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DLG and Georgia Archives Named Best Genealogy Websites

Posted: December 09, 2015

Family Tree Magazine has included the Digital Library of Georgia and the Georgia Archives in its "75 Best Websites for US State Genealogy Research in 2015." "If your ancestors hailed from the Peach State, you can cover a lot of ground here with a…

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Southern Israelite Archive Enhanced; DjVu No Longer Required

Posted: December 03, 2015

Southern Israelite Archive is now compatible with all current browsers. Users are no longer required to download the DjVu plugin to view newspaper pages in this archive. GALILEO Express Link: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sois The full…

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Announcing Mobile GALILEO

Posted: December 01, 2015

Today’s happy news is GALILEO is now compatible with mobile devices. GALILEO has been displaying many mobile-friendly database interfaces for a while, but the main GALILEO portal wasn’t optimized for mobile devices. Over the past few months, the…

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This Day in Georgia History: November 26, 1941

Posted: November 26, 2015

On this day in 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill making Thanksgiving Day the next-to-last Thursday in November. Prior to the bill, Thanksgiving had always been the last Thursday in November since President Lincoln declared it a…

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November is National Native American Heritage Month

Posted: November 18, 2015

November is National Native American Heritage Month, "a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people," according to the National Congress of American Indians.…