Seminar helps make family history come alive

Making family history come alive is the theme of the Georgia Genealogical Society’s all-day seminar to be held March 7 in Homerville.

The five speakers will focus on how to enhance a family history. Anne Wallace and Adra Mayfield will speak on “Telling Those Family Stories Orally and Making Them Come Alive,” Betty S. English will discuss “Exploring Your Family History by Bringing Back Old Fashioned Storytelling,” and Nona Thornton will talk about “Genealogy Creations: Ways to Use and Share Your Genealogy Research.” Susan Sloan’s will discuss “Adding the Details: Researching Your Family Story,” focusing on how to be sure the facts are correct.

The seminar is co-sponsored by the Huxford Genealogical Society and will be held at the Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library at the Homerville Municipal Complex, 20 S. College St., from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers. A buffet lunch is included.

The postmarked reservation deadline is Feb. 24. The PayPal deadline is March 2. Send to Georgia Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 550247, Atlanta, GA 30355-2747 or go to gagensociety.org. For more information, contact Laura Carter, gagens ocprograms@gmail.com.

To learn more about the Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library, check huxford.com. The next GGS event will be May 2 with Judy Russell of the Legal Genealogist at the

Atlanta History Center.

Metro area meetings

The metro Atlanta area has several genealogical societies that hold monthly meetings with speakers.

You should always check, as many lectures can help with your genealogy education.

The Cobb County Genealogical Society (cobbgagensoc.org) meets at the Marietta Public Library, the Rockdale County Genealogical Society (facebook.com/Rockdal eCountyGenealogicalSociety) meets in Conyers, the metro Atlanta chap- ter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (aahgsatl.org) meets in Atlanta, and the Genealogical Computer Society of Georgia (gencomputer.org) meets in Roswell.

Kitty Cooper’s blog

A variety of helpful genealogy tools can be found by going to Kitty Cooper’s blog at blog.kittycooper.com. She has a lot of guides related to DNA, as well as charts. Take a look.

To learn more about the Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library, check huxford.com. The next GGS event will be May 2 with Judy Russell of the Legal Genealogist at the Atlanta History Center.