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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…
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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…
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Online Search Tips for Genealogy Research
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! Do you keep getting lost when using genealogy websites and databases? Are you having trouble finding your ancestors, even though you have their correct information? Please join Georgia Room staff as we review tips and tricks for researching online through various websites and databases. We will be going over the most popular genealogy databases, including the ones accessible through…
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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…
Find out more »Databases: FamilySearch
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 by reviewing one of our genealogy resources: FamilySearch, which is one of the most well-organized…
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Databases: Ancestry
Please join Georgia Room staff as we travel within the library system to provide genealogy programs to our Cobb County community! If you have had the opportunity to work on your own genealogy, or possibly just walked through the Georgia Room and spoken with the staff, you may have heard of Ancestry. The Georgia Room has used Ancestry Library Edition for years as a genealogy resource due to the millions of records available to the public for free. Please join…
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