St. Augustine Genealogical Society

10/30/2025

FREE access to deaths, burials, cemetery records and obituaries at MyHeritage until November 2
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10/21/2025

Nice article. Lots of ads, though!

Planning a trip to a cemetery for genealogy research can lead to great discoveries about ancestors. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your visit.

10/20/2025

Just in case you are having withdrawal symptoms, it might help a little to know you aren't alone!

Ancestry down? Check whether Ancestry.com server is down right now or having outage problems for everyone or just for you.

10/16/2025

MyHeritage has had a couple of big announcements in the past week. Here's one of them.

In September 2025, MyHeritage published 1.2 billion historical records across 24 new and updated collections. These collections are from the United

10/15/2025

Many of our members will have seen or heard Ann Staley present and know what a good job she does. On Monday, October 20, she will be conducting a workshop for the Jacksonville Public Library at the Dallas Graham Branch Library, 2304 Myrtle Avenue N, Jacksonville, FL 32209- Meeting Room from 1:00pm – 3:00pm.

The topic is going to be the U.S. Federal Census (Population and Slave Schedules). It is for their Life Lab Intro to African American Genealogy.

In this 2-hour workshop on U.S. Federal Census (Population & Slave Schedules), she will introduce using census records to help research your ancestors, including those who may have been enslaved. The first hour will be a presentation on the Federal census and then the second hour will be a workshop following a person back in time through the censuses. I will also be using a research plan/report to show how to create and use one.

To register for the free program visit bit.ly/AfricanAmericanHistoryJax

10/03/2025

Wow!

British cousins Ian Brandon (74) and Malcolm Atkins (73) were visiting the grave of their great-great-great grandfather in Northamptonshire, England, on September 22 when they ran into their fourth cousin, Rand Smith (69), who had traveled all the way from Kansas City to do the very same thing.

10/03/2025

A little levity for your Friday

10/02/2025

A reminder that our next meeting is on Saturday, October 11 at 1pm at the SE Library, as usual. We will have an open discussion about websites we feel might be useful to other attendees. Please come along with at least one and explain why, or even demonstrate it if you want!
If you are stuck for an idea, try Drew Smith's suggestion and go to cyndislist.com for inspiration!
See you there, we hope.

We'll make a list and share it with all members after the meeting.

09/26/2025

Amazing

The Gerontology Research Group is pleased to pass on news that Naomi Whitehead, the oldest known living person in the US, is celebrating her 115th birthday today. Naomi Washington was born on September 26 1910 in Patterson, Pierce County, Georgia, to parents Douglas and Pauline. She married Sylveste...

09/25/2025

Great advice from Ol'Woods and friend

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09/24/2025

Join us at RootsTech 2025 in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah, or online. Mark your calendars and register now!

09/21/2025

Here's a meeting notice from the North Florida Genealogical Society (formerly SGES)