Genealogy Projects tagged with Effingham County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Georgia Salzburgers

    This Project is possible through the work of Chad Olivent in collaboration with Southern Colonies Province of Georgia Team The goal of this project is to identify and categorize the distinct group of immigrants and their children from the Salzburg Bishopric that loosely included Austria, Switzerland and part of Germany. Their contribution to the founding of the Colony of Georgia is significant...

  • Effingham County, Georgia

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Effingham County, Georgia. Official Website Effingham was among the original counties of the state of Georgia, created February 5, 1777 during the American Revolution from the colonial parishes of St. Matthew and St. Phillip. Its name honors Lord Effingham, an English champion of colonial rights, who resigned his commission rather t...

  • Effingham County, Illinois

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Effingham County, Illinois. Official Website Effingham County was formed in 1831 out of Fayette and Crawford counties. It may have been named after Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, who resigned his commission as general in the British army in 1775, refusing to serve in the war against the Colonies. The name is Anglo-Saxon for "...

  • Edgewood Cemetery, Edgewood, Illinois

    This project is for those buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois. Find a Grave

  • Beecher City Cemetery, Beecher City, Illinois

    The cemetery is located in Liberty Township on the northwest corner of the intersection of S Charles Street and County Road 1850 N, in Effingham County, Illinois. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1810468 (Beecher Cemetery). Find a Grave

  • Arborcrest Memorial Park, Funkhouser, Illinois

    This project is for those buried in Arborcrest Memorial Park, Funkhouser, Effingham County, Illinois. Find a Grave