Author Archives: genealogy

If you have ancestors in Alabama, the Georgia Room can help you with your research needs. We recently bought the complete, 245-volume set of Alabama Records that were compiled by Pauline Myra Gandrud in the mid-1990s. The books contain a … Continue reading →

In December 2011, access to the SSDI was removed from rootsweb.com. This set off a firestorm of panic and controversy in the genealogy world.  Congress and the Social Security Administration want to limit  the accessibility of the Social Security Death … Continue reading →

Our second class of the month will be held on Thursday, February 16th in the library’s computer lab. This new class, “Online Government Land Records” will show you how to search for your ancestors using the Bureau of Land Management’s … Continue reading →

The Georgia Room will be hosting a new class on Thursday, February 2nd at 2pm. This class, “Research in Richmond County” will, as the name implies, educate you on all the local resources and organizations available to help you in … Continue reading →

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a webinar this Monday, January 9th at 7pm. The topic will be “The 1940 Census” and the webinar will be hosted by Constance Potter, Staff Archivist and Genealogy Specialist of … Continue reading →

Mark your calendars! Brad Cunningham will speak on January 23rd at the Friends of the Library meeting about the extremely interesting history of the Appleby Branch Library, which was once a private home. How did it become a library? Here’s … Continue reading →

We’ll be having several new classes in February. The first will be about Researching in Richmond County. It will be at 2:00 on February 2nd. The other class will be in the computer classroom on February 16th at 2:30. It … Continue reading →

Hello Augustans! The Georgia Room needs your help! We would like to add some photographs to our historic photographs collection. We already have pictures of the 1888 and 1908 floods. We are in desperate need of historic photographs of old … Continue reading →