Comments on: Godfrey Library – Online Resources http://genblog.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resourc-1/ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://genblog.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resourc-1/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Anonymous Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:08:12 +0000 http://blog-gen.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resources/#comment-79 Very nice site! Very nice site!

]]> By: Jeannette Holland Austin http://genblog.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resourc-1/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Jeannette Holland Austin Sun, 10 May 2009 21:02:13 +0000 http://blog-gen.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resources/#comment-80 Colonel Mark Carr of Sunbury came to Georgia with Oglethorpe, fought in the war with Spain at St. Augustine and the battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simon's Island during which he received distinction as captain and colonel. After the war he received multiple land grants for his services and owned all of the land known as Sunbury, Georgia. It was here that he established a port and helped to establish a flourishing trade with the New England States and Great Britain. Ultimately Sunbury became a resort town where New Englanders built summer homes and Georgians left their plantations to escape the local heat and malaria. It was the belief that malaria infested itself inland and that cool coastal breezes promoted good health. The resort flourished until about 1803 when a hurricane destroyed most of the area. Today, the land is privately owned. For a a more comprehensive sketch of Colonel Carr as well as historical and genealogical accounts of life in colonial Georgia, see Jeannette Holland Austin's "Colonial Georgians" which is available to members of at www.georgiapioneers.com as well as many of my other books. Colonel Mark Carr of Sunbury came to Georgia with Oglethorpe, fought in the war with Spain at St. Augustine and the battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simon’s Island during which he received distinction as captain and colonel. After the war he received multiple land grants for his services and owned all of the land known as Sunbury, Georgia. It was here that he established a port and helped to establish a flourishing trade with the New England States and Great Britain. Ultimately Sunbury became a resort town where New Englanders built summer homes and Georgians left their plantations to escape the local heat and malaria. It was the belief that malaria infested itself inland and that cool coastal breezes promoted good health. The resort flourished until about 1803 when a hurricane destroyed most of the area. Today, the land is privately owned. For a a more comprehensive sketch of Colonel Carr as well as historical and genealogical accounts of life in colonial Georgia, see Jeannette Holland Austin’s “Colonial Georgians” which is available to members of at http://www.georgiapioneers.com as well as many of my other books.

]]> By: Jeannette Austin http://genblog.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resourc-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Jeannette Austin Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:35:23 +0000 http://blog-gen.myheritage.com/2008/10/godfrey-library-online-resources/#comment-81 The Godfrey Memorial Library is no doubt the finest genealogy reference source in the USA. I have used it for years. Along these lines, I have been working for the past 5 years adding wills, estates, genealogies, bible records, revolutionary war pensions, civil war databases, obituaries, cemeteries, etc. to www.GeorgiaPioneers.com So far, there is over 3 gygabytes of Georgia research data and growing! This website is the largest Georgia Genealogy Website on the internet. Jeannette Hlland Austin The Godfrey Memorial Library is no doubt the finest genealogy reference source in the USA. I have used it for years. Along these lines, I have been working for the past 5 years adding wills, estates, genealogies, bible records, revolutionary war pensions, civil war databases, obituaries, cemeteries, etc. to http://www.GeorgiaPioneers.com

So far, there is over 3 gygabytes of Georgia research data and growing! This website is the largest Georgia Genealogy Website on the internet.

Jeannette Hlland Austin

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