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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ||
{{TOC right}} | {{TOC right}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Georgia. | ||
=== Online Records === | |||
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=== National === | === National === | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|right|175px|NARA Atlanta.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] <br><br> | ||
: | :Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Georgia''', Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Constitutional rights, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|right|175px|Dallas Public Central Library.jpg]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1433<br>E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@dallaslibrary.org genealogy@dallaslibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php Dallas Public Library Genealogy]<br><br> | ||
: | :Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including '''Georgia''', Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br><br> | ||
=== Statewide === | === Statewide === | ||
[[Image:Georgia-archives Repository.jpg|right|175px|Georgia-archives Repository.jpg]]'''[[Georgia Archives]]'''<br>5800 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, GA 30260<br> | [[Image:Georgia-archives Repository.jpg|right|175px|Georgia-archives Repository.jpg]]'''[[Georgia State Archives|Georgia Archives]]'''<br>5800 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, GA 30260<br>Telephone: 678 364-3710<br>Fax: 678-364-3860<br>E-mail: [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/archivist_form Ask an Archivist] form<br>Internet: [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/ Georgia Archives]<br><br> | ||
:Holdings include state government records, county records, Georgia | :Holdings include state government records, county records, and Georgia histories. This is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.<ref name="DB33">Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.</ref> They preserve genealogies, county histories, newspapers, tax digests, private papers, church records, cemeteries, Bible records, a few municipal records, census, maps, land plats, photographs, Georgia Confederate service and pension records, colonial, headright, and bounty land grants, land lottery, and Georgia county records. | ||
:[http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/ Georgia's Virtual Vault] provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives. It includes Colonial will books, Confederate pension applications, County maps, County tax digests, Georgia death certificates, headright and bounty plats, marriage records, Spanish-American War service summary cards and more. | :[http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/ Georgia's Virtual Vault] provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives. It includes Colonial will books, Confederate pension applications, County maps, County tax digests, Georgia death certificates, headright and bounty plats, marriage records, Spanish-American War service summary cards and more. | ||
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:Two helpful guides to the collection are: | :Two helpful guides to the collection are: | ||
:*Georgia Department of Archives and History.''A Preliminary Guide to Eighteenth-Century Records Held by the Georgia Department of Archives and History'' | :*Georgia Department of Archives and History. ''A Preliminary Guide to Eighteenth-Century Records Held by the Georgia Department of Archives and History'' (Atlanta, Ga.: GDAH, 1976). {{WorldCat|5089484}} {{FHL|102270|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6100334; Book 975.8 A3pg}}. | ||
:*Robert Scott Davis Jr. ''Research in Georgia'' (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981). {{WorldCat|7406263}} {{FHL|236233|item|disp=FHL Book 975.8 D27d}}. | |||
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'''[[Georgia Historical Society]]'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA | [[Image:Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia.JPG|right|175px|Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia.JPG]]'''[[Georgia Historical Society]]'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA 31401<br>Telephone: 912-651-2128<br>Fax: 912-651-2831<br>E-mail: [mailto:ghslib@georgiahistory.com ghslib@georgiahistory.com]<br>Internet: [http://georgiahistory.com/research-the-collection/library-and-archives-services/ About the Research Center]<br><br> | ||
:They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | :They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | ||
'''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box | '''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box 550247<br>Atlanta, GA 30355-2747<br>E-mail: [http://www.gagensociety.org/contact Contact] form<br>Internet: [http://www.gagensociety.org/ Georgia Genealogical Society] | ||
:They provide research advice, but have no library collection or building of their own.<ref name="Contact Us">[http://www.gagensociety.org/about/contact Contact Us] in ''Georgia Genealogical Society'' (accessed 11 January 2016).</ref> | |||
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=== Regional === | === Regional === | ||
'''Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room'''<br>2025 Baxter Street <br>Athens,GA 30606<br>Telephone: 706-613-3650 ext 350<br>E-mail: [mailto:heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage Heritage Room] | |||
2025 Baxter Street | |||
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<br> | :This book, map, microfilm and archival collection spans the southeastern United States and up the East Coast, with limited holdings pertaining to New England. Local history holdings include vertical files, surname files and newspapers. The Heritage Room is a department of the [http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens Athens-Clarke County Library], part of the [http://www.athenslibrary.org/index.php Athens Regional Library System], and the Reading Room maintains separate hours of the rest of the Library. Registration with a government-issued photo ID is required.<br><br> | ||
[http://www. | [[Image:Atlanta History Center rear.jpg|right|175px|Atlanta History Center rear.jpg]]'''[[Atlanta History Center]]'''<br>130 West Paces Ferry Road NW<br>Atlanta, GA 30305<br>Telephone: 404-814-4000<br>E-mail: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/contact-us Contact Us] form<br>Internet: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/ Atlanta History Center]<br><br> | ||
<br> | :Sources for studying Atlanta and southern regional history and culture. The 42,000 square foot library possesses over 15,000 cubic feet of records, including 33,000 published volumes, more than 2,000 manuscript and photograph collections, and 7,800 rolls of microfilm.<ref>[http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/kenan-research-center Kenan Research Center] in ''Atlanta History Center'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref><br><br> | ||
: | [[Image:Atlanta-Central-Library.jpg|right|175px|Atlanta-Central-Library.jpg]]'''[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]]'''<br>Special Collections<br>One Margaret Mitchell Square<br>Atlanta, GA 30303<br>Telephone: 404-730-1896<br>E-mail: [mailto:referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections]<br><br> | ||
<br> | :Their Historic Georgia, and Genealogy collections are large with good coverage of the Southeast United States.<ref name="DB33" /> They have county histories, family histories, limited indexes to wills, deeds, military rosters, passenger lists, and Atlanta city directories, Georgia censuses 1820-1930, local histories, and Georgia newspapers.<ref>[http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections] in ''Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
[http://www. | '''[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]]'''<br>8 Carmichael Street<br>Newnan, Georgia<br>Telephone: 470-215-1966<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@ccgsinc.org info@ccgsinc.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.ccgsinc.org/researchlibrary/ Research Library]<br> | ||
<br> | :Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | ||
: | [[Image:DeKalb County, Georgia Court House.JPG|right|175px|DeKalb County, Georgia Court House.JPG]]'''[[DeKalb History Center]]'''<br>Old Courthouse on the Square<br>101 East Court Square<br>Decatur, GA 30030<br>Telephone: 404-373-1088<br>Fax: 404-373-8287<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@dekalbhistory.org info@dekalbhistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.dekalbhistory.org/ DeKalb History Center]<br><br> | ||
<br> | :Subject files, biographical files, DeKalb County cemetery index, maps, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, DeKalb County collection such as memoirs, yearbooks, and Atlanta City and suburban directories.<ref>[http://www.dekalbhistory.org/dekalb_history_center_archives_collections.htm Collections] in ''DeKalb History Center'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref> <br><br> | ||
'''[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]]'''<br>Moultrie-Colquitt County Library<br> 204 5th Street, S.E.<br>Moultrie, Georgia 31768 USA<br>Telephone: 229-985-6540<br>E-mail: [mailto:mccls@mccls.org mccls@mccls.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mccls.org/odom_gen.htm Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]<br> | |||
:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<br><br> | :Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | ||
<br> | '''[[Georgia Salzburger Society]]'''<br>Loest Research Library<br>2980 Ebenezer Road<br>Georgia Highway 275<br>Rincon, Georgia 31326<br>Telephone: 912-754-7001<br>E-mail: [mailto:gaslzbrgr@aol.com gaslzbrgr@aol.com]<br>Internet: [http://visitebenezer.com/georgia-salzburger-society/genealogy/ Genealogy] | ||
[ | :Histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.<ref>[http://visitebenezer.com/sites/living-history-museum/ Living History Museum] in ''Visit Ebenezer'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref><br><br> | ||
: | [[Image:Gilbert H. Gragg Library.jpg|right|275px|Gilbert H. Gragg Library.jpg]]'''[[Gilbert H. Gragg Library]]''' a Southwest Georgia Regional Library<br>301 S. Monroe Street<br>Bainbridge, Georgia 39819<br>Telephone: 229-248-2665<br> Fax: 229-248-2670<br>E-mail: [mailto:librarian@swgrl.org librarian@swgrl.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.swgrl.org/decatur.php Gilbert H. Gragg Library]<br><br> | ||
<br> | :They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | ||
'''[[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]]''' <br>Street address: 20 S. College St.<br>Mailing address: P.O. Box 595<br>Homerville, GA 31634<br>Telephone: 912-487-2310<br>E-mail: [mailto:huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net]<br> Internet:[https://huxford.com/ Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.] | |||
<br> | :This collection covers the southeast United States well,<ref name="DB33" /> including 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north Florida.<ref>[https://www.huxford.com/History.html Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History] in ''Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.'' (accessed 15 January 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
: | '''[[Ladson Genealogical Library]]'''<br>Ohoopee Regional Library System<br>125 Church Street, Suite 104<br>Vidalia, GA 30474<br>Telephone: 912-537-8186<br>E-mail: [mailto:fennelld@ohoopeelibrary.org fennelld@ohoopeelibrary.org] Debra Fennell, Heritage Librarian<br>Internet: [http://www.ohoopeelibrary.com/Pages/lib-ladson.html Ladson Genealogical Library] | ||
<br> | :This is primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.<ref name="DB33" /> Also has historic photos and school records of Toombs and Montgomery counties.<ref>[http://www.ohoopeelibrary.com/Pages/lib-ladson.html Ladson Genealogical Library] in ''Ohoopee Regional Library System'' (accessed 8 Janary 2016)</ref><br><br> | ||
''' | '''[[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]]'''<br>135 North Broad Street<br>Thomasville, Georgia 31792 USA<br>Telephone: 229-226-9640<br>Fax: 229-226-3199<br>E-mail: [mailto:glibrary@rose.net glibrary@rose.net]<br>Internet: [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lostalbro/ The Thomasville Genealogical, History {{amp}} Fine Arts Library] | ||
<br> | :Good collection of southern states family history material such as immigration records, marriages and deaths, Internet access, censuses, and state and county histories. Thomas County records include probate, marriage, land, Confederate pensions, Revolutionary War pension applications, newspapers, the Hopkins Collection, and African American obituaries.<ref name="RW">[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lostalbro/res.htm Library Resources] in ''The Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref> <br><br> | ||
: | [[Image:UGAMainLibrary.jpg|right|175px|UGAMainLibrary.jpg]]'''[[University of Georgia Main Library]]'''<br>320 S. Jackson Street<br>Athens, GA 30602-1641<br>Telephone: 706-542-3251<br>E-mail: [http://www.libs.uga.edu/cgi-bin/askaquestion.cgi?return=return Ask a question] form<br> Internet: [http://www.libs.uga.edu UGA Libraries]<br><br> | ||
<br> | :They have the largest collection in the state of manuscripts about early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | ||
[ | [[Image:Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg|right|190px|Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg]]'''[[Washington Memorial Library]]''' a Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>Genealogical & Historical Room<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201-1790<br>Telephone: 478-744-0821<br>E-mail: [mailto:mgrlgh@bibblib.org mgrlgh@bibblib.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives Genealogical {{amp}} Historical Room] <br><br> | ||
: | :One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref name="DB33" /> 32,000 volumes, 24,000 microfilms with an emphasis on the 13 American colonies, the American Revolutionary War, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.<ref>[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives/ The Genealogical and Historical Room] in ''Middle George Regional Library'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref> | ||
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=== For Further Reading === | === For Further Reading === | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
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