Author Archives: genealogy

ARC High School Annuals

Posted on February 4, 2011 by genealogy

Another wonderful gift to the Georgia Room! We’d like to thank Steve Simpson for giving us two ARC high school annuals for the years 1964 and 1965. That’s when bouffant hair-dos were all the rage, girls wore skirts and the cadet corp … Continue reading →

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1940s Telephone Books

Posted on February 1, 2011 by genealogy

A local resident, Barbara Harley Johnson, has graciously donated three Augusta Telephone Directories to the Georgia Room today. The directories are from 1942, 1943, and 1945. They are so interesting! On the 1943 Telephone Directory cover, there is a red … Continue reading →

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New Edgefield County Book

Posted on January 25, 2011 by genealogy

Slave Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina by Gloria Ramsey Lucas arrived in the Georgia Room today. Gloria is a local author who spent 6 year compiling this information. It is an invaluable resource for African Americans who are searching for their Edgefield … Continue reading →

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How Do You Spell That?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by genealogy

“But our last name isn’t spelled that way!” That is a phrase we often hear from people new to genealogy. They don’t realize that before the advent of social security in 1939, the spelling of names was a lot more … Continue reading →

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150 Years Ago This Week…

Posted on January 20, 2011 by genealogy

On January 19, 1861, Georgia suceeded from the union and was an independent state for a few weeks. During that time, Captain Arnold Elzey, the commanding officer of the United States Arsenal in Summerville, surrendered it to Governor Joseph E. Brown. The details were worked out … Continue reading →

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Mystery Solved!

Posted on January 13, 2011 by genealogy

Tonia Owens and Russell Liner from the Information Desk of the Augusta-Richmond Public Library, suggested to Travis Hollaway that the church in the painting “Old Town Augusta” by Herbert Day might be Saint Paul Baptist Church and that seems to be the correct answer. Way to … Continue reading →

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New Civil War Book

Posted on January 6, 2011 by genealogy

A new book arrived in the Georgia Room this morning; Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia by Barry L. Brown and Gordon R. Elwell. It includes color photos, historical photographs and paintings, plus a Civil … Continue reading →

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Old Town Augusta Painting

Posted on January 3, 2011 by genealogy

Horace Talmage Day   (1909 – 1984) Old Town Augusta  Signed and Dated 1934   Oil on Canvas    30 x 36 Inches Peter Clarke, Director of the Clarke Gallery in Newburyport, Massachusetts, asked the following question in an email to Eric Montgomery about a … Continue reading →

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Interview with Butterfly McQueen

Posted on December 28, 2010 by genealogy

Here is just a snippet of the interview with Butterfly McQueen. At this time (and I hope that changes) we only have one copy of the interview and it is in terrible condition. I appologize for the background hum which … Continue reading →

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Oral Histories of Augusta

Posted on December 27, 2010 by genealogy

Books aren’t the only thing we have in our Georgia Room collection. We have interviews on audio tape which were part of an oral history project the Augusta Public Library conducted in the mid-seventies. There are also 15 slim books of … Continue reading →

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