 Augusta
Richmond Co. Public Library
Indexing birth, marriage, death, and other significant
announcements from the Augusta Chronicle, 1982-current.
A Request
for Donations of Funeral Service Programs for the Eula M. Ramsey Johnson
Memorial Funeral Program Collection
COMPUTER WORKSHOP
Ancestry Library Edition
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zual
(Part of the Database
Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia's Virtual
Library)
The Internet is vast and easily
intimidating. Start from the known, and gradually explore the unknown.
The Collection:
The library has an extensive collection of
genealogy resources including microfilm, on-line databases, print sources,
Internet access and CD-ROMs. The collection includes materials from all of
Georgia with emphasis on the Augusta-Aiken region of the state. A detailed
bibliography of genealogy references is available at the reference desk.
Microfilm: The library has microfilm of Federal Census
(1820-1930), Augusta City Directory (1841-Current), Freedman's
Bank Records and the Savannah Passenger Lists. Additionally,
microfilm of local papers are available: Augusta Chronicle
(1786-Current), Augusta Herald (1799-1993) and the Georgia
Constitutionalist (1825-1877). On-Line Databases:
Access to numerous databases is free via the
Internet computers located at the library.
Ancestry Library Edition
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zual
provides access to databases such as: Social Security Death Index, U.S.
Census Indexes and more. (Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia's
Virtual Library) Access to
Ancestry Library Edition
is available from within the library through
Galileo.
Local Publications: Information about the
publication of the, Catalog
of the Augusta (Georgia) City Directories 1841-1939. and the Registers
of Signatures of Depositors in the Augusta, Georgia, Branch of the Freedman's
Saving and Trust Company Vol. I November 1870-June 1872. By the author
of the Personal Name Index to the Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia).
Research: The library is staffed to provide limited
research for users unable to visit our facility. To obtain research
assistance please send a detailed list of the items you require. The
following information should be included: Name of the individual, source
of the information, citation date, page number and column number.
Please enclose a check for service, checks made payable to the Augusta-Richmond
County Public Library.
Charges for specific types of copies are as follows:
Obituaries: $5.00 for the first three obituaries in a single request. $3.00
for each additional notice included in the same request. Copying, postage and
handling included.
City Directory Requests: $5.00 per request for checking one name in one to
five years of the City Directories. Additional years will be charged at $2.00
per year. Photocopies, postage and handling included.
All other requests will be filled at $5.00 per question, plus 25 cents a
page.
(Costs for research & copies changed 1/26/2006)
Written inquires may be sent to:
Local History Librarian
Augusta-Richmond Co. Public Library
902 Greene Street
Augusta, GA 30901.
Email inquiries to:
Genealogy Resources Available on the Web:
Civil War and Military Resources
Ethnic Resources
Georgia Resources
Genealogical & Historical Societies
National Resources
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