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December 2019
Georgia Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! On Thurs. Dec. 19 at 2:00 PM, we will be at West Cobb Regional. History was made at the 2nd Continental Congress where fifty-six delegates approved and signed a declaration to allow the American colonies to self-govern. We will be discussing the lives of the three men from Georgia who were there at the signing of the Declaration of…
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Family History through Your Recipe Book
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! Family recipes can fill us with nostalgia, draw us closer to each other, and help us relive traditions and rituals that have special meaning to us. Every recipe, whether relatively new or passed down through many generations, has a story; who or where it came from, the first time and place that it was prepared, the culture of the…
Find out more »Letters From the Past
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! On Thurs. Jan. 16, we will be at West Cobb Regional. Do you have old letters from ancestors or past individuals? Letter writing abounded for centuries before the introduction of modern communication and there are those who still handwrite letters to friends and relatives today. As handwriting styles have changed over time, we will be reviewing how to read…
Find out more »February 2020
African-American Genealogy
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! On Tues. Feb. 11, we will be at West Cobb Regional. Genealogical research can be difficult, and African American genealogy can be even more challenging, but we in the Georgia Room would like to help you find the answers you need to fill in your family tree. Please join us as we review resources, databases, and tips that may…
Find out more »African American Genealogy
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! Genealogical research can be difficult, and African American genealogy can be even more challenging, but we in the Georgia Room would like to help you find the answers you need to fill in your family tree. Please join us as we review resources, databases, and tips that may be useful in doing African American genealogy and removing those brick…
Find out more »March 2020
Introduction to Online Genealogy
This class will cover the major online genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.com, Newspapers.com and Fold3. Learn to navigate each site, how to stay organized, and how to hop between different sites to get the maximum out of online research. Introduction to Online Genealogy will be held in the Community Room at Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center and is intended for adults and teens. No registration necessary.
Find out more »Oral Interview Techniques for Genealogy
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! On Tues. March 10, we will be at West Cobb Regional. Join us as we talk about Oral Interview Techniques and why they’re important to genealogical research. We’ll talk about what you should ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. as well as how to ask, how to keep it all organized, and what to do with the information…
Find out more »Genealogy Databases
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! Have you wanted to research your family history but aren’t sure where to start? Do you have a notable individual rumored to be in your ancestry that you want to confirm? We in the Georgia Room would like to help you begin your research. Please join us as we review some helpful tips and tricks to get started in…
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