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*[[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>  

*[[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.

*[[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.

*[[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>

*[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]], Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.<ref name="DB33" />

*[[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>

*[http://www.clinchcountyga.com/#!probate-judge/ckqo Clinch County Clerk of the Probate Court], [[Image:Fire.png|right|56px|Fire.png]]Homerville, births and deaths since 1919, marriages and probate records from 1867. Fires destroyed all records in 1856 and 1867.<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>  

*[http://www.clinchcountyga.com/#!clerk-of-superior-court/c1n9r Clinch County Clerk of the Superior Court], Homerville, divorce and court records since 1867, land records from 1868, voter lists from 1890, and newspapers since 1895. Fires destroyed all records in 1856 and 1867.<ref name="HBG" />

*[http://okrls.org/clinch/ Clinch County Public Library]

*[http://www.clinchcountyga.com/#!coroner/cerc Clinch County Coroner] suspicious deaths.

*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]].

*[[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>

*[[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 Genealogical Society], Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links.

*[[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>

*[[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" />

*[[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>

*[[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>

*[http://www.archatl.com/offices/archives/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta] baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.

*[[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" />

*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]].

*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]], Salt Lake City,&nbsp;450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records. Many '''''Georgia Archives&nbsp;''''' microfilms are also available at branch '''''[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers]]&nbsp;''''' in local LDS churches, and described in their online [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]].<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1.</ref>

*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases including Georgia and other Southern states.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref>