Author Archives: genealogy

       A new year means a new opportunity to finally get started on the family history you’ve been meaning to do. In this class we will go over the basic rules of family history research and briefly discuss … Continue reading →

Through the holidays (November-December) the Georgia Room will host an exhibit of family and local community cookbooks chosen from our own personal collections. We’ve also included a selection of vintage household kitchen wares and other interesting pieces as they relate … Continue reading →

October 16, 2018 WRITER: Mandy Mastrovita, mastrovi@uga.edu, 706-583-0209 CONTACT: Sheila McAlister, mcalists@uga.edu, 706-542-5418 ATLANTA, Ga. — Oral histories from Chinese-Americans living in Augusta now available The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the availability of the Augusta … Continue reading →

Back in 2016, the Georgia Heritage Room had the honor of hosting an exhibit titled, LOVE FRAMED IN BLACK & WHITE: A POWERFUL STUDY IN LOVE, RACE, AND COURAGE, which told the story through a collection of pictures and images … Continue reading →

SONGS OF THE SIXTIES: You don’t want to miss an unusual and free presentation at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, in the first floor auditorium of the Augusta-Richmond County main library, 823 Telfair St., when longtime weekly music columnist, national … Continue reading →

Thank you to local collector Bill Harper for sharing his collection with the Georgia Room. https://www.northaugustastar.com/community-news/library-exhibit-recalls-hippity-hop/article_0d41b07e-7334-11e8-a483-1f62f17d0b6e.html

Hippity Hop is hopping to the Georgia Room Return again to the wonderful world of Happydale where Hippity Hop and his woodland friends had so many fun adventures. Hippity Hop was an extremely popular live puppet television show which ran … Continue reading →

Many people have grown up hearing stories about a great- (or great-great) grandmother who was Native American (typically Cherokee). But as DNA testing gains popularity, people are discovering that may not be the case at all. This article from Slate … Continue reading →