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Genealogy Classifieds
Brian Nichols has just started a website at www.genealogyclassifieds.com and would like to see if anyone would like to list any old genealogy books or publications they would like to sell. Its free and hopefully someone may have a book or society magazine someone else needs as well as putting some of the original cost you incurred back into your own pocket for new genealogical books or publications purchases.

The Following Books can be found on the
East Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc.  Website.
Order Forms onsite.

OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEED BOOKS A-E 1791-1809
OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEED BOOKS F-J 1809-1820
By Michal Martin Farmer

INDEX TO GEORGIA'S CONFEDERATE PENSION SUPPLEMENTS
CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1803-1909
MADISON COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGE RECORDS 812-1909
By Ted O. Brooke

CLARKE COUNTY (ATHENS), GA, NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS, 1808-1820
CLARKE COUNTY (ATHENS), GA, NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS, 1826-1829
CLARKE COUNTY GEORGIA MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1803-1909
By Faye Stone Poss

"The History of Oglethorpe County, Georgia"  which has been out of print for a long time, is now available (with a new index) from Boyd Publishing Company:
by Florrie Carter Smith

Books for several counties in Ga.
CENTRAL GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
Post Office Box 2024
Warner Robins, GA 31099-2024

Books on Clark and Oconee Counties
Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society
PO Box 6403 Athens, GA 30604

Cemetery Inscriptions of Oconee County, Georgia
A COGS project. This 401 page book includes the records of 8700 burials in 112 cemeteries in Oconee County. Includes a full name index. Published 1994. Limited copies available.

Oconee County, Georgia Abstracts of Wills 1875-1966
This 128 page book includes extensive abstracts of all 333 wills recorded in Oconee County Will Books A and B and a full name index including testators (in caps), legatees, executors, witnesses and others mentioned in the text. Each will includes reference to the book and page number of the original document.
Compiled by Fred W. McRee, Jr.

Oconee County, Georgia Marriage Records 1875 - 1920
A COGS project led by Mary Hoit Abbe. This 198 page hardback book lists over 4000 marriages that took place in Oconee County from February of 1875, when the county was founded, through 1920. The marriages are indexed alphabetically by the surnames of both the grooms and the brides. Since many of these people were, at their birth, residents of Clarke County and descendants of earlier residents of Clarke County, these marriage records should be of use to many Clarke County researchers as well as those researching in Oconee County. Furthermore, people of color were so noted on the licenses and this information has been included in the book. Published 2002.

Families from Clarke and/or Oconee County
The Hardegree / Hardigree Family
The long awaited Hardegree / Hardigree family history book revised and updated is now available. The 726 page hardbackbook begins with history of the parents of Jonathan, Eleanor, Mary and William Hardegree and carries through the descendants of Jonathan, Eleanor and William down to today's generation. The children of Mary (Hardegree) Hollowayare listed briefly. Other chapters feature the possible origins of our surname, the early migrations, the articles on the Cameron, Elder, Fambrough and Grimes family history, and 1790 to 1900 census data. Also included are more phtoographs, maps and a full name index. This family has early roots in the counties of Clarke and Oconee, arriving in the area before 1800. A limited number of books were printed with no plans for reprints.
Compiled and Edited by Nova A. Lemons
To order contact Nova Lemons

Athens Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 7745, Athens GA 30604-7745
Publications of Athens Historical Society
Presence of the Past: Historic Houses of Athens
This 23-minute color video features tours and histories of 21 homes in Athens. Narrated by Ron Bogue, it includes the Taylor-Grady House, the UGA President’s Home, the Barrow-Tate house (shown by Mrs. Susan Frances Barrow Tate, now deceased), the Camak House (now a law office), several homes on Milledge Avenue that are now sorority and fraternity houses, and the Treanor House on UGA Campus.

A Postcard History of Athens, Georgia
Taken from the extensive collection of Gary Doster, a life-long student of Athens history, this popular book contains not only picture postcards, but informative narratives about them. A truly unusual history of Athens, it features views of the UGA campus, other schools, churches, private homes and residential streets, downtown scenes and buildings used by business and industry – all showing how things used to be.

Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, Cemeteries
Grave markers in more than 130 cemeteries and family burying grounds were cataloged in this 1999 book, with a full-name index, driving directions, and maps. This volume does not include Oconee Hill Cemetery, or the modern memorial parks, Athens Memory Gardens, East Lawn Memorial Cemetery, or Evergreen Memorial Park.

Strolls About Athens During the Early Seventies [1870s]
The original articles were published in serial format in the Athens Banner newspaper and first appeared in book form in 1912. Written when there were still residences downtown, the author, W. Sylvanus Morris, dean of the UGA Law School and local lawyer, gives a detailed picture of life in Athens soon after the Civil War.

Papers of the Athens Historical Society, Vol. II
Articles about the houses of Athens in the 1820s, early water-powered industries in the area, the architecture of Daniel Pratt, the story of the painting in the UGA Chapel, a history of Cook & Brother Armory, and black journalists of Athens are included in this volume.

1874 Map of Athens
By W.W. Thomas, 36" x 45" reprint, sepia and moss green ink on heavy cream stock.