The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission was established in 2013 by Congress, and Georgia's branch was established in 2015 by the Georgia General Assembly. On the website for Georgia's commission, you'll find a link that says "Monuments, Memorials and Historic Sites," which lists memorials surveyed by the commission in each city or county. Also on the home page is the WWI Georgia Memorial Book, an ongoing project headed by state librarian Dr. Lamar Veatch Jr., and the book lists everyone from Georgia who died in World War I.
In addition to the material about Georgia soldiers and sailors from ancestry.com that Veatch says will be included on the website, he will be adding information from several other books and sources. First, data from the "Georgia State Memorial Book" (1921) will be included, and he'll later add information from two other major books: "Soldiers in the Great War " (1920), which has a state-by-state list of people who died in World War I, and "Georgia's Participation in the World War" (1936) by the American Legion, a great source, but with no index. The Georgia Archives has all three books, plus the "World War I Casualty Scrapbooks," which were created between 1918-1920 and are a great resource on those Georgians who died because of the Great War. These 17 unpublished scrapbooks, listing soldiers in alphabetical order, must be viewed at the Georgia Archives. The commission's website includes history about the war and an ongoing list of exhibit openings across the state. The website link "Commemorate" will direct you to national sections, such as Genealogical Resources and Documenting Doughboys, which gives more information about anyone who served in World War I.
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Learning about Georgia’s prison system
The Georgia Prison System: Records and Reform is a half-day symposium on April 15 at the Georgia Archives from 9 a.m. until 1:15 p.m., followed by an optional lunch and exhibit tour. Speakers will discuss the evolution of the prison system, the Chattahoochee Brick Company, Hollywood's role in reforming the system and the prison records themselves. This event is free at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. Visit georgiaarchives.org for more information, or call 678-364-3710.
Genealogy for kids
The magazine Your Genealogy Today recently featured sources for teaching kids who are interested in becoming a genealogist. Anyone can make family trees, plus find great books and other resources, at these websites: familytreetemplates.net/category/kids and scholastic.com/parents. Also, familysearch.org has several areas that address the subject.
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