Background Sources for Georgia

This entry was originally written by the Johni Cerny and Robert S. Davis for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

This article is part of the Georgia Family History Research series.

History of Georgia

Georgia Vital Records

Census Records for Georgia

Background Sources for Georgia

Georgia Maps

Georgia Land Records

Georgia Probate Records

Georgia Court Records

Georgia Tax Records

Georgia Cemetery Records

Georgia Church Records

Georgia Military Records

Georgia Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections

Georgia Archives, Libraries, and Societies

Georgia Immigration

Ethnic Groups of Georgia

Georgia County Resources

Map of Georgia

Georgia records and research are discussed in detail in Robert S. Davis Jr., Research in Georgia (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980), and Ted O. Brooke and Robert S. Davis, Georgia Research (Atlanta: Georgia Genealogical Society, 2002). James E. Dorsey's Georgia Genealogy and Local History (Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1983) offers articles and abstracts of Georgia records. It was updated annually in the Georgia Historical Quarterly until 1989 when the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly began publishing the updates.

Sources for the state's history include:

• Coleman, Kenneth, ed. A History of Georgia. 2d ed. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1991.

• Coulter, E. Merton. Georgia: A Short History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1964.