Our Ward and Saunders families for generations have lived in Georgia and  Florida. It appears that our family started migrating from Europe from the  early 1600`s. 
      We are indebted to our American Revolution ancestors for their help in  establishing this great nation we live in. We also have British Loyalist roots,  and we have two lines of our ancestors who removed themselves from The United  States to Abaco a small island in the Bahamas in the late 1700`s.       We have been unable to document, but our oral family history tells of our  Native American ancestors. Our oral family history has also passed along that  we are English, Scottish, French, Irish, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish.      Since our family is based in the deep south, we have numerous family  members who served in the CSA during the Civil War. Some of our Confederate  Soldiers lost their life during the struggle.
      Migration of our European families seem to begin in Virginia, then on to  North Carolina and/or South Carolina. From there, later generations migrated  into Georgia (Middle GA and Wiregrass GA). Part of the families continued their  migration into North Florida in the early 1800`s. 
      I hope the information compiled within will be helpful in your search for  your family. Good Luck!