Mr John W Kirkland Jr came to the museum with an old bag.
Out came these scraps of paper, dotted with birth records.
Names, birthdays, parents etc., a treasure trove!
He was about to throw them out, when...
he remembered talking to Cynthia Rosers at her shop.
Somehow this midwife is a relative of his.
Because his dad, who passed one and a half years ago,
became in possession of this bag.
He remembered her saying we need to preserve the
history of Coweta County.
We will research the names on the 20 plus scraps of paper,
and report back to you what a heavenly bounus we received!
My maternal grandmother was a midwife in Newnan before migrating to St Louis, MO in 1920's. Her name was Beatrice Elder. Married a Shropshire about 1899 then my grandfather
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