An extraction of a letter to The Florida Mirror published on February 14, 1880. This letter describes the writer's thoughts on the changes within Nassau County since the Civil War. The writer uses the pseudonym of "Sug Yek."
The Territorial Papers of Florida which have been transcribed and published by the National Archives hold a wealth of information about Florida during the territorial period from 1821 to 1845..
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These obituaries and estate sale notices were transcribed from the Florida Mirror issues for 30 Nov 1878, 7 Dec 1878, 28 Dec 1878, 4 Jan 1879, 1 Feb 1879, and 21 Jan 1880. The names of those deceased: Judge John Friend, John C. Griswold, Dr. F. P. Wellford, Rev. Archibald Baker, Mrs. Harriet Willis, Liberty Billings, and Charles L. Hoyt.
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A pedigree chart of Carlyle F. Alexander. Family names include: Alexander, Edwards, Latham, Medlin, Morgan, Pennington, Southwick, and Sugg.
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The Amelia Island Genealogical Society has published the Nassau County Genealogist continuously since 1994. A print only publication, indexed in PERSI, The Nassau County Genealogist features stories and history of Nassau County, Florida, and its people. It also provides genealogical records which pertain to Nassau County, Florida. Jean Mann has served as the sole editor since the quarterly was first published! Our quarterly is published in January (Winter), April (Spring), July (Summer), and October (Fall). There have been occasional combining of issues and during Covid of 2020 some issues were unable to be published. The Amelia Island Genealogical Society is publishing The Nassau County Genealogist articles in our members only area of this website. This printed quarterly is an important membership benefit that our society members dues fund. Consider joining the Amelia Island Genealogical Society to continue funding this genealogy material! The following table of contents is specific to our website. If you wish to access the full table of contents for the quarterly periodical then you can download it from here for the years of 1994-2015: 1994 Volume I Number 1 – Winter 1994 Volume I Number 2 – Spring 1994 Volume I Number 3 – Summer 1994 1995 Volume II Number 1 – Winter 1995 Volume II Number 2 – Spring 1995 Volume II Number 3 – Summer1995 Volume II Number 4 – Fall 1995 1996 Volume III Number 1 – Winter 1996 Volume III Number 2 – Spring 1996 Volume III Number 3 – Summer 1996 Volume III Number 4
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When Florida became a territory of the United States in 1821, the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church was the only known Protestant Church within it's territory. This article provides a brief history of the founding of the church by Nassau County residents, It's original organizational document and a list of those who signed it, minutes from the early meetings, and a few tombstone readings from it's picturesque cemetery.
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