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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.<ref | They have very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.<ref>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> The genealogy room offers local histories, yearbooks, microfilm of local newspapers, and numerous other helpful resources.<ref name="Deca" /> | ||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
*[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. | *[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. | ||
*[[Georgia Archives]], Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.<ref | *[[Georgia Archives]], Morrow, is the best place to start family history research in Georgia.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.</ref> 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. | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]] book, map, microfilm and archival collection spans the southeastern USA and East Coast, with some New England, vertical files, surname files, and newspapers. Local history holdings include vertical files, surname files and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage/collections/subject-guides Subject Guides] in ''Athens Regional Library System'' (accessed 25 January 2016).</ref> | *[[Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room]] book, map, microfilm and archival collection spans the southeastern USA and East Coast, with some New England, vertical files, surname files, and newspapers. Local history holdings include vertical files, surname files and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens/departments/heritage/collections/subject-guides Subject Guides] in ''Athens Regional Library System'' (accessed 25 January 2016).</ref> | ||
*[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]], large collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.<ref | *[[Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library]], large collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.<ref>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> | ||
*[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]], Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /> | *[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]], Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" /> | ||
*[[Ladson Genealogical Library]], Vidalia, 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> | *[[Ladson Genealogical Library]], Vidalia, 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> | ||
*[[Washington Memorial Library]], Macon, one of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref | *[[Washington Memorial Library]], Macon, one of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.<ref>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> Emphasis on the 13 colonies, American Revolution, and Great Britain.<ref name="GA">[http://www.bibblib.org/genealogy-archives/ The Genealogical and Historical Room] in ''Middle Georgia Regional Library'' (accessed 17 January 2016).</ref> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||