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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | |||
{{TOC right}}The following archives, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers: | |||
=== National === | |||
[[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> | |||
: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> | |||
[[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> | |||
:Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Georgia'''. 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> | |||
=== Statewide === | |||
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< | [[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> | ||
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: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. | |||
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</ | :[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, Georgia. The Department, 1976. {{FHL|102270|item|disp=FHL fiche 6100334; book 975.8 A3pg}} | |||
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:*Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. ''Research in Georgia''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1981. {{FHL|236233|item|disp=FHL book 975.8 D27d.}} | |||
'''[[Georgia Historical Society]]'''<br>501 Whitaker Street<br>Savannah, GA 31499<br>Internet: [http://www.georgiahistory.com/containers/2 Georgia Historical Society Library] | |||
:They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[Georgia Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P.O. Box 38066<br>Atlanta, GA 30334<br>Internet: [http://www.gagensociety.org/ Georgia Genealogical Society] | |||
:They provide advice but have no building or library collection of their own. | |||
=== Regional === | |||
[[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> | |||
:Sources for studing 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> | |||
'''[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library]] Central Library'''<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> | |||
'''[[Coweta County Genealogical and Historical Research Library]]'''<br> | |||
:Holdings include the best set of family folders in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[DeKalb History Center]]'''<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]]'''<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> | |||
:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[Huxford Spear Genealogical Library]]'''<br> | |||
:Their genealogical collection covers the Southeast United States well.<ref name="DB33" /><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 John E. Ladson Jr. Genealogical and Historical Library] | |||
:This is primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[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] | |||
: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> | |||
'''[[Southwest Georgia Regional Library]]'''<br> | |||
:They have very good books, surname folders, genealogies, newspapers, and oral history collections.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[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> | |||
:Good collection of southern states family history material. <br><br> | |||
'''[[University of Georgia Main Library]]'''<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]]'''<br>Middle Georgia Regional Library<br>1180 Washington Avenue<br>Macon, GA 31201<br>Internet: [http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/library Washington Memorial Library] | |||
:One of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref name="DB33" /><br><br> | |||
=== Online Records === | |||
{{Click|Image:GA_ORP.png|Georgia Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br> | |||
=== For Further Reading === | |||
*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 === | |||
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