Rockdale County GaArchives History .....Rockdale County Genealogical Society-Newsletter February 2005 ************************************************ 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, 8:09 pm JEANS & GENES Rockdale County Genealogical Society Publication-February 2005 _______________________________________________________________ February Meeting The program for the February meeting will be “The History of the Revolution in the South and the Importance of Knowing Your History and Passing it on to your Family”. It will be presented by Larry T. Guzy of the Sons of the American Revolution, a patriotic and genealogical organization. He is the National and State of Georgia membership chairman for the organization. He is the immediate Past Vice President-General of the South Atlantic District of the organization and a former President of the Georgia Society. The public is invited. There is no admission; however, donations are welcome. For information phone: 770-760-8473; or, email: sherpi@juno.com ___________________________________________________________ Officers for 2005 The new year has begun in great style. The new officers for 2005 are: President: William Freese Vice President: Martha Brown Secretary: Bertha Little Treasurer: Jackie Smith Committee Chairmen: Program Chairmen: Sherry Pierce, Gerre Byrd, Norma Owens Membership Chairman: Gerre Byrd Publicity & Newsletter: Marion Farmer The program chairmen have already mapped out a splendid series of programs for your enjoyment and information. The January program presented by William Freeman was unique. It was basically the history of the Dunagan and Bramlett family as told by Ramelle Dunagan Wilhite. This was one of the most moving and personal stories that we have been fortunate enough to have presented to us. Having heard and read it makes you wish that you had someone in your own family who could have put down such a dramatic and personal account of the history of your family. The story had many small and dramatic accounts of incidents which illuminate the personalities of the family members. It had all those things which make names become people breathing life into stale facts. It could serve as a model for family history writers to emulate. Those of you who were not at the meeting could possibly find a copy of the handout which Mr. Freeman made available. It is well worth picking one up. __________________________________________________________________ Library Visitors Share Research Kathy Todd, 123 W. Coal, Hobbs, NM 83240. Researching Laird, Summers, Baker. Jody Provost (Evans), Conyers. Comment: Excellent information. Jim B. King, 856 S. Deshon Rd., Lithonia, Ga. Researching Julius King. Bill Williams, Conyers. No names given. Laura Marsingill, 678 Country HIck Dr., Monroe, Ga. 30055. Researching Marsingill and Massingill. Cheryl Kelley, Loganville, Ga. 30052. Researching McLemore and Hamby _______________________________________________________________ SPEAKER SCHEDULE For 2005 January 9th – WALTER J. FREEMAN, PH.D. Readings from the Dunagan-Bramlett Ancestral History By Ramelle Dunagan Wilhite February 13th – Sons of the Revolution (SAR) will present: “Southern Patriots in the Revolution” March 13th – John Maxie A “Son of the Confederacy” The Confederate Constitution. Following John’s presentation: A TASTE OF WAR Samples of Civil War food for the Blue and the Gray April 10th – Susan Sloan “Packing Your Genealogy Suitcase” May 15th – Bertha Little Overview of Indian Removal June 12th – Gerre Byrd Various Ways to Solve Your Genealogical Problems (and the “brick walls” I’ve torn down) July 10th – SHERRY PIERCE Accidental Genealogy or “While I am looking, they find ME!” August 14th – SHOW OFF & SHARE DAY September 11th – Ken Thomas Genealogical & Historical Columnist for the AJC Unmarried Ancestors October 9th – WALTER J. FREEMAN, PH.D. :D N A November 13th-CELEBRATIONS, REFLECTIONS, & REFRESHMENTS _______________________________________________________________ The Term "Hundred" You may have seen the term “hundred” used in connection with land records. In records for the state of Virginia you might see a term such as: “Martin’s Hundred”. This term is geographic and denotes a location. Dating from King Edmund I (939-946), a hundred was a unit of English local government between a shire, or county. It is thought that the term denoted a geographical area large enough to provide one hundred men in times of war. This tid-bit is from the Los Angeles Times of Dec. 14, 1986. ________________________________________________________________ New Web Site For Your Use Hi all, A new resource on the web is GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com Aside from the growing library, there is a surname tool which allows you to scan many online databases, large and small for your surname very quickly. Hope this helps. Bill _________________________________________________________________________ Linkpendium Looks for Links Hi all! Having started with a directory of Illinois genealogical resources, Linkpendium has now finished a first pass through all US localities and surnames *WORLDWIDE*. (Worldwide locality indices are coming in the future ... ) We have now built a directory to 1,082,984 sources of genealogical information on the Internet. Most of the data sources are free, and the relatively few pay datasets are clearly marked. Linkpendium is by far the largest genealogical link collection on The Net. Nonetheless, we know we have missed many important resources. So, again starting in IL (but working on the rest of the country and all surnames in parallel), we are doing a second pass looking for resources we’ve missed. YOU CAN HELP US! All Linkpendium’s lower-level locality and surname pages include links to a Web form that allows visitors to nominate new links. If you visit us at: http://www.linkpendium.com/ please take a moment to make sure that we have links in the appropriate categories to any Website, mailing list, or message board that you administer. Also, if you just have a favorite site that we’ve missed, PLEASE use the Web form to tell us about it. WHY HAVING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY IS IMPORTANT Obviously, a complete directory is useful to genealogists. Having access to a categorized list of all, say, the Cook County IL resources will save genealogists a lot of Googling. But more importantly, in the next phase Linkpendium is going to use the directory as input to a search engine specialized for use by genealogists. This will allow folks to search for their ancestors without having to dig through hundreds (and often many thousands) of irrelevant links returned by Google. If we don’t have a genealogical resource in the directory, we can’t make it searchable by the search engine. That’s why your help in making the directory complete is so important. PLEASE PASS THE WORD! While we’re starting the second pass in Illinois, we’ll be working on the rest of the USA and surnames world-wide in parallel. If you participate in lists or message boards frequented by other folks who can help us index all the Internet’s genealogical resources, please feel free to tell them about what we’re doing (or just forward this letter). Thanks, everyone, for the help. I hope we can build something of great value to the genealogical community. Cheers, B. --Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L Co-founder, RootsWeb.com and Linkpendium.com P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich@linkpendium.com __________________________________________________________________ A Source for German Emigration Information Do you need any help with European genealogy? You might want to contact the Hamburg Historic Emigration Office in West Germany as this organization has a wealth of information. Microfilm documenting nearly five million people who left Poland, Russia and other Eastern European countries as well as Germany for North America via Hamburg is one of their collections. If you can supply the name and year of emigration of your family member, the office can often supply his or her age, occupation, martial status, number of children, city of origin and the ships name, destination and date of sailing. This search costs $30.00. This can take up to six months by mail but only a few hours if you visit the office in person. The dates of the information are from 1850-1914. Contact them for details: Historic Emigration Office, Holstenwall 24, 2000 Hamburg 36, West Germany. You might find out the cost of postage from Germany to America and include an international postage stamp to speed up your reply. ___________________________________________________________________ New Device for Use in Genealogy Research New Scanner Wand Handy for Genealogists! There is a new high-tech device available that should be of interest to genealogists, it’s called DocuPen. DocuPen is a slender, silver wand that will copy a full page of text and graphics to be stored and later downloaded into a computer. Just think about the possibilities. Some small repositories, courthouses, and old churches don't have the facilities for you to copy the documents there. The wand can quickly scan all documents of interest. You wouldn't have to wait in line at the library to make copies either. While the quality of the documents is probably not as good as those scanned on a flatbed scanner at home, it's adequate for everything but high-quality photos. The small size makes it ideal, as it can fit in a purse, briefcase or maybe even a pocket. DocuPen is manufactured by Planon Systems Solutions of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, which began distributing the device in the United States in January. The company claims this is the first hand-held copier with a self-contained power source capable of scanning an entire page in one swipe. The DocuPen is advertised as being able to store up to 100 pages of text, depending on the quantity of graphics and scanning resolution, which can be set at 100 or 200 dots per inch. Especially to those genealogists who do a lot of traveling, the DocuPen may be worth its $199.95 price tag. Check with Amazon.com for sales information and more details (From Genweekly) _______________________________________________________________ Board to Discuss The EGGS Cemetery Book We need to have some discussion concerning the purposed book of Rockdale County Cemeteries. Judy (Bond), can you come to the board meeting on February 13. We still meet at 2:00 PM. You were instrumental in starting the discussion with EGGS. In March or April, EGGS wants to have a preliminary meeting. We need to decide what we want out of this deal if we go with it. Bill Freese Conyers, GA ___________________________________ Sometimes cemetery markers can provide incorrect or misleading information as thus: Marion, ran across your web page and took a look at the names for Smyrna Presbyterian Cemetery. There is some misinformation out there in several sources about some Housworth burials; that is, they just ain’t there! Abraham Housworth is buried in Texas Hannah H Housworth is buried in Rock Springs cemetery in DeKalb Co Hannah’s husband, Philip Housworth is buried in a family cemetery in Carroll Co. Jemiah (Jemima) Housworth, a dau of Hannah and Philip, is probably buried in Rome, GA (she would not have Housworth on her headstone - she married an Arnold) Susannah Housworth, a dau of Hannah and Philip, is probably buried in Dawson, Co (she would not have Housworth on her headstone - she married a Payne) Mahalie (Mahala) Housworth, a 3rd dau of Hannah and Philip, is probably not buried at Smyrna (Not known who she married, of if) John J. Housworth is buried in a family cemetery in Carroll Co. (with father, Philip) Nannie Sims Housworth is buried at Bethany Presbyterian cemetery in Newton, Co. This confusion was caused by my well-meaning uncle who placed a memorial stone in the area of unmarked graves of Housworths who are buried in Smyrna but included all members of the original family (He knew they were buried elsewhere) This misinformation is on several sites and I continue to try to correct it for future family and researchers. This is my family and Smyrna was my childhood church. Thanks for any correction you can help with and thanks for the Web Site. Marvin Housworth Atlanta, Ga _______________________________________________________________ This item was removed by request of the submitter. ______________________________________________________________ JEANS & GENES is a publication of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society. % Nancy Guinn Library, 864 Green St. SW, Conyers, Ga. 30012 President: Bill Freese V. President: Martha Brown Treasurer: Jackie Smith Secretary: Bertha Little Program Cochairmen: Sherry Pierce, Gerre Byrd, Norma Owens Membership Chairman: Gerre Byrd Publicity & 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/rockdale98nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 14.0 Kb