I checked out an interesting book today through inter library loan :
"Walking With Your Ancestors, A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography" author: Melinda Kashuba
I hope it's going to help me with some of my research. I went to the library because my PC power supply is acting up and they were doing a PC update and I decided to do some research I had wanted to do for some time but had put it off for many reasons.
I found out that the town that I was born in had originally been called Marion and now was called Ashburn. Two other towns in the same area also had different names now than when they were founded. Coverdale was originally named Holtzswitch and Rebecca was originally named Grover. This might help me with my research at the Ga. Archives, knowing the original names of these towns.
I also located information on quite a few fires of churches, courthouses and businesses and hope to follow up on these, also. Some of the older newspapers I already knew from previous research, but I found some others that I didn't know about. The county where I was born was formed from 3-4 other large counties and this leads to more research but also more information.
Finding out who the first settlers were and where they lived and I'm hoping if I follow up on some of these old home sites I can find some interesting coins and relics. Places where several Indian massacres took place and other battles. Also, where several railroads used to run and their depots. Interesting places to look around this winter.
Turned in Treasure Hunter's Manual #6 by Charles Dean Miller -a-k-a-Karl Von Mueller which really was full of interesting information and led me to a book on the subject of Digital Infrared Photography. Von Mueller mentioned using infrared film and filters when finding lost cities or buildings where no structures or foundations remains and he used an infrared filter and film and aerial photography to find these areas. Authors using different names have really thrown me for a loop in the inter library catalog.
He also covered using UV light in more detail than I had explored so far. He mentioned infrared from film cameras and I learned about digital infrared from: Forensic Light: A Beginner's Guide, by
avid Rudd Cycleback. I hope to have a compact digital camera converted to digital infrared camera in the near future. The RAW file from a SLR digital camera reveals more detail than the JPEG file on a compact digital camera, but I will use the least expensive system since I'm just a rank amateur.
"The Blacklight Book" by: Mark Chervenka helps out with UV light also. Some good info to me, but you more experienced metal detectors may not need any help like this. They reveal things not visible to the naked eye and where ground has been disturbed in old buildings or caves. I need all the help I can get.
Also finished: "Cry of the Eagle" history and legends of the Cherokee Indians and their buried treasures. Another good read was: "Georgia's
Fabulous Treasure Hoards and Pine Top Fox. These mostly deal with treasures lost or buried in North, Ga, but the second title did have mention of some treasures in my area, but gave no details at all, except that a payroll worth $50,000 was lost somewhere within 40 miles of here. Got to hit the Archives when the library gets finished with their updated new PCs. My dial up is too slow for archives and maps.
Another interesting book I glanced through was: "The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America" by: Henry Putney Beers
He also has the same book about the union: " The Union, A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War and co-authored with someone named Munden. I haven't read the second title and have not been able to get it inter library loan, but hope to go to the university library soon and order it.
Henry Putney Beers also wrote another title I haven't been able to find: A Guide to Civil War Maps in the National Archives. I'm trying to finish the books I have on hand now, because I have jury duty coming up November the 8Th and I don't know if I will be excused from the jury pool or assigned to a case that might take a few weeks. Whatever happens, I intend to do my civic duty and serve.
Happy Hunting and if you can't get out and do any dirt fishing, catch up on your reading and your research.
"Walking With Your Ancestors, A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography" author: Melinda Kashuba
I hope it's going to help me with some of my research. I went to the library because my PC power supply is acting up and they were doing a PC update and I decided to do some research I had wanted to do for some time but had put it off for many reasons.
I found out that the town that I was born in had originally been called Marion and now was called Ashburn. Two other towns in the same area also had different names now than when they were founded. Coverdale was originally named Holtzswitch and Rebecca was originally named Grover. This might help me with my research at the Ga. Archives, knowing the original names of these towns.
I also located information on quite a few fires of churches, courthouses and businesses and hope to follow up on these, also. Some of the older newspapers I already knew from previous research, but I found some others that I didn't know about. The county where I was born was formed from 3-4 other large counties and this leads to more research but also more information.
Finding out who the first settlers were and where they lived and I'm hoping if I follow up on some of these old home sites I can find some interesting coins and relics. Places where several Indian massacres took place and other battles. Also, where several railroads used to run and their depots. Interesting places to look around this winter.
Turned in Treasure Hunter's Manual #6 by Charles Dean Miller -a-k-a-Karl Von Mueller which really was full of interesting information and led me to a book on the subject of Digital Infrared Photography. Von Mueller mentioned using infrared film and filters when finding lost cities or buildings where no structures or foundations remains and he used an infrared filter and film and aerial photography to find these areas. Authors using different names have really thrown me for a loop in the inter library catalog.
He also covered using UV light in more detail than I had explored so far. He mentioned infrared from film cameras and I learned about digital infrared from: Forensic Light: A Beginner's Guide, by
avid Rudd Cycleback. I hope to have a compact digital camera converted to digital infrared camera in the near future. The RAW file from a SLR digital camera reveals more detail than the JPEG file on a compact digital camera, but I will use the least expensive system since I'm just a rank amateur."The Blacklight Book" by: Mark Chervenka helps out with UV light also. Some good info to me, but you more experienced metal detectors may not need any help like this. They reveal things not visible to the naked eye and where ground has been disturbed in old buildings or caves. I need all the help I can get.
Also finished: "Cry of the Eagle" history and legends of the Cherokee Indians and their buried treasures. Another good read was: "Georgia's
Fabulous Treasure Hoards and Pine Top Fox. These mostly deal with treasures lost or buried in North, Ga, but the second title did have mention of some treasures in my area, but gave no details at all, except that a payroll worth $50,000 was lost somewhere within 40 miles of here. Got to hit the Archives when the library gets finished with their updated new PCs. My dial up is too slow for archives and maps.
Another interesting book I glanced through was: "The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America" by: Henry Putney Beers
He also has the same book about the union: " The Union, A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War and co-authored with someone named Munden. I haven't read the second title and have not been able to get it inter library loan, but hope to go to the university library soon and order it.
Henry Putney Beers also wrote another title I haven't been able to find: A Guide to Civil War Maps in the National Archives. I'm trying to finish the books I have on hand now, because I have jury duty coming up November the 8Th and I don't know if I will be excused from the jury pool or assigned to a case that might take a few weeks. Whatever happens, I intend to do my civic duty and serve.
Happy Hunting and if you can't get out and do any dirt fishing, catch up on your reading and your research.