| Give to Libraries | Interested in exploring your community’s history and culture? Here are resources that can help you get started or dive deeper into your research.
Digital Library of Georgia
The Digital Library of Georgia provides access to dozens of genealogical collections in Georgia. These collections include:
- Historic photographic collections
- University yearbooks
- Song book collections
- Student newspapers and more.
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
Discover More of Georgia’s History
GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS
Featured Public Library Archives, Genealogy, Local History, and Special Collections
(In alphabetical order)
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- Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens Regional Library System
- View the Athens-Clarke County Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System
- View the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture collections in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Augusta-Richmond County Library, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- View the Augusta-Richmond County Library collections in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Library System
- View the Brunswick-Glynn County Library collection in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Bull Street Library, Live Oak Public Library
- View the Bull Street Library collection in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Charles D. Switzer Public Library, Cobb County Library System
- View the Charles D. Switzer Public Library collection in the Digital Library of Georgiahere.
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Ladson Genealogical Library, Ohoopee Regional Library System
- Mary Willis Library, Bartram Trail Library System
- Middle Georgia Archives, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- View the Middle Georgia Archives collections in the Digital Library of Georgia here.
- Washington Memorial Library Genealogical & Historical Room at Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens Regional Library System
Additional Resources for Genealogy & Local History Research
(In alphabetical order)
Many public libraries around the state are home to unique historic collections that highlight the history of local communities. Contact and visit them for more information.
A-D
- 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
E-M
N-R
- 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