The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Seminar focuses on using maps as genealogy research tools
The Cobb County Genealogical Society will offer a seminar this month that highlights the usefulness of maps in family research.
Map Day, featuring Melinda Kashuba as the speaker, is scheduled for March 28 in Marietta. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church at 189 Church Street.
Kashuba will pres e nt four lectures: Heat up Your Research with Fire Insurance Maps; Combing Every Mountain for Clues Using Topographic Maps; Finding Immigrant Places of Origin Through the use of Gazetteers and Foreign Maps; and Civil War Maps to Tell Your Ancestor’s Story.
The cost of the seminar is $35 for members and $45 for non-members and includes all course materials. The deadline to register by snail mail or online is March 13. After that, the cost is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Send checks to the Cobb County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1413, Mari- etta, Ga., 30061-1413. Or you can register online, using PayPal, at cobbgagensoc. org. Lunch is not included.
The Cobb Society holds monthly meetings the fourth Tuesday of each month, with lectures on genealogical and historical topics. Go to the website for details. For more information, call 770-3167109.
Unusual names discussed at Lunch and Learn
“Hello, My Name is” will be the Georgia Archives’ Lunch and Learn lecture topic for March 13. Andrew J. Bram- lett, junior historian, will be the speaker. The 13-year-old will cover some of Georgia’s most unusually named politicians, like Eugenius Aristides Nisbet and Argin Artemas Boggus. This should be an interesting lecture. Bramlett is vice president of the Kennesaw Historical Society and is starting off his public speaking career at a young age. For more on him, see ajbramlett.com. He is a 2018 Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Award winner. The lecture is at noon and free, but bring your own lunch. For more information, see georgiaarchives.org or call 678-364-3710.
Census 2020 is coming, be sure to respond
Census information will begin to be collected this month in various ways. For the sake of your descendants, be sure you participate. Much of the census will be collected online.