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Genealogist Gloria Lucas leaves legacy

...the book Slave Records of Edgefield County ? is Lucas' legacy, close friends and associates said Monday of the local historian, who died at age 84 last month."It was groundbreaking," said county archivist Tricia Glenn, who helped Lucas...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-20/genealogist-gloria-lucas-leav
Historic Sand Hills neighborhood is ripe for revitalization

...Augusta Country Club and Summerville, but we continue to serve only as a thoroughfare.Ironically, I was told by a local historian that there used to be Masters celebrations and parades in Sand Hills during the 1940s and '50s, as it was home...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-04-20/historic-sand-hi
Porter Fleming Foundation awards seven grants to history and art projects

...annual meeting of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia; and research by local historian Russell K. Brown on four Civil War cannons preserved at Georgia Regents University and Fort Gordon.The Augusta...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-13/porter-fleming-foundation-awa
Local historian, educator Gerald J. Smith dies

Noted local historian, educator and theologian Gerald J. Smith died Monday. He was 71.The author of To Seek a Newer World: A History of Columbia...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-11-28/local-historian-educator-gera
Miami has some free hot spots

...Culturales ? Cultural Fridays ? with dancing, cigar rolling, and free walking tours of the neighborhood with local historian Paul George (departs from the Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St.).

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/life-style/2013-01-03/miami-has-some-free-hot-
111-year-old flagpole returns to its place at Augusta State

...the old truck ? the mechanical structure at the top of the pole that raises and lowers the flag. Bill Wells, a local historian, authored a 40-page history of the flagstaff in 2003. His research, including locating the original blueprints...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-06-08/111-year-old-flagpole-return
Genealogy society founder Adamson dies

...lifetime honorary president of the Augusta Genealogical Society, died Wednesday of natural causes.Adamson was a local historian, creating the Augusta Genealogical Society in 1979 with her husband, Lt. Ray Adamson and 84 other charter members...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-07-07/genealogy-society-founder-ada
Augusta Canal mystery artifact getting new attention

...said. "It almost looks like a tire off its rim."The object, believed to be a pump housing, was discovered by local historian George Barrett last winter, when the canal's third level had been drained to accommodate a storm drain project...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-12-15/augusta-canal-mystery-artifac
Notable deaths of 2011

...Hadassah, a national women's Zionist group, awarded her the National Leadership Award in 1998.CARRIE ADAMSONJULY 6A local historian, Adamson was the founder and lifetime honorary president of the Augusta Genealogical Society. She also served on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-01-01/notable-deaths-2011
Confederate Memorial Day program scheduled

...Georgia from Savannah Harbor will be held at 2 p.m. April 29 at Westview Cemetery in Augusta.The speaker will be local historian/author and Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy President Bob Young, who will discuss the Army Corps of Engineers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-04-19/confederate-memorial-day-prog