Author Archives: genealogy

The Georgia Heritage Room is doing something a little different for the winter programming quarter. In February and March we’re offering three Lunch & Learn programs and invite you to bring a bag lunch to the third floor computer lab … Continue reading →

  In a letter written to her sister Julia Bryan Cumming, on the night of her nineteenth birthday, Maria Bryan, a planter’s daughter born on New Year’s Day in 1808 at Mt. Zion, Georgia, anticipated the coming year and wondered, … Continue reading →

Performances of The Nutcracker ballet have become at staple of the Augusta holiday season.  This year Augustans could view magical productions at the Imperial with the Colton Ballet Company and at the Columbia County Performing Arts Center with the Augusta … Continue reading →

As Augusta gets back to normal, restoring the power, bringing back internet connectivity and turning on the water, one comment heard from residents is that they never have seen storm damage as bad as this. The 2014 ice storm that … Continue reading →

Not because of the Gunpowder Plot, but because you want to attend our genealogy workshop Genealogy 101.05 Leveraging Your Library. Join us on November 5th, 2024 at 2 pm in the Headquarters Computer Lab to find out more about genealogy … Continue reading →

“Archivists bring the past to the present. They’re records collectors and protectors, keepers of memory. They organize unique, historical materials, making them available for current and future research.” -Lisa Lewis, associate archivist for the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana … Continue reading →

Lamar Garrard, a graduate of Richmond Academy and Georgia Southern has long been a passionate student of baseball history. His current exhibit at the Georgia Heritage Room at the main library is entitled: “AUGUSTA’S WORLD SERIES STARS.” As we approach … Continue reading →

On July 4th, our thoughts turn most naturally to the Declaration of Independence. We need to stop as well to contemplate another of our founding documents, the Constitution of the United States. Setting out the forms and functions of our republic, … Continue reading →

Register now for the Georgia Room’s upcoming genealogy program presented by Greenblatt Library’s curator Renee Sharrock. Learn how to locate and use medical records to uncover clues about deceased loved ones. Genealogy databases like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org are great for … Continue reading →

In 2005, the Augusta Public Library received an unexpected but significant donation from local genealogist and author, Gloria Ramsey Lucas. The donation comprised nearly 300 funeral programs of extended family and friends that her aunt Eula Mae Ramsey Johnson had … Continue reading →