Family Search has completed their indexing of the 1940 census! You can now search the 1940 census by name through Ancestry Library Edition and Family Search. You can read more about it here: https://familysearch.org/blog/1940-census-index-project-reportthe-5-states-posted/
Happy searching!
by Aspasia Luster
Don’t forget! This Saturday is the AGS Workshop in the library meeting room. It begins with check-in between 8:00 and 8:45 with the first class beginning at 9:00 lasts all day. Vendors will be present.
For more information call 706-722-4073.
The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, August 13th at 7pm. The webinar is titled, “Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Search.” Records from both sides of the war will be covered. The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm.
by Aspasia Luster
All the states and territories are cataloged in in Ancestry now. Come on in and look for your ancestors!
The National Archives in Atlanta will have new hours starting on October 1. Their new hours will be: Monday through Friday and the third Saturday of the month from 8:30 to 5:00. You can visit their website for more information: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/
by Aspasia Luster
More state are indexed and searchable by name in Ancestry now! Come in to search for your relatives. Georgia is fully indexed!
You can now search for people by name in the 1940 census in the following states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI.
Ted O. Brooke is a professional genealogist who lives here in the Peach State. He has written over twenty genealogical books covering various topics and counties in Georgia. (You may have seen some of his books on the Georgia Room shelves.) He also has some online links to Testator Lists and Obituary Indexes for the following counties: Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hart, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale, Stephens, and Taliaferro. You can visit his website here: http://tedobrooke.com/resources.htm
by Aspasia Luster
In case you missed it, there is an article about Lt. General James “Pete” Longstreet in today’s Augusta Chronicle. He was born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, and raised in the Augusta area. He attended Richmond Academy before going to West Point.
After the Civil War, Longstreet was blamed for the loss at Gettysburg, something that Nick Hollis of the General Longstreet Recognition Project, believes is incorrect.
Read all about it here: http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-22/historian-seeks-secure-augusta-native-longstreet-rightful-place-confederate?v=1343000179
Indexing madness is still going strong! Ancestry volunteers have indexed twenty-five states plus Washington, D.C. and Family Search volunteers have indexed twenty-nine states. So far, only Georgia has been indexed through Ancestry. Here’s a complete list of indexed states by both websites:
Ancestry:
Washington, D.C., California, Indiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Washington, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Alabama, Arizona, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, Hawaii, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Vermont.
Family Search:
Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Delaware, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Hew Hampshire.
by Aspasia Luster
If anyone in your family was married in the western states, Brigham Young University hosts a index of those records. The index can be searched by bride or groom name. It lists the town or county of the marriage and the date. Other information such as the age at the time of the marriage and the place where the individuals lived before the marriage is sometimes included.
At the same site other early records from the western states are also available. Check it out!
http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernstates/search.cfm
