The Friends of Georgia Archives and History will hold its annual meeting 10 a.m-noon Sept. 24 at the Georgia Archives in Morrow.
Refreshments will be followed at 10:30 by the business meeting and then the program. Kaye Lanning Minchew, FOGAH president, will speak about her new book, “A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia” (University of Georgia Press, 2016), with a book signing to follow.
It's free for FOGAH members, $5 for others. RSVP by Sept. 19 to friendsofgeorgiaarchives@yahoo.com. See also fogah.org.
The group was formed in 2004 to help the Georgia Archives and its mission. FOGAH’s annual Capitol Christmas ornament is one of its fundraising activities and the 2016 ornament is now available, along with those from previous years, via the website.
FOGAH helps underwrite various speakers for the Georgia Archives as well as special internships in the conservation lab.
For directions, information on other activities and access to Georgia documents and photographs in their Virtual Vault, see georgiaarchives.org.
Courthouse fire anniversary
The 1916 fire at the DeKalb County Courthouse is the topic of the Sept. 20 Lunch and Learn lecture at the Old Courthouse on the Square in Decatur, headquarters of the DeKalb History Center.
Speakers will be Jenny Goldemund, programs coordinator, and Fred Mobley, archivist. It's at noon and is free; bring your own lunch. For further information or research appointments, check dekalbhistory.org or call 404-373-1088, Ext. 23.
More websites
Further selections from Family Tree Magazine’s 101 best websites for 2016:
Canadiana (canadiana.ca/en/home) to access 40 million pages of Canadian research materials; for German roots (gedbas.genealogy.net); Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver (geneamusings.com); Genealogy Indexer (genealogyindexer.org), which is strong on Central and Eastern Europe; and CSI Dixie (csidixie.org), about Southern mysteries.
The author suggests that you also not forget the "SuperNova" websites: ancestry.com, familysearch.org, findmypast.com and myheritage.com. Some are free, some subscription.
Also, check the great newspaper sites, such as newspapers.com and genealogybank.com.
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