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Comment by Brooks F Nelson on December 5, 2009 at 1:23pm

Sorry they got married in either 1828-1829

Comment by Brooks F Nelson on December 5, 2009 at 1:19pm

I am looking for the family of Sydna Haney who was born in either 1790 or 1805 in Sand Mountain,GA or Stone Mountain,GA she married Nathaniel Colston in or between 1811-1812 she was found with her husband and children living in Dekalb County,Alabama in 1850- Not sure of the reason- I would like to locate a marriage Bond for them

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on November 23, 2009 at 5:33pm

Is there anyone here that's either in the Canton area or Cherokee county area or that might have access to resources for those areas? I could sure use some help, if any is available, thank you!

Comment by Luckie Daniels on November 10, 2009 at 7:44am

Thanks Craig for the information. I have used both of these DLG resources in the past and found immediate connections!

From the African-American Funeral Programs, I discovered Mamie FAVOR who I believe to have been a relative of my 4th Grandmother Annie FAVER. Here's the post: http://ourgeorgiaroots.com/?p=172.

Through the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive I was able to follow the Georgia Methodist Conference annual appointments of Rev. James Madison Dickey, the owner of my 4th Maternal Grand, Catie Wingfield. Here's that post as well - http://ourgeorgiaroots.com/?p=734.

Having historic Georgia resources like this online and for FREE is INVALUABLE!

So to all the Georgia Root Diggers please take time to check them out!

Happy Root Digging!:-)

Luckie.

Comment by Craig Manson on November 10, 2009 at 5:09am

I received two announcements from the Digital Library of Georgia yesterday.

The first concerned their collection of newspapers:

The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the free online availability of three historic Georgia newspapers: the Macon Telegraph Archive, the Columbus Enquirer Archive, and the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive. Each extensive archive provides historic newspaper page images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. Zooming and printing capabilities are provided for each page image (via a DjVu browser plug-in).

The Macon Telegraph Archive (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/telegraph) offers online access to weekly, daily, and semi-weekly issues under various titles spanning the years 1826 through 1908, and includes over 51,000 page images.

The Columbus Enquirer Archive (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/enquirer) provides online access to weekly, daily and tri-weekly issues under various titles spanning the years 1828 through 1890. The archive includes more than 32,000 page images.

The Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville) offers online access to eleven historic newspaper titles spanning the years 1808 through 1920 (including the Civil War years when Milledgeville was the state capitol). The archive includes over 49,000 page images.

Additional newspaper digitization projects are currently underway and will be announced as they become available online at the Digital Library of Georgia. Based at the University of Georgia Libraries, the Digital Library of Georgia is an initiative of GALILEO, the state’s virtual library.

The Columbus Enquirer Archive, Columbus Enquirer Archive, and Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive are projects of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The projects are supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

The second announcement was about the avaialability of African-American funeral programs:

The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral.

The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library online collection consists of over one thousand funeral programs ranging from 1933 to 2008 (with the bulk of the collection beginning in the 1960s) from the Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection. A majority of the programs are from churches in Augusta, Georgia, and the surrounding area, with a few outliers in other states such as New York and Florida. The programs typically contain a photograph of the deceased, an obituary, a list of surviving relatives, and the order of service. The collection provides extensive genealogical information about the deceased, including birth and death dates, maiden names, names of relatives, past residences, and place of burial. Alongside this genealogical information, the obituaries provide a rich source of local history about African Americans. Many of the people included in this collection were prominent in their communities, and many were involved locally in the struggle for civil rights.

Additional digitization projects are currently underway and will be announced as they become available online at the Digital Library of Georgia. Based at the University of Georgia Libraries, the Digital Library of Georgia is an initiative of GALILEO, the state’s virtual library.

The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the East Central Georgia Regional Library as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

For more information on either of these programs, please contact the GALLILEO Project at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/contact/.

Comment by john armstrong on October 13, 2009 at 12:53pm

hi still looking for able gattis ganer orr in floyd

Comment by Luckie Daniels on October 12, 2009 at 7:23pm

Hi Georgia Root Diggers! Welcome to all the new members!:-)

James - what an interesting lineage you have and thank you for your willingness to connect to descendants of YONGE slaves! We will have to get you connected to the LowCountry Africana (also here on GenealogyWise) group. LCA focuses specifically on slave/plantation documentation from SC, GA and FL.

Toni Carrier is the contact here at GWise and I am the Coordinator for Georgia records.

Luckie.

Comment by Alane Roundtree on October 9, 2009 at 9:22am

Your comment may partially explain why, although I am the direct descendant of at least six Revolutionary War Patriots, I personally have never experienced the need to seek membership in such an exclusive club.

My friend from Savannah emailed and said he will attempt to get in touch with you regarding 9 Princess Street. Good Luck!

Comment by James Alfred Locke Miller Jr. on October 8, 2009 at 10:32pm

I'll omit the family name, but I descend the second wife of a prominent Continental Line Paymaster. As only one descendant at a time can join a certain society on the same qualified ancestor's patriotic service; that membership has always remained with the first wife's family descendants like they own it (that is not the issue, just the background).

A descendant of the first wife came to visit and found we had the ancient family Bible; saying, what right do we have to it? THEY, are thee, XYZ's. I explained the widow usually inherits the remainder of non-specifically bequeathed personal property; I was glad to share the iformation in it.

In other family lines I've had kin who would not share data on my branch of the family; it's THEIR (good Christian attitude?) Bible; our data belongs to them--tough!

Yes some whites won't share family data with the black side of the family; but there are also whites that won't share data with the other white side of the family either. Some even tell the other family side, their side owns the DAR/SAR Patriot lineage papers; and the out side, can't join because they don't own the papers. Many non-members accept that as seeming fact; as being non-members, they know no better.

The DAR at least, is especially attempting to include contemporary American "blacks"; be they of white Patriot, or of black Patriot, lineage. I hope my SAR is doing likewise?

P.S. I have some white kin, I might swop you for some of your black kin?

Comment by Alane Roundtree on October 8, 2009 at 9:29am

A most fascinating history, Mr. Miller.

More than anything your post demonstrates how diverse, yet, inextricably woven together our respective histories are as Americans. Our country was built with slavery and I
commend you for acknowledging your family’s legacy as slaveowners.

Your willingness to share personal family documents or information regarding individuals your ancestors enslaved is of paramount importance to descendants of those individuals researching their family histories.

Crucial information that may help those seeking answers to their enslaved ancestors’ histories is still too often held out of reach in private hands. Your offer should serve as an example to others who hold such documentation in their own private family archives and encourage them to put the records in the public domain. It’s profound to underscore that the willingness to share such family documents could literally make all the difference between a researcher knowing their enslaved ancestors’ stories as well as you know your own or knowing very little, if nothing at all.

It was by the grace of one such individual that our own family came to know more about one ancestral line than we ever could have without his assistance. By incredible chance this gentleman lives in Savannah, Georgia, and I will attempt to contact him to see if he can help lead you to the current location of what was once 9 Princess Street.

Best Wishes,
Alane Roundtree

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