Following are links to and information about related websites. If you would like us to add, update, or delete a link from this list, please email polkhist@mindspring.com with your suggestions.

Thanks go out to every site listed for contributing to this list of links. Updated 05/23/2002

Atlanta History Center

The Special Collections Department of Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library.

No genealogist will want to miss the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Their site includes an informative guide to their reference services.

The Polk County GAGenWeb Page

Georgia Genealogical Society

Georgia Historical Marker Program

Georgia Historical Society

List of Georgia Historical Society Affiliates

Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

Georgia Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Gwinnett Historical Society

Society of Georgia Archivists

Historic Yellow River A photo tour of the yellow river community.

Dekalb Historical Society

East Georgia Genealogical Society (Formally the Piedmont Regional Genealogy Society)

Heritage Preservation Association -Guarding Our Future By Preserving Our Past.

Historical Society, The - a list of links to historical societies and other history sites.

Welcome to North Georgia - History, travel and adventure in the mountains of North Georgia.

Georgia Genealogical Society - Come find the resource for Georgia history you are looking for.

Georgia GenWeb Genealogy Project - part of U.S. GenWeb. Resources for many counties of Georgia.

Gwinnett GenWeb Page

Augusta Genealogical Society

National Genealogical Society

The Genealogy Homepage

The Evanston Historical Society at the Charles G. Dawes House

Georgia Genealogy Sources

• The American Revolution in Georgia
• Atlanta History Center-Library/Archives
• Books
  • Georgia Ancestors - Genealogy Books about Georgia
    
  • Georgia Genealogy Books
  • Genealogy Time - A Traveling Book Store
• Civil War in Georgia
• DeKalb Historical Society Cemetery Database
• Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library - Family Tree Online - Scottish Clan information
  
• Genealogy by Ken Thomas by Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  
• Genealogical Computer Society of Georgia
• Georgia Department of Archives & History
• Georgia Genealogical Society
  
• Georgia GenWeb - List of all Georgia counties with links to their county pages
  
• The Georgia Historical Society
• Other Georgia Historical & Genealogical Societies:
  • Central Georgia Genealogical Society
    • Middle Georgia Regional Library - Genealogy & History Room
  • Douglas County Genealogical Society
  • East Georgia Genealogical Society [formerly the Piedmont Regional Genealogy Society]
  • Gwinnett Historical Society
  • The John E. Ladson, Jr. Genealogical Library - Vidalia, Georgia
  • Marble Valley Historical Society (Pickens County)
  • Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society
  • Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society
• Georgia History
  
• The Georgia Salzburger Society - Early settlers of Georgia of Salzburger origin & their descendants
  
• Huxford Genealogical Society "Covering the Wiregrass Area of South Georgia, North Florida and Eastern U. S."
  
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia
• R. J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation - promoting genealogical research and study in Georgia in conjunction with GGS & Georgia Department of Archives & History.
• ROOTS-L Georgia Resources Page

Other Genealogical and Miscellaneous Websites

• African American Genealogy Resources
  
• Afrigeneas Webpage
  
• Allen County Public Library - Genealogy resources
  • Getting Started Researching Your Family History
• Ancestors - the PBS series - has downloadable genealogical forms and charts
• A Barrel of Genealogy Links
  
• Center for Life Stories Preservation- many links to veterans & military history
• Cherokee Cousins
  
• Civil War (1861-1865)
  
  • Cemetery lists of Civil War burials - from The U. S. Civil War Center
    
  • Civil War Women - Primary Sources on the Internet
    
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - over 60,000 genealogy links
  
• DAR Library
  
• Deciphering Old Handwriting
  
• Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
  
• Everton's Genealogical Helper
• The Family History Library Where is the nearest Family History Center?
  
• FamilySearch - 400 million ancestors - Mormon Family History Library
  
• Family Home Pages - See if there is a home page on your surname
  
• Federation of Genealogical Societies "Linking the Genealogical Community"
  
• Genealogy Lessons - RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
  
• Geographic Nameserver - Find the county in which a town is located.
  
• Historical Maps of the U. S. [big files--take your time and enjoy your search]
• History - A to Z, local & world, medieval to current
  
• History of the United States
  
• Inflation Calculator - Current Value of Old Money, 1800 to 1998
  
• Jewish Genealogy
  
• Language Dictionaries
  
• Library of Congress
  
  • Search LC Library Catalog or Other Catalogs around the world
• National Archives and Records Administration
  
  • Search NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)
• National Genealogical Society
  
  • Project Registry Query Get a list of Georgia Genealogy Projects
• Obituaries, Tombstones, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, etc.:
  • Obituary Coding -- find out how you can help with the establishment of a coding system that lists the newspaper, location and publication date of the obituary. This project needs lots of volunteers!
  • Obituary Daily Times
  • The Tombstone Transcription Project
    
  • Cemeteries, Funeral Homes & Obituaries at Cyndi's List
• Notable Women Ancestors - Check out their other women's links too.
• "So You're Going to Hire a Professional Genealogist" - by the Association of Professional Genealogists
  
• Social Security Death Index --Ancestry Inc.
  
• Social Security Death Index --Rootsweb Edition
  
• Telephone & E-mail Directories:
  • Switchboard - The People & Business Directory
    
  • Yahoo! People Search
• U. S. Gazetteer
  
• USGenWeb Project
• U.S. Maps
  
• U. S. Surname Distribution
  
• Van Gordon's Cedartown Memories
• Where to Write for Vital Records