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Founding Families
- Old Families of Nassau County
U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project: Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39 (2,838) American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1940 (2,847) Manuscript Division (147,887) American Memory (502,856) - Braddock and Lyford Ancestors
The Braddock and Lyford families by Jerry Braddock - Braddock, John David
John David Braddock by Jean Mizell - Braddock, William
William Braddock by Jean Mizell - Christopher, Spicer
Spicer Christopher owned property on Talbot Island and Nassau County Florida. Article by Jean Mizell - Greenwood Family
William Greenwood owned property on the southern tip of Amelia Island . Article by Hank Lewis - Harrison, Samuel
Samuel Harrison and Family by Robert Saunders. - Higginbotham, Burroughs (Burrus) (Burris)
Burrus Higginbotham is a Revolutionary War Veteran. Article by Jean Mizell - Hodges, Willis Aaron
Willis Aaron Hodges article by Jean Mizell. - Houston, John Carrol
John Carrol Huston settled Big Talbot Island. Article by Edgar R Taylor Jr. - Pickett, John Semour II
John Seymour Pickett was a veteran of the Seminole War. Article by Jean Mizell - Thiede, Oscar
Oscar Thiede was born in Prussia, Hanover Germany in 1837 and came to Nassau County Florida in the 1870’s after serving in a New York Regiment in the Civil War. Written by Susan Anstead.
Stories
- Found Relations
A story by Jerry Braddock about finding his relations. - Remembering Malachi
Remembering Malachi Thompson, Civil War Veteran by Linda Davis. - The Scalping of Mrs. Johns
A Story about the scalping of Mrs. Johns in Nassau County FL in 1836. - Mrs. Eliza Kelly Brady
U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project: Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39 (2,838) American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1940 (2,847) Manuscript Division (147,887) American Memory (502,856) - Rayonier
U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project: Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39 (2,838) American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1940 (2,847) Manuscript Division (147,887) American Memory (502,856)
Histories
- JAL Snowball and His Journey from Pennsylvania to Florida
JAL Snowball kept a detailed diary which is kept in the Amelia Island Museum of History. This article details his trip from Pennsylvania to Florida in 1875. By Marcia Pertuz - Minorcan Immigrants to the New Smyrna Colony
The immigration of the Minorcan residents of the Balearic Islands to St. Augustine and North Florida. Written by Steve Rogero. - The Harrison Family
The Harrison Family and the Harrison Cemetery. By Mary Mallison Long
Articles and Presentations
- Passenger Ships to Fernandina 1904-1935
A National Archives list of Ships which discharged passengers in Fernandina between 1904 and 1935. - Ships Lists in the 1600 and 1700’s
A compilation of internet data regarding early Ships Lists. This is data which exists on the internet from various sources. Geneline article in 2012 by Michael A. Toomey. List updated by Dennis Partridge in 2019. - Wyckoff Dutch Genealogy Presentation
Wyckoff Dutch Genealogy Presentation given by Michael Lewis on 18 Feb 2020.