DEED History is a historical research publication that treats every property as a primary source document. Founded by Marquea Folston — house historian and licensed Georgia real estate agent — DEED uses the tools of property research to uncover hidden history confirmed by primary source documentation.
The method is direct: pull the census image, read the city directory entry, find the voter registration record bearing someone's own signature. Then ask what is standing on that address today. Document the gap between what was there and what is there now.
Nobody confirmed that Myers Anderson lived at 542 East 32nd Street before DEED did. Nobody had cited the History of the City Government of Savannah page 34 in connection with the Yamacraw burial ground. Nobody had connected the Cuyler slaveholder name to the Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood name. These are DEED discoveries.
Every confirmed address in the DEED registry is supported by a document you can view and verify yourself. Facts from secondary sources are labeled as reported. Speculation is not published.
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