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For nearly a year I have been stumped on maiden names of my ancestors as well as the inability to find out any dates o death. When I stumbled upon the archive website today, I was absolutely beside myself with excitement. I have not only been able to determine how, when and where my ancestors from Butts, Jackson, Madison, Clarke, Barrow, and Oglethorpe died, but also who they were married to. I found 4 maiden names and confirmed branches of my family tree that I had doubts about for such a long time. I wanted to thank all of you who obviously spent so much time and effort to make this information available to us researchers. Today, October 16, 2007, I have been able to break through more brick walls than I have in over a year of research. Thank you! I found a photo of Cobbtown High School ca 1970, in the Vanishing Georgia Series. My father planted the spruce trees on either side of the front door at the school. He was born in Cobbtown in 1909. He was killed in a plant explosion in Collins on February l, l940. I was 5 years old. The story of his planting those trees is one I cherish, as I will the picture! A DOT engineer was looking for the text of "The Beaufort Convention.” A boundary dispute had arisen over the triangular-shaped area at the head of the Savannah River between South Carolina and Georgia. The Articles of the Beaufort Convention (which met at Beaufort, South Carolina), agreed to and signed by commissioners representing both states, fixed the boundary in April 1787. While Georgia conceded the area to South Carolina, the right to certain lands lying south and southwest of the Savannah River, as well as to all islands in that river, was determined to be Georgia's. DOT was trying to determine the role a particular river plays in South Carolina and our boundary. The engineer had been "looking everywhere," and we had just what he needed! The Georgia Deaths Database is a wonderful resource for anyone doing Georgia Genealogy. I stumbled upon this gem while looking for some other information on your site. As an African-American, getting beyond the 1870 brick wall has been extremely challenging, particularly for female ancestors. By creatively using your database, I have been able to make linkages that would have otherwise been impossible. I have been researching my family's history for about seven years and had gotten about as far as I thought I would have been able to go, but using your database opened up so many avenues for further exploration. Thanks again for such a great tool. Home | Contact the Office | Technical Contact | Privacy Statement | Georgia.Gov | Search |
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