This is a definitive list of the German-speaking inhabitants of colonial Georgia. Composed of Salzburgers from Austria, Palatines from the southern Rhineland, Swabians from the Territory of Ulm, and Swiss, the so-called Georgia "Dutch" represented the largest ethnic group in Georgia in the mid-18th century. Their descendants are today scattered throughout the fifty states. In this ...

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: George F. Jones

A history of Atlanta during and between the world wars. This volume draws on nearly 200 interviews with Atlanta residents who recall, in their own words, "the way it was" - from segregated streetcars to college fraternity parties, from moonshine peddling to visiting opera performances.

Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
Written By: Clifford M. Kuhn, Harlon E. Joye, E. Bernard West

Manufacturer: Heritage Papers
Written By: Moses Waddel

Only one period in history is immediately, indelibly and uniquely linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions 'Reiver', no-one hesitates to add 'Border'. It is an inextricable association, and rightly so. Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide ...

Manufacturer: Birlinn Publishers
Written By: Alistair Moffat

256pp. dustjacket. New 4,426 entry Subject & Every Name Index by Picton Press. 1997 (1983) #1779 $24.50 In 1734 several hundred Lutherans who had been expelled from Salzburg (now Austria) arrived in colonial Georgia. Here they became some of Georgia's earliest, most extraordinary, and most industrious settlers. Dr. Jones' book details the daily lives of the settlers, masterfully ...

Manufacturer: Univ of Georgia Pr
Written By: George Fenwick Jones

Manufacturer: Southern Historical Press, Inc.

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: George Fenwick Jones, Sheryl Exley

Manufacturer: Southern Historical Pr
Written By: Robert Scott Davis

Manufacturer: Univ of Georgia Pr
Written By: Harvey H. Jackson

Ed by Samuel Urlsperger. Translated by Dr. George Fenwick Jones and others. Vol 1-18 (1733-1760). Vol. 18 (1995) is described below. #1531-1548 In 1731 all remaining Protestants, a total of 21,475 people, were driven from Salzburg (now in Austria) by an Edict of Expulsion issued 31 Oct 1731 by Roman Catholic Archbishop Leopold von Firmian. Those without land were given eight days to ...

Manufacturer: Univ of Georgia Pr
Written By: George Fenwick Jones, Renate Wilson