If Genealogy Is Your Thing, Check This Out

We've got an interesting genealogy event coming up on Tuesday, April 21st. The Moultrie-Colquitt County Genealogy Study Group will have Judge Wes Lewis, probate judge of Colquitt County, as guest speaker.
The meeting begins at 6:15 p.m. for a "meet and greet," with the program following at 6:30. It will be held in the Willcoxon Auditorium at the library.
Aileen, our webmaster, has been chairing the group. She encourages everyone who's interested in genealogy to attend. She said all skill levels are invited and it's free, so bring a friend.
And...if you'll stop by our "Spotlight on the Library" bulletin board, you can see the Genealogy Book Pick of the Month. Irene, our genealogist, has chosen Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, who is a certified genealogist and editor of Betterway genealogy books.
In this book you'll learn how cemeteries can help fill the holes in your family history, including how to:
* determine when and where a person died,
*locate the exact cemetery in which a family or individuals is interred,
* analyze headstones and markers,
* use cemeteries to find your living relatives,
* and more.
With this book you'll also gain a comprehensive overview of American burial customs, attitudes toward death, and funeral rites for a variety of ethnic and religious groups.
Be sure to stop by the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library and talk to Irene if you have any questions about this book or others in the library. We're loaded with genealogy!!!

We Have A New Genealogy Study Group

The newly formed Genealogy Study Group, meeting at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library, participated in an evening of sharing this past Tuesday. Each member of the group presented a resource which they had successfully used to discover information on their ancestors.
As the evening progessed, members began to enthusiastically discuss each offering, and the wealth of information available, both through print and digital resources, became apparent.
The resources shared included land records, the agricultural census, local school census records, personal family history websites and findagrave.com. Past meetings have involved a video conferencing with Pat Richley, aka "Dear Myrt," from Salt Lake City.
Topics for future meetings include the use of military records, cemetey research, online resources, and the use and availability of courthouse records. Plans are being made for research field trips to other genealogical libraries.
The group is open to anyone interested in learning and sharing skills to promote genealogical research. Meetings are informal and generally involve members' research experiences, recent findings, and new research tools. There are no dues.
Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month in the Willcoxon Auditorium of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join us for research, learning and camaraderie.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 17. Wear some St. Patrick's Day green and join us.