Ted O. Brooke, one of Georgia’s most prolific genealogy authors, has just published “Coweta County, Georgia, Newspaper Marriage & Death Notices, 1835-1887.”
Along with John Carver, Brooke has gone through the surviving issues of several Coweta County newspapers to ferret out all marriage and death notices. These include estate legal notices for the various counties covered by the newspapers published in Newnan, so material is included from the bordering counties of Campbell, Carroll, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Spalding and Troup.
Not every year had a surviving newspaper, so checking the table of contents points out the missing years.
For marriages, deaths and legal notices, the authors have abstracted information verbatim. They checked numerous libraries and archives to find all existing copies of 15 different Coweta newspapers, either original or microfilmed.
This is a very important addition to the growing number of abstracts of Georgia newspapers, which are valuable research sources. Funded by a publishing grant from the R.J. Taylor Jr. Foundation, the book is $40 postpaid from Ted Brooke, 2055 Foster Drive, Cumming, GA 30040.
Georgia Archives’ latest projects
The Georgia Archives preservation staff, headed by Kim Norman, will speak at the March 11 Lunch and Learn seminar at the archives in Morrow. The presentation will be at noon and is free; bring your own lunch.
The topic will be the Georgia Archives’ latest projects, including the repair of Georgia maps, county records processing, future exhibits and other special areas.
For further information, check georgiaarchives.org or call 678-364-3710.
New genealogy TV shows
“Relative Race” is a new competitive genealogy-based reality TV show produced by Brigham Young University TV that premiered Feb. 28.
In the show, four married couples travel across the country in search of long-lost relatives. Some have described it as “Amazing Race” meets “Who Do You Think You Are?”
For more information, go to relativerace.com, and to view the program go to byutv.org.
Another program, "Long Lost Family," begins at 10 p.m. March 6 on the TLC network. It is sponsored by ancestry.com. Consisting of eight episodes, it features people looking for their birth parents, birth parents hoping to find children they put up for adoption, as well as others looking for a lost parent. Check local listings as well as tlc.com.
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