My Roots

March 7, 2010
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My family has lived in Lowndes County, Georgia since before Valdosta was chartered as a city. This lineage of my family were Freedmen and were  listed in the 1850 census: my 3rd great grand father John Miller, his mother Sophia, brothers Aaron and Jake,  and their sister, Amanda.
An 1863 deed shows that my great grandfather John [...]

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Victoria Copeland, REALTOR®

January 10, 2010
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From: Mrs. Victoria Copeland
“ValdostaConnect has brought much success to my current business.  I joined ValdostaConnect back in 2007 if I can recall and have been a faithful member since than.  ValdostaConnect have allowed the Valdosta community to put a face with my name and brand my name in the local area.  I have had clients [...]

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Yield to Pedestrians- Georgia State Law

August 29, 2009

Many people are in such a big hurry, that they don’t realize that pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks.
I routinely cross the streets at crosswalks at Valdosta State University, especially the one on Brookwood Drive in front of the Fine Arts Building. Almost every time I cross, at least one car zooms by [...]

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Inappropriate Content

August 3, 2009

If you invited someone to your home or place of business and you saw them throw trash on your property how would you feel? What would you say to that individual? I think that any rational person would have some choice words and would ask the person to pick up what they threw down, and [...]

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About Valdosta: History- To Liberia and Back

July 17, 2009

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Before March 2009, I did not know Harmon Warsaw, but both of us have a love for genealogy and history. I live in Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County). Warsaw is from Arthington, Liberia (Africa) and lives near Atlantic City, New Jersey. I connected with him after spending years [...]

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Limit Advertising

July 8, 2009

Hello Everyone,
With careful thought and consideration, I have decided to update the member policy to limit advertising on ValdostaConnect.com to a few designated areas. While we have long since had a policy that does not approve of members sending other members ads via site messages or of members posting ads in comments on other members’ [...]

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