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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library''' in the south wing of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 33. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Their collection is an archives for more than 130 Scottish clan organizations, houses many rare books including an original edition of ''Scottish Peerage'', and the ''Emmett Lucas Collection'' about the southeastern United States, the Civil War and migration routes west. They have a good collection of newspapers. The Odom Genealogy Library is considered one of the three "crown jewels" of genealogy repositories in the Georgia public library system.<ref>[http://www.mccls.org/Brochures/Genealogy%20Brochure%20Aug%2026%20AM.pdf Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library] brochure in ''Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library'' (accessed 13 May 2015).</ref> | The '''Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library''' in the south wing of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 33. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Their collection is an archives for more than 130 Scottish clan organizations, houses many rare books including an original edition of ''Scottish Peerage'', and the ''Emmett Lucas Collection'' about the southeastern United States, the Civil War and migration routes west. They have a good collection of newspapers. The Odom Genealogy Library is considered one of the three "crown jewels" of genealogy repositories in the Georgia public library system.<ref>[http://www.mccls.org/Brochures/Genealogy%20Brochure%20Aug%2026%20AM.pdf Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library] brochure in ''Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library'' (accessed 13 May 2015).</ref> | ||
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