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Just a reminder that the Georgia Room is hosting a Civil War tour at Magnolia Cemetery this Saturday, March 9 at 2pm. We will meet at the main entrance and the tour will be conducted by Russell Liner, our in-house … Continue reading →

In preparation for a class later this spring, I’ve been searching out hair and eye color, length of life and any other physical tidbits I can find. I’m putting this information on an ancestry chart. The results have been very … Continue reading →

Dr. Leslie J. Pollard, retired Calloway Distinguished Professor of History from Paine College, will be speaking  on his manuscript on African American doctors in Augusta in the late 19th/early 20th century tonight at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2230 … Continue reading →

Dottie Demarest, of the Georgia Heritage Room at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library was featured with Gloria Lucas and Corey Rogers on a Channel 6 program about African American Funeral Programs. Watch it here: http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2013/feb/13/2/local-african-american-funeral-program-collection-ar-5586500/

Fold3 is offering free access to their Black History Records in honor of Black History Month. I don’t know how long this will last so hop to it! http://go.fold3.com/blackhistory/?xid=1577

Augusta Genealogical Society is holding an all day workshop on Saturday, March 2, 2013. This workshop is for people who would like to learn how to search for their ancestors. It will last from 8:45 to 3:15 at the Covenant … Continue reading →

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar on Tuesday, February 12th at 2pm. The webinar is titled, “Exploring the Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.”  The webinar is free and easy to use and you … Continue reading →

Sign up now for the Heritage Scrapbooking Class. It will be held Saturday, February 9th at 2:00 in the Georgia Room on the third floor of the Augusta-Richmond Public Library. Preregistration is required. Aspasia Luster will lead the class. She … Continue reading →

If you have Irish ancestry, IrishCentral.com announced some exciting news! On Thursday, January 24th, findmypast.ie will release millions of free Irish records for the public to search online. You can read more about the records here: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Online-Irish-History-Day-launched-with-21-million-birth-marriage-and-death-records-released-187578211.html#ixzz2IcG0VRqa To start searching … Continue reading →

This January, Reese Library will host Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience exhibit. The traveling exhibition opening on Friday, January 18, examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in the sport beginning in … Continue reading →