My mom found this in some documentation she was going thru on our Strickland branch of the family…it was originally printed in the Atlanta Journal on 2/18/1979 and 2/25/1979 by Kenneth Thomas. I had it all typed up and ready to post. I decided before I did, I would check to see if I could find anymore “details” and in doing so, I’ve found someone else has already posted it online, and I would rather direct you to their site, since each county has a link for you to go read the history of the county and details of the fire etc…
So if you’ve ever wondered if the courthouse in the Ga county you need to do research has ever been damaged or destroyed… go here, scroll down the page just a bit and find out!!
Georgia Burned Courthouses
How many of you know that using genealogy forums is a great way to look for and share information? Ancestry and Genforum, for example, have thousands and thousands of posts on each of them. I’m sure if you’ve ever googled the name of the person you’re researching you’ve gotten one or two hits pointing you in the direction of a forum/message board. Lots of historical society’s have on one their websites as well.
If you’ve never used one you might consider it, either to read information others have posted, or make your own post. Google crawls these places all the time, so the more places you get your queries posted the more people will find you and possibly be able to help you.
I’ve been running a “general” message board for about 3 years at http://www.ancestrallychallenged.com/forum and a surname specific board (Inman) http://inman.techsavy.net/ Ancestrally Challenged has loads of information posted by our users in the form of obits, cemetery transcriptions/pictures, confederate soldier service records, wills etc, and ALL of it free.
You do not have to join either of these forums to read the information posted there by hundreds of people sharing their info, but if you want to post your own query, or answer someone elses you have to register. Registration is free and all it requires you setting up a username and password using a valid email address. Whether you check out these two or find others, it is an awesome way to share and look for information.
**as a side note if you register to join AncestrallyChallenged or the Inman Compendium you will not be able to post right away, to keep out spammers I have it set up to manually approve registrations after you validate your email address so be SURE to include the surnames you are researching in the box I provide during the registration process so that I know you are a real person.
The genealogy world lost a good friend today. October 8, 2009, Bonnie Selig succumbed to Cancer. I “met” Bonnie awhile back through our volunteer work with RAOGK and it was obvious from the start she was a special person and a credit to a world I love so much… genealogy. I found Bonnie to be a warm, witty, funny person with a big heart.
Earlier this year when I took her spot on the staff of RAOGK, I prayed she would make a full recovery so that she could come back full time to the world she loved, and she served that world in the best possible way until she no longer could. People from across the nation benefited from her volunteer work and passion.
Bonnie will be missed in many ways by many people, and one of those people will be me.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends who’s main solace right now is that she is no longer in pain.
Bonnie, you were a shining example to a lot of people and we cared about you in our own unique way. Rest in peace lovely lady.
