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Four doors into the archive — pick the one that calls you.

  1. Step 1 of 4Local

    Read a local story

    How one train depot built a main street.

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  2. Step 2 of 4Family

    Start your family tree

    The first five steps I give every student.

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  3. Step 3 of 4Finds

    Go antique hunting

    How to tell old from old-looking.

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  4. Step 4 of 4Places

    Visit an old place

    Barns, castles and backyard ruins.

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Walter Hayes
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Walter Hayes

Retired history teacherSavannah, GA
Digging through the county archives

I taught history for thirty-four years. Now I chase it — in archives, antique shops, old barns and my own family tree.

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