Family Tree finally ends publication after being published since 1990 at the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library in Moultrie, Georgia.
It started as a newsletter highlighting the valuable genealogy and
local history resources housed at the library under the editorship of
Beth Gay. The newsletter went from a 10-page "in-house" publication to
a 52-page "magazine", and finally into an Internet publication. It grew
into one of the largest genealogy publications in the world.
Beth Gay moved to South Carolina because of changes in her personal
life, and the library has decided that the change in the focus of the
newsletter and Beth's move were not compatible.
The library has taken the opportunity to shut down the magazine and
reassess it's purpose as it "wishes to broaden the scope of the Family
Tree to highlight the events and activities of the local libraries and
become more responsive to the needs of the ever-growing number of
researchers who contact us for help," said Melody Jenkins, Director of
the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library.
