The Original Medical College of Georgia

Posted on April 27, 2012 by genealogy

Yesterday a patron gave the Georgia Room a 1983 Raymond P. Baird color pint that the author signed and wrote “The Original Medical College of Georgia.” Raymond P. Baird is a local architect. Please stop by for a look! It is lovely.

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Washington, DC, and the 1940 Census

Posted on April 26, 2012 by genealogy

Washington, DC, has been indexed in the 1940 Federal Census in Ancestry! It joins Delaware and Nevada. Whoo hoo!

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1940 Census Workshop

Posted on April 26, 2012 by genealogy

The Gregg Graniteville Library on the University of South Carolina-Aiken campus will be hosting a 1940 census workshop titled, “The Greatest Generation Counted- Finding 1940 Census Information Online.” The workshop will be held this coming Sunday, April 29th at 3pm. Reservations are suggested and you can call or email Kathy Karn-Carmichael to reserve your spot. The phone number is 803-641-3320 and her email is kathyk@usca.edu.

by Aspasia Luster

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New Books!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by genealogy

We have some new books in the Georgia Room this week.

Columbus, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Weekly Sun) Volume 1, 1859-1860 by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne

Confederate Women by Bell Irvin Wiley

Annals of Newberry in Two Parts by John Belton O’Neall and John A. Chapman

Forsyth County, Georgia, Cemeteries by John Salter

Savannah, Georgia Newspaper Clippings (Columbian Museum) Volume III 1803-1814 by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne

1807 Georgia Land Lottery Fortunate Drawers and Grantees by Paul K. Graham

Marriage Record of Washington County, Tennessee 1787 – 1840 by Norma Rutledge Grammer and Marion Day Mullins

Come by for a look!

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New Donations to the Georgia Room

Posted on April 19, 2012 by genealogy

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

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World War II Collection

Posted on April 17, 2012 by genealogy

Fold3 has put their World War II Collection online for free until April 30th. Here’s a link:

http://go.fold3.com/wwii/?xid=1398

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1940 Census Update

Posted on April 11, 2012 by genealogy

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.

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War of 1812 Records Webinar

Posted on April 6, 2012 by genealogy

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

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1940 US Federal Census

Posted on March 30, 2012 by genealogy

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.

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Bill Baab’s Antique Bottle Road Show

Posted on March 30, 2012 by genealogy

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

 

 

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