available in DVD Disk for $10.00 + Tax and shipping. Add 7% tax and $3.50 for shipping. Made payable to Rockdale Historical Society % Nancy Guinn Memorial Library 864 Green St. SW Conyers, Ga. 30012 ____________________________________________________________ JEANS & GENES is a publication of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society. % Nancy Guinn Library, 864 Green St. SW, Conyers, Ga. 30012 President: Norman Swann V. President: Bill Freese Treasurer: Jackie Smith Secretary: Jane Conn Program Chairman: Sherry Pierce Membership Chairman: Vacant Membership Committee: Norma Owens Membership Committee: Jenel Ship Trip Coordinator: Martha Brown Board Member: Bertha Little Newsletter: Marion T. Farmer 1500 A. Pine Log Rd NE Conyers, GA. 30012 mtf@mindspring.com http://mtf.home.mindspring.com _______________________________________________ Additional comments: This back issue of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society newsletter has been copied with permission from the personal website of editor, Marion Farmer, as his website is nearing capacity. For simplicity the few photos or graphics have not been included here. Websites previously linked from Marion’s site will not be operative here. Sites that are still active may be found by entering their listed URLs. 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