Libraries in Georgia with Family History Resources

These articles were contributed to the GGSQ by Ann L. Sherman and Jane L. Splawn between 1999 and 2006.

The information about each library includes: Directions to and parking at the library, a brief history of the area, location of genealogical materials within the library, and materials contained therein (finding aids and internet access, books, periodicals, maps, city directories, telephone directories, manuscripts), copying services, microform and readers; and other area attractions.

The Georgia Public Library Service maintains a document pertaining to some of the main libraries in Georgia with genealogy collections.  Georgia’s Treasures: Exploring Your Genealogy, History and Culture at Public Libraries is available online in PDF format. Click here to access the latest information.

Library and Magazine Issue

Athens-Clarke County Heritage Room, Athens, 2000 (Vol. 37, #2)
Atlanta History Center Kenan Reserach Center, Atlanta, 1999 (Vol. 36, #2)
Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System., Atlanta, 1999 (Vol. 36, #3)
Augusta Genealogical Society, Adamson Library, 2004 Fall (Vol. 41, #3)
Chestatee Regional Library System, Dawsonville, 2001 Spring (Vol. 38, #1)
Clarksville, Habersham County Library System, 1998 Spring (Vol. 35, #1)
Georgia Room, Cobb County Public Library, 1998 Winter (Vol. 35, #4)
Coweta County Genealogical Society Library, 2003 Spring (Vol. 40, #1)
Dalton Public Library, 2003 Summer (Vol. 40, #2) refer to Northwest Georgia Regional Library
Dougherty County Public Library, 2002 Spring (Vol. 39, #1)
Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, Moultrie-Colquitt County, 2002 Winter (Vol. 39, #4)
Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties Library, 2003 Winter (Vol. 40, #4)
Georgia Archives, Morrow, 2012 Fall (Vol. , #)
Gilbert H. Gragg Library, Bainbridge, 2001 Fall (Vol. 38, #3)
Hall County Library Public Library, 1999 Spring (Vol. 36, #1)
Huxford Genealogical Society Library, Homerville, 2005 Fall (Vol. 42, #23)
Ladson Genealogical Library, Vidalia, 2004 Summer (Vol. 41, #2)
Lake Blackshear Regional Library, Americus, 2001 Summer (Vol. 38, #2)
Live Oak Public Libraries-Bull Street Branch, 2004 Winter (Vol. 41, #4)
Newton County Library, 2004 Spring (Vol. 41, #1)
Local History, Northwest Georgia Regional Library
Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo, 2001 Winter (Vol. 38, #4)
Sequoyah Regional & Pickens County, 1998 Summer (Vol. 35, #2)
Sequoyah Regional Library System Part 2, 1998 Fall (Vol. 35, #3)
Smyrna Public Library, 2000 Winter (Vol. 37, #4)
Statesboro Regional Library, 2005 Spring (Vol. 42, #1)
The Colonel Hiram Parks Bell Southern History & Genealogical Research Center, 2005 Summer (Vol. 42, #2)
Thomas County Public Library, 2002 Summer (Vol. 39, #2)
Thomasville Genealogical, History & Fine Arts Library, 2002 Fall (Vol. 39, #3)
Troup County Historical Society & Archives, 2014 Winter (Vol. 36, #4)
W.C. Bradley Library Columbus, 2000 (Vol. 27, #3) – (refer to Columbus Library)
Washington Memorial Library Macon, 2000 Spring (Vol. 37, #1)