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[[Image:Coweta_Georgia_Library.jpg|400px|right| Coweta Georgia Library]]  
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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:'''<ref name="CU">[http://www.ccgsinc.org/contact-us/ Contact Us] in ''Coweta County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 11 January 2016).</ref> [mailto:info@ccgsinc.org info@ccgsinc.org] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="CU">[http://www.ccgsinc.org/contact-us/ Contact Us] in ''Coweta County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 11 January 2016).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:info@ccgsinc.org info@ccgsinc.org] <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="Welc">[http://www.ccgsinc.org/ Welcome to the Coweta County Genealogical Society] in ''Coweta County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 11 January 2016).</ref>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="Welc">[http://www.ccgsinc.org/ Welcome to the Coweta County Genealogical Society] in ''Coweta County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 11 January 2016).</ref>  


:8 Carmichael Street<br>Newnan, Georgia 30263<br>
:8 Carmichael Street<br>Newnan, Georgia<br><br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="CU" /> 470-215-1966<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="CU" /> &nbsp;470-215-1966<br>  


'''Hours:'''<ref name="Welc" /> Wednesday - Friday 10 to 4; and the 1st and 4th Saturdays of the month 10 to 4. <br>  
'''Hours:'''<ref name="Welc" /> &nbsp;Wednesday - Friday 10 to 4; and the 1st and 4th Saturdays of the month 10 to 4. <br>  


'''Map:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/8+Carmichael+St,+Newnan,+GA+30263/@33.3853675,-84.818215,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88f4c8f0d086bbb1:0xb35e6d180d51db34 Google map: Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library] <br>  
'''Map:''' &nbsp;[https://www.google.com/maps/place/8+Carmichael+St,+Newnan,+GA+30263/@33.3853675,-84.818215,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88f4c8f0d086bbb1:0xb35e6d180d51db34 Google map: Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library] <br>  


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<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> They also have genealogical how-to manuals, genealogical periodicals and newsletters and indexes, Civil War records, DAR and Revolutionary War records, pension and bounty land records, immigration indexes, African Americans, American Indians, censuses and indexes, church records and histories, heraldry, pioneer families, many local-county-state histories for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and selected records from most other states, school yearbooks, family histories, and maps.<ref>''CCGS Inventory'' an MS Excel database with link on [http://www.ccgsinc.org/researchlibrary/digital-records/ Records - Digital and Print] in ''Coweta County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 12 January 2016).</ref>  
Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" />  


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.</ref>  
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.</ref>  
*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers lists, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, and workshops.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.</ref>  
*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers lists, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, and workshops.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.</ref>  
*[http://www.archives.gov/frc/atlanta/index.html Federal Records Center], Ellenwood, GA., receives federal agency and court records of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
*[http://www.archives.gov/frc/atlanta/index.html Federal Records Center], Ellenwood, GA., receives federal agency and court records of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
*[[Georgia Archives]], Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.</ref> Genealogies, county histories, newspapers, tax digests, private papers, church records, cemeteries, Bible records, municipal records, census, maps, land plats, photographs, Georgia Confederate service and pension records, colonial, headright {{amp}} bounty land grants, land lottery, and Georgia county records.


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]], Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.</ref>
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]], Salt Lake City,&nbsp;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, Mormon records. Many '''''Georgia Archives&nbsp;''''' microfilms are also available at branch '''''[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers]]&nbsp;''''' in local LDS churches, and described in their online [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]].<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1.</ref>  
*[[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]], Homerville, their genealogical collection covers the Southeast United States well,</ref> 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>
*[[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 including Georgia and other Southern states.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref>
*[[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]] good collection of southern states family history material such as immigration records, marriages and deaths, Internet access, censuses, and state and county histories.<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>  
*[[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>


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.county-courthouse.com/ga/newnan/probate-court-of-coweta-county Coweta County Clerk of the Probate Court], Newnan, county births and deaths since 1919; marriage and probate records since 1828.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists'' (Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers Inc, 1999), 85. {{WorldCat|670125599}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref>
*Newnan Coweta Historical Society  
*[https://www.coweta.ga.us/government/courts/superior-court-clerk Coweta County Clerk of the Superior Court], Newnan, divorce, court, and land records since 1828.<ref name="HBG" />
*[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]], large collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.<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> They have county histories, family histories, will indexes, deeds, military rosters, passenger lists, Atlanta city directories, Georgia censuses 1820-1930, local histories, and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections] in ''Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref>  
*[http://newnancowetahistoricalsociety.com/ Newnan-Coweta Historical Society]
*[http://cowt.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/?rm=ABOUT+CPLS0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7Ctrue&dt=list Coweta Public Library System]
*[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]], large collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.<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)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> They have county histories, family histories, will indexes, deeds, military rosters, passenger lists, Atlanta city directories, Georgia censuses 1820-1930, local histories, and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections] in ''Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref>  
*[[Atlanta History Center]], Kenan Research Center, extensive Georgia family and county histories, Sons of the American Revolution library, holdings for North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama genealogy.  
*[[Atlanta History Center]], Kenan Research Center, extensive Georgia family and county histories, Sons of the American Revolution library, holdings for North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama genealogy.  
*[http://aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links.  
*[http://aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links.  
*[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.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ Jimmy Carter Library and Museum], Atlanta, papers of the administration.<br>  
*[http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ Jimmy Carter Library and Museum], Atlanta, papers of the administration.<br>  
*[http://www.prairiebluff.com/resources/fhc-atl.htm Atlanta Area FamilySearch Centers], allows patrons to view limited-access FamilySearch databases at the library and offers research guidance.
*[http://www.prairiebluff.com/resources/fhc-atl.htm Atlanta Area Family History Centers], can order microfilms from [[Family History Library|Salt Lake City]] for a small fee.  
*[http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/dhw-vital-records Fulton County Health Department], Atlanta, births since 1896, deaths since 1887.  
*[http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/dhw-vital-records Fulton County Health Department], Atlanta, births since 1896, deaths since 1887.  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Carroll County, Georgia Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Fayette County, Georgia Genealogy|Fayette]], [[Fulton County, Georgia Genealogy|Fulton]], [[Heard County, Georgia Genealogy|Heard]], [[Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy|Meriwether]], [[Spalding County, Georgia Genealogy|Spalding]], and [[Troup County, Georgia Genealogy|Troup]].  
*[http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/courts/probate-court/vital-records.aspx Clayton County Clerk of the Probate Court], Jonesboro, county birth, marriage, death, and probate records.
*[http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/courts/clerk-of-superior-court.aspx Clayton County Clerk of the Superior Court], Jonesboro, land records, and divorces since 1859, and court records since 1964.
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:'''''&nbsp; [[DeKalb County, Georgia Genealogy|DeKalb]], [[Fayette County, Georgia Genealogy|Fayette]], [[Fulton County, Georgia Genealogy|Fulton]], [[Henry County, Georgia Genealogy|Henry]], and [[Spalding County, Georgia Genealogy|Spalding]].
*[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]], Newnan, holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" />
*[[DeKalb History Center]], Decatur, subject files, biographical files, cemetery index, maps, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, 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>  
*[[DeKalb History Center]], Decatur, subject files, biographical files, cemetery index, maps, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, 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>  
*[[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.<ref name="DB33" />
*[[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.<ref>[http://www.gagensociety.org/about/contact Contact Us] in ''Georgia Genealogical Society'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref>  
*[[Georgia Genealogical Society]], Atlanta, events, meetings, membership, publications and index, and research tools, but no library.<ref>[http://www.gagensociety.org/about/contact Contact Us] in ''Georgia Genealogical Society'' (accessed 8 January 2016).</ref>  
*[[Georgia Salzburger Society]], Rincon, 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>  
*[[Georgia Salzburger Society]], Rincon, 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>  
*[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.
*[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection for early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers.<ref name="DB33" />
*[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection for early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers.
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Florida Archives and Libraries|Florida]], [[North Carolina Archives and Libraries|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina Archives and Libraries|South Carolina]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Florida Archives and Libraries|Florida]], [[North Carolina Archives and Libraries|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina Archives and Libraries|South Carolina]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].
*[[Alabama Department of Archives and History]] (ADAH), Montgomery, military and state censuses, county records on microfilm, family histories, and newspapers.
*[[State Archives of Florida]], Tallahassee, public records, family/county histories, Memory Project.
*[[North Carolina State Archives]], Raleigh, has so many county court records they have not all been cataloged,<ref name="DB85">Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.</ref> NC government records at the state, district, and county levels, maps, war records.<ref>[http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Public/Collections.aspx Collections] in ''State Archives of North Carolina '' (accessed 7 February 2014).</ref>
*[[South Carolina Department of Archives and History]], Columbia, county, district, colonial, state records, censuses, wills, Confederate penions, criminals, and land grants.
*[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, vital records, censuses, county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, military records, Native Americans, newspapers, obituary lists, and maps.


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  info@ccgsinc.org

Address:[2]

8 Carmichael Street
Newnan, Georgia

Telephone:[1]  470-215-1966

Hours:[2]  Wednesday - Friday 10 to 4; and the 1st and 4th Saturdays of the month 10 to 4.

Map:  Google map: Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

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

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[4]
  • National Archives at Atlanta federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers lists, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, and workshops.[5]
  • Federal Records Center, Ellenwood, GA., receives federal agency and court records of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Similar Collections

  • Family History 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, Mormon records. Many Georgia Archives  microfilms are also available at branch FamilySearch Centers  in local LDS churches, and described in their online FamilySearch Catalog.[6]
  • 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 including Georgia and other Southern states.[7]

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Contact Us in Coweta County Genealogical Society (accessed 11 January 2016).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Welcome to the Coweta County Genealogical Society in Coweta County Genealogical Society (accessed 11 January 2016).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 33. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  4. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
  5. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.
  6. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 1.
  7. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.
  8. ↑ Special Collections in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (accessed 8 January 2016).
  9. ↑ Collections in DeKalb History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  10. ↑ Contact Us in Georgia Genealogical Society (accessed 8 January 2016).
  11. ↑ Living History Museum in Visit Ebenezer (accessed 11 September 2015).
  12. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.
  13. ↑ Collections in State Archives of North Carolina (accessed 7 February 2014).

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