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[[Image:Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg|right|600px|Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg]]  
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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:'''<ref name="GA">[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives/ The Genealogical and Historical Room] in ''Middle Georgia Regional Library'' (accessed 17 January 2016).</ref> [mailto:mgrlgh@bibblib.org mgrlgh@bibblib.org] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="GA">[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives/ The Genealogical and Historical Room] in ''Middle Georgia Regional Library'' (accessed 17 January 2016).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:mgrlgh@bibblib.org mgrlgh@bibblib.org] <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="GA" /><br>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="GA" /><br>  


:'''''Washington Memorial Library ''''' a Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>Genealogical and Historical Room<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201-1790 <br><br>
:'''''Washington Memorial Library&nbsp;''''' a Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>Genealogical and Historical Room<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201-1790 <br><br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="GA" /> Genealogical and Historical Room 478-744-0821<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="GA" /> &nbsp;Genealogical and Historical Room 478-744-0821<br>  


'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="GA" /> Monday 9am – 9pm, and Tuesday–Saturday 9am – 6pm. [http://www.bibblib.org/events/category/holiday-closings/list/ Holiday closings].<br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="GA" /> &nbsp;Monday 9am – 9pm, and Tuesday–Saturday 9am – 6pm. &nbsp;[http://www.bibblib.org/events/category/holiday-closings/list/ Holiday closings].<br>  


'''Map, and public transportation:'''<br>  
'''Map, and public transportation:'''<br>  


*'''''Google map: ''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington+Memorial+Library/@32.8386501,-83.6431002,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88f3fe861c271acd:0xa4cb556ed3505a0a Washington Memorial Library]  
*'''''Google map:&nbsp;''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington+Memorial+Library/@32.8386501,-83.6431002,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88f3fe861c271acd:0xa4cb556ed3505a0a Washington Memorial Library]  
*'''''Public transportation: ''''' [http://mta-mac.com/ Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority (MTA)] has two bus routes that stop within two blocks of the Washington Memorial Library. See [http://mta-mac.com/1w.html Route 1 - Vineville/Zebulon Rd.], and [http://mta-mac.com/2.html Route 2 — Belleville/Log Cabin/Zebulon Rd]. The Terminal Station, where most MTA buses stop, is a 15 minute walk (less than a mile) from the Washington Memorial Library.
*'''''Public transportation:&nbsp;''''' [http://mta-mac.com/ Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority (MTA)] has two bus routes that stop within two blocks of the Washington Memorial Library. See [http://mta-mac.com/1w.html Route 1 - Vineville/Zebulon Rd.], and [http://mta-mac.com/2.html Route 2 — Belleville/Log Cabin/Zebulon Rd]. The Terminal Station, where most MTA buses stop, is a 15 minute walk (less than a mile) from the Washington Memorial Library.


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  


*[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives Genealogical {{amp}} Historical Room] history (of the room), genealogy inquiries, e-mail, and submit inquiry.<br>  
*[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives Genealogical {{amp}} Historical Room]<br>  
*[http://gapines.org/eg/opac/home Georgia Pines Catalog] online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, or series. {{WC}}Also available in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]].<br>
*[http://gapines.org/eg/opac/home Georgia Pines Catalog] online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, or series. {{WC}}Also available in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]].<br>


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


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> 32,000 volumes, 24,000 microfilms with an emphasis on the 13 American colonies, the American Revolutionary War, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.<ref name="GA" />  
One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref name="DB33">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 33. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> &nbsp;32,000 volumes, 24,000 microfilms with an emphasis on the 13 American colonies, the American Revolutionary War, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.<ref name="GA" />  
 
=== Tips  ===
 
{Optional}
 
=== Guides  ===
 
{''Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. ''}


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===


If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.  
{''&nbsp;'''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''}
 
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  


'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


*[[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>  
*Alternate Repository ''{create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}''<br>  
*[[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>
*<br>  
*[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.
*''such as:'' NARA I
*[[Georgia Archives]], Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.  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.
*NARA II
*National Archives at _____
*State Archives
*State Library


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


*[[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]] book, map, microfilm and archival collection spans the southeastern USA and East Coast, with some New England, vertical files, surname files, and newspapers. Local history holdings include vertical files, surname files and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage Heritage Room] in ''Athens Regional Library System'' (accessed 15 January 2021).</ref>  
*<br>  
*[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]], have 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 Civil War records, DAR and Revolutionary War records, pension and bounty land records, immigration indexes, censuses, church records and histories.<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>  
*<br>  
*[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]], Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.
*National Personnel Records Center
*[[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]], Homerville, their genealogical collection covers the Southeast United States well, 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>
*LC
*[[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>
*FHL


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


*[http://northcentralhealthdistrict.org/department/bibb-county-health-department/ Bibb County Health Department], Macon, births, deaths, and burials.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists'' (Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers Inc, 1999), 83. {{WorldCat|670125599}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref>
*<br>  
*[http://www.maconbibb.us/probate-court/ Bibb County Clerk of the Probate Court], Macon, marriages and probate records.<ref name="HBG" />
*County Vital Records Office
*[http://www.maconbibb.us/superior-court/ Bibb County Clerk of the Superior Court], Macon, divorce, court, and land records since 1823.<ref name="HBG" />
*City Vital Records Office
*[http://www.maconbibb.us/coroners-office/ Macon Bibb County Coroner], Macon, suspicious deaths.
*County Archives
*[http://www.gamd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia], Macon, recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases.
*County Orphan's Court
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties: ''''' [[Crawford County, Georgia Genealogy|Crawford]], [[Houston County, Georgia Genealogy|Houston]], [[Jones County, Georgia Genealogy|Jones]], [[Monroe County, Georgia Genealogy|Monroe]], [[Peach County, Georgia Genealogy|Peach]], and [[Twiggs County, Georgia Genealogy|Twiggs]].
*County Probate Court  
*[[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>
*County Recorder
*[[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.
*County Coroner  
*[http://aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links.
*U.S. District Court  
*[[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>
*County and local historical societies
*[[Georgia Historical Society]], Savannah, 4 million manuscripts, photos, papers, military, diaries, plantation records. They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.
*County and local genealogical societies
*[[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>
*Public Libraries
*[[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>
*Museums and heritage societies
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsg/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia], Atlanta, family histories, immigration, East Europe, Georgia, North America.
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]  
*[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.
*State Vital Records Office
*[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection for early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers.
*State Historical Society  
*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]].
*State Genealogical Society  
*[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. Many '''''Georgia Archives ''''' microfilms are also available at branch '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers] ''''' in local church buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and described in their online [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]].<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1.</ref>
*University Libraries
*[[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>
*Church archives  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [SC], [TN], and [VA]


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Washington Memorial Library
Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia (8368121972).jpg

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  mgrlgh@bibblib.org

Address:[1]

Washington Memorial Library  a Middle Georgia Regional Library
Genealogical and Historical Room
1180 Washington Avenue
Macon, GA 31201-1790

Telephone:[1]  Genealogical and Historical Room 478-744-0821

Hours and holidays:[1]  Monday 9am – 9pm, and Tuesday–Saturday 9am – 6pm.  Holiday closings.

Map, and public transportation:

Internet sites and databases:

Also available in WorldCat.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.[2]  32,000 volumes, 24,000 microfilms with an emphasis on the 13 American colonies, the American Revolutionary War, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.[1]

Tips[edit | edit source]

{Optional}

Guides[edit | edit source]

{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. }

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.}

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Washington Memorial Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}

  • such as: NARA I
  • NARA II
  • National Archives at _____
  • State Archives
  • State Library

Similar Collections



  • National Personnel Records Center
  • LC
  • FHL

Neighboring Collections


  • County Vital Records Office
  • City Vital Records Office
  • County Archives
  • County Orphan's Court
  • County Probate Court
  • County Recorder
  • County Coroner
  • U.S. District Court
  • County and local historical societies
  • County and local genealogical societies
  • Public Libraries
  • Museums and heritage societies
  • Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
  • State Vital Records Office
  • State Historical Society
  • State Genealogical Society
  • University Libraries
  • Church archives
  • Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Genealogical and Historical Room in Middle Georgia Regional Library (accessed 17 January 2016).
  2. ↑ William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 33. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Book 973 J54d.
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