Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library

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Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library Contact Information E-mail:  Ask a librarian live-help form Address: Special Collections Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System One Margaret Mithchell Square Atlanta, GA 30303 Telephone:  Reference 404-730-4636;  Genealogy (Special Collections) 404-730-1896 Fax:  404-730-1989 Hours and holidays:  Mon-Thu 10am-8pm;  Fri-Sat 10am-6pm;  Sun 2-6pm;  Holiday closings Directions and map: Directions by MARTA local bus and train Directions by car Google map: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library Internet sites and databases: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System locations, calendar, books and materials, services, and about us. Special Collections using genealogy resources, focus on the genealogy collection, arrangement, indexes and directories, reference service, pathfinders, and outside resources. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Catalog online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, ISBN, or series. Also available in WorldCat. Genealogy databases Collection Description They have large genealogical collection with good coverage of the southeast USA.  Special Collections on the 5th floor have county histories, family histories, will indexes, deeds, military rosters, passenger lists, Atlanta city directories, Georgia censuses 1820-1930, local histories, and newspapers. Alternate Repositories If you cannot find the record you seek through the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central 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. National Archives at Atlanta federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers lists, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, and workshops. 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. 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. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 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, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many Georgia Archives  microfilms are also available at branch FamilySearch Centers  in local church buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and described in their online FamilySearch Catalog. 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. Similar Collections Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, Moultrie, emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection.</ref> Gilbert H. Gragg Library, Bainbridge, has very good book, surname folder, genealogy, newspaper, and oral history collections.</ref> Ladson Genealogical Library, Vidalia, primarily a book collection, but their genealogical sources cover the entire Atlantic seaboard.</ref> Also has historic photos and school records of Toombs and Montgomery counties. Washington Memorial Library, Macon, one of the best collections in Georgia for genealogy, African Americans, and local history.  Emphasis on the 13 colonies, American Revolution, and Great Britain. Neighboring Collections Fulton County Health Department, Atlanta, births since 1896, deaths since 1887. Fulton County Clerk of the Probate Court, Atlanta, county marriages, and probate records. Fulton County Clerk of the Superior Court, Atlanta, land records, divorces, and court records since 1854. Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Atlanta, members, meetings, newsletter, surname queries, links. 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. Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia, Atlanta, family histories, immigration, East Europe, Georgia, North America. Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, papers of the administration. Atlanta Area Family History Centers, provides access to limited-access FamilySearch databases. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records. Repositories in surrounding counties:  Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, and Gwinnett. Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library, Newnan, has the best set of family folders in Georgia.</ref> DeKalb History Center, Decatur, subject files, biographical files, cemetery index, maps, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, memoirs, yearbooks, and Atlanta City and suburban directories. 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> 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. Georgia Salzburger Society, Rincon, histories, journals, genealogical records, and church histories. 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> Repositories in other surrounding states: Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Sources