Southern Roots

     This site is dedicated to our Mother, Carmen L. Bradley Nichols, who worked so hard to trace our Heritage.......... (1944-1984)

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      It's difficult to imagine that some of our ancestors were Scottish Kings and Queens, Court Musicians, English Earls and Knights, Lords and Ladies, and Colonial Plantation owners.....

      Over the passage of time, fortunes rose and fell, some died penniless, while others remade the fortunes that were lost. Some sold themselves as Indentured Servants in order to arrive on the shores of America.

       This is a continuing story of the families that are our Ancestors.

Family photo taken at Goethe's Sawmill in Dunnellon, Florida, before 1952 - Standing left to right - Leona Dias, Beachie, Maggie, Columbus, Ed, Wilks & Suviller Nichols. Right to left - Mellie Watkins, Edna & Robert Shipp, Pat & E.Q. Nichols.

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Welcome to my web site!  Many hours of work have been put into the research and documentation of these ancestors. I hope you will benefit from the information I present here. This is still a work in progress, check back for updated information, more photos and links, and new ancestors! Feel free to email me with information or corrections: c_nichols69@live.com .

I would like to thank all the people who supplied me with information, informative leads and stories. I would also like to thank Wayne Lanier, who gave me permission to incorporate parts of his own research in this site. ( Thanks Wayne !! )

I would especially like to thank my brother, Greg, for the many hours  spent looking around old cemeteries and helping me to document the ancestors we found. ( Thanks for all the driving you did also ! )

~ Camillia ~

* The Lanier Family pages last updated on 10/13/2008 *

* The Nichols Family pages last updated on 10/13/2008 *