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Subject: Re: Death Certificates & cemeteries
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:26:54 -0700

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I am trying to find a death certificate for DAVID WINDSOR MC DADE who lived
in
Atlanta in the late 1800's. I believe he died between 1903 and 1911.
Possibly he is buried in Hollywood Cemetary. There is no listing for this
cemetary in the phone book. Does anyone here know where it is and where I
can
find a death certificate pre-1919? David was an engineer on the W & A RR.
He was married to MARY OREGON MAFFET MC DADE.
Thanks for any help you can give me with my quest.
Rose Ferguson

I was just in Atlanta and spent 3 days at the Atlanta History Center & 1
day at the Georgia Archives. I am not aware of any cemetery books (they
may exist). However, at both the Atlanta History Center and the Georgia
Archives there is a computer running a program called "Garrett's
Necrology". This is a list of surnames culled from Fulton County
tombstones, newspaper obituaries, death certificates and some interviews
with Fulton county residents. I believe most of this information was
collected during the 1930's & 40's [although the information is from before
this time period] by Franklin Garrett, historian at the Atlanta History
Center. It's a GREAT resource for finding death dates, sibling, spouse and
parents names and cemetery information. I am attaching the web page
addresses for both of these places. I do not know if they will check this
for you or if you must go there in person.

It is easier to use this program at the Atlanta History Center because at
the Georgia Archives after finding the Atlanta History Center film number
containing the information you must then find the corresponding Georgia
Archives film number.

Georgia Archives: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/Archives/

Atlanta History Center: http://www.atlhist.org/INDEX.HTM

Also I did visit some of the cemeteries. The worst one is Hollywood (now
renamed Magnolia). They have let the old graves grow over where the brush
is 4-6 feet high.
Most of the other large cemeteries are well kept.

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