Author Archives: genealogy

Saving the Voices of Augusta’s Past, a grant project which we did with ASU and Paine College is live! Twenty five of our citizens’ interviews, mainly conducted during the mid 1970s, are available digitally for your listening pleasure. The site … Continue reading →

Lots of new books have arrived in the Georgia Room today! Most of the books are marriage records for the following counties: Baldwin, Banks, Bryan, Burke, Camden, Campbell, Carroll, Cass/Bartow, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dooly, Emanuel, Fannin, Fayette, Franklin, … Continue reading →

Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site will present a special talk and tour that looks at the impact the Emancipation Proclamation had on black and white families in the South 150 years ago.  “Emancipation:  A Black & White Experience” will be … Continue reading →

The Georgia Room has two upcoming events planned. On October 31st, we will tour Magnolia Cemetery and explore the meaning of gravestone art. I bet you didn’t know that all those vases and flowers carved on the memorials meant something … Continue reading →

1940 Census through the National Archives: http://1940census.archives.gov/ Search the 1930 census at Archives.com: http://1940census.archives.gov/search-1930/ FamilySearch 1940 census (searchable from home): https://familysearch.org/1940census/ Georgia Heritage Room link to Galileo http://www.ecgrl.org/index.php/services/genealogy

At 2:00 on Thursday,October 18th, in the third floor library computer classroom, we will hold “Hands on with the 1940 Census,” a computer class about exploring and interpreting the 1940 Federal Census. Bring in the names of your relatives and … Continue reading →

The Augusta Canal Interpretive Center will be hosting a two-day “Augusta and the Civil War Symposium” on Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10. “This year’s theme “Making War” focuses on Southern industrialization, reflecting Augusta’s significant role in the manufacture … Continue reading →

Historic Augusta and Lucy Craft Laney Museum just sent out notices that they are changing this month’s event of “This Place Matters:  Preserving Augusta’s African-American Communities.”  Instead of the 4th weekend of this month, it will be set up Oct. 18 and … Continue reading →

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, October 8th at 7pm. The webinar is titled, “Doing the Dawes: Locating Your Ancestors on the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes.”  The webinar … Continue reading →

What do zombies create in the library? Dead silence.   Thank you to Jimmy Morris for bringing a smile to our faces!