Rockdale County GaArchives History .....Rockdale County Genealogical Society-Newsletter November 2007 ************************************************ 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 16, 2009, 5:13 pm JEANS & GENES Rockdale County Genealogical Society Publication-November 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 18, 2007, Meeting We will meet on the 3rd Sunday instead of the 2nd Sunday. The 2nd Sunday is Veteran’s Day and several of our members will be taking part in other military and veterans celebrations. The meeting on November 18th will be a Remembrance & Celebration of our own society with Martha Brown (a founding member) recalling past events, accomplishments and a look into the future. This is also the time we remember our ancestors with refreshments from their country of origin or favorite family dishes. You might want to share the recipe with us. Hope to see you at the Nancy Guinn Library, lower level at 3:00 P.M. Sunday November 18th. Come hungry for information, food and fellowship. Your ole’ genealogy crony..........Jackie Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Officers Needed for the Coming Year We hope that we can convince the following people to accept the offices and chairmanships and assistant chairmanships for the coming year. These people have not been voted on as yet; so, if needed, other names can be nominated from the floor. President: Chris Zawadzke V. President: Gayle Vivian Secretary: Joyce O’Malley Asst. Secretary Jane Conn Treasurer: Ellen Trainer; Asst..Treasurer: Jackie Smith Library Liaison: Jackie Smith; Asst. LIb. Lia: Martha Brown Membership Chair: Linda Folk; Membership Co-Chair: Jenel Shipp. Newsletter Editor: Larry Knowles; Newsletter Asst. Marion Farmer. Trip Research Chair: John Brown; Trip Research Co-chair: Pauline Hullinger. Program Chairman: Claudine Jackson; Program Co-Chair: Martha Brown. Door Prize Chairman: Ellen Trainer or Jackie Smith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library Visitors List Names Researched Elizabeth Hornstra, 10016 Lady Elizbeth Ln., Mechanicsville, Va. Researching McLean Family. Aurelia Dickinson, 758 Carpenter Ave., Moresville, NC. Researching Swann family. Joan Sims Miller, 109 Trail Rider Way, Georgetown, ?? 78633. Researching Sims and White. Donald Freeman, 113 South Broad St., Bowman, Ga. 30624. Researching Rodgers. Robert Buhler, 1366 Springwood Dr., Conyers, Ga. 30012. Researching McCollum. Daniel Bass, P. O. Box 80096, Conyers, Ga. 30013. Researching the history of the Rockdale Confederate Monument. Mark Auslender, 1 Watermill Pl. #23C, Arlington, MA 02476. Researching Robert T. Guinn. Cecil Catchings, Conyers, Ga. 678-413-3812. Researching Catchings. David Farmer, Snellville, Ga. No names given. Gary King, 10375 Last Stand Cir., Frisco, TX 75035. Researching King and Warren. Randy Rogers, P. O. Box 12086, Jackson, MS 39211. Researching Almand, Rogers, Gregory. David Grainger, 4544 Wentworth Pl., Conyers, Ga. Researching Grainger. Kay Goddard, 175 Autumn Cove, Covington, Ga. Researching Goddard. Kenneth Cockrum, 101 Trees of Kennesaw Pkwy, Kennesaw, Ga. 30152. Researching Cockrum and Cochran. G. Bryant, Conyers, Ga. Researching Bryant. Monty W. Capes, Conyers, Ga. No names given. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Rockdale County Research Methods Basic Rockdale County genealogical research begins with “A History of Rockdale County” by Margaret G. Barksdale, E. L. Cowan, and Frances A. King, 1978. (Ga R 975.8 Rockdale His) and “Index to A History of Rockdale County” by Marion Farmer, 1994. (Ga R 975.8 Rockdale Ind). The index is also available on-line at: http://mtf.home.mindspring.com. This work will have most of the historically relevant names of Rockdale County. Next you will want to look at “Historical Souvenir of Conyers” by O’Kelley and Guinn, 1906. (Ga R 975.8 Rockdale His). This has an index by Marion Farmer attached to the book which is also available on-line at the above link. The history of Rockdale draws heavily from this publication. Then you need to look at “Rockdale County Centennial Edition” published by the Citizen Publishing Company in 1971. (Ga R 975.8 Rockdale ROC). This has an index attached to the book by Marion Farmer which is also available on-line. The Heritage of Rockdale County is at: GA R 975.8 Rockdale HER. This book was compiled by the Genealogical Society. The Cemeteries of Rockdale County in at: GA R 975.8 Rockdale. There is an index which is available on the counter and also on-line. An index to the Old Conyers Newspapers 1878-1929 is at: GA R 975.8 ROC Bow. This is an index of obituaries. the “History of Newton County” is at: GA R Newton. HIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odd Year Census Available for Georgia Original and microfilm copies of many of the state censuses are located at: Secretary of State Georgia Department of Archives and History 330 Capitol Avenue S.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Counties named below are the only ones with extant censuses for that particular year: 1798: Part of the 1798 census for Greene County is in Greene County File, File II Counties, at the Archives. It was published by Frank Parker Hudson, “1798 Census of First Battalion, Greene County, Georgia,” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, 4 (1968): 649. 1800: Oglethorpe County’s census is in the courthouse and a copy is on microfilm at the Archives. It was published by Mary Bonduranl Warren, 1800 Census of Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Athens, 1965). 1810: The statistics from the state census of that year (which coincided with the 1810 federal census) were published in Columbian Museum and Savannah Advertiser, Savannah, 19 November 1810. 1824: The statistics for this census were published in the Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 21 December 1824. 1827: Taliaferro County’s original census is in the courthouse; a copy is on microfilm at the Archives. It is included in Censuses for Georgia Counties (Atlanta, 1979). The statewide statistics for this census were published in the Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 28 November 1829. 1831: The statistics for this census were published in the Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 8 December 1831. 1834: The Cass (Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, and Union County censuses are in the Telamon Cuylei Collection, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Uni- versity of Georgia Libraries. They are included in Mary B. Warren and Eve B. Weeks, Whites Among the Cherokees (Danielsville, GA, 1987). 1838: Laurens, Newton, and Tattnall County census originals are at the Archives and are also on microfilm. They are included in Brigid S. Townsend, Indexes to Seven State Census Reports for Counties in Georgia, 1838-1845 (Atlanta, 1975). The original of the Lumpkin County census is incomplete but also at the Archives and on microfilm. It, too, is in Warren and Weeks, Whites Among the Cherokees. Paulding County’s census is in the Telamon Cuyler Collection and is included in Whites Among the Cherokees. The statewide statistics for this census, by county, were published in the Georgian, Savannah, 18 and 19 December 1838. 1845: The Chatham, Dooly, Forsyth, and Warren County censuses are at the Archives and are also available on microfilm. Chatham County is included in Censuses for Georgia Counties, and Dooly, Forsyth, and Warren counties are included in Townsend’s Indexes to Seven State Census Reports. The statistics for this census were published, by county, in George White’s Statistics of the State of Georgia (New York, 1849). 1852: The Jasper County census and the census of the city of Augusta are at the Archives and are also available on microfilm. The latter was published by the Augusta Genealogical Society in An-cestoring VI (Augusta, 1983). The Chatham County census is still in the courthouse, though a microfilm copy is available at the Archives. The Morgan County census is at the courthouse and has never been microfilmed. 1853: The Morgan County census is at the courthouse and has never been microfilmed (not available at FHL). 1859: The Columbia County census is at the Archives and is also on microfilm. It was published by Merita Rozier, Leoda Sherry, and Nesba Wright, “State Census Columbia County, Georgia, 1859,” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, 13(1977):254. A census of wild lands in Terrell County is on microfilm at the Archives, while the original is still in the courthouse. 1865: Bulloch County’s census is at the courthouse. It was published by Alvaretta Kv Register, “1865 Census of Buftoch County Georgia, Georgia Genealogical Magazine, no. 70 (1978):247. 1879: Columbia County (listed at FHL). 1890: A crude county copy of the lost federal census for Washington County is in the courthouse and on microfilm at the Archives. There are also some censuses from the colonial period for a few counties that have been published in the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly (volumes 21, 24, 25, and 26). Some tax records from the 1850s and later at the Archives indicate the number of school children in each household and, starting in 1906, names and service of Confederate veterans are listed in county tax digests (a complete set of these tax digests beginning in 1872 is available at the Archives). The Georgia State Vital Records Unit had the originals of the state school census records for 1908, 1913, 1918, and 1923, but these records are now missing. County copies for some returns; however, are on microfilm at the Archives. These are for the counties of Fayette (1928, 1933, 1938), Henry (1903, 1908, 1913, 1918), Meriwether (1898, 1903, 1913), Tattnall (1928, 1933, 1938), and Walton (1928, 1933, 1938), Other school census records may still be in the counties. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discussion of Ancestry Image Problems I am using Ancestry’s “Enhanced Image Viewer,” and I notice that they have eliminated the “save to your computer” option, at least for some of the newer images. I captured the data stream to a file using a protocol analyzer, but I do not recognize the format. I assume it is a proprietary image format. Does anyone here have any information about it? Are there any available tools to convert it to a non-proprietary format? Thanks --Mark “Mark G.” I have a workaround that I use when obscure images are not allowed to be downloaded. There is a free program called MWSnap that I keep resident on my desktop. Once activated you can then either capture the whole screen, a fixed size box, or any size rectangle by pointing and outlining the area you want. You then can save the image, or print it, or do as you wish. It makes everything a JPEG but at least you have it. Google it for a download site. Dick Hillenbrand - Upstate New York Genealogy - www.unyg.com Another solution is to print the image. Download one of the free PDF converters, i.e. CutePDFwriter, (Google for one) The PDF writer installs itself as a printer on your computer that is available to any software from which you can print. Then when you find a file that will not download, print it to the PDF writer. The PDF writer will ask for information on where to create the new file, so you can put it anywhere on your computer. Personally I find the PDF format more useable than a JPG file. -- Keith Nuttle 3110 Marquette Court Indianapolis, IN 46268 317-802-0699 Keith nuttle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accessing Web Sites Shown on the Newsletter Web sites shown on this newsletter can be accessed more easily by going to the web site maintained by your editor. Generally, links are provided on the on-line version of the newsletter which can be accessed by one click of your mouse. However, some sites may not be current. It is not possible to verify in each instance that each site is being maintained. Go to: http://mtf.home.mindspring.com/newsltr.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Ellen Trainer Secretary: Jane Conn Program Chairman: Claudine Jackson: Membership Chairman: Jenel Ship Trip Coordinator: Ann Walker 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/rockdale/history/other/rockdale89nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 14.0 Kb