Augusta Public Library Local History and Genealogy

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

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

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, July 9th at 7pm: “I Swear Allegiance: Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1950.” The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm.

by Aspasia Luster

New books have arrived in the Georgia Room today!

History of North Augusta, South Carolina, Volume 2

Oglethorpe County, Georgia Newspaper Clippings, Volume 1, 1874-1876

Laurens County, Georgia Newspaper Clippings, Volume 3, 1910-1911

Plus, the following books were written by local author Ray Rowland:

Is This Your Alma Mater? Name Changes for Your College, University, Institute, Seminary or Manual School in Georgia

Greetings From Augusta, Georgia: A Colorful Presentation of Postcards

The Faculty, Administration and Staff of the Junior College of Augusta and Augusta College, Volumes 1-3

Teachers at Tubman High School, 1874-1950

Tubman High School Graduates, 1874-1950

by Aspasia Luster

Was your ancestor a Rebel or a Loyalist? In recognition of Independence Day, Ancestry.com is allowing non-subscribers free access to records of the 13 original colonies: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Free access begins today, Tuesday, July 3, and ends on Sunday, July 8 at midnight. You can access the records here: http://www.ancestry.com/

by Aspasia Luster

Ancestry has more searchable states for the 1940 census. They are:  CO, DE, DC, ME, NV, NY, OH, PA, TN, VT, and VA.

The western states are indexed at FamilySearch. The problem is that each state must be searched individually.

The Funeral Records of Crowe-Fields Funeral Home, Inc. (Formerly Fletcher Funeral Homes) are now in the Georgia Room. This funeral home served Burke, Jenkins, Screven, Emanuel, Richmond and Bulloch counties. The records run from 1937 to 1958 and were copied by Arnold Davis. This is an invaluable genealogical resource. We are delighted that we have it.

Reminder: Beginner’s Class in Genealogy is this Saturday at 2:00 in the Georgia Room.

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, June 11th at 7pm. The topic will be “Railroad Retirement Records & Records of the CCC.”  The Friends’ website states “Since scope of each of these record groups is rather limited, this webinar will be divided into two parts each dedicated to distinct sets of records. Individuals will find both subjects very interesting.”

The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm.

by Aspasia Luster