Georgia
Georgia to Restrict Access to State Archives
Less than a week ago, I was advising someone that her next research activity should be to visit the Georgia State Archives. Well, now, she’d better get there in a hurry since the state has announced the closure of the Archives to most public visitors effective 1 November 2012. In a statement on Tuesday, 11 September 2012, Georgia’s Secretary of …
September 14, 2012 Friday at 12:54 pm
A Little Bit Closer to Charlotte Manson
Sometimes it seems as if ancestors choose to reveal themselves a little bit at a time. The records and evidence may be out there somewhere, but they may not be apparent for years. We have noted in this space several times before that I trace my paternal lineage to a Scots woman named Charlotte Manson. But she remains a figure …
January 13, 2011 Thursday at 9:55 pm
The Grand Genealogy Journey 2010 (Virtual Edition) Starts Anew
Believe it or don’t, but it’s been three years since the Big Train Trip. I’m really ready to go again, but circumstances currently won’t allow that. So we started to lay out our virtual genealogical dream trip traveling via Amtrak and other conveyances. We ran into a set of difficulties soon after the beginning of the trip. As a result, …
June 30, 2010 Wednesday at 2:34 pm
Georgia Digital Library Now Provides Access to Atlanta Historical Newspapers
The following information was provided by the Digital Library of Georgia last week: A new digital database providing online access to 14 newspaper titles published in Atlanta from 1847 to 1922 is now available through the Digital Library of Georgia, housed at The University of Georgia Libraries. The Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers) consists of more than 67,000 newspaper pages …
April 10, 2010 Saturday at 5:57 pm
Resources Announcements from Digital Library of Georgia
I received two announcements from the Digital Library of Georgia yesterday. The first concerned their collection of newspapers: The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the free online availability of three historic Georgia newspapers: the Macon Telegraph Archive, the Columbus Enquirer Archive, and the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive. Each extensive archive provides historic newspaper page images that are …
November 10, 2009 Tuesday at 3:01 am
Black Catholic History Month: The First African-American Priest
In recognition of Black Catholic Hisotry Month, we reprise a popular post from 2008. Originally Published at GeneaBlogie on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Who was the first African-American Catholic Priest? The answer is . . . it depends on who you ask. And sometimes the same person will give two different answers! The contenders are Father James Healy (1830-1900), ordained …
November 7, 2009 Saturday at 7:51 pm
My Great-Grandmother Moves to Texas
I suppose I may have taken some liberties with this month’s Carnival theme of “What if . . . ” I don’t know exactly what happened when my great-great- grandmother and the son of a former slave owner who lived next door absconded to Texas from Georgia in 1884. But what if it happened like this: Sitting and sipping tea …
April 1, 2009 Wednesday at 7:49 pm
Another Approach to Finding African-American Names in the Census
Last year I wrote an article called “Slaves and Slavs in the U.S. Census (and how to tell the difference!).” You can find the post here: http://geneablogie.blogspot.com/2008/06/research-tip-slaves-and-slavs-in-us.html. It describes how to find African-Americans by name in the census prior to 1870. Since writing that last year, I’ve continued to experiment with the topic and have discovered another way. On Ancestry.com, …
March 24, 2009 Tuesday at 4:09 pm
Names, Places & Most Wanted Faces
I started this with a note on Facebook and it was suggested that it would make a good meme for bloggers. The idea is to publicize your surnames and locales to see if anyone elseknows something about them. For me on Facebook, I got several research-helpful replies. So how much better to take it to a wider audience. List the …
February 26, 2009 Thursday at 8:29 pm
Georgia Confederate Pensions: Follow-up
After returning home to Upson County, Georgia, after 17 years in Texas, George Preston (“Pres”) Birdsong applied for, and was denied, a pension for his four years of service in the Confederate Army. His brother, Albert Hamill Birdsong, who had gone to Texas with Pres in 1884, returned to Upson County in 1903. Albert had served two years in the …
February 18, 2009 Wednesday at 5:30 pm
