Augusta Public Library Local History and Genealogy

Spend your Labor Day weekend learning about your ancestors! Ancestry.com is allowing non-subscribers to access the U.S. Census Collection (1790-1940) from now until Monday, September 3^rd!

by Aspasia Luster

Paine College Through the Eyes of Alumni

The second lecture in a four part series “Saving the Voices from Augusta’s Past”.
Provided in part by a Georgia Humanities Council grant to digitize oral history audiotapes from the archives of Paine College, Augusta State University and Augusta Public Library.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
3:00 PM
Collins-Callaway Library
Paine College

Dr. Mallory Millender, Paine College Historian, will speak and include a focus on the oral story of Mrs. Mayme Wesley, Paine College Class of 1910.

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

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