Georgia Research and History

How to Do Research on the Internet

Disease Explanation Chart

Genealogy Glossary Definition Chart

GAGenWeb

GAGenWeb Archives -- Please send your record transcriptions to the archives.

Georgia Records Online

GEORGIA-L Mailing List -- Subscribe by clicking on the link and then typing "subscribe" (w/o quotes) in the subject and body of the message. Once subscribed, you can send messages to the list at: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com.

Georgia Books We Own

Genealogy Books - Check out the Georgia books for sale!

USGenWeb Georgia Tombstone Project

Georgia Genealogical Society

Vital Records Information Georgia

Census Online - Georgia

CD ROM Census Records by Blue Roses Publishing Company

Georgia Unknown County Query Page

Georgia Bounty Land Grants

Georgia Headright and Bounty Grants

Georgia Land Lotteries of 1832

Genealogy Helplist Georgia -- An ever-growing list of lookup volunteers for Georgia counties

Census-Central --Volunteer lookups for all over the country and in Georgia.

The Georgia History and Genealogy Room, Cherokee Regional Library

The Atlanta History Center, Library/Archives

Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives

DeSoto's Route through Georgia

Colonial Georgia Wildlife -- An account written in 1744 by Francis Moore of the settling of the town of Frederica on St. Simons Island in the young colony of Georgia.

1774 Colonial Georgia law to prohibit murder of free Indians

Georgia Department of Archives & History

Georgia Capitol Museum

Secession demonstration in Savannah, Nov. 8, 1860 (Lithograph)

Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites

Flags That Have Flown Over Georgia

GA County Numbers Chart - Alpha

GA County Numbers Chart - Numerical

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Georgia in Wars

Chart for Wars in each Generation

Georgia Military Records Online

Georgia Land Lottery Grants to Revolutionary Veterans -- With Index to Veterans!

History of the 3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry

Federal Pension List for 1835

Library of VA:War of 1812 Searchable Database

Links to other War of 1812 Places

The Roll Book of the Georgia Guard-1831

Georgia Civil War General Query Forum

Civil War Battles by State

Civil War Battles by Campaign

NARA Civil War Records

Cyndi's List of Civil War Sites

For Civil War Pensions records applied for in Georgia, contact the Georgia Department of Archives and History

The Georgia State Line Regiments during the Civil War

Civil War Descendants Society

Confederate Regimental Histories Links

USGenWeb Archives Civil War Pension Project - Georgia

Manassas Cemetery - Civil War GA Soldiers

U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War

Sherman's 1864 Campaign War Map

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Libraries, Archives and Museums

University of Georgia Libraries

Hargrett Library -- Rare books and manuscripts including the Confederate Constitution, historical maps, and the Georgia Room.

Georgia Newspaper Project

Georgia's Public Libraries

Georgia Department of Archives & History

USGenWeb GAGenWeb Archives

The Atlanta History Center, Library/Archives

Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives

Library of Virginia, Digital Collection

Virginia Colonial Records Database Project

Special Collections at Emory University

University of Georgia Rare Map Collection

Georgia Department of Archives & History

Georgia Capitol Museum

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Maps & Gazetteers

Tiger Maps

US Territorial Map 1775

US Territorial Map 1790

New Map Of North America Shewing All The New Discoveries 1797 -- from The American Gazetteer published by Jedidiah Morse.

US Territorial Map 1800

Other US Territorial Maps from the University of Virginia

US Settlement Map

1895 Map of Georgia

Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

Mapquest -- offers many features including an Interactive Atlas.

University of Georgia Rare Map Collection

Ordering Georgia highway maps, county maps, and city maps from the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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Native American Links

Georgia Indians

National Park Service: The Paleoindian Period -- (ca. 13,000 B.C. to 7,900 B.C.)

A North American Paleoindian Projectile Point Database

National Park Service: The Archaic Period -- (ca. 8000 B.C. - 1000 B.C.)

Witness the Past: Painting of Archaic period village

National Park Service: The Woodland Period -- (ca. 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1000)

Ocmulgee National Monument

1774 Colonial Georgia law to prohibit murder of free Indians

Among The Creeks -- Pairs genealogies with individuals in history. Many documents.Query area and surname registry offered as well.

Native American Genealogy

Muscogee (Creek) History

Anne Gometz's "A Creek Bibliography"

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African-American Links

We are asked to share any mention of slave names that might be included in family documents. These should be gathered and sent to the following e-mail address where they will be added to what are for obviously valuable compilations: SlaveData@aol.com

The Afrigeneas Homepage -- Wonderful resources and links!

Georgia African-American Resources and Query Page

GAGenWeb African-American Research Resources

Doing African-American Research in Georgia Courthouses

Chris Gaunt's African-American Resource List

Estelusti - The Lives of The Freedmen of Indian Territory

The African - Native Genealogy Homepage -- Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.

Cyndi Howell's link list for African Resources

U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War

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