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Genealogy Resources

Gainesville/Hall County Materials

  • Marriages, 1819 - 1902 (microfilm) also Index to Marriages, Hall County, GA, 1819 - 1900 tanscribed by Patricia Jones & Becky Nix (GA REF 929.3758 272 Jones)

  • Will Books covering 1837 - 1907 (microfilm) also Wills and Deeds of Hall County Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Will Book A 1837 - 1867 & 1868 - 1890, Will Book A-1 1890 - 1907 tanscribed by Robert & Barbara McDonald (GA REF 929.3758 272 McDonald)

  • The McRay Collection, genealogical and historical newspaper columns written by Sybil McRay and compiled by Louise White [7 volumes](GA REF 929.3758 272 McRay)

  • Tombstone Inscriptions of Hall County, Georgia compiled by Sybil McRay, companion index by Louise White (GA REF 929.5728 272 McRay)

  • Photographic history of Hall County

  • Historic Picture Price List Sample historical photograph.

    Sample Historical Photograph: In Hall County there were 156 identified dead, 6 unidentified dead, 8 missing, 928 injured, 786 made homeless, and 992 total structures of all kinds destroyed or damaged by the tornado of April 6, 1936.



  • Newspapers, late 1800's to present, an incomplete run [microfilm]

  • Vertical Files

  • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Gainesville, Georgia only (Mapcase GA REF 912.8272 Sanborn)

  • Gainesville City Directories starting in 1882 and running sporadically to present (GA REF 917.5877 Gainesville)

  • Miscellaneous local Church Minutes and Records [microfilm]

  • Miscellaneous Estate Records, 1958 - 1887 [microfilm]

  • Heritage of Hall County, Georgia 1818 - 2001 compiled by the Hall County Heritage Committee (GA REF 975.8272 Heritage)

  • Historic Gainesville & Hall County an Illustrated History compiled by William L. Norton, Jr. (GA REF 975.8272 Historic)

  • History of Hall County, Georgia, Volume I, 1818 - 1900 by James E. Dorsey (GA REF 975.8272 Dorsey)

  • Images of America: Gainesville 1900 - 2000 by Gordon Sawyer (GA REF 975.8272 Sawyer)

  • History of New Holland, Georgia and Pacolet Manufacturing Company by J.A. Webb (GA REF 975.8272 Webb)

  • Pictorial History of Hall County to 1950 compiled by Sybil McRay (GA REF 975.8272 McRay)

  • Windows of Memory, the Hall County That Was compiled by Sybil McRay and James E. Dorsey (GA REF 975.8272 McRay)
     

Special Collections

War Between the States

  • Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 tanscribed by Lillian Henderson [7 volumes] (GA REF 973.7458 Georgia)

  • Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files tanscribed by Virgil White [7 volumes] (GA REF 973.7458 White)

  • Military Records: Civil War Service Records [2 CD'S]

  • Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861 - 1865 [16 volumes] (GA REF 973.742 Roster)

  • Roster of the Union Soldiers 1861 - 1865 [1 CD]

  • War of the Rebellion Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies and supplements [230 volumes] (GA REF 973.73 United)

  • Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion tanscribed by Virgil White [36 volumes] (GA REF 973.75 United)

    Native Americans

  • Cherokee by Blood compiled by Jerry Wright Jordan [9 volumes] (GA REF 929.308997 Jordan)

  • Cherokee Roots by Bob Blankenship [2 volumes] (GA REF 929.3089975 Blankenship)

  • Our People and Where They Rest by James W. Tyner [10 volumes] (GA REF 929.3089 975 Tyner)

  • Guion Miller Roll "Plus" transcribed by Bob Blankenship (GA REF 929.3089975 Guion)

  • 1851 Chapman Roll of the Eastern Cherokee transcribed by Barbara Crumpton [10 volumes] (GA REF 929.3089 975 Crumpton)

Georgia

  • Federal Census of Georgia, 1820 - 1930 except 1890 which does not exist [microfilm]

  • Index for the Federal Census of Georgia 1820 - 1870 [book form]

  • Soundexes for Federal Census of Georgia, 1880 - 1930 except for 1890 which does not exist [microfilm]

  • 1864 Census for Re-organizing the Georgia Militia abstracted by Nancy J. Cornell & microfilm of the original (GA REF 973.7458 Cornell)

  • Georgia Death Index 1919 - 1994 [microfiche]

  • Georgia Marriage Index 1964 - 1994 [microfiche]

  • Georgia Divorce Register 1965 - 1994 [microfiche]

  • County Records, Marriage Records, Cemetery Listings, and County Histories

  • Georgia Commissary General's Record of Families Supplied with Salt 1862 - 1864 [1 CD]

Helpful Resources

  • International Vital Records Handbook by Thomas Jay Kemp (GA REF 929 Kemp)

  • Genealogist's Address Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley (GA REF 929.1 Bentley)

  • United States Cemetery Address Book by Elizabeth G. Kot B>(GA REF 929.1 Knot)

  • Handybook for Genealogists, United States of America (GA REF 929.1072 073 Everton)

  • Long-Distance Genealogy: researching your family history from home by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer (GA REF 929.1072 073 Crawford)

  • A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Linda Jonas (GA REF 929 Jonas)

  • Student's Guide to Mexican American Genealogy by George R. Ryskamp (GA REF 929 Ryskamp)

  • Student's Guide to Native American Genealogy by E. Barrie Kavasch (GA REF 929 Kavasch)

Computer Programs

  • Military Records: War of 1812 Muster Rolls [1 CD]

  • Military Records: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls [1 CD]

  • Military Records: W.W. II & Korean Conflict Overseas Interments [1 CD]

  • United States 1691 - 1850 Marriage Index [1 CD]

  • Freeman's Bank Records [1 CD]

  • Ireland Census Index [1 CD]

Useful Genealogy Links

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