Preserving the past | Muriel McDowell Jackson’s lifelong commitment to Central Georgia’s history
Muriel McDowell Jackson has spent almost 35 years working at the Washington Memorial Library, preserving historical knowledge ...
Construction to start this year on 1,800-home community in Collin County
Home construction is set to begin later this year at Liberty Hills, a more than 1,000-acre master-planned community in Anna, ...
'Pain in these books' | History of enslaved people throughout Central Georgia available on online database
For the first time during Black History Month, thousands of documents connected to slavery in Bibb County are available to the public online.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution12d
Carrie Steele: ‘Mother of Orphans’Carrie Steele: ‘Mother of Orphans’
moved from Macon to Atlanta, where she secured a job as a maid at the Central of Georgia Railway passenger depot downtown. By 1881, she was able to save enough money to buy a modest $1,600 house ...
The Telegraph19d
Ancient amber beads found in Syria kept in museum for decades. They were ‘invaluable’
This means that the “Amber Road” extended all the way to Hama, a more than 1,800-mile journey ... medical journalism from the University of Georgia and is now based in Atlanta.
The Battle for Land, Identity, and Survival of Gullah Geechee Communities
Whenever Nikki Williams’ feet touch the soil on Sapelo Island, Georgia, memories of her youth flood back vividly. Every fall, ...
The Florida Times-Union27d
Margaret Louise Drody Thompson
Macon, Georgia; and the FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. There are also Genealogy postings for Collet of England, Schoonover and Westfall of the Netherlands, and various contributions ...