Are you interested in history and genealogy? We would like to invite you to join the Autauga Genealogical Society (AGS). Although our primary focus are the old Autauga counties of Autauga, Elmore, or Chilton; you don't even have to have roots in Alabama  to benefit.

Our objective is to promote, collect and preserve the genealogy and history of Autauga County. We have an extensive collection of information housed in the Alabama Room of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library and are working with the library to purchase more books. Much of this data is also available on-line. We encourage you to send us your family charts and data so that they can be shared with your fellow researchers.

With the exception of December, meetings are held on the third Sunday of each month at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church downtown with programs on local and Southern history, genealogy, and culture as well as other topics of interest to genealogists and historians. Visitors are always welcome.

AGS membership costs $20 per household and includes:

• Quarterly "Autauga Ancestry" magazine, approx. 35 pages
• Free queries in the "Ancestry" (non-members $3.00)
• Yearly membership edition with surnames registry
• Speakers and programs of genealogical interest
• Periodic fieldtrips and workshops

Hope to see you at our next meeting!

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage-- to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness"

-- Alex Haley

Last updated: 02 June 2011