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Saturday, June 11 @ 2:00 pm Beyond Basics: Taking Family History Research to the Next Step Hit a brick wall in your family research? Don’t know what to do or where to go for that next clue? Join Tina Rae … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 25 @ 2:00 pm Researching your War of 1812 Ancestor The War of 1812, often called America’s Second Revolution left behind a set of records that have proven valuable for genealogical research. Many of these records can help … Continue reading →

Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26th at 10:30 am in the 3rd floor computer lab of the Augusta Public Library for Preserving Your Family Heirlooms. In celebration of American Library Association’s Preservation Week, April 24-April 30, the Georgia Heritage Room welcomes … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 4 2:00 pm Getting Started Researching your Jewish Ancestors Whether you have a Jewish ancestors or have a desire to assist others, this webinar will step you through the recommended research process. Presenter Jennifer M. Alford will present … Continue reading →

Published last year, Wright State University associate professor of history, Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna’s work, The Short Life of Free Georgia: Class and Slavery in the Colonial South, 1733-1750 explores the first twenty years of Georgia’s establishment as a free labor … Continue reading →

PROGRAMMING Thursday, April 21 @ 6:00 pm Love Framed in Black and White: A Powerful Study in Love, Race and Courage Paula C. Wright, a descendent of the Edgefield, South Carolina Ramey family inherited at the time of her grandmother’s … Continue reading →

Augusta University Libraries will host the program “The Great Conflagration: Remembering Augusta’s 1916 Fire” Join the AU Libraries as we remember the 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Augusta Fire on March 22, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Reese Library … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 16 @ 2:00 pm The Secret Lives of Women: Researching Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind How do you research the women in your family? In some of the same ways you research men but you … Continue reading →

For many, there is “a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage – to know who we are and where we have come from.” (Alex Haley, author of Roots). For David Henry Gambrell, this was true. Armed with family lore, a … Continue reading →

The Georgia Heritage Room is honored to annouce that Ms. Paula C. Wright will be here on Thursday, April 21st at 6:00 pm to present: LOVE FRAMED IN BLACK & WHITE: A POWERFUL STUDY IN LOVE, RACE, AND COURAGE Paula … Continue reading →