Ted O. Brooke, Professional Genealogist

About Ted

Theodore (“Ted”) Owen Brooke was born 1943, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia. He graduated from Tucker (DeKalb Co., GA) High School in 1961 and attended Georgia Tech. He was married in 1968 and has two children: Robert, born 1970, and Ashley, born 1974, who married Matthew Baughman and they have two children, Carter and Harrison Baughman. Ted retired from AT&T in 1996 and has been engaged in genealogical and historical pursuits since then.

Ted is a member of the Georgia Genealogical Society since 1976, having served as Treasurer and Vice President and is a member of the East Georgia Genealogical Society, Carroll County Genealogical Society, Coweta County Genealogical Society and the Virginia Genealogical Society.

Ted is the author or co-author of twenty books, including the latest, Pickens County, Georgia Cemeteries, published in 2009 with co-author Linda Geiger.

He was listed in both editions of Who’s Who in Genealogy & Heraldry, Volume 1 (1981) and in Volume 2 (1990).

He is currently compiling Georgia Stray Wills 1733-1900 and Georgia Will Index 1733-1900. In addition to heritage and genealogy, his hobbies include running, Corvettes and collecting antique bottles and postcards.