Funeral programs are a tremendous aid for genealogical research. Our partners at @cityofsavannah Municipal Archives have just digitized and described more than 400 funeral programs. These items can now accessible for free online. Read the post here: https://t.co/gg9YifckOp
We're headed into the final weekend before Thanksgiving! Check out this issue of the Trench and Camp of November 27, 1918! #Thanksgiving#ww1#augustaga#ChronAm
View the full issue via the National Endowment for the Humanities' Chronicling America: https://t.co/eMAZx25g6n
In recognition of #NationalPhilanthropyDay, check out this issue of Newnan's Herald and Advertiser from May 15, 1903, which features a sketch of the under-construction Carnegie Library! #philanthropy#newnanga#libraries
Full issue: https://t.co/iVvdNcOLzJ
The DLG will be adding a variety of new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers website in the coming months. Check out the list of titles on our blog. https://t.co/iUDyCiAjUc
Here's a clip of the front page of the Cordele Dispatch of November 8. 1916.
Check out the full issue via the NEH-funded Chronicling America: https://t.co/1BEqj6KX9d
This Friday, check out the November 23, 1805 issue of the Georgia and Carolina Gazette, which published from Petersburg, Georgia. Now underneath Clarks Hill Lake, the town of Petersburg once played a crucial role in the early tobacco trade.
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This Friday, spend some time exploring the Library of Congress' Chronicling America website! There are millions of newspapers from across the county, including this issue of the Marietta Journal from 152 years ago today! #ChronAm#humanities#mariettaga
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It's National #nobeard Day! Check out this ad for an imported razor in the Hazlehurst News of January 27, 1910. #shaving#southgeorgia
Check out the full issue in higher-resolution here: https://t.co/3yBGdXOP7J
From the Atlanta Tri-weekly Journal of October 21, 1920: A cartoon celebrating another successful Southeastern Fair. The fair billed itself as Georgia's largest outdoor event and ran from 1915 to 1975. #fairseason#atlanta#ChronAm
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From the Athens Banner-Herald of October 11, 1935: An advertisement for the 1935 homecoming game! #UGA#homecoming#athensga
View the full issue here: https://t.co/Y2XWrcDeCN
For this newspapers Friday, check out this 106-year old headline from the Americus Times-Recorder. #americusga#southgeorgia
View the full issue here: https://t.co/1xSZ7IlSCe