Porchlight Archive

An oral history of five generations in Nassau County, Florida

For generations, these families worked the waters of the Amelia River, shrimping the tidal creeks and marshes. These individuals grew up on Amelia Island, in the historic city of Fernandina Beach. These are their storeis — recorded in their own voices, in their own words.

Four conversations. Four voices. One family's history.

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