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


'''Georgia Department of Archives and History'''<br>
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Georgia ===


(Currently the "Georgia Archives")<br>5800 Jonesboro Road <br>Morrow, GA 30260 <br>Phone: 678 364-3700<br>Internet: [http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/ http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/]  
[[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]]


Two helpful guides to the collection are:
=== Online Records of Georgia ===


*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. (Family History Library book 975.8 A3pg; microfiche 6100334.)
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*Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. ''Research in Georgia''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1981. (Family History Library book 975.8 D27d.)
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[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]
=== National Repositories ===


'''National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta)<br>'''1557 St. Joseph Avenue<br>East Point, GA 30344<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/  
==== National Archives at Atlanta  ====
'''[[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> 
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: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 Repositories ===


'''Georgia Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 38066<br>Atlanta, GA 30334<br>Internet: http://www.gagensociety.org/  
==== 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>E-mail: [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.
: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 Historical Society Library'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA 31499 <br>Internet: http://www.georgiahistory.com/containers/2
==== Georgia Genealogical Society  ====
'''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box 550247<br>Atlanta, GA 30355-2747<br>E-mail: [http://www.gagensociety.org/contact Contact] form<br>Internet: [http://www.gagensociety.org/ Georgia Genealogical Society]<br><br>


'''Washington Memorial Library'''<br>Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201 <br>Internet: http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/library/  
: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>
[[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>E-mail: [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>


'''John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library'''<br>119 Church Street<br>Vidalia, GA 30474 <br>Internet: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org/ladson.htm
: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 ===


To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Georgia counties, use the nine inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Eight of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.  
==== Athens-Clarke Co Library Heritage Rm  ====
'''[[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]]'''<br>2025 Baxter Street <br>Athens,GA 30606<br>Telephone: 706-613-3650 ext 350<br>E-mail: [mailto:heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage Heritage Room]<br><br>


=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards  ===
: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>


Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
==== Atlanta-Fulton Public Central Library  ====
[[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>E-mail: [mailto:referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.afpls.org/central-hq/66-special-collections Special Collections]<br><br>


=== Locate other researchers ===
: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|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>E-mail: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/contact-us Contact Us] form<br>Internet: [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/ Atlanta History Center]<br><br>


*Post queries
: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>
*Send and receive e-mail
*Search large databases
*Search computer libraries
*Join in computer chat and lecture sessions


You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Georgia in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  
==== Coweta Co Gen Soc Research Library  ====
'''[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]]'''<br>8 Carmichael Street<br>Newnan, Georgia<br>Telephone: 470-215-1966<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@ccgsinc.org info@ccgsinc.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.ccgsinc.org/researchlibrary/ Research Library]<br><br>


The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:  
:Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


=== [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]] ===
==== DeKalb History Center  ====
[[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>E-mail: [mailto:info@dekalbhistory.org info@dekalbhistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.dekalbhistory.org/ DeKalb History Center]<br><br>


A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
: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>


=== Roots-L ===
==== 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><br>


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/  
:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.  
==== Georgia Salzburger Society  ====
'''[[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>


For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.  
: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>


=== FamilySearch™ ===
==== Gilbert H. Gragg 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>E-mail: [mailto:librarian@swgrl.org librarian@swgrl.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.swgrl.org/decatur.php Gilbert H. Gragg Library]<br><br>


[http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org]
:They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br>


The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.  
==== Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library ====
'''[[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>E-mail: [mailto:huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net]<br> Internet:[https://huxford.com/ Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.]<br><br>


[[Category:Georgia]]
: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>
 
==== Ladson Genealogical Library  ====
'''[[Ladson Genealogical Library]]'''<br>Ohoopee Regional Library System<br>125 Church Street, Suite 104<br>Vidalia, GA 30474<br>Telephone: 912-537-8186<br>E-mail: [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>
 
==== Thomasville Gen, Hist {{amp}} Fine Arts 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://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lostalbro/ The Thomasville Genealogical, History {{amp}} Fine Arts 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.<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> <br><br>
 
==== University of Georgia Main Library  ====
[[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>E-mail: [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>
 
==== 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>E-mail: [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  ===
 
==== Dallas Public Central Library  ====
[[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>E-mail: [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>
 
=== 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>
 
=== References  ===
 
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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

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

Online Records of Georgia

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.


National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)

National Repositories

National Archives at Atlanta

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

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.[1]

Georgia Archives in Morrow

Statewide Repositories

Georgia Archives

Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
Telephone: 678 364-3710
Fax: 678-364-3860
E-mail: Ask an Archivist form
Internet: Georgia Archives

Holdings include state government records, county records, and Georgia histories. This is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.[2] 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.
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 Genealogical Society

Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 550247
Atlanta, GA 30355-2747
E-mail: Contact form
Internet: Georgia Genealogical Society

They provide research advice, but have no library collection or building of their own.[3]

Georgia Historical Society in Savannah

Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Historical Society
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Telephone: 912-651-2128
Fax: 912-651-2831
E-mail: ghslib@georgiahistory.com
Internet: About the Research Center

They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.[2]

Athens-Clarke County Library in Athens

Regional Repositories

Athens-Clarke Co Library Heritage Rm

Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room
2025 Baxter Street
Athens,GA 30606
Telephone: 706-613-3650 ext 350
E-mail: heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org
Internet: Heritage Room

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.[4]

Atlanta-Fulton Public Central Library

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library Special Collections
One Margaret Mitchell Square
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: 404-730-1896
E-mail: referenceline@fultoncountyga.gov
Internet: Special Collections

Their Historic Georgia, and Genealogy collections are large with good coverage of the Southeast United States.[2] 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.[5]

Atlanta History Center rear

Atlanta History Center

Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Telephone: 404-814-4000
E-mail: Contact Us form
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.[6]

Coweta Co Gen Soc Research Library

Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library
8 Carmichael Street
Newnan, Georgia
Telephone: 470-215-1966
E-mail: info@ccgsinc.org
Internet: Research Library

Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.[2]

DeKalb History Center

DeKalb History Center in Decatur

DeKalb History Center
Old Courthouse on the Square
101 East Court Square
Decatur, GA 30030
Telephone: 404-373-1088
Fax: 404-373-8287
E-mail: info@dekalbhistory.org
Internet: 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.[7]

Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library

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.[2]

Georgia Salzburger Society

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

Histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.[8]

Gilbert H. Gragg Library

Gilbert H. Gragg Library in Bainbridge

Gilbert H. Gragg Library a Southwest Georgia Regional Library
301 S. Monroe Street
Bainbridge, Georgia 39819
Telephone: 229-248-2665
Fax: 229-248-2670
E-mail: librarian@swgrl.org
Internet: Gilbert H. Gragg Library

They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.[2]

Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library

Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library
Street address: 20 S. College St.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 595
Homerville, GA 31634
Telephone: 912-487-2310
E-mail: huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net
Internet:Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.

This collection covers the southeast United States well,[2] including 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north Florida.[9]

Ladson Genealogical Library

Ladson Genealogical Library
Ohoopee Regional Library System
125 Church Street, Suite 104
Vidalia, GA 30474
Telephone: 912-537-8186
E-mail: fennelld@ohoopeelibrary.org Debra Fennell, Heritage Librarian
Internet: Ladson Genealogical Library

This is primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.[2] Also has historic photos and school records of Toombs and Montgomery counties.[10]

Thomasville Gen, Hist & Fine Arts Library

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: The Thomasville Genealogical, History & 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. Thomas County records include probate, marriage, land, Confederate pensions, Revolutionary War pension applications, newspapers, the Hopkins Collection, and African American obituaries.[11]

University of Georgia Main Library

University of Georgia Main Library in Athens

University of Georgia Main Library
320 S. Jackson Street
Athens, GA 30602-1641
Telephone: 706-542-3251
E-mail: Ask a question form
Internet: UGA Libraries

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.[2]

Washington Memorial Library

Washington Memorial Library in Macon

Washington Memorial Library a Middle Georgia Regional Library
Genealogical & Historical Room
1180 Washington Avenue
Macon, GA 31201-1790
Telephone: 478-744-0821
E-mail: mgrlgh@bibblib.org
Internet: Genealogical & Historical Room

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.[12]

Outside of Georgia Repositories

Dallas Public Central Library

Dallas Public Central Library in Texas

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.[13]

For Further Reading

  • Ellen Garrison, ed., Archives in Appalachia: A Directory (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). WorldCat 12712710; 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.

References

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 127-28. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.
  3. ↑ Contact Us in Georgia Genealogical Society (accessed 11 January 2016).
  4. ↑ Subject Guides in Athens Regional Library System (accessed 25 January 2016).
  5. ↑ Special Collections in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (accessed 8 January 2016).
  6. ↑ Kenan Research Center in Atlanta History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  7. ↑ Collections in DeKalb History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  8. ↑ Living History Museum in Visit Ebenezer (accessed 6 February 2022).
  9. ↑ Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History in Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. (accessed 15 January 2016).
  10. ↑ Ladson Genealogical Library in Ohoopee Regional Library System (accessed 8 Janary 2016)
  11. ↑ Library Resources in The Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library (accessed 8 January 2016).
  12. ↑ The Genealogical and Historical Room in Middle George Regional Library (accessed 8 January 2016).
  13. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.


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