Genealogy Resources
Explore your community’s history and culture.
Find resources to get started or dive deeper into your research.
Guides to help you get started
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5 Steps to Getting Started with Genealogy
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5 Steps to Getting Started with Local History
GALILEO
Through GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library, you have access to census collections, vital records, and other genealogy documents. Visit your local public library for login information.
Featured GALILEO resources:
- Ancestry Library Edition (in library only)
- HeritageQuest Online (with public library password)
- Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Learn more about how to explore your family’s history with Ancestry Library Edition.
GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS
Featured Public Library Archives, Genealogy, Local History, and Special Collections
Athens Regional Library System
- Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room
- Athens-Clarke County Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System
- Auburn Avenue Research Library
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Augusta-Richmond County Library
- Augusta-Richmond County Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Bartram Trail Library System
Cobb County Library System
- Charles D. Switzer Public Library Georgia Room
- Charles D. Switzer Public Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Live Oak Public Libraries
- Bull Street Library Genealogy Room
- Live Oak Public Libraries collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Marshes of Glynn Library System
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library Heritage Room
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Middle Georgia Archives
- Washington Memorial Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Washington Memorial Library Genealogical & Historical Room
Memory Lab
Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System in the Digital Library of Georgia
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Additional Resources for Genealogy & Local History Research
Many public libraries around the state are home to unique historic collections that highlight the history of local communities.
Contact and visit these libraries for more information.
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- Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System Central Library
- Catoosa County Library
- Chattooga County Library
- Chickamauga Public Library
- Clarkesville-Habersham County Library
- Columbus Public Library
- Commerce Public Library
- Dade County Public Library
- Dalton-Whitfield County Library
- Decatur County-Gilbert H. Gragg Library
- Dougherty County Public Library
- Douglas-Coffee County Public Library
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- Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
- Neva Lomason Memorial Library
- Newton County Library
- Nola Brantley Memorial Library
- Oconee County Library
- Perry Public Library
- Pickens County Library
- Rabun County Public Library
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rome-Floyd County Public Library
- R.T. Jones Memorial Library