Maureen Taylor, internationally known expert on the identification and preservation of photographs, will speak Oct. 5 at the Georgia Genealogical Society’s fall seminar.
Taylor will give four lectures from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Dunwoody United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall, 1548 Mount Vernon Road in Dunwoody. Registration begins at 9:30.
The lecture topics are: identifying and dating family photographs; telling your family story — from blogs to print-on-demand; Google images and beyond; and preserving family photographs.
Check Taylor’s website at www.pictureperfectpress.com for her books, including “Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900,” “Preserving Your Family Photographs” and “Fashionable Folks, Bonnets and Hats, 1840-1900.” Her latest, “Family Photo Detective,” published by Family Tree Books, is her most comprehensive yet. She will have books to sell at the meeting and will be available Oct. 4 for photo identification consults; see the website.
Cost of the seminar is $25 for GGS members and $35 for nonmembers, with Sept. 26 the deadline for mailed reservations, and Oct. 1 the PayPal deadline, via www.gagensociety.org. Mail your check to GGS, P.O. Box 550247, Atlanta, GA 30355-2747. Lunch is on your own. For questions, contact Laura W. Carter at laurawilliamscarter@gmail.com or 706-369-9420.
Lunch and learn: Georgia’s founding
On Sept. 13 the Georgia Archives will have Terry Manning, president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, speaking on “Oglethorpe’s Folly: The Founding of Georgia.” It’s at noon and free; bring your own lunch. For further information on lectures or to visit the Georgia Archives, now open four days a week, check www.georgiaarchives.org.
Lecture proposals sought
The Georgia Genealogical Society’s March 2014 seminar theme will be “Geographical Resources for Genealogy,” and a call has been issued for anyone to propose a one-hour lecture. Submission deadline is Nov. 1. A committee will select the lectures. It’s a good chance for anyone with a new lecture topic to make a proposal. Details are at www.gagensociety.org under Call for Papers.
City research guide
The September issue of Family Tree Magazine, on newsstands now, has a matrix for creating your own research guide to your city’s records. The magazine’s website is www.familytreemagazine.com.
