The Genealogy Society of Cobb County is offering its annual Genealogy 101 course for beginners Jan. 18 through March 15.
Eight sessions are planned from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. The first six sessions will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 189 Church St., Marietta.
Subjects for the classes include: getting started, getting organized, census and vital records, computers in genealogy, using libraries and other repositories, migration and mapping, land and tax records, military and Colonial Records, African-American research, and using newspapers and city directories.
For the March 8 class, students will meet at the Georgia Room in the Cobb County Central Library in Marietta to explore the vast amount of published genealogy materials found there from all over the country. For the March 15 session, the class will visit both the Georgia Archives and the National Archives in Morrow.
Early registration deadline is Jan. 11. Classes are free, but if you want the course materials, the cost is $35 per set before Jan. 11, or $45 afterward. Send checks to the Cobb County Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 1413, Marietta, GA 30061-1413 or you can pay via PayPal at www.cobbgagensoc.org. For further information, call 770-316-7109.
Stewart County court minutes
The Superior Court minutes of any Georgia county are rich with information about early residents and thus are a goldmine for genealogists.
“Stewart County, Georgia, Superior Court Minutes, 1829-1834,” abstracted by Lee G. Barrow, recently was published with a grant from the R.J. Taylor Jr. Foundation.
This book is a great source for the five years covered. If you have never understood what information is available from Georgia Superior Court minutes, you should look through this volume, which includes a full-name index.
The book is available for $13.45 plus $3.50 postage from Lee G. Barrow, 4071 Ada Creek Drive, Gainesville, GA 30506 or via PayPal at www.bargraphica.com. He has published other genealogy books for South Carolina and Georgia.
Website is a great source
The USGenWeb site is free and includes a genealogy page for every county in the United States. Go to www.usgenweb.org and then to your state.
If you look under Georgia, note that some counties need coordinators. Maybe you could be the one to take charge? Some county sites are better than others, but each is worth checking.
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