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Colonial settlers of [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] generally came from the Carolinas, from [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]], or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]] and [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]]. The first large group of immigrants came from the British Isles to the Savannah area with James Oglethorpe in 1733. Though it was designed to be a penal colony, most English convicts were transported to [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] and [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]], rather than Georgia.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage;'' E. Roger Ekirch, ''Bound for America.''</ref> | Colonial settlers of [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] generally came from the Carolinas, from [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]], or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]] and [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]]. The first large group of immigrants came from the British Isles to the Savannah area with James Oglethorpe in 1733. Though it was designed to be a penal colony, most English convicts were transported to [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] and [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]], rather than Georgia.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage;'' E. Roger Ekirch, ''Bound for America.''</ref> | ||