The Angell research contains a computer database that has become a repository or priceless information. My records include over 100,000 marriage records, including 40,000 Ware County marriages: Brides, Grooms, Dates, and other information, which I am in the process of typing into my computer.
I have a database of over 100,000 cemetery records in this area, and I have spent years on Ware County alone. I have approximately 30,000 cemetery records out of 40 cemeteries, including information on 6,000 black graves. Eighty-five percent (85%) of my Ware County records include name of deceased, birth, death (when and where), parents, spouses, cemetery names, county, state, mortuary, plot numbers (including exact location of over 1,500 graves in Ware County), war records, and carefully documented records from which sources they come from. I have also been able to identify over 5,000 unmarked graves in Ware County and have some information on each one besides their identity.
I have access to a database that includes over 100,000 family group sheets, including 25,000 marriages. This file includes the spouses, grandparents, and the children and their spouses as well.
I took the entire summer of 1996 "haunting" and recataloged the entire Ware County cemetery area. I have compiled a book on each cemetery. I found over 2,900 people in Kettle Creek (Ware County's oldest cemetery dating back to the early 1820's), but was unable to find more than 300 unmarked graves, which I could identify. I know there are approximately 500 more unmarked graves there, but I don't know who or where they are, and I won't be happy until I find every last one.
Lott cemetery (Waycross's oldest City cemetery) has over 1,700 graves, and I was able to record the exact location of each and every grave. I was also able to identify over 500 unmarked graves. I found out their names and death dates, and as much as I could possibly find out about that individual.
I just finished Oakland cemetery (July 1997). I found over 8,000 graves. I do not have an exact quote on the number of unmarked graves but "you'd be surprised how many I found". I also have the exact location of each and every grave, and the owners of the lots.
I began my hobby by tracing families buried in Beulah cemetery, Blackshear (Pierce County) Georgia. There are over 600 people buried there including my parents and my maternal grandmother, and great-grandparents. There are more than 15 different families whose ancestors are buried there that have been traced back to the Revolutionary War and some beyond.
I am a dedicated genealogist, and I document my research very carefully. I get calls and letters from all over the United States. I work a full time job and I am in the process of writing a book called A Glimpse of Brantley, featuring Brantley County during World War II, plus my research. I work on my records at least two hours each day, sometimes sitting at my computer as many as ten or twelve hours.
I am available for look-ups, but please only list one or two at the time, because I'd like to help everyone.
Linda Angell
1617 Ball Street
Waycross GA 31503
ohgs@wayxcable.com
© 1998 Linda Angell
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