Genealogy Room at Headquarters Branch

Headquarters Branch maintains a small room dedicated to genealogy research. The Genealogy Room is available any time the library is open. Materials housed in the Genealogy Room include:

• Census microfilm for Georgia, up to 1920.
  **microfilm and microfiche readers and printers are available.
• Histories of Georgia counties and towns.
• Family histories.
• Specialized periodicals relating to genealogical records and procedures.
• Periodicals specific to the history of Georgia and other states.
• County and Suburban directories for the Atlanta area.
• Historical materials particular to Georgia, including indexes to collections of deeds, wills,marriage and death records.
• A newspaper clipping file of obituaries published in the Clayton News-Daily. Although dates vary from 1979-1992, most obituaries are from 1980s.*

Most of the material in the collection relate to Georgia and the southeast. For information about holdings of specific titles please call (770) 473-3850.

*Note that the Clayton County Library System does not keep an archive of the Clayton News-Daily. The Main Library at the University of Georgia has a microfilm archive of the paper, as well as other local historic newspapers.

Please our guide to Genealogy Research for more information.

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