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DateTopicLocation
November 21Legacy Show and Tell
Holiday social, show and tell – 2pm
A-CCL Boardroom

Legacy Show and Tell

Saturday, 21 November 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library Boardroom, 2nd floor
2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA
Free and open to the public

What are you leaving for future generations?

Remember the August challenge? Now it’s time to show off what you’ve been working on! Create, write, record, or display something from your family history research, then bring it to our November program to share. It might be a family story, a discovery, a photo collection, a family tree, or something entirely your own. Whatever you’ve created, it’s a little piece of the legacy you’re leaving for future generations.

We’re excited to wrap up the year by celebrating YOU and your accomplishments! New to genealogy? Come anyway! You’ll find plenty of ideas, inspiration, and encouragement from fellow members. After all, you’ve worked too hard to let those discoveries disappear into a computer folder or a stack of papers. Let’s have some fun, share what we’ve found, and leave something cool for the generations yet to come!

This is a celebration! Please bring your favorite holiday treat to kick off the Holiday Season!

Co-sponsored by the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society and the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room

Shared Interest Groups

African American Genealogy SIG
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Visit the African American Genealogy SIG webpage for more details on the programs listed below!

Saturday, 7 November 2026 | 10 a.m. – Noon
Understanding the Plantation in the context of African American Genealogy and History, Dr. Daniel Rood, UGA Professor of History, author of In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America

Usual schedule: Meetings are generally held the first Saturday of the month in the Athens-Clarke Co. Library Heritage Room, Conference Room and via Zoom.

DNA for Genealogy
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Thursday, 19 November 2026 | 2 – 3:30 p.m.
No meeting in December

Usual schedule: Meetings are usually held the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in the Athens-Clarke Co. Library Multipurpose Room C.

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Athens, GA 30604

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