June 5, 2025
CONTACT: Trevor Beemon
MARIETTA, GA - On June 13th, Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, Inc. will host a genealogy workshop with Christopher Smothers, founder and CEO of Unearthing Your Roots, Inc., a company that provides professional genealogy services. A recent graduate of Clark Atlanta University and current graduate student at Simmons University, Christopher has a passion for helping people discover their roots. During this special presentation, Christopher will share a comprehensive list of every formerly enslaved individual mentioned in Cobb County probate records and provide tips on how to use resources like Census Records, Probate Records, and Slave Schedules in genealogical research. Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance online. Space is limited.
WHAT: Unearthing Your Roots
WHEN: June 13, 2025 | 6:30pm
WHERE: William Root House | 80 N. Marietta Parkway, NW | Marietta, GA 30060
TICKETS & INFO: CobbLandmarks.com
ABOUT COBB LANDMARKS: Since its founding in 1974, Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, Inc. has succeeded in preserving and protecting some of Cobb’s most historically relevant sites. Cobb Landmarks is a historical society rooted in the past but always looking forward. The organization is committed to empowering the community with an understanding of the events, people, and places that formed our past, so that we may all strive for a brighter future.