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==Description of Collections==

We have an excellent collection of print resources for Southwest Georgia and the migration routes leading to Southwest Georgia.  Our collection of print volumes for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carorolina, Georgia and Alabama are particularly good.  We have:  Family and local histories, Military records, State and County records, Marriage records, Census records, Obituaries, Journals, General reference and how-to books, Local high school annuals (print, CD), Immigration Records, and Albany maps 1850-1910.

Census records:  CT (1800 – 1850), DE (1800 – 1840) GA (Population 1820 – 1930; Soundex 1880 – 1930, Agricultural and Manufacturing 1850 - 1880, Slave 1850 - 1860), MA (1800 – 1830), MD (1810 – 1840), NC (1790 – 1860), NH (1800 – 1830), NY (1790), PA (1790 – 1840), RI (1790), SC (1790 – 1860), VA (1790 – 1860), and VT (1790, 1810 – 1830).   

Newspaper records:  The Albany Patriot (Apr. 1845 - Sept. 1869), The Albany News (1869 - 1871),  The Albany Herald (1892-2018), Other Georgia newspapers from 37 counties in Southwest Georgia,

Other records:  Georgia county court records from 19 counties in Southwest Georgia; Alabama Death Index (1908 -  1959); SC Marriages After 1842; SC wills for five counties; MS Death Certificate Index (1912 - 1941); Confederate Pardon Applications; Adjutant General Salt Distribution Records (1862 - 1864); Hollingsworth Card File; Tucker Littleton Papers; Diary of Nelson Tift.

Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, Galileo, Georgia Historic Newspapers, Rootsweb, Albany City Directories, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, Digital Library of Georgia, Old Aerial Photos of Albany.

'''Special Collections'''

Carnegie Library scrapbooks, construction photographs of the Dougherty County Courthouse, World War II era scrapbooks from Albany DARR Aerotech.

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