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Finding Missing Persons with DNA Testing Legacy Family Tree Webinar Tuesday, June 13th @ 10:30 am in the 3rd Floor Computer Lab of the Augusta Public Library. Do you have an adoption in your line, or are you adopted? Do … Continue reading →

Hit a brick wall in your family research? Don’t know what to do or where to go to find that next clue? Join Tina Rae Floyd on Saturday, May 13th at 10:00 am in the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library Meeting … Continue reading →

For all of you tracing your Irish roots, the Augusta Public Library now gives you access through Zinio to Irish Roots magazine. Zinio is one of the many digital databases available to Richmond County library patrons with a valid PINES … Continue reading →

Using GALILEO For Genealogy Research Your Family History in GALILEO Public libraries in Georgia offer several online resources through GALILEO for researchers interested in their ancestry. Since all Georgia citizens have access to GALILEO through their public library, every person … Continue reading →

Fascinating article in the 3/6/2017 edition of Augusta Chronicle: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AugustaChronicle/TranslateArticle.aspoc=TAC%2F2017%2F03%2F06&entity=ar00105

Please join the Augusta Public Library as we welcome renowned anthropologist Adam King on Saturday, February 25th at 2:00 PM in the library auditorium for a talk on Mississippian Culture and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. Dr. King’s presentation will kick … Continue reading →

One of the many horrors inflicted on slaves during that era of American history was the tearing apart of families; mothers, fathers, and children sold away from one another never to be heard of again. Near the end of the … Continue reading →

In honor of Black History Month, the Georgia Heritage Room is exhibiting a selection of antique books and magazines on loan from local author and historian Mr. Elvin Thompson. The exhibit will run through the end of March 2017, so please … Continue reading →

In conjunction with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and other organizations, FamilySearch completed a project to index and publish online images of Freedmen’s Bureau records from the United States National Archives and Records Administration. These … Continue reading →

Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:30 pm Augusta Public Library Auditorium A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen’s Civil War Journals Book Talk with Robert Hester The Civil War journals of a Northern abolitionist engaged in the Port Royal … Continue reading →