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'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Home" />&nbsp; 404-373-1088<br>'''Fax:'''&nbsp; 404-373-8287<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Home" />&nbsp; 404-373-1088<br>'''Fax:'''&nbsp; 404-373-8287<br>  


*'''Office Hours:''' &nbsp;Monday-Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm <br>  
*'''Office Hours:''' &nbsp;Mon-Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm <br>  
*'''Archives Hours:&nbsp;'''Tuesday-Thursday 10:00am to 12:00pm, 1:00pm to 4:00pm ''(Appointments recommended)''  
*'''Archives Hours:&nbsp;'''Tue-Thu 10:00am - 12:00pm; Fri 1:00pm - 4:00pm ''(Appointments recommended)''  
*'''Museum Hours:&nbsp;''' Monday-Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm
*'''Museum Hours:&nbsp;''' Mon-Fri 10:00am - 4:00pm  
*'''[http://dekalbhistory.org/dekalb_history_center_archives.htm Holiday closures]'''<ref>[http://dekalbhistory.org/dekalb_history_center_archives.htm Archives {{amp}} Research] in ''DeKalb History Center'' (accessed 13 January 2016).</ref>
*'''[http://dekalbhistory.org/dekalb_history_center_archives.htm Holiday closures]'''<ref>[http://dekalbhistory.org/dekalb_history_center_archives.htm Archives {{amp}} Research] in ''DeKalb History Center'' (accessed 13 January 2016).</ref>



Revision as of 09:12, 13 January 2016

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DeKalb History Center
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  archives@dekalbhistory.org

Address:[1]

101 E. Court Square
Decatur, Georgia 30030

Telephone:[1]  404-373-1088
Fax:  404-373-8287

  • Office Hours:  Mon-Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Archives Hours: Tue-Thu 10:00am - 12:00pm; Fri 1:00pm - 4:00pm (Appointments recommended)
  • Museum Hours:  Mon-Fri 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Holiday closures[2]

Directions, maps, and public transportation:[3]  Directions and Parking

Internet sites and databases:

  • DeKalb History Center website - Provides information on the archives and current museum exhibits.
  • Collections - Partial listing of collections including subject files, biogrpahical files, special collections, oral histories, reference materials, photograph subject files, and periodicals.
  • On-line Research Databases - Includes cemetery, marriage, freedman, land lottery, census, military, court, and probate records.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Biographical files, maps, DeKalb County cemetery index, oral histories, many church records and histories, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, county records, Sanborn fire insurance maps, DeKalb County books such as memoirs, yearbooks, and Atlanta City and suburban city directories, family and business papers, Confederate widows, deeds, social clubs, and schools.[4]

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 DeKalb History Center, 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}

Similar Collections



Neighboring Collections


Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Home in DeKalb History Center (accessed 13 January 2016).
  2. Archives & Research in DeKalb History Center (accessed 13 January 2016).
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  4. Archives and Research in DeKalb History Center (accessed 12 January 2016).