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Learn ways to research your family history. Recommended for teens. Registration recommended. |
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Genealogy for Kids Wednesday, October 21, 4 p.m.Arthenia L. Joyner Library -- Meeting Room 2 Create your own family tree with a little help! Recommended for kids ages 6 -12. Registration recommended. |
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Land Records are not an obvious choice for genealogical research. During a time when vital records were not well kept, they can be one of the few records to have names of ancestors and family names. Recommended for adults. Registration Recommended |
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by Richard Michael Allen
The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Georgia volunteer infantry regiments spent most of the Civil War fighting under Brig. Gen. George Thomas "Tige" Anderson in Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Entries feature full names (if known), promotions, demotions, casualties, transfers, and resignations for every rank-an unprecedented look into men and the structure and evolution of these organizations. |
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by Gary Doster From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers travelled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. This fascinating new history of Southwest Georgia showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available. |
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by Sara Hines Martin Georgia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who helped to shape the Peach State. Female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies and archival photographs and paintings. Setting their own standards and following their passions, they continue to inspire new generations with their achievements. |
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by Daniel Allen Hearn In the state of Georgia, 1025 men and women are known to have been hanged or electrocuted for capital crimes in the century after the Civil War. Based on more than twenty years of investigative research, this chronological record of these legal executions was pieced together from diverse sources in and outside of the state, with many details never before made public. The author documents the facts as they occurred without delving into the politics of capital punishment. |
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Georgia: Free Persons of Colorby Michael A. PortsIn 1818, the Georgia legislature enacted a law requiring free persons of color to register with the inferior court of the county of their residence. Registers survive for only 21 of Georgia's counties. Many registers include the names, ages, places of birth, residence, time of coming into the state, and occupation of each free person of color.
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Georgia Cemeteries: Volume 1, Fulton Countyby Penny WestfallFulton County encompasses Georgia's largest city, Atlanta, and its neighboring vicinity to the northwest, a region rich with Civil War history. The author has concentrated on historic cemeteries to compile this valuable text, comprising thousands of names.
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Explore your family history with this collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices, 1704 – today. |
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