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Genealogical Society April 13, 2008
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Newsletter-Rockdale Genealogical Society [page 3 of 3]

JACKIE'S CORNER

You may know that our library liaison, Jackie smith, recently helped reorganize 
the books in our Special Collections room.  In browsing there a couple of weeks 
ago, I discovered a number of very useful volumes in a really compact area.  
This section, which I immediately dubbed "Jackie's Corner," is found just to the 
right of the middle windows – those looking out on "The Blade" sculpture and the 
satellite dish – on the lower most shelves.  The first volume that I noticed was 
Val D. Greenwood's "Researcher's Guide To American Genealogy," third edition.  
This book, which has been updated for Internet research, has become a must read 
for beginning and seasoned genealogists alike, since the first edition in 1973.  
In the early 1980s, when I first began genealogy, I found it easily the most 
comprehensive and well organized work of the books then in general circulation 
at Nancy Guinn.  I am going to suggest that at least one of his two 2nd 
editions, also found here, be moved back into circulation, perhaps with an in-
book notation about the updated volume, and possibly some information about our 
genealogical society!

The J-corner also has four large volumes that offer names, addresses, and 
websites for various sources throughout the country:  "The Family Tree Resource 
Book for Genealogists," edited by Sharon D. Carmack and Erin Nevius, 2004 
(Jackie's email address is included here); "The Handybook for Genealogists," 
10th edition, Everton Publlishers, 2000; "The Source," 3rd edition by Loretto D. 
Szucs and Sandra H. Luebking; and "Cindi's List," volumes 1 and 2, 2001, an 
assortment of 20,000 online resources.

You might find "The Genealogist's Address Book," by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 
2005, and her work with Deborah Ann Carl, "Directory of Family Association," 
2001, of some value.  The same area also has books on ethnic English, Scottish, 
Irish, Welsh, German, Canadian, and Jewish ancestors.  There are two wire-bound 
books by Bob Blankenship on the Cherokee Nation census rolls, those by Senator 
Henry Dawes (1898) and Guion Miller (1909).  The second bank of the lower 
shelves has a series of books of Georgia records from the Georgia Genealogical 
Magazine, compiled by Rev. Silas Lucas, Jr. and Edward E. Van Schaick.

NOTE:  I ran into Jackie Smith at the library and mentioned this story.  She 
said that many of the Special Collections books would soon be stored for library 
renovation.  So, you should hurry to see these very useful books.  Sadly, 
"Jackie's Corner" may be short-lived!

JEANS & GENES

Rockdale County Genealogical Society
c/o Nancy Guinn Library 864 Green Street
Conyers, Georgia 30012

President:            Chris Zawadski
Vice-President:       Gayle Vivian 
Treasurer:            Ellen Trainer
Acting Secretary:     Jane Conn
Library Liaison:      Jackie Smith
Program Chair:        Claudine Jackson
Membership Chair:     John Barnes
Trip/Research Chair:  John Brown
Newsletter Editor:    Larry Knowles
                      Knonga2temp[at]gmail.com
                      (replace [at] with @ when you email Larry)
Archives Editor:      Marion Farmer
                      http://mtf.home.mindspring.com

SCHEDULED PROGRAMS

Program Chair, Claudine Jackson has announced the following speakers for the 
next three months:

MAY – Ann Campbell Ross – "Finding Genealogical Treasure in the Inner City."

JUNE – Professor Robert S. Davis of Wallace State College, Vance, Alabama

JULY – Dr. Robert L. Faulkner of Covington State Archives

COVER STORY SOURCES:

Family Tree Magazine Newsletter, email subscription Marcy 13, 2008 and 20th 
editions.

Web 2.0 Innovations: http://web2innovations.com/money/02/23/ancestry.com


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