Genealogy Resources

Gainesville/Hall County Materials

Special Collections

War Between the States

Georgia

Helpful Resources

  • International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Jay Kemp (GA REF 929 Kemp)

  • Genealogist's Address Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley (GA REF 929.1 Bentley)

  • United States Cemetery Address Book by Elizabeth G. Kot B>(GA REF 929.1 Knot)

  • Handybook for Genealogists, United States of America (GA REF 929.1072 073 Everton)

  • Long-Distance Genealogy: researching your family history from home by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer (GA REF 929.1072 073 Crawford)

  • A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Linda Jonas (GA REF 929 Jonas)

  • Student's Guide to Mexican American Genealogy by George R. Ryskamp (GA REF 929 Ryskamp)

  • Student's Guide to Native American Genealogy by E. Barrie Kavasch (GA REF 929 Kavasch)

Computer Programs

  • Military Records: War of 1812 Muster Rolls [1 CD]

  • Military Records: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls [1 CD]

  • Military Records: W.W. II & Korean Conflict Overseas Interments [1 CD]

  • United States 1691 - 1850 Marriage Index [1 CD]

  • Freeman's Bank Records [1 CD]

  • Ireland Census Index [1 CD]

Useful Genealogy Links

Afrigeneas -- African Ancestor Genealogy.

Bureau of Land Management -- Eastern States, General Land Office - official land patent records site.

Cemetery Records Online -- 300,000 burial records and tombstone inscriptions for 2,000 cemeteries worldwide.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Dekalb Historical Society

Everton's Genealogical Helper

Family Search -- from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has over 300 million names in two indexes, searchable by ancestor name.

Genealogical Research at the National Archives

Georgia Department of Archives and History

Georgia History and Research Site

Hispanic, Central & South America, and the West Indies

How to Obtain Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death Records

Investigative Resource Center 2002- Investigative Resources International

Library of Virginia

Melungeon Heritage Page

Missing Persons Magazine

National Association of Counties

OnceNews -- Old Georgia newspapers available to researchers

Netroline -- Public records

Northeast Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society

Public Record Finder -- Your source for free public records

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

Roots Web Genealogical Data Cooperative

Searchsystems -- Public record finder

Social Security Death Index

Soundex Convertor

USGen Web Project -- by state.

Vital Records -- information on where to obtain in the U.S.

Vital Records

Library Store -- check out the library store for historical book sales.