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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="NARAAtl">National Archives at Atlanta at http://www.archives.gov/southeast/#privacy (accessed 13 July 2010).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="NARAAtl">National Archives at Atlanta at http://www.archives.gov/southeast/#privacy (accessed 13 July 2010).</ref> [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | '''Address:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | ||
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:Morrow, Georgia 30260 <br><br> | :Morrow, Georgia 30260 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> voice 770-968-2100<br>'''Fax:''' 770-968-2547 <br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> Tuesday - Saturday, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. | ||
:Closed Sundays, [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays], and Saturdays that precede any federal holiday observed on a Monday. | :Closed Sundays, [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays], and Saturdays that precede any federal holiday observed on a Monday. | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref name="NARAAtl" /> | ||
*In Morrow, Georgia six miles southeast of Hartsfield Atlanta Airport. Take I-75 to Exit 233, Morrow. Turn left onto Highway 54/Jonesboro Road. Go about 1-1/2 miles to the second building on the right after Clayton State Blvd. <br> | *In Morrow, Georgia six miles southeast of Hartsfield Atlanta Airport. Take I-75 to Exit 233, Morrow. Turn left onto Highway 54/Jonesboro Road. Go about 1-1/2 miles to the second building on the right after Clayton State Blvd. <br> | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, MO., | *[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, MO., has millions of military personnel, health, medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services starting with World War I, and federal employee records. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.<br> | *[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.<br> | ||
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsg/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia], Atlanta, family histories, immigration, East Europe, Georgia, North America. | *[http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsg/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia], Atlanta, family histories, immigration, East Europe, Georgia, North America. | ||
*[http://www.prairiebluff.com/resources/fhc-atl.htm Atlanta Area FamilySearch Centers], where patrons can view limited-access FamilySearch databases. | *[http://www.prairiebluff.com/resources/fhc-atl.htm Atlanta Area FamilySearch Centers], where patrons can view limited-access FamilySearch databases. | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Campbell County, Georgia Genealogy|Campbell]], [[Carroll County, Georgia Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Cherokee County, Georgia Genealogy|Cherokee]], [[Clayton County, Georgia Genealogy|Clayton]], [[Cobb County, Georgia Genealogy|Cobb]], [[Coweta County, Georgia Genealogy|Coweta]], [[DeKalb County, Georgia Genealogy|DeKalb]], [[Fayette County, Georgia Genealogy|Fayette]], [[Forsyth County, Georgia Genealogy|Forsyth]], [[Fulton County, Georgia Genealogy|Fulton]], [[Gwinnett County, Georgia Genealogy|Gwinnett]], [[Henry County, Georgia Genealogy|Henry]], and [[Spalding County, Georgia Genealogy|Spalding]]. | ||
*[[Georgia Historical Society]], Savannah, 4 million manuscripts, photos, papers, military, diaries, plantation records. They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives. | *[[Georgia Historical Society]], Savannah, 4 million manuscripts, photos, papers, military, diaries, plantation records. They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives. | ||
*[[Georgia Genealogical Society]], Atlanta, events, meetings, membership, publications and index, and research tools, but no library. They provide advice, but do not conduct research for you. | *[[Georgia Genealogical Society]], Atlanta, events, meetings, membership, publications and index, and research tools, but no library. They provide advice, but do not conduct research for you. | ||
*[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection of early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers. | *[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection of early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers. | ||
*[[Washington Memorial Library]], Macon, one of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 33. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | *[[Washington Memorial Library]], Macon, one of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 33. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Emphasis on the 13 colonies, American Revolution, and Great Britain.<ref name="GA">[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives/ The Genealogical and Historical Room] in ''Middle Georgia Regional Library'' (accessed 17 January 2016).</ref> | ||
*[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records. | *[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records. | ||
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Florida Archives and Libraries|Florida]], [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]], [[North Carolina Archives and Libraries|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina Archives and Libraries|South Carolina]], [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]]. | *Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Florida Archives and Libraries|Florida]], [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]], [[North Carolina Archives and Libraries|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina Archives and Libraries|South Carolina]], [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]]. | ||
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