A patron has graciously donated copies of the Connecticut Nutmegger (June 1992-June 2001) and the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (January 1993-October 2000) to the Georgia Room. Please come by and take a peek at these new additions to our collection or to further your research on your Northern relatives.
by Aspasia Luster
Fold3 has put their World War II Collection online for free until April 30th. Here’s a link:
Delaware and Nevada are the two states that have been indexed so far on Ancestry. More to come!
Come in for help with finding your relatives in the 1940 Census. If you have a good idea of where they lived at that time, with the help of NARA and Ancestry, they can be found.
The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, April 9th at 7pm. The topic will be “Records of the War of 1812.” The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm.
by Aspasia Luster
The census is coming! The census is coming! After a 72-year wait, the Census Bureau will be releasing the 1940 Census to the public on Monday, April 2, 2012 at 9 am. You can view the census images on Ancestry.com and on the National Archives and Record Administration’s website: www.1940census.archives.gov. The NARA website also provides helpful tips on how to start your 1940 census research. You can access the 1940 census from your home or library computer.
Bill Baab, author of Augusta on Glass, will be in the Georgia Room tomorrow, Saturday, March 31, lecturing about the history of glass in Augusta and appraising your old glass bottles! BYOB: Bring Your Own Bottle and meet us in the Georgia Room at 2pm! The program is free and open to the public- no registration required.
by Aspasia Luster
The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar this Monday, March 12th at 7pm. The topic will be “Using U.S. Federal Records to locate the Townland of Your Irish Ancestors.”
According to the Friends of the National Archives website, this webinar will help you “focus on U.S. resources that can give you a real passport to finding your way to the right place and time in Ireland.” The webinar is free and easy to use and you can sign up for the webinar here: http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm.
by Aspasia Luster
Today we had a query in the Georgia Room and we need your help! Christ Episcopal Church (AKA Christ Church) on the corner of Greene and Eve Streets will be celebrating their centennial anniversary this year. Their church building was donated to them by Church of the Good Shepherd. Our patron told us that the church building was placed on logs and rolled down Walton Way. Christ Episcopal Church would like to get copies of any photos or articles about this event. If you have access to any of this information, please call the Georgia Room at 706-826-1511.
by Aspasia Luster
Curious about the old houses and buildings on historic Greene and Telfair Streets? Want to learn about the interesting architectural features that adorn our buildings? Wear your walking shoes and bring your cameras for an hour tour of Downtown Historic Augusta on Saturday, March 10th, at 10:30am. We will meet at the Georgia Room, on the third floor of Augusta-Richmond Public Library on the corner of Telfair and James Brown. Erick Montgomery of Historic Augusta will lead the walking tour past historic churches, government buildings and houses. For more information call 706-926-1511.
Dottie
If you have ancestors in Alabama, the Georgia Room can help you with your research needs. We recently bought the complete, 245-volume set of Alabama Records that were compiled by Pauline Myra Gandrud in the mid-1990s. The books contain a multitude of records for the following counties: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clarke, Colbert, Coosa, Dallas, DeKalb, Fayette, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, and Wilcox.
by Aspasia Luster
