THE SOUTHERN GENEALOGIST'S EXCHANGE SOCIETY of Jacksonville, Florida will meet on Saturday, January 8, 2005, 10 a.m., in their library building/headquarters, 6215 Sauterne Drive. Dr. Ronald Jaudon "don" Berry, PhD, will be the speaker. He was born in Tampa, raised in Miami, lived in Atlanta, been in Jacksonville since 1972, is a Christian counselor and is in the life insurance and financial counseling business. He is a poet and author, is working on a book about Huguenot ancestors (Charleston, SC, 1686). An avid student of history and genealogy, he has spoken to many groups on "The Real First Thanksgiving in America", "Did God Really Bless America", and "Who Are These Huguenots?" His topic on this occasion will be "Huguenots, and Jaudons's on The First Coast." One of his ancestors was the first deacon of First Baptist Church of Jacksonville (1838), and many others are early Floridians - his father having been born in one of the historical St. George Street houses in ! St. Augustine. Refreshments will be served and the public is welcome. See http://sgesjax.tripod.com for directions and other information about SGES. This information provided by Ed Murfin, SGES Public Relations Chairperson, Dec. 17, 2004. (edmurfin@bellsouth.net)

--0-928028778-1103246962=:76086 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Id: Content-Disposition: inline Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-928028778-1103246962=:76086 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Apparently-To: pas47pap@yahoo.com via 206.190.36.234; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:55:36 -0800 Authentication-Results: mta118.mail.dcn.yahoo.com from=hot.rr.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) X-Originating-IP: [66.43.18.41] Return-Path: <ga-roots-l-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from 66.43.18.41 (EHLO lists5.rootsweb.com) (66.43.18.41) by mta118.mail.dcn.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:55:35 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id iBGFeATj028896; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:40:10 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:40:10 -0700 X-Original-Sender: varcsix@hot.rr.com Thu Dec 16 08:40:09 2004 X-Sender: varcsix@POP-server.hot.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:40:03 -0600 Old-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Virginia Crilley <varcsix@hot.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <GpnBPB.A.UDH.axawBB@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/9018 X-Loop: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [GA-Roots] Crawford Co Historical Society Content-Length: 929 I always like to applaud the efforts of local Historical Societies, so wanted to let you know what is going on in Crawford County. They have a new Christmas ornament which is a reproduction of the Historic Courthouse . Scroll down on this page to see it! http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacchs/depotornament.html While you're there, visit the rest of the page. Ed and Kim Gordon are the webmasters and would love to hear from you. And do pass this along to anyone you think might benefit. It might inspire other Societies to do something similar. Virginia ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Thou shalt check thy spelling and thy grammer. Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --0-928028778-1103246962=:76086--

According to a history of the "Dames Point Lightship", http://users.erols.com/lthouse/dphs.htm, the area was called Dame's Point in (and apparently for a time prior to) 1857.

Can anyone tell me how the area of Dame's Point came by it's name? One of my family names is DAME and I wonder if there is any connection. Thank you, Pam J.

--0-800058811-1103073656=:69547 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Id: Content-Disposition: inline Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --0-800058811-1103073656=:69547 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Apparently-To: pas47pap@yahoo.com via 206.190.36.230; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:53:02 -0800 Authentication-Results: mta222.mail.dcn.yahoo.com from=hargray.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) X-Originating-IP: [66.43.18.39] Return-Path: <gaeffing-l-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from 66.43.18.39 (EHLO lists2.rootsweb.com) (66.43.18.39) by mta222.mail.dcn.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:53:02 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id iBEFXgL3031520; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:33:42 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:33:42 -0700 X-Original-Sender: dereddi@hargray.com Tue Dec 14 08:33:41 2004 Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:34:28 -0500 From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com, GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com, gachatha-l@rootsweb.com, REDDICK-L@rootsweb.com, RIDDICK-L@rootsweb.com, FLY-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <rAqOJ.A.2rH.WfwvBB@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/845 X-Loop: GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GAEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAEFFINGHAM] Senate Bill 2845 has passed the Senate without our suggested wording. Content-Length: 929 Received this just this morning: (I have posted it to all site I belong to..feel free to do the same) Senate Bill 2845 has passed the Senate without our suggested wording. One of the provisions that did pass reads as follows: "ISSUANCE TO FAMILY MEMBERS- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the States, shall establish minimum standards for issuance of a birth certificate to specific family members, their authorized representatives, and others who demonstrate that the certificate is needed for the protection of the requestor's personal or property rights." Assuming we were not successful at getting our language in the bill, it looks like our next shot is to get our language in the minimum standards, making it clear that the States are free to issue non-certified copies to the public. You are free to forward this to other interested parties as you see fit. David E. Rencher Chair, Record Preservation and Access Committee Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genelaogical Society ==== GAEFFING Mailing List ==== VISIT THE EFFINGHAM COUNTY WEBPAGE AT: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaeffing/index.html Thanks to USGENWEB County Coordinator: Carolyn Barber Jarrard ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 --0-800058811-1103073656=:69547--

Hi List, I have a copy of his obit dated Tuesday, May 5, 1970. He died on Friday, May 1, 1970. "COBB--Jamie Fletcher Cobb, retired, of 1312 Flagler St., died Friday. A native of Missouri, he resided in this city 25 years. He leaves no immediate survivors. Services at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Estes-Krauss. Rev. Holland Vaughn officiating. Burial in Evergreen cemetery. Pallbearers: Tom Sharp, Tom Sweat, Bill Creech, Bill Hess, Dick Boykin, and Frank Hopkins. I now have a copy of his death certificate which states he was divorced. Would anyone have any directories from about this time and do the pallbearers names connect with anyone. Hope someone can help. Many thanks. Kind regards, Linda

Saturday, August 5, 2000 Story last updated at 7:57 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 2000 Preserving Mayport's earliest history By Caren Burmeister Shorelines staff writer MAYPORT -- On the surface, there's nothing remarkable about the sandy lot east of town where an asphalt road runs between Mayport Naval Station and the historic fishing village. But old-timers know that a 19th-century cemetery, and maybe even the remains of Spanish soldiers who lived in the area centuries ago, lay buried beneath Broad Street and decades of shifting sand dunes and dredge material from Ribault Bay. "You wouldn't know it's there if you didn't know it's there," said John Meserve, chairman of the Mayport Waterfront Partnership. Larry King, a fourth-generation Mayport native, has asked the partnership to help him define the boundaries of the cemetery, which is about 650 feet west of the St. Johns Lighthouse. King also wants to identify who is buried there, raise the markers and tombstones and get the cemetery placed on the National Register of Historic Places. "The people who lived here had a vast and rich history," King said. It's time they get some recognition, he said. The old cemetery was never officially recorded, so nothing prevented the government from building a Navy base on it or the state from building a road over it. The Old Mayport Cemetery is one of the few 19th-century landmarks left in Mayport, according to a 1998 Mayport Naval Station study on the historic and archaeological significance of the area. In March and April of 1998, the Navy hired the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to excavate the site. A report from the corps' consultant shows the cemetery was covered by about 3 feet of dredge material from Ribault Bay when the Mayport Naval Station was built in 1941. Archaeologists found one grave marker for Mary F. Hogan, who died in 1875 at age 20. Markers for L. Fatio, F. Fatio, M. Floyd and D. Floyd revealed no death dates. The Floyds and Fatios were founders of a local church and early settlers of Mayport. King is related to the Floyds through his mother. His family is descended from the Minorcans, who came to Mayport in the late 1700s after fleeing a plantation in New Smyrna Beach, where they had worked as indentured servants. The cemetery area could contain Spanish graves associated with Fort San Estaban, which was built around 1560, according to a 1991 historical resources survey by the Florida Museum of National History in Gainesville. Oral history indicates the old Spanish Cemetery may lie nearby, although the Army Corps' 1998 report said that hasn't been substantiated through archaeological investigations. Spanish forces attacked Fort Caroline, north of Mayport, in 1565 and established a settlement there. Their hold over the region grew through the 16th and 17th centuries. England took possession of Spanish Florida in 1763, but the Spanish regained authority over the state near the end of the American Revolution. Florida came into American possession in 1821. The first commercial shipments of naval stores along the St. Johns River began in 1776. Commerce grew rapidly and a third lighthouse, known as the St. Johns Lighthouse, was built in 1854 to help guide ships into the St. Johns River. That lighthouse remains at the Mayport Naval Station and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Joseph "Brownie" Brown, who oversees the contemporary Mayport Cemetery off Wonderwood Lane, believes Spanish soldiers were buried in Mayport based on something he saw in the early 1940s. Brown witnessed a dig that unearthed two skeletons near what was to become the Navy's medical facility. A 2-inch, H-shaped brass buckle, like those worn by Spanish soldiers centuries ago, was attached to a deteriorated shoe on one of the skeletons' feet. Brown said the buckle and skeleton were placed in an egg crate, but he doesn't know what happened to them. No one else, including Homer Hull, a Navy civil engineer who was involved with the 1998 report, had heard of or seen that discovery. Brown believes it's important to honor the cemetery because it's the resting place of the community's historical roots. "It's too bad it's gone as long as it has without recognition," he said. "We need a plaque on it." In its 1998 report, the Army Corps' consultant said the old cemetery site appears to meet requirements for the National Register of Historic Places because it contains information about Mayport's history, development and ethnic origins. The report noted that a buffer should be built around the known portions of the cemetery and that the area should be protected from ground-disturbing activity. Meanwhile, King has obtained a promise from the Navy to help recognize and protect the cemetery. "The community of Mayport was here long before the naval station was," said Cmdr. Fred Berley, the Navy base's executive officer. "We want to keep the relationship we have with the residents."

Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn Euringer To: Tony & Julie Howell Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek Hi Ed, I have a copy of map showing Mandarin and Duval and Nassau Counties from 1885 which shows a "Mill Cove" near Mayport, can't find a Mills Creek. I gave a copy of the map to Jon Ferguson with SGES. Dawn From: "Tony & Julie Howell" <tjhowell1@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:38:31 -0500 To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek Resent-From: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:38:39 -0700 Hi Ed! Please clarify if the map you have showing "Mill Creek" is a "recent" map of the area, or if the map was "recently" given to you. It is certainly logical that, if Mayport was originally called Mayport Mills, that there should be a creek in that vicinity named Mill Creek. in doing a USGS search for "Mill Creek" I was surprised that it pulled up "Strawberry Creek" which is in the Arlington area. in the information that the USGS gives for Strawberry Creek, it includes a/k/a Mill Creek. I've always wondered why Mill Creek Road in Arlington was called that, and have been curious where the mill might have been. Perhaps there is a connection between Mill Creek Road and Strawberry Creek a/k/a Mill Creek. (That, however, is of no help to your question about Mayport.) Julie Thames Howell Jacksonville, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar Taylor To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:14 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek >From a recent map I was given of the Mayport area, I note that there was/is a creek near Mayport running from the St. John's River that bears the name "Mill Creek". The map is entitled "Old Mill Creek Site Durkee Tract" and is southwest of the then Mayport settlement. I suspect the remains of this is now just at the bend into the road leading to the street paralleling St. John's River into "downtown" Mayport, but am not sure of this. Does anyone know about this creek? I suspect this was associated with the Mayport Mills, but am not sure of this either. I suspect, too, that it was the location of the mill my ancestor, Cornelius Taylor, built in the 1830s or before. Any help will be appreciated, as I am [have been] writing a history of Mayport. Thanks. Ed T of PGH

Hi Julie- No, the map is not recent, but my acquiring it is. The map was drawn as part of a Flagler survey of the propery owners in the Mayport area. Unfortunately, the copy I have is not dated. I recall once seeing the Mill Creek in the Arlington area you mention. That it would be called "Strawberry Creek" is new to me. I think, as "Mill Creek" one of the Dewees wives mighty have had property on this creek. Probably Mary Dell, who married, as her second husband, Willlian Dewees. But having found the Mayport Mill Creek, I am now wondering if the reference to her land was not in the Mayport area instead, as part of her "slice" of the Dewees Grant. I do not have the plot of her claim before the commissioners who settled the claims for Fla terriorial land, if there was a map, so I can not tell. Ed T of PGH ---------- on 12/6/04 12:38 PM, Tony & Julie Howell at tjhowell1@comcast.net wrote: Hi Ed! Please clarify if the map you have showing "Mill Creek" is a "recent" map of the area, or if the map was "recently" given to you. It is certainly logical that, if Mayport was originally called Mayport Mills, that there should be a creek in that vicinity named Mill Creek. in doing a USGS search for "Mill Creek" I was surprised that it pulled up "Strawberry Creek" which is in the Arlington area. in the information that the USGS gives for Strawberry Creek, it includes a/k/a Mill Creek. I've always wondered why Mill Creek Road in Arlington was called that, and have been curious where the mill might have been. Perhaps there is a connection between Mill Creek Road and Strawberry Creek a/k/a Mill Creek. (That, however, is of no help to your question about Mayport.) Julie Thames Howell Jacksonville, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar Taylor <mailto:ertjr1@earthlink.net> To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:14 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek >From a recent map I was given of the Mayport area, I note that there was/is a creek near Mayport running from the St. John's River that bears the name "Mill Creek". The map is entitled "Old Mill Creek Site Durkee Tract" and is southwest of the then Mayport settlement. I suspect the remains of this is now just at the bend into the road leading to the street paralleling St. John's River into "downtown" Mayport, but am not sure of this. Does anyone know about this creek? I suspect this was associated with the Mayport Mills, but am not sure of this either. I suspect, too, that it was the location of the mill my ancestor, Cornelius Taylor, built in the 1830s or before. Any help will be appreciated, as I am [have been] writing a history of Mayport. Thanks. Ed T of PGH

Hi Ed! Please clarify if the map you have showing "Mill Creek" is a "recent" map of the area, or if the map was "recently" given to you. It is certainly logical that, if Mayport was originally called Mayport Mills, that there should be a creek in that vicinity named Mill Creek. in doing a USGS search for "Mill Creek" I was surprised that it pulled up "Strawberry Creek" which is in the Arlington area. in the information that the USGS gives for Strawberry Creek, it includes a/k/a Mill Creek. I've always wondered why Mill Creek Road in Arlington was called that, and have been curious where the mill might have been. Perhaps there is a connection between Mill Creek Road and Strawberry Creek a/k/a Mill Creek. (That, however, is of no help to your question about Mayport.) Julie Thames Howell Jacksonville, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar Taylor To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:14 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek >From a recent map I was given of the Mayport area, I note that there was/is a creek near Mayport running from the St. John's River that bears the name "Mill Creek". The map is entitled "Old Mill Creek Site Durkee Tract" and is southwest of the then Mayport settlement. I suspect the remains of this is now just at the bend into the road leading to the street paralleling St. John's River into "downtown" Mayport, but am not sure of this. Does anyone know about this creek? I suspect this was associated with the Mayport Mills, but am not sure of this either. I suspect, too, that it was the location of the mill my ancestor, Cornelius Taylor, built in the 1830s or before. Any help will be appreciated, as I am [have been] writing a history of Mayport. Thanks. Ed T of PGH

From a recent map I was given of the Mayport area, I note that there was/is a creek near Mayport running from the St. John's River that bears the name "Mill Creek". The map is entitled "Old Mill Creek Site Durkee Tract" and is southwest of the then Mayport settlement. I suspect the remains of this is now just at the bend into the road leading to the street paralleling St. John's River into "downtown" Mayport, but am not sure of this. Does anyone know about this creek? I suspect this was associated with the Mayport Mills, but am not sure of this either. I suspect, too, that it was the location of the mill my ancestor, Cornelius Taylor, built in the 1830s or before. Any help will be appreciated, as I am [have been] writing a history of Mayport. Thanks. Ed T of PGH

Ms Staunton, The Times-Union only sells back issues to the public for one year back and the newspaper librarians generally don't have time to research this. Your best bet is to let me do it at our main library in Jacksonville. It will be easy to check, thanks to ms Harris' work. I do not visit the library often but will try to make it soon. If I find it, I'll scan and e-maiil it to you. Jim

I was asked to forward this by a friend who isn't a member of this list. Latrell ----- Original Message ----- From: JBraddock1@aol.com To: lmickler@bellsouth.net Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 5:32 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] PATRIOTS DAY ANNOUNCEMENT Latrelle, I am not a member of the FLDuval list. Will you send this message to so that any descendants of the men involved in the event described below will no about a commemoration of it is planned next April. Than you. PATRIOTS DAY ANNOUNCEMENT Coastal Georgia Historical Society Quarterly Meeting, St. Simons Island, Georgia- Specific location to be announced, Monday, April 18th 7:00pm Virginia Steele Wood, Naval Specialist at the Library of Congress, will present "Naval Action in Frederica River, April 19, 1778." Descendants of Veterans of Frederica Naval Action are invited to attend the Meeting as honored guests; attendance is free. Dedication of Markers Commemorating the Service of Revolutionary War Patriots - Christ Church, Frederica Cemetery, Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, Georgia Tuesday, April 19th 10:00am The Marshes of Glynn Chapter, GASSAR, with the support of the Brunswick Chapter, NSDAR, and the Fort Frederica Chapter, NSDAR, will sponsor a Marker Dedication Service for four Patriots: Cyrus Dart, Robert Grant, William Page & Samuel Wright. In addition to their Revolutionary War experiences, each of these men made significant impacts on the development of St. Simons and Glynn County after the war. All Descendants of these Patriots are invited to attend and will be recognized in a special manner. After opening remarks, the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard will lead a procession to the burial sites of the Patriots, with a Dedication of Markers, and Presentation of Wreaths by Representatives of DAR & SAR Chapters and Descendants of the Patriots. Celebration of Anniversary of Naval Action in Frederica River- Fort Frederica National Monument, Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, Georgia Tuesday, April 19th 2:00pm Representatives from the Georgia Historical Society, Coastal Georgia Historical Society, Fort Frederica National Monument and Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution will participate in a Ceremony that will include the Dedication of a Georgia Historical Marker, entitled "The Georgia Navy." Virginia Steele Wood, Naval Specialist at the Library of Congress, will describe the Frederica Naval Action on April 19, 1778, when three galleys of Georgia's Navy, Lee, Washington & Bulloch, out-gunned and captured three armed British ships in the Frederica River. All Descendants of the Patriots who participated in the Frederica Naval Action are invited to attend and will be recognized in a special manner. Facilities of the Park will be available, including guided tours by the Rangers and no admission fees will be charged. Motel Reservations- A block of rooms has been reserved for Sons of the American Revolution Compatriots & Guests at Quality Inn Island House, St. Simons: Monday April 18th & Tuesday 19th cost $80 per room plus tax; Continental Breakfast provided; Call (800) 870-3736 or (912) 634-0660 for reservations; ask for SAR rate. Contact- For additional information- Bill Ramsaur, Marshes of Glynn Chapter, GASSAR; email address: wframsaur@aol.com telephone 912-634-1293.

Would this be the same Sallas/Salas family from St. Johns Co., descendants of Jose Maria Candalaria de Salas? I have some information on this family. Leonard. -- Leonard J. McCown, Irving, Texas -- McCown Family History genealogy@mccown.org -- http://www.mccown.org People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. -- Edmund Burke, 1790

Who Were These Huguenots ? Part II of The Real 1st Thanksgiving (rev.2004) Who were these HUGUENOTS that came to Florida ? Or, should I say--"Who are these Huguenots"-- I are one ! My JAUDON ancestors came to CHARLESTON,SC, in 1686, from The Isle of Re, in France The Huguenots were/are French PROTESTANT Religious Refugees, many of whom were followers of Jean Chauvin (John CALVIN )---French Protestant Reformer and contemporary of Luther. The Huguenots started fleeing persecution in France in the 1560's and established communities in: England, Ireland, Flanders, Holland, Switzerland,South Africa, Germany, theCaribbean Islands and ultimately "America"-- NY, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. My JAUDON family came to Charleston, S.C.,USA in 1686 after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had granted religious freedom to the Huguenots). Many prominent (USA) Americans are of Huguenot descent, including 11 US Presidents: George Washington, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, James Garfield, Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush also Paul Revere, Francis Marion, Sidney Lanier, Patrick Henry, the duPonts, John Paul Jones, Jim Bowie, Davey Crockett, Paul Revere,Louis Tiffany, Will Durant, Matthew Vassar, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Beecher Stowe (and "Simon Legree"), John Jay and many, many others. The Huguenots were faithful to their beliefs. Given the choice of becoming ROMAN CATHOLIC or execution---many were burned at the stake and thousands died in the many massacres in France. ( ---and of as did, of course the Florida colonists at Ft. Caroline and those of RIBAULT's shipwreck--). Their tongues were cut out to prevent them singing hymns as they were burned. Forced tear down their Churches with their own hands, they buried their dead at night and used "secret" symbols in order to enter their underground church services. Admiral Gaspard de COLIGNY a wealthy Huguenot nobleman , was a trusted advisor to Roman Catholic King CHARLES IX of France. In 1562 after years of religious conflict between Protestants (Huguenots) and Roman Catholics which had divided France into two armed camps and fortified cities there was peace. Coligny wanted France to claim and colonize The New World. He also wanted his Huguenot brethren to have their own land where they could have RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. He sent France's best sailor/explorer Jean RIBAULT to Florida. Ribault explored the river and areaaround St. Augustine and the St.John's river at Mayport (Jacksonville)Florida.He erected a stone pillar on a small island, probably MAYPORT (now a US Navy Port and home of the aircraft carrier "John F. Kennedy") . He then sailed on to Port Royal, S.C.Returning to Europe Ribault left 30 soldiers under Albert de la Pierria on the Broad River, SC, on Paris Island ( now the US Marines" Induction and Training Base)---where the original Fort, and a later Spanish one, have been excavated---there is also a Museum--with much interesting Huguenot history) . He called it Port Royal and named the log blockhouse Charlesfort. Arriving in France, Ribault discovered conflict between Huguenots and Roman Catholics. He went to QUEEN ELIZABETH in England for supplies forCharlesfort and she put him in prison for violating Spanish Territory. In 1564 with Ribault imprisoned in London, Rene LAUDONNIERRE was sent from France to rescue the Colony and increase the colony. He carried men, women, tools of war, trade, and agriculture. After Ribault's release from prison he sailed to Florida to succor the new, starving colony audonnierre had established at FT. CAROLINE, present day JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. King PHILLIP II of Spain, sent ships out from Cuba, under MENENDEZ on a search & destroy mission---and to colonize and fortify the area which threatened the nearby route of the Spanish Treasure Fleets. And ultimately, in 1565, Pedro MENENDEZde Aviles, Captain General of the Ocean Sea and Adelantado of la Florida and ST. AUGUSTINE captured Ft. Caroline and massacred most of the colonists. He also captured and executed, at MATANZAS (place of slaughter) Ribault (who had ship-wrecked in a hurricane while sailing to attack Menendez at St. Augustine) and almost all of his men. 40-50 Huguenots escaped from Ft. Caroline and sailed back to Europe. At Ft. Caroline , according to some reports---some women and children were spared. Menendez also spared, along with some Roman Catholics, some "musicians and other useful people" at "first & second " Matazanas and a sizeable group at "3rd" Matanzas. So, St. Augustine, established by Menendez becomes the oldest continuously inhabited city in the USA,---and not Jacksonville. And many of the old buildings still remain along with a historic/reenactment village and the huge old, Spanish, massive coquina fort SAN MARCO . My father, was born in one of the historic buildings on St. George Street in St.Augustine.Roy JAUDON Berry, my grandfather was a blacksmith and carriage maker for the Ancient City Wagon Works (horse drawn trolley system) On June 30th, 1564, after building earthen and log huts, and digging awell, at Ft. Caroline the French Huguenots" sang a hymn of THANKSGIVING gave thanks to God, and prayed for the future of their new home"Another most important enterprise took a little longer. When theydiscovered the wild scuppernong grapes growing on the high bluffs overlooking "The River of May ,now called the ST. JOHNS, and beingFrench, naturally they set about making wine. (For sacramental & medicinal purposes only, I'm sure). Ah, those French. R. Jaudon "Don" Berry, PhD "Bibliography"/Sources/References Bennett, Charles E. "Settlement of Florida" 1968 University of Florida Press "Laudonniere& Ft. Caroline" 2001 University of Alabama Press (contains original French and Spanish documentation). Davis, T. Frederick "History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513 to 1924:"reprinted 1990 San Marco Bookstore, Jacksonville, FL. Gannon, Michael "Florida, A Short History", "The Cross in The Sand", University of Florida Press Nolan,David in a 1979 " Address to the Florida Society of Mayflower Descendants" in St. Augustine.Florida Plimoth Plantation's Museum Website www.plimoth.org National Park Service Ft. Caroline, and Ft. Matanzas www.nps.gov/foca/ www.nps.gov/foma/ National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/geo-flor/22.htm LeMoyne engravings http://pelotes.jea.com/leMoyne.htm ===== We've tried & tried.We tried everything. Now try Jesus ! R.Jaudon"Don"Berry searchg 4 Huguenot&Salzburger Roots Insurance by "THE" Book.Christian counseling via E mail. http://www.neworleansweb.org/easter1.html http://raindrop.org/hishands/poem.shtml http://orangehillsassembly.com/artpoetry/isawhell.htm http://www.christianpoets.com

Happy (USA) Thanksgiving, Fellow Florida Duval Gene Researchers (Part I of II rev 2004) Question: Where & When was "America's" First Thanksgiving (by European Colonists) held ? Answer: 1564. Right here�on the First Coast,--- right here in Jacksonville, Florida. Another reason why our region is called The First Coast. But,---hold the cranberry sauce�just a minute, you say ! What about all those Pilgrims in their tall black hats and,and�the Indians and the turkey and all that ? "Everybody knows that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts in 1621". Sorry, Pilgrim, not New England,--- you came to the table late---about 57 years late. Records* show that the (Protestant) French Huguenots landed at Ft. Caroline, present day Jacksonville, in 1564, built huts of log and earth, dug a well and on June 30th sang a hymn of Thanksgiving and prayed. Probably no banquet (some historians claim there was a feast) and no Indians and the Colony didn't last long---it was wiped out by the (Roman Catholic) Spanish under Pedro Menendez in 1565. Among the Huguenots was a Duval (l). 40-50 survived the Ft. Caroline massacre and returned to Europe. Others were spared by Menendez at the "3rd Matanzas" massacre. Author Bennett writes that he personally know 2 (unnamed) local (Jacksonville) present-day families who are descendants of those colonists. Question: Where was the first, ---produced by Europeans�wine made in America ? Sorry, California---again, right here in Jacksonville, Florida�at Ft. Caroline. Ah, those French---who needs turkey and Indians, if there is wine? Question: Where was the Second Thanksgiving in America held (in a permanent European settlement) ? Right here on Florida's First Coast, St. Augustine, Florida, Sept. 8, 1965. Annually, a colorful, costumed, authentic reenactment of the landing of Menendez and his Spaniards is held on the actual site. My father was born in one of the historic houses on St. George St., St. Augustine. Question: What was on the menu and what Indians attended? Cocido,mullet, Florida gopher (land tortoise) . Chief Seloy and his (Timucua) Indian Tribe. Question: What President declared the first National Day of Thanksgiving ? Sorry, not Abraham Lincoln,USA in 1863, but President Jefferson Davis, CSA (Confederate States of America), in 1862. Question : Where was the first (European-parentage) child born in America ? Sorry, not Virginia Dare, of Raleigh's Lost Colony --- but, right here in Ft. Caroline. Question: Where did Europeans first smoke (in USA) pipes of local tobacco ? Answer: You guessed it--- right here in Jacksonville, Florida, USA---and nicotine was named after a Frenchman-- Question: What famous "smoker" fought in France for the Huguenots ? Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh in 1569, serving in a troop raised by Admiral Coligny,prominent Huguenot leader. When I can find it in my hard-copy archives, I'll post a list of the original colonists and crew---some of whom escaped the Massacres at Ft. Caroline and Matanzas. I wish you could see the full colored engravings by LeMoyne, the cartographer, historian and artist who sailed with Laudoniere on the 1564 expedition that established la Carolina (Ft. Caroline), in my treasured book "Settlement of Florida", compiled by Congressman/Author-Historian Charles E. Bennett. Depictions of the 6 to 7 foot tall, full body tattooed, Timucuan Indians at war, play, mining gold, and hunting "crocodiles". Listed below are some of the great Websites with history, pictures of the reconstructed Ft. Caroline and links: National Park Service Ft. Caroline and Ft. Matanzas www.nps.gov/foca National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/geo-flor/22.htm LeMoyne engravings www.pelotes.jea.com/leMoyne.htm (continued in Part II) *My partial "Bibliography" will follow in Part II, my second and final Post on this subject. R. Jaudon "Don" Berry, PhD Jacksonville, Florida We've tried & tried.We tried everything. Now try Jesus ! R.Jaudon"Don"Berry searchg 4 Huguenot&Salzburger Roots Insurance by "THE" Book.Christian counseling via E mail. http://www.neworleansweb.org/easter1.html http://raindrop.org/hishands/poem.shtml http://orangehillsassembly.com/artpoetry/isawhell.htm http://www.christianpoets.com We've tried & tried.We tried everything. Now try Jesus ! R.Jaudon"Don"Berry searchg 4 Huguenot&Salzburger Roots Insurance by "THE" Book.Christian counseling via E mail. http://www.neworleansweb.org/easter1.html http://raindrop.org/hishands/poem.shtml http://orangehillsassembly.com/artpoetry/isawhell.htm http://www.christianpoets.com

The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society will meet on Saturday, December 11, 2004. We have the Park Lane Baptist Church Fellowship Hall reserved for our SGES Christmas party and program on Saturday, December 11, 2004. That's at 1480 Lake Shore Blvd., corner of Radio Lane, on the Westside of Jacksonville, FL (south of Normandy Blvd., north of Park St.). This is the same place we held our fall workshop. Ann Staley will begin her program/workshop on the use of Heritage Quest Online at 10:00 a.m.. If you have HQO, and a large number of our members have enrolled in this, you won't want to miss this! There is so much to get out of this program that is not obvious at first. I'm really looking forward to this. That's our program for this December meeting. If you can't be there for the workshop (or are not interested in HQO) then certainly plan to be on time for the fellowship meal. We plan to eat at 11:30 a.m. You can bring your dishes and leave them in the kitchen. There will be room in the refrigerators and stoves, microwaves, etc. are available. The meat will be provided. You can bring side dishes, vegetables and desserts. We've made arrangements to have the building open at 9:15, for "set up." We should be out of there by 2:00 p.m. Okay. Are you excited now, too? Let's have a great turnout for this great fellowship gathering. We will be installing our 2005 officers, also. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and then prepare for a great SGES Christmas party. There's always great food and wonderful fun fellowship with your fellow genealogists.

Cal Dean's (Calvin Dean's) 1952 obit in Chattanooga, Tn listed a child, Claude D. Hill as a resident in Jacksonville, possibly working for CSX Railroad. Cal Dean had worked for this line when he retired. The obit also listed as Jacksonville residents: Mrs. David A. Hull, granddaughter, Mrs. David Houser, granddaughter, David Hull, great grandson and Gina Hull, great granddaughter. I would be very interested in contacting any of these individuals or their descendents. Cal Dean was my great uncle, brother to my grandfather William H. Hill also known as Thomas William Hill, (called Billy).

Cal Dean's (Calvin Dean's) 1952 obit in Chattanooga, Tn named a child, Claude D. Hill as a resident in Jacksonville, possibly working for CSX Railroad. Cal Dean had worked for this line when he retired. The obit also named: Mrs. David A. Hull, granddaughter, Mrs. David Houser, granddaughter, David Hull, great grandson and Gina Hull, great granddaughter. I would be very interested in contacting any of these individuals or their descendents. Cal Dean was my great uncle, brother to my grandfather William H. Hill

Please for Publication. The Jacksonville Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. at the Willow Branch Library, 2874 Park Avenue, Jacksonville, Fl. This is our annual "Heirloom Day and Social", when members bring their family treasures or heirlooms for display and discussion. For additional information please contact Mary Chauncey at (904) 781-9300. Thank You Jim Laird Publicity Chairman