Georgia Passports Illuminate Migrations
Many very early nineteenth-century travelers to the territories that would become the Gulf states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana migrated there from the Southeastern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. If your ancestor is among this group, you know how hard it can be to unwind that migration westward and determine their precise origins. Hidden among the thousands of articles in the NGSQ Archives, however, is one long-running series that may help solve this problem: “Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia 1785 to 1820.”[1]
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About Author
Aaron Goodwin
Aaron Goodwin is a genealogist and house historian specializing in New York City research across all time periods, from the Dutch colonial era to the 20th century. He is the author of New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians, which won the National Genealogical Society’s 2017 Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources. He is also editor of NGS Monthly, former editor of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and former contributing editor of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. In 2011, he received the American Society of Genealogists’ Scholar Award.