I am a genealogical and historical researcher, with experience across the United States but specializing in Georgia and adjoining Southern states. I hold a master’s degree in Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University and am a board-certified genealogist.
This is my personal website. Here you will find most of my articles and information about my books. My interests lie in genealogical problem solving, African American family history, urban history, and property history.
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21 February 2011 · 1 Comment
The paternal grandfather of Martin Luther King Jr. was James King. According to the King Online Encyclopedia, his full name was James Albert King. A number of websites identify the father of James King as Nathan King – here, here, here, and here (PDF). Nathan was from Putnam county and was enumerated as Nathan “Brannum” [...]
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For about three years I have researched Georgia courthouse disasters. The goal is to publish the definitive guide to the subject. So far I have documented almost 100 disaster events in 80 counties. Out of all the counties, one has me completely stumped. Can you help figure this out? Paulding County, Georgia, was created on [...]
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This transcription of foreign-born individuals in the 1867 Reconstruction Returns of Voters in Chatham County appeared in the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly in 2008 and 2009. Foreign-born Voters in Savannah and Chatham County, 1867 [A-B] Foreign-born Voters in Savannah and Chatham County, 1867 [C-E] Foreign-born Voters in Savannah and Chatham County, 1867 [F-H] Foreign-born Voters [...]
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