Archives and History Division

5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
678.364.3700
www.GeorgiaArchives.org
David W. Carmicheal, Director
 
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Online indexes are searchable records without images attached. The index information points to records available in the Georgia Archives.

The following searchable databases are available:

Georgia Archives GIL (Online Catalog)

The online catalog of the Georgia Archives includes the following materials:

  • Books and periodicals
  • Microfilm of the following county records:
    • Superior Court minutes
    • Deeds & mortgages
    • Deed & mortgage indexes
    • Marriages
    • Wills
    • Estate Inventories
    • Administrators' bonds
    • Letters of administration
    • Annual returns
    • Military service records
    • WWI discharge records
  • Georgia colonial records (original and microfilm)
  • Series-level descriptions of original records from the Georgia Governor's Office, the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, and the Georgia General Assembly. Inventories with box and folder listings are available at the Archives.
Online Descriptive Inventories

Years: 1732-2001

Search by: Keyword (Search for any word in all inventories)
Keyword Database Search

Description: The database includes the name of the series, the agency which created the series, the date span of the records, and the Record Group-Subgroup-Series number. Approximately 1,700 database records include links to inventories of the records in the series. In addition to the database information, the inventories include a description of what information is found in the records, a list of volume, box or folder titles in the series (in most cases), and related information. Not all of the paper inventories have been converted to electronic form. Additional searching in hardcopy at the Georgia Archives may be necessary for a comprehensive search.

Sample: Governor’s Order Books, 1875 - 1902.

   
Revolutionary War Veterans' Land Lottery Records

Years: 1820-1832

Search by: Last Name, First Name, County residence, County drawn, Land lot number

Description: Database of index of Georgia land lottery grants made to Revolutionary War veterans by the State of Georgia.

Sample:  Anderson Williams
 
Governor’s Incoming Correspondence

Years: 1872-1882, 1910-1921

Search by: Day, Month, Year; Description

Description: Database of the calendars of incoming correspondence of Governors James Milton Smith (1872-1877), Alfred H. Colquitt (1877-1882), Joseph E. Brown (1909-1911, 1912-1913), John M. Slaton (1911-1912, 1913-1915), Nat E. Harris (1915-1917), and Hugh M. Dorsey (1917-1921).

Sample:  5/21/1915