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Heritage Room Resources & Collections
This is NOT a comprehensive or complete list, but it is a list designed to give you an idea of the type of materials available for research in the Heritage Room. Unless otherwise noted, the materials listed below are books or other print materials. Please check the PINES catalog for the complete bibliographic record and to get call numbers, for these and other materials available.
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ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY
- 1974 property tax ownership lists with plats
- 1998 property tax ownership lists with plats
- Athens city directories 1889 - present (there are some gaps)
- Athens Shelf, a special collection featuring works by Athens residents
- Athens telephone directories, 1949 - present
- City of Athens budgets 1989-90 and 1990-1991
- Clarke and Oconee County Confederate pension applications [microfilm]
- Clarke County budgets 1988-89 and 1989-90
- Clipping files for Athens and Clarke County, Georgia
- Deed and mortgage records, 1801-1960 [microfilm]
- Estate records, 1802-1955 (Wills) [microfilm]
- Information on Athens and Clarke County cemeteries
- Marriages, 1805-1956 [microfilm]
- Misc. court records, various yrs. [microfilm]
- Newspapers, 1808-present [microfilm]
- Official service records, 1917-1919, Georgia Veterans Service, Athens Branch[microfilm] 2 rolls - brief summaries of the service of men from Clarke County
- Sanborn fire insurance maps (Ga. only)
Abbeville, Acworth, Adel, Albany, Alma, Americus, Arlington, Ashburn,
and Athens [microfilm] (1 roll)
For Athens have 1885, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1913, 1918, 1926and probably 1950 - Subject index to Athens Magazine Spring 1989 - June 1998
- Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County budgets and selected other Unified Government publications - 1990 to present
- University of Georgia Student Faculty directories - 1951 - 1996-97
GEORGIA
- Atlanta Constitution Newspaper (1981- 1992) [microfilm]
- Indexes for Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution and combined issues 1983 - July 1992
- Census Enumeration District Descriptions 1900 [microfilm] T1210 (roll 2)
- City Directories of various Georgia cities [microform}
The earliest directories are from the mid 19th century and are mainly for the larger cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, and Savannah. We also have later ones for a few other Georgia cities. Through the mid 20th century. - Clipping files for Georgia
- Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War [microfilm] M 881 (roll 396)
- Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia Who Served From 1784-1811 [microfilm] M 905 (rolls 7-9)
- County and State histories
- Description of Census Enumeration Districts, 1830 - 1890 and 1910 - 1950 [Georgia] [microfilm] T1224 (rolls 29 & 43)
- Enumeration District Maps …15th census…GA, 1930 [microfilm] M1930 (rolls 7 & 8)
- Federal population census schedules, 1820-1930 [microfilm]
- Federal population census schedules, print indexes for Georgia, 1820-1870
- Georgia Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 [compact disk] - Abbe
- Georgia Folklore Collection, 109 audio cassettes
- Historic American Buildings Survey, Ga. Edition, parts 1 & 2 [microfiche]
- Historic maps
- Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers who Served with the American Army in Georgia Military Organizations [microfilm]M 1051
- Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances [microfilm] M 907
- Index to death records, 1919- 1998 [microfiche] 1972 not available
- Index to divorce registers, 1965- 1998 [microfiche]
- Index to marriage registers, 1964- 1998 [microfiche]
- Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Georgia, 1865-1866 [microfilm] M762 (8 rolls)
- Madison County cemetery book view index compiled by Christine Crumley Brown
- Nonpopulation census schedules for Georgia 1850 - 1880 [microfilm] T1137 (27 rolls)
- Soundex (for federal population census schedules) 1900 and 1930
- Works by Georgia writers
- World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards for Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe Counties
CIVIL WAR
- Alphabetical Card File. Ga. Confederate Pensions & Records Dept. [microfilm] (73 rolls)
- Atlas of the Civil War Month by Month: Major Battles and Troop Movements
- Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. 5 vols. - Hartman
- Campaigns of the Civil War, 16 vols. - Broadfoot Pub., reprint of Scribner's 1881 ed.
- Case files of applications from former Confederates for Presidential pardons ("Amnesty Papers") 1865-1867 [microfilm] M 1003, (roll 1) This roll contains the Name Index to Pardon Application Files.
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies - Sifakis
- Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 2 vols. - Frederick H. Dyer
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served
in Organizations From the State of Georgia. M266 [microfilm]
(M266 has 607 rolls but we have only the following rolls which are
mainly for Athens and Clarke County units.) 20, 46-47, 101, 108, 112,
166-172, 244-245, 354, 465-470, 577-578, 580-590, 602-607
The compiled service records reproduced in this microfilm publication are indexed on M226, which we do not have.
Roll Descriptions- Reel 20: 3d Cavalry (State Guards)
- Reel 46: 11th Cavalry A-H
- Reel 47: I-Y
- Reel 101: Capt. Carlton's Co. (Troup County Artillery)
- Reel 108: Capt. King's Battery, Light Artillery
Capt. Lumpkin's Co., Artillery - Reel 112: Capt. Moore's Battery, Artillery
Capt. Pritchard's Co., Light Artillery (Washington Artillery)
Pruden's Battery, Artillery (State Troops)
Capt. Ritter's Co., Light Artillery A--G - Reel 166: 2d State Line, Including Stapleton's and Storey's 3d Infantry A--Bo
- Reel 167: Br--D
- Reel 168: E--He
- Reel 169: Hi--L
- Reel 170: M--Pe
- Reel 171: Ph--Ta
- Reel 172: Te--Z
- Reel 244: 9th Infantry (State Guards) A--Mc
- Reel 245: Me--Z 9th Battalion, Infantry A--C
- Reel 354: 23rd Infantry Te-Y
- Reel 577: Arsenal Battalion, Infantry (Columbus)
Augusta Battalion
Infantry City Battalion, Infantry (Columbus)
Coast Guard Battalion
Militia Cook's Battalion, Infantry (Reserves)
Rowland's Battalion
Conscripts Youngblood's Battalion, Infantry
Cobb's Guards, Infantry A-C - Reel 578: Cobb's Guards, Infantry D-Y
- Reel 580: Cobb's Legion A-Bl
- Reel 581: Bo-Ca
- Reel 582: Ch-D
- Reel 583: E-Go
- Reel 584: Gr-I
- Reel 585: J-L
- Reel 586: M-N
- Reel 587: O-Rh
- Reel 588: Ri-Sm
- Reel 589: Sn-Wa
- Reel 590: We-Z
- Reel 602: Captain Alexander's Co., Infantry
Captain Anderson's Co., Infantry (Anderson Guards)
Athens Reserved Corps, Infantry
Capt. Atwater's Company, Infantry
Capt. Bard's Co., Infantry
Capt. Barney's Co., Infantry (Richmond Factory Guards)
Capt. Brook's Co., Infantry (Mitchell Home Guard)
Capt. Caraker's Co., Infantry (Milledgeville Guards)
Capt. Chapman's Co., Infantry (Defenders)
Capt. Clemons' Co., Infantry
Capt. Collier's Co., Infantry - Reel 603: Capt. Collier's Co., Infantry (Collier Guards)
Conscripts, Georgia
Capt. Dozier's Co., Infantry
Capt. Ezzard's Co., Infantry
Capt. Fuller's Co., Infantry - Reel 604: Capt. Garrison's Co., Infantry (Ogeechee Minute Men)
Capt. Green's Co., Infantry (State Armory Guards)
Capt. Grubb's Co., Infantry
Capt. Hamlet's Co., Infantry
Capt. Hansell's Co., Infantry (State Guards)
Capt. Harris' Independent Co., Infantry (Brunswick Rifles)
Capt. Hendry's Co., Mounted Infantry (Pierce Mounted Volunteers)
Capt. Holmes' Co., Infantry (Wright Local Guards)
Capt. Howard's Co., Infantry (Non-Conscripts)
Capt. Hull's Co., Infantry - Reel 605: Capt. Jackson's Co., Infantry
Capt. Jones' Co., Infantry (Jones Hussars)
Capt. Kay's Co., Infantry (Franklin County Guards)
Capt. Lane's Co., Infantry (Jasper and Butts County Guards)
Capt. Matthews' Co., Infantry (East to West Point Guards)
Capt. Medlin's Independent Co., Infantry (High Shoals Defenders)
Capt. Milner's Co., Infantry (Madison County Home Guard)
Capt. Moore's Co., Infantry (Baldwin Infantry)
Capt. Moring's Co., Infantry (Emanuel Troops)
Capt. Pool's Co., Infantry
Capt. Porter's Co. (Georgia Railroad Guards)
Capt. Preston's Co. (Railroad Guards) - Reel 606: Rigdon Guards
Capt. Roberts' Co., Exempts
Capt. Russell's Co. (Newton Factory Employees)
Capt. Taylor's Co.
Capt. Thornton's Co. (Muscogee Guards)
Lt. Weems Detachment, Camp Guard (Augusta)
Capt. White's Co.
Capt. Witt's Co. (Express Infantry)
Capt. Wyly's Co. (Mell Scouts)
Whiteside's Naval Battalion, Infantry (Local Defense)
Miscellaneous Georgia A-C - Reel 607: Miscellaneous Georgia D-Y
- Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia [microfilm] M 403 (1 roll)
- Confederate Veteran Magazine 1893-1932, 43 vols. (indexed) - Broadfoot Pub. reprint
- 1864 Census for Reorganizing the Georgia Militia - Cornell
- Guide to Civil War Periodicals, 2 vols.
- Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files - White
- Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements - Brooke & Geiger
- Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia [microfilm] M 385 (1 roll)
- Index to Texas C.S.A. Pension Files - White
- Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War, 15 vols.
- Official Military Atlas of the Civil War
- Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
- Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
- Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons [microfilm] M 918 (1 roll)
- The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, 16 vols. - Broadfoot edition
- Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols. - Henderson (this set is only infantry)
- The Roster of Union soldiers 1861-1865, 35 vols. - Broadfoot edition
- Southern Bivouac, 6 vols.
- Tennesseans in the Civil War, 2 vols.
- These Men Wore Grey - Ledford
- Banks County, Georgia
- Franklin County, Georgia
- Habersham County, Georgia
- Jackson County, Georgia
- Rabun County, Georgia
- Stephens County, Georgia
- White County, Georgia
- United Daughters of the Confederacy. Georgia Division. Ancestor Roster, 14 vols.
- United Daughters of the Confederacy. Georgia Division. Roster of Confederate Graves, 8 vols.
AFRICAN AMERICAN
In addition to the materials listed below, look at the research guide for African American Genealogy and the pathfinder for African American History.- AAHGS News and Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
- The American Slave, 42 vols. - compiled by Rawick
- Black Genesis, 2nd edition - Rose & Eichholz
- Exchanging our Country Marks : the Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South - Gomez
- Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820, 5th ed. 2 vols. - Heinegg
- Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830 Together With Absentee Ownership of Slaves in the United States in 1830 - Woodson
- Freedman's Bank Records [compact disk] - LDS Church
- An Index of African Americans Identified in Selected Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - Lawson
- Indexes to Deposit Ledgers in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company,1865-1874 [microfilm] M 817 (5 rolls)
- Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. [microfilm] M1875 (5 rolls)
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 [microfilm] M798 (36 rolls)
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. [microfilm] M1903 (90 rolls)
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 - Washington ; Pamphlet describing M1903.
- Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 [microfilm] M799 (28 rolls)
- Registers of Signatures of Depositions in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874 [microfilm] M816 (2 rolls)
- Slave Bills of Sale Project (Georgia) (2 vols. bound as one)????
- Slave Law in the Americas - Watson
NATIVE AMERICAN
Most of our materials are on the Creeks (and the groups that made up the Creek confederation) and the Cherokees since they are the major indigenous groups that were in Georgia for most of our recorded history.- Cherokee By Blood : Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the US Court of Claims, 1906-1910, 9 vols. Jordan
- Cherokee Connections : An Introduction to Genealogical Sources Pertaining to Cherokee Ancestors - Gormley
- Cherokee 1880 Census Schedules, Schedules 1-6, Authorized by an Act of the Cherokee National Council of December 3, 1879 [microfilm] P2072 (4 rolls)
- Cherokee Old Settlers : The 1896 Old Settler Payroll and the 1851 Old Settler Payroll - Hampton
- Citizenship Case Files of the U.S. Court in Indian Territory, 1896-1897. [microfilm] P2293 (12 rolls)
- Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation "1898" - Blankenship
- Guion Miller Roll "Plus" of Eastern Cherokee, East & West of Mississippi "1909" - Blankenship
- Index to Cherokee 1896 Census, not Including Freedmen. [microfilm] P2136 (1 roll)
- Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards of the Dawes Commission, 1901-1906 - Page
- Native American Research Center Pensacola Public Library, Genealogy Section. Full name indexes Creek Indians east of the Mississippi : Register: Friendly Creek Indians of Alabama and Northwest Florida ancestors and descendants, part one & part two : Creek Indian ancestry research documents and notes, part three : a genealogical publication compiled from microfilm copies at the Native American Research Center… - Snider
- Records of the Five Civilized Tribes Agency. Index to Orders for Removal of Restrictions, Muskogee [microfilm] P2097 (Formerly 7RA-32) (1 roll)
- Register of Indians in World War I [microfilm] P2292 (1 roll) formerly 7RA-347)
- Revisions to the Wallace Rolls of Cherokee Freedmen and Delaware and Shawnee Cherokees, ca. 1890-1896 [microfilm] M1833 (1 roll)
- Rolls and Registers for the Delaware Indians, n.d.; Shawnee Indians, 1871; and Cherokee Indians, 1817, 1866, and 1881 [microfilm] P2139 (1 roll)
- Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes : Southeastern Indians Prior to Removal - Lennon
- Woodward's Reminiscences of the Creek, or Miscogee Indians, Contained in Letters to Friends in Georgia and Alabama - Woodward
OTHER GENEALOGY MATERIALS
- 1880 United States Census and National Index
- 1881 British Census and National Index
- 1,000 Pedigree Charts from The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society, Inc. [microfilm] (1 roll )
- Cross Index to Selected City Streets & Enumeration Districts, 1910 census [microfiche] M1283 (50 cards)
- Family histories
- Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850 - 1880 [microfilm] T655 (30 rolls)
- Leon S. Hollingsworth Genealogical Card File [microform ] (3 rolls) Be sure to look at the published guide to this (Call no.: GR 929.373 Hollings); the guide makes it easier to find what you want on the microfilm.
- Historical and genealogical periodicals
- Indexes to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1781-1811 [microfilm] M 694
- Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel who Served During the Revolutionary War [microfilm] M 879
- List of Mothers and Widows of American World War I Soldiers, Sailors and Marines entitled to make a pilgrimage to the War cemeteries in Europe, 1930 [microfilm] M1872 (1 roll)
- New England Historic and Genealogical Register, [compact disk] (9 disks)
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries - Filby And the Supplements through 2004
- Records of the 1820 Census of Manufactures [microfilm] M279 (27 rolls)
- Surname files
- Vital Records Index to British Isles [compact disk] (5 disks)
- Vital Records Index to North America [compact disk] (7 disks)