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These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Georgia.


=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Georgia ===
{{TOC right}}The following archives, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers:


[[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} [[Georgia Archives]]{{·}} [[Georgia Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Georgia Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]]{{·}} [[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]]{{·}} [[Atlanta History Center]]{{·}} [[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]]{{·}} [[DeKalb History Center]]{{·}} [[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]]{{·}} [[Georgia Salzburger Society]]{{·}} [[Gilbert H. Gragg Library]]{{·}} [[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]]{{·}} [[Ladson Genealogical Library]]{{·}} [[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]]{{·}} [[University of Georgia Main Library]]{{·}} [[Washington Memorial Library]]{{·}}[[Dallas Public Central Library]]
=== National ===


=== Online Records of Georgia ===
[[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>


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:Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including '''Georgia''', Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 107. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
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[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]
=== National Repositories ===


==== National Archives at Atlanta ====
[[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>  
'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>Email: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] <br><br>
 
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: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">Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.</ref><br><br>
:The Archives at Atlanta has 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, 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}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
 
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=== Statewide  ===
| [[Image:Georgia-archives Repository.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Georgia Archives in Morrow]]
 
=== Statewide Repositories ===
[[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>Phone: 678 364-3700<br>Internet: [http://sos.georgia.gov/archives Georgia Archives]<br><br>
 
:Holdings include state government records, county records, Georgia histories, newspapers, and some family histories. This is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.<ref name="DB33">Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.</ref> The Georgia Archives identifies and preserves Georgia's most valuable historical documents.


==== Georgia Archives  ====
'''[[Georgia State Archives|Georgia Archives]]'''<br>5800 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, GA 30260<br>Telephone: 678 364-3710<br>Fax: 678-364-3860<br>Email: [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/archivist_form Ask an Archivist] form<br>Internet: [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/ Georgia Archives]<br><br>
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: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.
: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'' (Atlanta, Ga.: GDAH, 1976). {{WorldCat|5089484}} {{FSC|102270|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6100334; Book 975.8 A3pg}}.
:*Robert Scott Davis Jr. ''Research in Georgia'' (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981). {{WorldCat|7406263}} {{FSC|236233|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.8 D27d}}.<br>
:*[http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome Digital Library of Georgia], a gate way to Georgia's history and culture. <br><br>


==== Georgia Genealogical Society  ====
:*Georgia Department of Archives and History.''A Preliminary Guide to Eighteenth-Century Records Held by the Georgia Department of Archives and History''. Atlanta, Georgia. The Department, 1976. {{FHL|102270|item|disp=FHL fiche 6100334; book 975.8 A3pg}}
'''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box 550247<br>Atlanta, GA 30355-2747<br>Email: [http://www.gagensociety.org/contact Contact] form<br>Internet: [http://www.gagensociety.org/ Georgia Genealogical Society]<br><br>
 
:*Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. ''Research in Georgia''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1981. {{FHL|236233|item|disp=FHL book 975.8 D27d.}}


: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><br><br>
'''[[Georgia Historical Society]]'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA 31499<br>Internet: [http://www.georgiahistory.com/containers/2 Georgia Historical Society Library]  
[[Image:Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia.JPG|thumb|right|260px|Georgia Historical Society in Savannah]]
==== Georgia Historical Society  ====
'''[[Georgia Historical Society]]'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA 31401<br>Telephone: 912-651-2128<br>Fax: 912-651-2831<br>Email: [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>
[[Image:Athens-Clarke County Library.png|thumb|right|260px|Athens-Clarke County Library in Athens]]
=== Regional Repositories ===


==== Athens-Clarke Co Library Heritage Rm  ====
'''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box 38066<br>Atlanta, GA 30334<br>Internet: [http://www.gagensociety.org/ Georgia Genealogical Society]  
'''[[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]]'''<br>2025 Baxter Street <br>Athens,GA 30606<br>Telephone: 706-613-3650 ext 350<br>Email: [mailto:heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage Heritage Room]<br><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.<ref>[http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage Subject Guides] in ''Athens Regional Library System'' (accessed 25 January 2016).</ref><br><br>
:They provide advice but have no building or library collection of their own.


==== Atlanta-Fulton Public Central Library ====
=== Regional ===
[[Image:Atlanta-Central-Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]]'''[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]]''' Special Collections<br>One Margaret Mitchell Square<br>Atlanta, GA 30303<br>Telephone: 404-730-1896<br>Email: [mailto:referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections]<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>
[[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]<br>Internet: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/ Atlanta History Center]<br><br>  
[[Image:Atlanta History Center rear.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Atlanta History Center rear]]
==== Atlanta History Center  ====
'''[[Atlanta History Center]]'''<br>130 West Paces Ferry Road NW<br>Atlanta, GA 30305<br>Telephone: 404-814-4000<br>Email: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/contact-us Contact Us] form<br>Internet: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/ Atlanta History Center]<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>
: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>


==== Coweta Co Gen Soc Research Library  ====
'''[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library]] Central Library'''<br>  
'''[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]]'''<br>8 Carmichael Street<br>Newnan, Georgia<br>Telephone: 470-215-1966<br>Email: [mailto:info@ccgsinc.org info@ccgsinc.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.ccgsinc.org/researchlibrary/ Research Library]<br><br>
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:Their Historic Georgia, and Genealogy collections are large with good coverage of the Southeast United States.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>
 
'''[http://www.ccgsinc.org/researchlibrary/ Coweta County Genealogical and Historical Research Library]'''<br>  


:Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>
:Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== DeKalb History Center  ====
'''[[DeKalb History Center]]'''<br>  
[[Image:DeKalb County, Georgia Court House.JPG|thumb|right|280px|DeKalb History Center in Decatur]]'''[[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>Email: [mailto:info@dekalbhistory.org info@dekalbhistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.dekalbhistory.org/ DeKalb History Center]<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>
: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 Archives and Research] in ''DeKalb History Center'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref><br><br>


==== Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library  ====
'''[[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>  
'''[[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>Email: [mailto:mccls@mccls.org mccls@mccls.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mccls.org/odom_gen.htm Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]<br><br>


:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>
:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== Georgia Salzburger Society  ====
'''[https://huxford.com/ Huxford Spear Genealogical Library]'''<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>Email: [mailto:gaslzbrgr@aol.com gaslzbrgr@aol.com]<br>Internet: [https://govisitebenezer.com/georgia-salzburger-society/ Genealogy]<br><br>  


:Histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.<ref>[https://govisitebenezer.com/sites/living-history-museum/ Living History Museum] in ''Visit Ebenezer'' (accessed 6 February 2022).</ref><br><br>
:Their genealogical collection covers the Southeast United States well.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== Gilbert H. Gragg Library  ====
'''[http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org/ladson.htm John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library]'''<br>119 Church Street<br>Vidalia, GA 30474<br>Internet: [http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org/ladson.htm John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library]  
[[Image:Gilbert H. Gragg Library.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Gilbert H. Gragg Library in Bainbridge]]'''[[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>Email: [mailto:librarian@swgrl.org librarian@swgrl.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.swgrl.org/decatur.php Gilbert H. Gragg Library]<br><br>


:They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>
:This is primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library  ====
'''[[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]  
'''[[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>Email: [mailto:huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net]<br> Internet:[https://huxford.com/ Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.]<br><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>
:Histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.<ref>[http://visitebenezer.com/sites/living-history-museum/ Living History Museum] in ''Georgia Salzburger Society'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref><br><br>


==== Ladson Genealogical Library  ====
'''[http://www.swgrl.org/ Southwest Georgia Regional Library]'''<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>Email: [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><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>
:They have very good books, surname folders, genealogies, newspapers, and oral history collections.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== Thomasville Genealogy Library  ====
'''[[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://home.rose.net/~glibrary/ Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]<br>  
'''[[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]]'''<br>Forbes Campus of Thomas University<br>1501 Millpond Road<br>Thomasville, GA 31792<br>Telephone: 229-226-9640<br>Email: [mailto:genealogy@thomasu.edu genealogy@thomasu.edu]<br>Internet: [https://www.thomasu.edu/alumni-friends/genealogical-library/ Thomasville Genealogical Library]<br><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. <br><br>
:Good collection of southern states family history material. <br><br>


==== University of Georgia Main Library  ====
'''[http://www.libs.uga.edu/ University of Georgia Main Library]'''<br>  
[[Image:UGAMainLibrary.jpg|thumb|right|280px|University of Georgia Main Library in Athens]]'''[[University of Georgia Main Library]]'''<br>320 S. Jackson Street<br>Athens, GA 30602-1641<br>Telephone: 706-542-3251<br>Email: [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>  


: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>
: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>


==== Washington Memorial Library  ====
'''[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives Washington Memorial Library Washington Memorial Library]'''<br>Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201<br>Internet: [http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives Washington Memorial Library]  
[[Image:Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg|thumb|right|292px|Washington Memorial Library in Macon]]'''[[Washington Memorial Library]]''' a Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>Genealogical &amp; Historical Room<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201-1790<br>Telephone: 478-744-0821<br>Email: [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><br><br>


=== Outside of Georgia Repositories  ===
:One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


==== Dallas Public Central Library ====
=== Online Records ===
[[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Dallas Public Central Library in Texas]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1433<br>Email: [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>
{{Click|Image:GA_ORP.png|Georgia Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>  


=== For Further Reading  ===
=== For Further Reading  ===


*Ellen Garrison, ed., ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory'' (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710}}; {{FSC|497048|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 A3a}}. This work covers the states of '''Georgia''', Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection.<br><br>
*Ellen Garrison, ed., ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory'' (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710}}; {{FHL|497048|item|disp=FHL Book 975 A3a}}. This work covers the states of '''Georgia''', Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection.


=== References  ===
=== References  ===


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The following archives, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers:

National[edit | edit source]

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Dallas Public Central Library
1515 Young St.
Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA
Telephone: 214-670-1433
E-mail: genealogy@dallaslibrary.org
Internet: Dallas Public Library Genealogy

Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Georgia, Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.[1]

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National Archives at Atlanta
5780 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA
Phone: 770-968-2100
Fax: 770-968-2547
E-mail: atlanta.archives@nara.gov
Internet: National Archives at Atlanta

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.[2]

Statewide[edit | edit source]

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Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
Phone: 678 364-3700
Internet: Georgia Archives

Holdings include state government records, county records, Georgia histories, newspapers, and some family histories. This is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.[3] The Georgia Archives identifies and preserves Georgia's most valuable historical documents.
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.
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. Atlanta, Georgia. The Department, 1976. FHL fiche 6100334; book 975.8 A3pg
  • Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. Research in Georgia. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1981. FHL book 975.8 D27d.

Georgia Historical Society
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31499
Internet: Georgia Historical Society Library

They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.[3]

Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 38066
Atlanta, GA 30334
Internet: Georgia Genealogical Society

They provide advice but have no building or library collection of their own.

Regional[edit | edit source]

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Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Telephone: 404-814-4000
E-mail: Contact Us
Internet: Atlanta History Center

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.[4]

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library

Their Historic Georgia, and Genealogy collections are large with good coverage of the Southeast United States.[3]

Coweta County Genealogical and Historical Research Library

Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.[3]

DeKalb History Center

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.[5]

Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library
Moultrie-Colquitt County Library
204 5th Street, S.E.
Moultrie, Georgia 31768 USA
Telephone: 229-985-6540
E-mail: mccls@mccls.org
Internet: Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library

Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.[3]

Huxford Spear Genealogical Library

Their genealogical collection covers the Southeast United States well.[3]

John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library
119 Church Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
Internet: John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library

This is primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.[3]

Salzburger Society
Loest Research Library
2980 Ebenezer Road
Georgia Highway 275
Rincon, Georgia 31326
Telephone: 912-754-7001
E-mail: gaslzbrgr@aol.com
Internet: Georgia Salzburger Society

Histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.[6]

Southwest Georgia Regional Library

They have very good books, surname folders, genealogies, newspapers, and oral history collections.[3]

Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library
135 North Broad Street
Thomasville, Georgia 31792 USA
Telephone: 229-226-9640
Fax: 229-226-3199
E-mail: glibrary@rose.net
Internet: Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library

Good collection of southern states family history material.

University of Georgia Main Library

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.[3]

Washington Memorial Library Washington Memorial Library
Middle Georgia Regional Library
1180 Washington Avenue
Macon, GA 31201
Internet: Washington Memorial Library

One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.[3]

Online Records[edit | edit source]

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Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.


For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

  • Ellen Garrison, ed., Archives in Appalachia: A Directory (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). WorldCat 12712710; FHL Book 975 A3a. This work covers the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 107. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.
  4. ↑ Kenan Research Center in Atlanta History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  5. ↑ Archives and Research in DeKalb History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  6. ↑ Living History Museum in Georgia Salzburger Society (accessed 11 September 2015).
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