Augusta Public Library Local History and Genealogy

Business, Southern-Style
September’s Brown Bag History Series Lecture

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (8/20/13) – As part of its continuing Brown Bag History Series, the Augusta Museum of History presents, Business, Southern-Style a talk given by Dr. Marc Miller, on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. His talk will include the economic history of the United States which began with trade, merchants, and agriculture. He will address what made doing business southern style over the years so unique.

Dr. Miller is the Dean of the Hull College of Business, Georgia Regents University, Summerville Campus. The Hull College has a network of over 7,000 alumni located across the United States. Over the last six years, the Hull College has initiated key programs in response to the educational needs of the Augusta and the state of Georgia as a whole. These initiatives include the Knox School of Accountancy, the MIS Undergraduate Degree, the Blanchard Center for Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility and a revamp of the Hull College study abroad programs.

He is currently the chair of the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization and on the board of directors for Junior Achievement and the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce. His research interests include e-Commerce, Technology Transfer, and Higher Education Administration.

Dr. Miller, a Texas native, was raised in Augusta and graduated from the business school when it was known as Augusta College. He received his doctorate from Auburn University. His career in academia includes the State University of West Georgia where he was chairperson of the Department of Management and Business Systems.

The Brown Bag History Series is an educational lecture series provided monthly by the Augusta Museum of History, and is an ideal lunch-time break for downtown professionals, retirees, and students. The lectures are free to Museum members and $3 for non-members. Participants should bring a lunch and the Museum will only be providing beverages. Lunch can begin as early as 11:30 a.m.; the lecture runs from 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

The Augusta Museum of History will be holding their annual Augusta Dollar Dog Days this August. What does this mean? Whenever you visit the museum during the month of August, you will only have to pay $1 admission!

http://www.augustamuseum.org/

Augusta Genealogical Society [AGS] is pleased to announce the details for its 34^th annual AGS Homecoming Event to be held on Saturday, 10 August 2013, in cooperation the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library at 823 Telfair Street, Augusta, GA.

The featured speaker, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS, is a professional genealogist whose primary interest is Virginia Research. Please join us in learning how to track those illusive Virginia ancestors and learn tricks which might assist in breaking through brick walls in other states.

Registration ends August 1st! Please call the Augusta Genealogical Society to pre-register: 706-722-4073.

The season kick-off is Tuesday night, July 23rd, at 8 pm on TLC. Kelly Clarkson’s past will be unlocked.

Ancestry.com is offering free access to their New England collection featuring updated birth, death, marriage and census records. You can search for your ancestors through July 21st.

“Treasures within the Historical Collections & Archives” will be the fourth lecture in Greenblatt Library’s History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series. Bring your own lunch and join us in the HCA (room 225) in the Greenblatt Library on Wednesday, July 31 at 12:00 noon. Renée Sharrock, curator, will present a history of the Library and showcase rare books and artifacts preserved in the Historical Collections & Archives. Please contact Ms. Sharrock at rsharrock@gru.edu for more information. For Google Map directions to the Greenblatt Library: http://tinyurl.com/mywgxaf

Contact:
Elliott Levy
Aiken County Historical Museum
433 Newberry St., SW
Aiken, SC 29801
803-642-2015

For Immediate Release:

The Aiken County Historical Museum is proud to announce our latest exhibit.  This exhibit honors our men and women who have served our country.  The idea started out to recognize the three  marines from North Augusta.  They (Ambassador Theodore R. Britton, Jr., Calvin Jones and the late Willine Stewart) were members of the Montford Point Marines of WWII.  Brenda Baratto, Assistant Director at the Museum and president of the Heritage Council of North Augusta had featured the veterans at the Heritage Council’s February meeting.  What a story!!*
The idea of this exhibit expanded and we now have uniforms of Nelle Louise Barton, one of 305 women Marines of WWI.  Did you know that there were women Marines in WWI??
Other uniform items on display include those of Amy O’Rourke, Joe Babb, Richard Smoot, Richard Smoot, Joe Shields, Gary Lamb, Owen Clary, Bill Stanley, Edith Pickley, Bill Clark, Irene Trowell-Harris, Dean Sackett, Mike Wittkamp, and Tony Riley.
The exhibit will be July, August, and the first two weeks in September.  We anticipate that additional uniforms and accompanying photos will be brought in.  There are many veterans who should be honored by their County Museum.

Veterans, your children, and your grandchildren – bring us your items!
We will honor these Veterans with a reception on Tuesday, July 16th, at the Museum  from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The public is encouraged to attend.
*I won’t tell you their story now – you’ll have to come to the Museum!
For more information, please call the Museum at 803-642-2015.
The Museum is located at 433 Newberry St., SW, Aiken, S.C.

Brenda S. Baratto
Assistant Director; Aiken County Historical Museum
433 Newberry St., SW
Aiken, SC 29801
803-642-2015
Fax – 803-642-2016
www.aikencountyhistoricalmuseum.org

Augusta Genealogical Society’s July 13, 2013 program will be “Show and Tell.”

“We are looking for members who have had successes in their research/search to share their experiences. Your presentation does not have to be long, 10 minutes at most. Do you have an heirloom you have recently obtained? Do you have the history on the item? Have you made a trip to a library or archives out of town? Share with us the special research information you found. Have you found a celebrity relative in your genealogy search? Just share with us your successes or your “pit falls” if that occurred. We want to know it all!! Contact Montine Mize, Program Chair, at 706-592-0078 or email at Jmmizepgm@aol.com with your topic and the amount of time you will need.”

“Show and Tell” takes place at the Augusta History Museum and is free and open to the public.

http://www.augustagensociety.org/

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar on Tuesday, July 9th at 2pm. The webinar is titled, “DNA and Genetic Genealogy in 2013.” The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm

What do Jim Nabors, Millie Jackson and Wycliffe Gordon have in common?

Find out on July 13th at Famous Entertainers from Augusta, a program given by Don Rhodes, editor, author and re-known speaker. He will tell personal stories about the many fabulous entertainers who sprang from our area to national and international acclaim.

The program will be held July 13th at 2:30 pm in the auditorium of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library.