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This is a list of the German-speaking inhabitants of colonial Georgia. Composed of Salzburgers from Austria, Palatines from the southern Rhineland, Swabians from the Territory of Ulm, and Swiss, the so-called Georgia "Dutch" represented the largest ethnic group in Georgia in the mid-18th century. Their descendants are today scattered throughout the fifty states.
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This is a collection of 283 genealogies which Mrs. Austin compiled over a period of twenty years as a professional genealogist. Taken as a whole, it represents a cross-section of pioneer Georgia families, and its publication is intended to assist others researching these same families. Although the earliest Georgia settlers were brought in by General Oglethorpe in 1733, the majority of the settlers--from Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas--arrived...
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In 1901 and 1902, the Joseph Habersham chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution published a weekly genealogy advice column in the Atlanta Sunday Constitution. These columns, which contained family sketches, genealogies, transcriptions of court records, lists of marriages, military records, pedigrees, and so forth, were later published in three hardcover volumes. Vol. 2 contains numerous references to pioneering Georgians, as evidenced by...
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Describes methods of research and records found while researching the family of Luverser/Louisa McCrary, the author's seventh generation slave ancestor. Luverser McCrary was born ca. 1780 in Baldwin County, Georgia. Her daughter, Matilda, was born ca. 1825 in Baldwin County, Georgia. Matilda's husband, Simon McCants, was born ca. 1815 in Virginia and taken to Georgia as a slave. Matilda and Simon were married in 1866, as soon as they could legally...
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This collection of Georgia Bible Records contains an itemized list of the births, marriages, and deaths found in approximately 1,000 family Bibles! Included are Bible records of some of Georgia's first settlers and prominent figures, as well as records of ordinary individuals, some of whom migrated to or from other states. Many of the records were sent to the compiler over a twenty-year period by the actual owners of the Bibles, while others she copied...
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