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Create Your Own Genealogy Roadshow with GALILEO

Posted: June 16, 2015

Family reunions and popular television series on finding ancestors are raising users' interest in researching their family histories. GALILEO has a rich collection of resources to help Georgians track their ancestors, famous or infamous. The…

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Turner Scrapbook Collection Added to Digital Library of Georgia

Posted: June 12, 2015

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) recently added their first Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP) collection, the Turner Scrapbook Collection. The Turner Scrapbook Collection is made available courtesy of the Newton County Library System…

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Happy Birthday, Rebecca Latimer Felton!

Posted: June 10, 2015

Rebecca Latimer Felton was born on this day in 1835. She became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate on November 21, 1922; however, she started her political career behind the scenes. Her husband, William Felton, served in Georgia's 7th…

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Happy Birthday, Henry Grady!

Posted: May 24, 2015

On this day in 1850, Henry W. Grady was born in Athens, Georgia. Grady was the managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s and a proponent of the New South. He published an article titled “The New South” in the Atlanta Daily Herald…

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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library now included in the GKR

Posted: May 19, 2015

We are pleased to announce that the records from the institutional repository of Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library are now included in the Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR). Search the Georgia Knowledge Repository here:…