Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 30, 2018Think of your Ancestors in this Setting #genealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriages-
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 27, 2018Finding Yesterday with Topocal Maps #genealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriagesAs the countryside gets scraped off, built upon and altered in so many different ways, we lose sight of its appearance in yester years. For…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 13, 2018My Big Clue in Finding a Marriage Record #georgiapioneerscom #gamarriagesAs most of you already know, I offer a free service to members of Georgia Pioneers to assist with brick walls. One of the most difficult…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 10, 2018The Difficult Issues of Census Records #genealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriagesOne would think that everyone got counted by the census taker, but this was not always true. For example, a decision had to be made about…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 10, 2018Why you did not Find your Georgia Ancestors #genealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriagesMulberry Plantation, Savannah, Georgia Sometimes the records are not good enough. For example, the 1820 and 1830 census records of Georgia…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 5, 2018A Reason to do Personal Research in Franklin County (Georgia) …#gagenealogy #gaancestors #gawills…Old Jail. Now Franklin County Historical Society Since land grants were issued in Franklin County to Revolutionary War Soldiers, this north…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 4, 2018Good Preservation of Records in Jackson County …#gagenealogy #gaancestors #gawills #gaestates…I was most pleased some years back when I visited the new Jackson County, Georgia Court House. From the date of the county formation, the…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 2, 2018It is a Mistake to Accept the Pedigrees of Others #genealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriagesA lot of pedigrees are being placed upon the Internet, Beware of mistakes! Accepting the research of someone else may steer one into a mess…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 2, 2018Famous “Light Horse Harry” Lee Died at Dungeness #gagenealogy #gaancestors #gawills #gaestates…Lee was known for his equestrian skills for which he earned the sobriquet of “Light-Horse Harry” . On September 22, 1779 the Continental…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jul 2, 2018Military Road on St. Simons Island #gagenealogy #gawills #gaestates #gamarriagesGeneral Oglethorpe established a fort on the northern part of the island in 1738 and a smaller fort on the southern tip where the…
