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Georgia Research Outline |
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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
Voting Registers
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIBLE RECORDS The Georgia Department of Archives and History has many volumes of Bible records that have been collected by the Daughters of the American Revolution Another collection of original Bible records at the Georgia Department of Archives and History was microfilmed in 1959 and is at the Family History Library (FHL films 204483-88). Many additional Bible records for the counties of Washington, Lee, and Bulloch are also available at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and at the Family History Library.
An important published book of Bible transcripts is Jeannette Holland Austin, Georgia Bible Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985; FHL book 975.8 D2a).
A large collection of early twentieth-century biographical questionnaires was microfilmed at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The set is arranged alphabetically and is at the Family History Library (FHL films 288169-83). This collection primarily includes biographies of prominent Georgians. The collection is indexed in the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, 20 (1984): 141-169, 199-234 (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline).
Statewide, regional, and county histories often have biographical sections. The Family History Library also has biographical collections of politicians, lawyers, colonial clergymen, and other notable citizens. Two representative biographical encyclopedias Northen, William J. Men of Mark in Georgia. 7 vols. 1907-12. Reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., 1974. (FHL book 975.8 D3n; films 962882-85.)
Knight, Lucian Lamar. A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. 6 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1917. (FHL book 975.8 H2k; films 1425701-02.) Volumes 4-6 are biographical.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Georgia cemeteries. This is described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. Another important collection is Cemetery Records of Georgia, 16 vols. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1946-52; FHL book 975.8 V22c; films 873725-28; fiche 6046960).
Many tombstone inscriptions have been published in the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly and in other journals described in the “Periodicals” section. Burial lists for Union and Confederate soldiers have also been published.
To locate additional records, see Ted O. Brooke, Georgia Cemetery Directory and Bibliography of Georgia Cemetery Reference Sources (Marietta, Ga.: T.O. Brooke, 1985; FHL book 975.8823 V33br).
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(DAR). Those that were transcribed from 1938 to 1948 are at the Family History Library (FHL films 006975-84). Additional DAR Bible records for Georgia were filmed at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and are at the Family History Library (FHL films 848574-75). More Bible transcripts are found in the DAR collection mentioned in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. Some of these DAR records are indexed in E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Family Records of the Southern States. (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1979; FHL book Ref 973 D22kk vol. 1; fiche 6089183).
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