The Georgia Archives would probably love to have it, if you absolutely
refus to leave it to the local library.
David
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, linda angell wrote:
IF I SEEM TO BE SHOUTING - THIS IS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT- BUT-
THE
TRUTH IS - I AM JUST GETTING OVER MY SECOND CASE OF PNEUMONIA THIS YEAR
AND MY EYES ARE EXTREMELY WEAK- SO PLEASE BARE WITH ME
I DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO LEAVE THE CONTENTS OF THIS LIBRARY TO -I
HAVE FOUR SONS - TWO SISTERS AND A BROTHER - WHO ALL THINK GENEALOGY IS
A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME - EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THEY ARE PROUD ITS HERE -
THEY WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY MAKE A BEAUTIFUL BONFIRE OUT OF IT AND
ROAST WIENERS - I'M TOTALLY SERIOUS!- SO HELP ME GOD!
MY NAME IS LINDA ANGELL AND - PROBABLY MOST OF YOU DON'T
KNOW THIS BUT I BUILT A PRIVATE GENEALOGY LIBRARY LAST SUMMER OUT OF MY
LIFE SAVINGS - I HAVE OVER 40 YEARS OF GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS IN THE
SOUTHEAST AREA- I HAVE THREE COMPUTERS - 2 MICROFICHE MACHINES WITH
ABOUT 10 STATES OF MICROFICHE- A LARGE COPIER - 3 PRINTERS A RWCD MAKER
-250 COLORADO BACK UP TAPE - 2 CD'S - ETC- BUT THAT IS TRIVAL TO THE
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IN THE LIBRARY AND THE ANTIQUE BOOK SECTION- ONE
BOOK WAS WRITTEN DURING THE 1600'S.
I PERSONALLY HAVE A DATABASE OF OVER 250,000 CEMETERY RECORDS OF WHICH
30,0000 ARE WARE CO GA
AND ANOTHER MARRIAGE DATABASE OF 200,000 OF WHICH 44,000 ARE WARE CO
MARRIAGES
THIS LIBRARY IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS - IT HAS AT LEAST 85%-90%
MORE INFORMATION THAT THE WAYCROSS CITY LIBRARY GENEALOGY SECTION- IT
NOW HAS OVER 500 BOOKS AND THE PHOTO SECTION AND THE FAMILY TREE MAKER
AND BROTHERS KEEPER IS GROWING DAILY- WITH EACH OF A 100,000 FAMILIES
EACH
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR PLANS FOR IT WILL BE - IF IT IS LEFT TO YOU- MY DECISION WILL
MADE NO LATER THAN THIS SUMMER - BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE THIS SETTLED AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE
MY LIBRARY IS TOTALLY WITHOUT FUNDING - IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY
APPOINTMENT ONLY. I ALSO HAVE A MAIL LIST FOR WARE CO GA- GAWARE-L
MY LIBRARY ALSO SPONSERS WCGS - "WARE COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY" WHICH
COVERS SIX SURROUNDINGS COUNTIES, BACON - PIERCE - COFFEE - CLINCH -
ATKINSON - AND WARE. WE HAVE 67 MEMBERS SINCE THE BEGINNING 1 JAN 1999
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FORTY YEARS OF MY LIFE PLUS MY ENTIRE SAVINGS WENT
INTO THIS LITTLE VENTURE AND I WILL NOT BE LEAVING IT TO THE WAYCROSS
LIBRARY - OR TO SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT PROTECT AND CHERISH IT
I PERFER TO LEAVE IT TO A PRIVATE GA COLLECTOR- ONE WHO HAS GA TIES-
AND THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW RIGHT NOW- HAS OFFERED TO STORE IT IN HIS
HAYLOFT
-
LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED!
--
Linda Angell
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