“The Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries that collaborates with Georgia’s Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key information resources on Georgia history, culture, and life.”

The Digital Library of Georgia has many free databases helpful to genealogy and family history research. Databases include, but are not limited to:

There are individual County links at the end of this listing.

GENEALOGY RECORDS/FAMILY DATABASES

Marriage Records from Microfilm “The collection contains marriage records dated from 1806 to 1920 from the following counties: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Franklin, Glynn, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jefferson, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Warren, and Wilkes.”
Morgan County Marriage Records “Searchable database of Morgan County, Georgia marriage records dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century; the database is searchable by the groom’s name, bride’s name, year, or exact date of marriage.”
McClatchey family papers, 1838-2005 “Correspondence and photographs documenting the genealogical history of the McClatchey family from 1838-2005, focusing primarily on Marvin McClatchey Jr. (1916-2002), son of Marvin McClatchey (1886-1939) and Juliet Neel McClatchey (1885-1960), and Sally Bruce Blackford McClatchey (1922-2015)”
Screven County Genealogy Search Engine URL was http://www.sjrls.org/gene/default.cfm “Database providing genealogical information about people who resided in or were in some way related to the Screven County, Georgia area; the database is searchable by first and last name.”
Strother Family Genealogical Papers “Correspondence related to the genealogy of the Strother Family of Atlanta, Georgia.”
Carlisle Family Photographs, circa 1870-1960 “Photographs taken between 1870 and 1960 of four generations of the Carlisle family of Atlanta, Georgia and images depicting sporting events, summer camps, and a military parade.”
Funeral Homes – Rees Funeral Home Funeral Records Collection

LAND, ESTATES, & WILLS

Colonial Will Books, 1754-1779 “351 wills probated in the Royal Colony of Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives”
Colonial Wills, 1733-1778 “Wills and accompanying documents, including attestations, letters of administration, warrants of appraisement, and estate inventories, from the Colony of Georgia”
County Tax Digests “Eighteenth-century Georgia tax digests from the Georgia Archives”
Chatham County Deed Books, 1785-1806, “Deeds for Chatham County from March 1785 to July 1806 from the collections of the Georgia Archives”
Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909 “Headright and lottery plats for Burke and Screven County from 1783 to 1909”
Historic Documents of Georgia “Significant state documents from Georgia’s history dating from 1732 to 1983”
District Plats of Survey “Original surveys of land districts in counties made prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833, plus resurveys or renewed surveys of districts.”
District Survey Field Notebooks, “Field notes of Georgia’s surveyors created prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833.”
Early Walker County Papers “Deeds for land in Cherokee County from 1833 to 1843”
Gordon County, GA Obituaries “Newspaper clippings of obituaries and other articles about Gordon County residents from 1800 to 2007”

CITY DIRECTORIES

Athens, Georgia City Directories “Collection of nineteenth and twentieth century city directories for Athens, Georgia.”

BOOKS and MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS

Georgia Historic Books “Significant 19th and early 20th century books on the culture, history, biography, and literature of Georgia”
Georgia-related Publications from the Hathi Trust Digital Library “Public domain books from leading U.S. research libraries about Georgia from the HathiTrust.”
Georgia-related Publications from the Internet Archive “Public domain materials about Georgia from the Internet Archive.”
Library of Southern Literature “A wide range of literary works of the American South published before 1924”
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Family Papers, “Antebellum letters to Callie Lumpkin King, wife of Alabama lawyer and plantation owner Porter King and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin that touch on family life, local and national politics, marriage, and the social life in Athens, Georgia”
Isaac Scott Diary “Diary kept by Isaac Scott of Macon, Georgia. The diary comments on Macon’s economic trends, social life, the weather, and the Scott family. The diary also provides some detail on Scott’s involvement in local banking and railroads. The entries are numerous for the 1859-1861 period, but are less so for 1862-1864.”
Macon-Knoxville Store Ledger, 1825-1831 “Account book of a small general store based in Macon and Knoxville, Georgia covering the period from 1825 to 1831.”
Rationing in World War II
Ravaud Kearney Rodgers Papers, 1671-1879

PHOTOGRAPHS

Black History Society Photograph Collection, 1940S-1950S
Boyd Lewis Photographs, “depicting the rise of the African American political class, journalists, social activists, clergy, students, and Atlanta neighborhoods.”
Carl Dixon Photographs, 1952 “Black-and-white photographs from 1952 of College Park, Georgia, including images of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Station, churches, businesses, private residences, municipal and civic buildings, and schools including the Georgia Military Academy.”
Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs, circa 1893-1923 “Sepia photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta from 1893 to 1923.”
Charles E. Troutt Photographs, “taken between 1950 and 1970 of the buildings and neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia”
Dale Elliott Roberts Photographs, 1954 “Black-and-white photographs from 1954 of churches, schools, and businesses in towns near Atlanta, Georgia, including Alpharetta, Ben Hill, and Sandy Springs.”
Digital Archives of Reese Library, Georgia Regents University “Black-and-white photographs of Augusta, Georgia from 1888 to the 1950s from the Special Collections of the Reese Library, Georgia Regents University”
Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta, Georgia taken and collected by photojournalist Kenneth Rogers.”
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976 “over 9,825 photographs taken by the Lane Brothers Commercial Photogrphers that depict life in Atlanta from the 1920s to 1957”
Benjamin M. Long Collection “Historic photographs of Carrollton, Georgia, and Mexico City, Mexico from 1907 to the 1970s”
Rare Books Online “Scanned books … covering Georgia history, literature, education, figures, and Native American and African American life in the state”
Parker Lowell Photograph Collection, 1949
Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta, Georgia taken and collected by photojournalist Kenneth Rogers.”
Patricia Kennedy Photographs, circa 1940 American South photos
Vanishing Georgia “Historically significant photographs of people, places, and structures from Georgia’s past from the Vanishing Georgia Collection”
Rees stereograph collection
Vincent A. Irick Photographs, “Black-and-white photographs and cyanotypes of African Americans in Faceville, Georgia at the turn of the 20th century.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, “Over 4000 images dating from the 1950s to the 1980s from the photography staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.”
Carl Dixon Photographs, 1952, “Black-and-white photographs from 1952 of College Park, Georgia, including images of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Station, churches, businesses, private residences, municipal and civic buildings, and schools including the Georgia Military Academy.”
Ernest G. Welch Photographs, “Photographs of Atlanta photographer Ernest Welch.”
Frances Outlar Photograph Collection, circa 1950, 1952-1953, “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta religious institutions taken between 1950 and 1954.”
Atlanta History Photograph Collection, “Street scenes and photographs of neighborhoods capture the physical development of the city between the 1870s and the 1980s and include images of Atlanta landmarks in downtown Atlanta and surrounding counties.”
Ross Ingram Photographs, circa 1885-1969, undated, bulk 1964-1969
Samuel Hugh Hawkins diary, January-July 1877 “Diary of Samuel Hugh Hawkins, Sumter County entrepreneur during the close of Reconstruction”
The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865 “Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life.”
Telamon Cuyler Historical Manuscripts, 1609-1942
Thomas Maguire Papers, 1829-1949, “Manuscripts documenting plantation life in Georgia from 1829-1949.”
Thurston Hatcher Photographs, 1916, 1948-1952
Troup County Superior Court Records
University of Georgia Press Georgia History Ebook Project
Virtual Georgia “The Virtual Georgia collection is intended to document the lives of Georgians from all walks of life: their religious and social celebrations, homes, art, architecture, dress, and customs.”
Georgia Historical Society Image Catalog “Select digitized images of photographs, prints, artifacts, portraits, and manuscripts from the collections of the Georgia Historical Society”
Tracy O’Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975 “Over 1000 photographs documenting the history and social life of Atlanta, Georgia from 1923 to 1964, including weddings, sports events, portraits, local buildings, companies, the Atlanta labor community, and the Shriners Yaarab Temple”
Van Buren Colley photographs, 1873-1970, undated, (bulk 1953-1970) “Black-and-white photographs from 1873 to 1970 of Fulton County (including Atlanta and more rural areas such as Alpharetta and Adamsville) that feature Catholic life in Atlanta and street scenes.”
Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872-1898 “Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more”
W.W. Law Photograph Collection “Photographs taken by Savannah civil rights leader, W.W. Law.”

HISTORY AND MAPS

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922
Savannah Cadastral Survey, Ward Survey Maps
J. Kyle Spencer Map Collection “Early maps of Georgia and the United States.”
Historic Maps “Maps dating from the 1740s collected by Georgia’s Office of Surveyor General.”
Keith M. Read Collection, 1732-1905 “Historical manuscripts collected by Keith M. Read documenting the history of Georgia from 1732-1905”
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 “Over 2,000 documents and images on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders”
Telamon Cuyler Historical Manuscripts, 1609-1942 “Historical manuscripts relating to Georgia history covering the period 1754-1905”
19th Century Song Book Collection “American songbooks published in the nineteenth century”
Hancock County Archives “Records of early Hancock County, Georgia”
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection “Includes early maps of colonial and revolutionary America and maps of Georgia from revolutionary times through the nineteenth century. Also included are Georgia city maps, maps of Georgia’s coastal areas and transportation maps including rail, river, and highway maps.”
Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909 “Headright and lottery plats for Burke and Screven County from 1783 to 1909”
Historic Documents of Georgia “Significant state documents from Georgia’s history dating from 1732 to 1983”
Historic Georgia Codes Collection “Georgia codes from 1800 to 1933”
Thomas Maguire Papers, 1829-1949 “Manuscripts documenting plantation life in Georgia from 1829-1949.”
Emory Yearbooks
Athens, Georgia City Records, 1860-1970 “Records of the city of Athens, Georgia”
Cyclops: Yearbooks of North Georgia College & State University “Yearbooks from the University of North Georgia (formerly North Georgia College and State University) from 1906 onward.”
Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s: City Planning Maps

NATIVE AMERICAN

Cherokee Indians Relocation Papers “Documents related to the Cherokee relocation.”
Cherokee Regional Library System Collection, “Collection of photographs, personal papers of Nellie Clinton, 1832 Cherokee land grants, and a marriage record book.”
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 “Over 2,000 documents and images on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders”
Cecil Haralson Collection “The Cecil Haralson Collection includes Cherokee land lottery certificates, indentures for land lots in Cobb County, Confederate States of America currency, and insurance policies.”
Enumeration and Enrollment Censuses, compiled 1893-1913 “Census books enumerating Cherokee Indians residing in communities and counties within the Cherokee Indian Reservation from 1893 to 1913”

AFRICAN AMERICAN

Francis T. Tennille Slave Medical Care Accounts, 1859-1860 “A single journal page of expenses incurred by medical treatment of Francis T. Tennille’s slaves in Calhoun County in southwest Georgia just prior to the Civil War”
North American Slave Narratives “Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.”
Port of Savannah Slave Manifests “Manifests of slaves shipped from Savannah to various ports from 1852 to 1860.”
Slavery Papers and Speeches “The collection contains primarily nineteenth century speeches and papers pertaining to slavery in the United States.”
Thomas Maguire Papers, 1829-1949 “Manuscripts documenting plantation life in Georgia from 1829-1949.”
Local History (Lowndes County, Georgia) “Materials documenting local history in south Georgia that include militia rosters and statistics on slaves and slave owners.”
Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872-1898 “Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more.”

NEWSPAPERS

Gordon County, GA Obituaries “Newspaper clippings of obituaries and other articles about Gordon County residents from 1800 to 2007”
Bulloch County Newspapers, 1890s-1960s
Georgia Historic Newspapers “Searchable issues of three important historic Georgia newspapers, the Cherokee Phoenix, the Dublin Post, and the Colored Tribune”
Southern Israelite: Georgia Historic Newspapers “Searchable issues of the Southern Israelite from 1929 to 1958 and from 1984 to 1986.”
Columbus Enquirer: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1828-1890
Digital Archives of the Dawson County Library, “Issues of Dawson County, Georgia newspapers dating from 1879 to 2012.”
Digital Archives of the Lee County Public Library “Digitized version of the History of Lee County Georgia and Lee County, Georgia newspaper issues dating from 1901 to 2012.”
Digital Archives of the Worth County Library, “Issues of Worth County, Georgia newspapers dating from 1885 to 2013.”
Newspaper Archives (Uncle Remus Regional Library) “Searchable database of Morgan County, Georgia newspapers.”
Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive, 1809-1880
Athens Historic Newspapers Archive : Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1827-1922
Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1857-1922
Columbus Enquirer: Georgia Historic Newspapers, “Searchable issues of the Columbus Enquirer from 1828 to 1890.”
Macon Telegraph: Georgia Historic Newspapers, Searchable issues of Macon Telegraph from 1826 to 1908.
South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1845-1922
Mercer Cluster: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1920-1970
Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1808-1920
North Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1850-1922
West Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1843-1942

RELIGION

African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library System, 1933-2008
Charles Colcock Jones papers, 1831-1856, “The collection includes manuscript sermons, 1831-1856, preached at First Presbyterian Church (Savannah, Ga.) and other locations in Georgia. The collection also includes an undated “charge” to newly ordained bishops; a booklet of handwritten notes taken by an unidentified individual and titled “lectures on the Religious Instruction of the Blacks by Prof. C. C. Jones, Columbia, S.C., May 22, 1838″; and three published booklets.”
Geechee Country Churches Photographs “Photographs of Geechee country churches dating from the colonial and post-Revolutionary periods of Georgia history taken by Samuel “Fred” Hood during the 1970s;”
Historical Broadsides “Over 2,100 broadsides from the 1740s through the 1980s”
Historical Sketches of the Greater Atlanta Young Women’s Christian Association, “Historical sketches, essays, and photographs relating to the Greater Atlanta YWCA, 1902-1975”
John Newton papers, 1783-1797, “The collection consists primarily of sermon notes and sermons (1783-1797). It also includes a few sets of notes labeled “lecture” and lists of catechetical questions based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism.”
“Ravaud Kearney Rodgers Papers, 1671-1879“Papers of Rev. Ravaud K. Rodgers dating 1671-1879”
Geechee Country Churches Photographs “Photographs of Geechee country churches dating from the colonial and post-Revolutionary periods of Georgia history taken by Samuel “Fred” Hood during the 1970s; many of these are the earliest examples of Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches in the state of Georgia.”

POSTCARDS

Okefenokee Postcard Collection, postcards from Waycross, Georgia
Historic Postcard Collection, “Postcards depicting historic buildings and landmarks throughout Georgia”
Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the East Central Georgia Regional Library System, turn of the 20th century postcards
V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection “(circa 1870s-circa 2000) includes digital copies of 2,097 postcards and photographs depicting Savannah scenes and Savannah-related images”

ORAL HISTORIES

Oral histories of the American South (Georgia selections)
Oral History Collections on the Construction of the Georgia Dome in Vine City Papers
Oral memoirs of Augusta’s citizens : Augusta Richmond County Public Library
First-person Narratives of the American South, “Documents the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. Focuses on the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.”
General Oral History Collection “Oral histories about the history of Columbus, Georgia.”
Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s: Oral Histories
Westside Documentation Project, “Oral histories of three predominantly African American Savannah neighborhoods, Hudson Hill, West Savannah, and Woodville.”
Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection

Collections by County:

The Digital Library of Georgia has many free databases helpful to genealogy and family history research. Databases include, but are not limited to:

There are individual County links at the end of this listing.

GENEALOGY RECORDS/FAMILY DATABASES

Marriage Records from Microfilm “The collection contains marriage records dated from 1806 to 1920 from the following counties: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Franklin, Glynn, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jefferson, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Warren, and Wilkes.”

Morgan County Marriage Records “Searchable database of Morgan County, Georgia marriage records dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century; the database is searchable by the groom’s name, bride’s name, year, or exact date of marriage.”

Screven County Genealogy Search Engine URL was http://www.sjrls.org/gene/default.cfm “Database providing genealogical information about people who resided in or were in some way related to the Screven County, Georgia area; the database is searchable by first and last name.”

Strother Family Genealogical Papers “Correspondence related to the genealogy of the Strother Family of Atlanta, Georgia.”

Carlisle Family Photographs, circa 1870-1960 “Photographs taken between 1870 and 1960 of four generations of the Carlisle family of Atlanta, Georgia and images depicting sporting events, summer camps, and a military parade.”

Funeral Homes – Rees Funeral Home Funeral Records Collection

Colonial Will Books, 1754-1779 “351 wills probated in the Royal Colony of Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives”

Colonial Wills, 1733-1778 “Wills and accompanying documents, including attestations, letters of administration, warrants of appraisement, and estate inventories, from the Colony of Georgia”

County Tax Digests “Eighteenth-century Georgia tax digests from the Georgia Archives”

Chatham County Deed Books, 1785-1806, “Deeds for Chatham County from March 1785 to July 1806 from the collections of the Georgia Archives”

Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909 “Headright and lottery plats for Burke and Screven County from 1783 to 1909”

Historic Documents of Georgia “Significant state documents from Georgia’s history dating from 1732 to 1983”

District Plats of Survey “Original surveys of land districts in counties made prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833, plus resurveys or renewed surveys of districts.”

District Survey Field Notebooks, “Field notes of Georgia’s surveyors created prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833.”

Early Walker County Papers “Deeds for land in Cherokee County from 1833 to 1843”

Gordon County, GA Obituaries “Newspaper clippings of obituaries and other articles about Gordon County residents from 1800 to 2007”

CITY DIRECTORIES

Athens, Georgia City Directories “Collection of nineteenth and twentieth century city directories for Athens, Georgia.”

BOOKS and MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS

Georgia Historic Books “Significant 19th and early 20th century books on the culture, history, biography, and literature of Georgia”

Georgia-related Publications from the Hathi Trust Digital Library “Public domain books from leading U.S. research libraries about Georgia from the HathiTrust.”

Georgia-related Publications from the Internet Archive “Public domain materials about Georgia from the Internet Archive.”

Library of Southern Literature “A wide range of literary works of the American South published before 1924”

Joseph Henry Lumpkin Family Papers, “Antebellum letters to Callie Lumpkin King, wife of Alabama lawyer and plantation owner Porter King and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin that touch on family life, local and national politics, marriage, and the social life in Athens, Georgia”

Macon-Knoxville Store Ledger, 1825-1831 “Account book of a small general store based in Macon and Knoxville, Georgia covering the period from 1825 to 1831.”

PHOTOGRAPHS

Black History Society Photograph Collection, 1940S-1950S

Boyd Lewis Photographs, “depicting the rise of the African American political class, journalists, social activists, clergy, students, and Atlanta neighborhoods.”

Carl Dixon Photographs, 1952 “Black-and-white photographs from 1952 of College Park, Georgia, including images of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Station, churches, businesses, private residences, municipal and civic buildings, and schools including the Georgia Military Academy.”

Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs, circa 1893-1923 “Sepia photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta from 1893 to 1923.”

Charles E. Troutt Photographs, “taken between 1950 and 1970 of the buildings and neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia”

Dale Elliott Roberts Photographs, 1954 “Black-and-white photographs from 1954 of churches, schools, and businesses in towns near Atlanta, Georgia, including Alpharetta, Ben Hill, and Sandy Springs.”

Digital Archives of Reese Library, Georgia Regents University “Black-and-white photographs of Augusta, Georgia from 1888 to the 1950s from the Special Collections of the Reese Library, Georgia Regents University”

Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta, Georgia taken and collected by photojournalist Kenneth Rogers.”

Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976 “over 9,825 photographs taken by the Lane Brothers Commercial Photogrphers that depict life in Atlanta from the 1920s to 1957”

Benjamin M. Long Collection “Historic photographs of Carrollton, Georgia, and Mexico City, Mexico from 1907 to the 1970s”

Rare Books Online “Scanned books … covering Georgia history, literature, education, figures, and Native American and African American life in the state”

Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta, Georgia taken and collected by photojournalist Kenneth Rogers.”

Patricia Kennedy Photographs, circa 1940 American South photos

Vanishing Georgia “Historically significant photographs of people, places, and structures from Georgia’s past from the Vanishing Georgia Collection”

Vincent A. Irick Photographs, “Black-and-white photographs and cyanotypes of African Americans in Faceville, Georgia at the turn of the 20th century.”

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, “Over 4000 images dating from the 1950s to the 1980s from the photography staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.”

Carl Dixon Photographs, 1952, “Black-and-white photographs from 1952 of College Park, Georgia, including images of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Station, churches, businesses, private residences, municipal and civic buildings, and schools including the Georgia Military Academy.”

Ernest G. Welch Photographs, “Photographs of Atlanta photographer Ernest Welch.”

Frances Outlar Photograph Collection, circa 1950, 1952-1953, “Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta religious institutions taken between 1950 and 1954.”

Atlanta History Photograph Collection, “Street scenes and photographs of neighborhoods capture the physical development of the city between the 1870s and the 1980s and include images of Atlanta landmarks in downtown Atlanta and surrounding counties.”

Samuel Hugh Hawkins diary, January-July 1877 “Diary of Samuel Hugh Hawkins, Sumter County entrepreneur during the close of Reconstruction”

The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865 “Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life.”

Thomas Maguire Papers, 1829-1949, “Manuscripts documenting plantation life in Georgia from 1829-1949.”

Virtual Georgia “The Virtual Georgia collection is intended to document the lives of Georgians from all walks of life: their religious and social celebrations, homes, art, architecture, dress, and customs.”

Georgia Historical Society Image Catalog “Select digitized images of photographs, prints, artifacts, portraits, and manuscripts from the collections of the Georgia Historical Society”

Tracy O’Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975 “Over 1000 photographs documenting the history and social life of Atlanta, Georgia from 1923 to 1964, including weddings, sports events, portraits, local buildings, companies, the Atlanta labor community, and the Shriners Yaarab Temple”

Van Buren Colley photographs, 1873-1970, undated, (bulk 1953-1970) “Black-and-white photographs from 1873 to 1970 of Fulton County (including Atlanta and more rural areas such as Alpharetta and Adamsville) that feature Catholic life in Atlanta and street scenes.”

Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872-1898 “Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more”

W.W. Law Photograph Collection “Photographs taken by Savannah civil rights leader, W.W. Law.”

J. Kyle Spencer Map Collection “Early maps of Georgia and the United States.”

Historic Maps “Maps dating from the 1740s collected by Georgia’s Office of Surveyor General.”

Keith M. Read Collection, 1732-1905 “Historical manuscripts collected by Keith M. Read documenting the history of Georgia from 1732-1905”

Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 “Over 2,000 documents and images on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders”

Telamon Cuyler Historical Manuscripts, 1609-1942 “Historical manuscripts relating to Georgia history covering the period 1754-1905”

19th Century Song Book Collection “American songbooks published in the nineteenth century”

Hancock County Archives “Records of early Hancock County, Georgia”

Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909 “Headright and lottery plats for Burke and Screven County from 1783 to 1909”

Historic Documents of Georgia “Significant state documents from Georgia’s history dating from 1732 to 1983”

Historic Georgia Codes Collection “Georgia codes from 1800 to 1933”

Thomas Maguire Papers, 1829-1949 “Manuscripts documenting plantation life in Georgia from 1829-1949.”

Athens, Georgia City Records, 1860-1970 “Records of the city of Athens, Georgia”

Cyclops: Yearbooks of North Georgia College & State University “Yearbooks from the University of North Georgia (formerly North Georgia College and State University) from 1906 onward.”

NATIVE AMERICAN

Cherokee Indians Relocation Papers “Documents related to the Cherokee relocation.”

Cherokee Regional Library System Collection, “Collection of photographs, personal papers of Nellie Clinton, 1832 Cherokee land grants, and a marriage record book.”

Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 “Over 2,000 documents and images on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders”

Cecil Haralson Collection “The Cecil Haralson Collection includes Cherokee land lottery certificates, indentures for land lots in Cobb County, Confederate States of America currency, and insurance policies.”

Enumeration and Enrollment Censuses, compiled 1893-1913 “Census books enumerating Cherokee Indians residing in communities and counties within the Cherokee Indian Reservation from 1893 to 1913”

AFRICAN AMERICAN

Francis T. Tennille Slave Medical Care Accounts, 1859-1860 “A single journal page of expenses incurred by medical treatment of Francis T. Tennille’s slaves in Calhoun County in southwest Georgia just prior to the Civil War”

North American Slave Narratives “Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.”