If you are searching for Georgia families, you need me. I am a professional genealogist and I can help you. During forty years of
gathering information, I have discovered resources which are not available to the average researcher. This is because I have found old
newspapers which never got microfilmed or were lost, lost court house books kept in private homes by former court house clerks,
and some original documents which were waterlogged or damaged in storage areas.
The early part of my career was spent digging into court house records, interviewing persons and tracking graveyards. During the 1950's and 1960's, I
gathered all of the tombstone information in Jackson County and McIntosh from private and public cemeteries. You say, so what? The "what" is that since
that time some of the slate tombstones have cracked and fallen into the dirt and the older granite stones no longer provide visible names and dates.
I am so familiar with Georgia families, that I often surprise friends by providing additional information when
they casually mention the name of an ancestor. I take a personal interest in the families which my subscribers are researching by
performing free research on those names. I have authored 75 books on genealogy. My latest, is The Georgia Frontier, 3 volumes,, published by Clearfield
Company.
The results of my work has been preserved on my website, www.georgiapioneers.com
| About The Databases |
| Genealogies of Georgia families, tracing them back into Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas. This information can be brief to extensive, such as The Smith Papers which contains over a hundred pages. |
| The Confederate Dead...over 32,000 names and dates found on tombstones and in obituaries. |
| Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts and graves. |
| Colonial Land Grants, baptisms, births, deaths and other information extracted from colonial records. |
| Biographical Sketches of Colonial Families, includes genealogies and an indepth study of the first colonists. |
| Ship Passenger Lists of those who came to Georgia with Oglethorpe. |
| Lists of Names of Oglethorpe's Rangers, etc. |
| Bible Records (discovered and collected). |
| Obituaries 1740-1930's found in old surviving newspapers. |
| Cherokees. Some families traced, general information and census. |
| School Graduates 1840-1900, includes photographs. |
| Burials. Some of the oldest burial information from a variety of sources, including some Revolutionary War Soldiers. |
| Probate Records. Abstracts of Georgia Wills, Administrations, Inferior Court Minutes, etc. This record all by itself helps you to locate where your families resided. |
| Marriage Records from various counties (incomplete). |
| Notes. My notes are a treasure trove. They include millions of names with sources such as deeds, births, deaths, marraiges, books. In other words, all of the notes which I kept while tracing genealogies. |
| Orphans. It is difficult to locate the names of orphans. This information comes from old newspapers and court records. |
| Lunatics. Names of persons sent to the State Institution in Milledgeville, or other persons reported as idiots, insane, etc. |
| All of these databases are ever growing. Additional information is added weekly. |
A subscription to Georgia Pioneers will not only provide you access to the above databases, but I will trace your
families for you throughout your subscription year.
Why do I want to do all this extra work? We genealogists want our work preserved, don't we?
Not only do I want to share my information, but in working for you, I will be able to preserve your information
so that it can also be shared with others. My goal is to preserve and share.
I began offering free research to my subscribers in January (2006). Here are some testimonials so far -
Dear Jeanette...I have been very busy taking care of my mother, who is sick with cancer, and I finally got a few minutes to visit the website to view the new entries. Imagine my surprise to find a WEALTH of information on my 2nd great grandfather, Colonel Richard Sims! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your diligence and gracious gift of genealogical service! I would not have had a clue as to how to look further than I have. Wilkes County holds clues, as the Barnett side of the family (Susannah Paulett’s mother) was from around the Wilkes County area, and when Col. Sims and Susanna Sims died, Elizabeth and my great-grandfather, Joseph went to live with Col. Nathan Barnett, Secretary of State for a while. Again, thank you so very much for this wonderful gift! Kindest regards, Kim Stephens.
Dear Jeannette....I cannot believe that you found my Autry of Cobb County. Thank you for sending me the maps of where he resided. Cobb County records were burned, so this is a real assist. Jennifer Brown.
Dear Jeannette. That is excellent work! Everything you say about him fits where I expected him to be at different times. John Fleming.
Dear Jeannette. You not only found my family which I regarded as a brick wall, but you clarified the other branches for me. Now I know for certain that the Jacob Durden in Emanuel County is mine! Fantistic!. Cynthia Lewis.
You are amazing. I have really been impressed since I joined. Nancy Perry
Oh! Did I mention that you get a monthly newsletter (Georgia Genealogy & History)emailed to you each month?
After you subscribe, I will send you a password. You can email me your names right away!
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