AGS Quarterly Program Cancelled
A Message from Augusta Genealogical Society and the Family History Center in Evans:
We want to let our guests know that we are thinking of our community during this unfortunate health crisis with COVID-19. It was with much difficulty that we postpone the Family History Day this Saturday, March 14, 2020 until a later date. We at the Augusta Genealogical Society and the Evans Family History Center apologize for the inconvenience. It is our hope to reschedule at a later date.
We want to let our guests know that we are thinking of our community during this unfortunate health crisis with COVID-19. It was with much difficulty that we postpone the Family History Day this Saturday, March 14, 2020 until a later date. We at the Augusta Genealogical Society and the Evans Family History Center apologize for the inconvenience. It is our hope to reschedule at a later date.
Join us for the AGS Quarterly Program!
Family Discovery Day
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Saturday, 14 March 2020
8:30 a.m.— 2:30 p.m. Featured Speaker at 11:00 a.m.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
835 N. Belair Road, Evans, GA 30809
THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Click here to register!
The Augusta Genealogical Society has joined forces to present a day of family discovery with the Evans Family History Center! You can attend a selection of classes designed to advance your family history research. Class offerings include FamilySearch 101 & 201, Making Sense of DNA, African American Research Resources, Organizing your Ancestry, Finding your Story, & News from RootsTech 2020.
Reaping a Harvest in Land Records
Many people overlook the potential huge crop of information located in land records. Most, if they look at all, will only identify the homestead. They overlook all the land the ancestor may have owned, who they bought from and to whom they sold. Who were their neighbors? When an ancestor died owning land, it had to be distributed to heirs. What kind of land did they own and did it contribute to their livelihood? We will look at a lot of this information and a brief description on metes and bounds plus chain-pulling.
Meet Larry Thomas!
featured speaker presented by AGS
After serving 8 years in the United States Army, Larry joined the reserves while pursuing his Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation Maintenance Management and obtaining his FAA license as airplane mechanic. Larry returned to the Army as a Transportation \ Logistics officer where he retired as a Captain after 23 years total service. Larry received his MBA in Management Information Systems from Southern Polytechnic State University while working for the US Army Reserves as a Project Manager and earned his Certification as a Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute in 2013.
Larry began his Genealogy Research almost 30 years ago beginning with his own Thomas Family who have been Georgia residents since the 1750’s, then branching out to the rest of his and his late wife’s families and began researching for clients in 2008. He recently became semi-retired to pursue genealogy research for clients and his own family. He is currently working on several projects including researching and writing on Cobb County’s own Akers Mill as the brothers who ran the mill share a common ancestor with Larry’s Mother.
A member of the National Genealogical Society, Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogy Speakers Guild, Gwinnett Historical Society, Serves on the Board of the Georgia Genealogical Society, and past president of the Cobb County Genealogy Society.