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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Georgia State Archives''' holds state government records, and county records. This is the place to start searching for early Georgia ancestors.<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> They also have 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. | |||
[[Image:Downloaded4329595980751251366 5417235206 420cd1f34a.jpg|right|200px|Downloaded4329595980751251366 5417235206 420cd1f34a.jpg]]The Georgia Archives is overseen by the University System of Georgia. They are responsible for collecting and maintaining the historical records of Georgia government and history. <ref>http://www.usg.edu/academics/departments http://www.georgiaarchives.org/about</ref> | [[Image:Downloaded4329595980751251366 5417235206 420cd1f34a.jpg|right|200px|Downloaded4329595980751251366 5417235206 420cd1f34a.jpg]]The Georgia Archives is overseen by the University System of Georgia. They are responsible for collecting and maintaining the historical records of Georgia government and history. <ref>http://www.usg.edu/academics/departments http://www.georgiaarchives.org/about</ref> | ||
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*[http://www.afplweb.com/ Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System], Central Library has county and family histories, census, passenger lists, wills, land, military, directories, newspapers, Ancestry.com. Auburn Avenue Library has African American material. | *[http://www.afplweb.com/ Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System], Central Library has county and family histories, census, passenger lists, wills, land, military, directories, newspapers, Ancestry.com. Auburn Avenue Library has African American material. | ||
*[http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/cms/Kenan+Research+Center/185.html 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://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/cms/Kenan+Research+Center/185.html 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 Geneaylogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links. | *[http://aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Geneaylogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links. | ||