California African American Genealogical Society (CAAGS)

08/17/2026

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08/17/2026

08/16/2026

WEBSITE SPOTLIGHT: County Locality Guides 🗺

Researching in Sussex County is NOT the same as researching in Cape May. Records were kept differently, courthouses burned, boundaries shifted, and collections landed in different archives.

That's why GSNJ created County Locality Guides — your roadmap to the records, repositories, and resources for each New Jersey county.

Which NJ county holds your family's story? Find your guide on our website.



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08/16/2026

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗣𝗔 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

The collection includes 24 narratives collected and edited by Margaret Jordan Johnson as part of the WPA Slave Narratives project. Most of the individuals interviewed were living in Augusta, Georgia, at the time of the interviews.

Some of Johnson’s copies differ from the published WPA narratives, including variations in annotations and editorial treatment. These differences may help researchers examine not only the experiences documented in the interviews, but also how the narratives were recorded, edited, and presented.

The collection also includes two newspaper clippings about Johnson and the WPA Slave Narratives project.

The collection is open for research at the Georgia Archives. Researchers are encouraged to submit a request through Ask an Archivist before visiting so staff can confirm the materials and provide any additional guidance.

Collection Identifier: 2027-0002M
Learn more about the collection and its contents through the finding aid: https://georgiaarchives.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/3/archival_objects/886746.

08/16/2026

Title: Mother with children in town Saturday afternoon, San Augustine, Texas.
Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Date Created/Published: 1939 Apr.
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-012144-M1 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8a25916 (digital file from original neg.)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs.

08/16/2026

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08/15/2026

Up next ~ The THIRD in our series of August Monday programs this year! See what resources the Library of Virginia holds that may get you into records (emphasizing remote access) that are not available anywhere else.

Join us via Zoom on August 17th at 2:00 pm CDT.
Sign up here: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/118984/research-library-virginia-zoom

08/15/2026

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08/15/2026

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