Georgia Fast Facts and Key Resources

• Statehood: 1788

• Colony founded: 1733

• First extant federal census: 1820

• Statewide birth and death records begin: 1919

• Statewide marriage records begin: 1952

• Counties: 159, established beginning in 1740

• Contact for vital records:

Georgia Division of Public Health Vital Records 2600 Skyland Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30319 (404) 679-4701

<health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords>

Web Sites

• 1895 Atlas of Georgia

<www.livgenmi.com/1895/GA>

• Digital Library of Georgia

<dlg.galileo.usg.edu>

• Georgia GenWeb Project <www.thegaproject.org>

• Georgia Newspaper Project

<www.libs.uga.edu/gnp>

• Georgia Pioneers <www.georgiapioneers.com>

• Georgia Place Names

<www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/placenamesindex.htm>

• New Georgia Encyclopedia

<www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp>

Resources

• 30,638 Burials in Georgia by Jeannette Holland Austin (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Early Georgia Settlers CD (Genealogy.com)

• The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books)

• A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia by Adiel Sherwood (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Georgia: A State History by Buddy Sullivan (Arcadia Publishing)

• The Georgia Frontier, 3 volumes, by Jeannette Holland Austin (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Georgia Vital Records: Marriages 1775-1900, Selected Counties CD (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Historic Georgia Families by Lewis Wiley Rigsby (Genealogical Publishing Co., out of print)

• Historical Collections of Georgia by George White (University of Michigan)

• A History of Georgia edited by Kenneth Coleman (University of Georgia Press)

• Index to Georgia Wills by Jeannette Holland Austin (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

Organizations and Archives

• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, Georgia Local and Family History Department

1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 730-1896, <afplweb.com/georgia_local_and_ family_history_department.html>

• Atlanta History Center

130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 814-4040, <atlantahistorycenter.com>

• Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library

204 Fifth St. SE, Moultrie, GA 31776, (229) 985-6540, <www.electricscotland.com/familytree>

• Georgia Archives

5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260, (678) 364-3700, <www.georgiaarchives.org>

Georgia Genealogical Society

Box 550247, Atlanta, GA 30355,<gagensociety.org>

• Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives

501 Whitaker St., Savannah, GA 31401, (912) 651-2128, <georgiahistory.com>

• Georgia State University Library Special Collections and Archives

100 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 651-2477, <library. gsu.edu/spcoll>

Middle Georgia Archives

Washington Memorial Library, 1180 Washington Ave., Macon, GA 31201, (478) 744-0800, <www.co.bibb.ga.us/library/mgarchives.htm>

• National Archives and Records Administration Southeast Region

5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968-2100, <archives.gov/southeast>

• University of Georgia Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Jackson Street, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-7123, <www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/speccoll.html>

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