In 1731 all remaining Protestants, a total of 21,475 people, were driven from Salzburg (now in Austria) by an Edict of Expulsion issued 31 Oct 1731 by Roman Catholic Archbishop Leopold von Firmian. Those without land were given eight days to leave; those with land were given one to three months following the forced sale of their goods. These Protestant emigrants, known to us today as Salzburgers, were primarily Lutheran. Several hundred of them settled in Georgia in 1734, and the Detailed Reports give translated accounts of the affairs of the Georgia Salzburger settlers for the period 1733-1760. The complete list of all 21,475 Lutheran Expellees is given in #1877.
This is an important primary source for students of Germanic genealogy in America's South, for colonial historians generally, and for all others interested in 18th century Lutheran affairs. These eighteen volumes offer a firsthand account of the daily lives of some of Georgia's earliest, most extraordinary, and most industrious settlers. Vol 1 #1531 1733-1734 233pp Out of Print Vol 2 #1532 1734-1735 278pp Out of Print Vol 3 #1533 1736 368pp Out of Print Vol 4 #1534 1737 264pp $30.00 Vol 5 #1535 1738 374pp $45.00 Vol 6 #1536 1739 384pp $40.00 Vol 7 #1537 1740 328pp Out of Print Vol 8 #1538 1741 589pp Out of Print Vol 9 #1539 1742 304pp Out of Print Vol 10 #1540 1743 196pp $35.00 (Vol 10 includes all passenger lists) V. 11-12 #1541 1747-1748 312pp Out of Print V. 13-14 #1543 1749-1750 463pp Out of Print (V. 13-14 includes summarized cumulative index) Vol 15 #1545 1751-1752 339pp Out of Print Vol 16 #1546 1753-1754 255pp $40.00 Vol 17 #1547 1759-1760 340pp $40.00 Vol 18 #1548 1744-1745 256pp $40.00
