Author Archives: genealogy

Our brains may feel a little sluggish after the long cold winter we’ve had this year. What’s the best way to spring clean those brain cells? Head to the Georgia Room to learn something new about researching those elusive lady … Continue reading →

Not a single postcard found in Martha Orr’s keepsake box is written to or from anyone living in Augusta, Georgia or from the cities and towns closest to us. Only one of the over two hundred postcards bears any connection … Continue reading →

Legacy Family Tree is offering FREE African American family history webinars through the month of February to celebrate Black History Month. Check it out! Black History Month 2025 at Legacy Family Tree Webinars

Lunch and Learn ! Come with us to meet David Drake in Discovering Dave: Spirit Captured in Clay on Tuesday, February 18th from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm in the Headquarters Library Auditorium.  Archaeologist George Wingard presents his award-winning documentary based on … Continue reading →

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Joseph M. Lee., the Georgia Room has a small collection of studio portraits, taken by various studios which conducted business in Augusta in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a document of … Continue reading →

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 →