Monday, May 7, 2012
Genealogist Susan Sloane will lead the workshop, Tuesday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The Smith Plantation will host a special workshop on researching genealogy conducted by genealogist Susan Sloane in honor of the city of Roswell’s Heritage Days in May. The class will provide an introduction to genealogy including where to look for information on family history, how to fill out ancestry charts and family group sheets, and how to organize family history information. Cemetery research and information on vital records and how to order them will also be presented. The class will take place Tuesday, May 8 at 7 p.m. Advance reservations are suggested. Please call 770-641-3978 for reservations or more information. Admission is $5.
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Smith Plantation Home
935 Alpharetta St, Roswell, GA
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick’s Day -- the day that the Irish wait for every year and the day that the non-Irish become Irish for 24 hours.
If you’re like me with an Irish last name but hardly any Irish in you, St. Patrick's Day is the day you politely tell people that you aren’t wicked excited that it’s St. Patrick’s Day. No offense to those of you who are Irish through and through - or wish you were - on March 17. So what is St. Patrick’s Day all about anyway and why do we celebrate it? Well, according to various sources on the Internet, St. Patrick was born in Wales around AD 385. Before becoming St. Patrick he answered to the name Maewyn and, until turning 16, he identified himself as a pagan (no real shocker there, as most people back in those days were pagan). It wasn’t until he was kidnapped by Irish marauders and held as a slave for six years that he turned to God. …
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
David Moore, from Atlanta, will present talk on Atlanta’s Historic Oakland Cemetery at Barrington Hall in Roswell.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Barrington Hall’s popular Wednesday lecture series continues this week with another topic of local and regional interest: Atlanta's Historic Oakland Cemetery. Executive Director of Historic Oakland Cemetery David Moore will speak on the cemetery and it's historical significance in the metro-area. The lecture will be held in the barn at Barrington Hall. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Moore will begin his presentation at 7 p.m. The suggested admission is $5 and complimentary light refreshments will be available. Advance reservations are strongly suggested since seating space is limited. For more information, call Barrington Hall at 770-640-3855 to reserve your seat.
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Roswell Library and the StoryCorps initiative join forces to record local African-American history, as told to teenagers, during the Roswell Roots celebration.
Roswell’s past may be history, but it won’t soon be forgotten, thanks to the united efforts of the Roswell Library and the StoryCorps initiative. As part of the 10th Annual Roswell Roots celebration, the two entities are teaming up to record and preserve the stories of the city’s African-American community for archival in the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture by allowing teens from Roswell and the surrounding communities to interview family, friends and neighbors. It’s called the StoryCorps Griot project and it’s so named for the honored position of storytellers in West Africa. According to tradition, a “griot” is responsible for handing down the family and community history from one generation to the next. …
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Roswell is a vibrant city with plenty of heart and quite a few stories. The Roswell Patch team of writers and calendar editors will do our best to share what's happening in the city as it happens. If we miss something, let us know!
Welcome to Roswell, where historical significance is fused with a thriving, active and still-growing community. Founded by Roswell King in 1836, this city has survived a war, produced the mother of a U.S. president and been ranked one of the nation's top places to live. Roswell is home to the well-known Southern Trilogy of historic houses, more than 800 acres of parkland, the Chattahoochee River and a charming historic corridor along Canton Street. And your new Roswell Patch will try to update you on all of it! I'm Christine Foster, your Roswell Patch editor. After graduating college with a degree in broadcast journalism almost seven years ago, I have worked in a number of daily and weekly newspapers throughout the Southeast, including …
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Historic Roswell Visitor's Center
617 Atlanta St, Roswell, GA
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