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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Clinch County, Georgia|Clinch]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[{{PAGENAME}}]]'' <br>  
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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


Their genealogical collection covers the southeast United States well.<ref name="DB33">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)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Founded with the research notes from Judge Folks Huxford that led to the publication of '''''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/pioneers-of-wiregrass-georgia-a-biographical-account-of-some-of-the-early-settlers-of-that-portion-of-wiregrass-georgia-embraced-in-the-original-counties-of-irwin-appling-wayne-camden-and-glynn/oclc/1268205{{amp}}referer=brief_results Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia]'''''. Also includes 26,000 books, 4,000 microfilms and microfiche, 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north Florida, family histories, immigration records, state books, lineage society information, self-help books, and genealogical periodicals. This is one of the largest privately owned genealogical libraries in the United States.<ref>[https://www.huxford.com/History.html Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History] in ''Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.'' (accessed 15 January 2016).</ref>
Their genealogical collection covers the southeast United States well.<ref name="DB33">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)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Founded with the research notes from Judge Folks Huxford that led to the publication of '''''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/pioneers-of-wiregrass-georgia-a-biographical-account-of-some-of-the-early-settlers-of-that-portion-of-wiregrass-georgia-embraced-in-the-original-counties-of-irwin-appling-wayne-camden-and-glynn/oclc/1268205{{amp}}referer=brief_results Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia]'''''. Also includes 26,000 books, 4,000 microfilms and microfiche, 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north Florida, family histories, immigration records, state books, lineage society information, self-help books, and genealogical periodicals. This is one of the largest privately owned genealogical libraries in the United States.<ref>[https://www.huxford.com/History.html Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History] in ''Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.'' (accessed 15 January 2016).</ref>  
 
=== Tips  ===
 
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=== Guides  ===
 
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=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===


{''&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 record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.  
 
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>  


*Alternate Repository ''{create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}''<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>  
*<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>
*''such as:'' NARA I
*[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.
*NARA II
*[[Georgia Archives]], Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.<ref name="DB33" /> 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.
*National Archives at _____
*State Archives
*State Library


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


*<br>  
*[[Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library]], have the best set of family folders in Georgia.<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 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.<ref name="DB33" />
*National Personnel Records Center
*[[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>
*LC
*FHL


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


*<br>  
*[http://www.ccboc.com/government/courts/probate_court.php Colquitt County Clerk of the Probate Court], [[Image:Fire.png|right|28px|Fire.png]]Moultrie, county births, marriages, deaths, and probate records. A fire destroyed some records in 1881.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists'' (Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers Inc, 1999), 84. {{WorldCat|670125599}}; {{FHL|2364314|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref>  
*County Vital Records Office
*[http://www.coweta.ga.us/index.aspx?page=199 Colquitt County Clerk of the Superior Court], Moultrie, divorce, court, and land records.<ref name="HBG" />
*City Vital Records Office
*Colquitt County Historical Society
*County Archives
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:'''''&nbsp; [[Berrien County, Georgia Genealogy|Berrien]], [[Brooks County, Georgia Genealogy|Brooks]], [[Cook County, Georgia Genealogy|Cook]], [[Mitchell County, Georgia Genealogy|Mitchell]], [[Thomas County, Georgia Genealogy|Thomas]], [[Tift County, Georgia Genealogy|Tift]], and [[Worth County, Georgia Genealogy|Worth]].
*County Orphan's Court
*[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]], large collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.<ref name="DB33">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)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL 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 Probate Court
*[[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 Recorder
*[http://aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links.
*County Coroner
*[[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>
*U.S. District Court
*[[Georgia Historical Society]], Savannah, 4 million manuscripts, photos, papers, military, diaries, plantation records. They have almost as many genealogical sources as the Georgia Archives.<ref name="DB33" />
*County and local historical 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>
*County and local genealogical societies
*[[Georgia Salzburger Society]], Rincon, histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories.<ref>[http://visitebenezer.com/sites/living-history-museum/ Living History Museum] in ''Visit Ebenezer'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref>
*Public Libraries
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsg/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia], Atlanta, family histories, immigration, East Europe, Georgia, North America.
*Museums and heritage societies
*[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]  
*[[University of Georgia Main Library]], Athens, largest collection for early Georgia settlers. Also, they hold county histories, county records, family records, biographies and newspapers.<ref name="DB33" />
*State Vital Records Office
*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 Historical Society  
*State Genealogical Society  
*University Libraries
*Church archives
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [SC], [TN], and [VA]


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net

Address:[1]

Street address: 20 S. College St.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 595
Homerville, GA 31634

Telephone:[1]  912-487-2310

Hours and holidays:[1]  Thursday through Friday 9-12, and 1-5;  holiday closures: New Years, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Google map: Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Their genealogical collection covers the southeast United States well.[2] Founded with the research notes from Judge Folks Huxford that led to the publication of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia. Also includes 26,000 books, 4,000 microfilms and microfiche, 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north Florida, family histories, immigration records, state books, lineage society information, self-help books, and genealogical periodicals. This is one of the largest privately owned genealogical libraries in the United States.[3]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[4]
  • National Archives at Atlanta federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers lists, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, and workshops.[5]
  • Federal Records Center, Ellenwood, GA., receives federal agency and court records of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
  • Georgia Archives, Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.[2] 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 & bounty land grants, land lottery, and Georgia county records.

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Home in Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. (accessed 15 January 2015).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 33. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB33" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB33" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History in Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. (accessed 15 January 2016).
  4. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
  5. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.
  6. ↑ CCGS Inventory an MS Excel database with link on Records - Digital and Print in Coweta County Genealogical Society (accessed 12 January 2016).
  7. ↑ Library Resources in The Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library (accessed 8 January 2016).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handybook for Genealogists (Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers Inc, 1999), 84. WorldCat 670125599; FHL Book 973 D27e 1999.
  9. ↑ Special Collections in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (accessed 8 January 2016).
  10. ↑ Collections in DeKalb History Center (accessed 11 September 2015).
  11. ↑ Contact Us in Georgia Genealogical Society (accessed 8 January 2016).
  12. ↑ Living History Museum in Visit Ebenezer (accessed 11 September 2015).
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