Major Repositories in the Area
National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow, GA, next door to the Georgia Archives)
- African American Records
- Reconstruction Civil Rights Cases (South Carolina)
- (NARA in DC) NARA Resources for Genealogists
- (NARA in DC) History Hub for Genealogy
- (NARA in DC) History Hub for African American Records
Georgia Archives (in Morrow, GA, next door to the National Archives at Atlanta)
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History (in Atlanta)
Robert W. Woodruff Library (Atlanta University Center)
• Celebrating Black History at Atlanta History Center
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library (University of Georgia – Athens)
Selected Metro Atlanta County Library Genealogy Web Pages
- Carroll County
- Cherokee County
- Clayton County
- Cobb County
- DeKalb County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Henry County
- Newton County
- Rockdale County
- Walton County (serving Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan and Putnam counties)
Selected County Libraries Elsewhere in Georgia
- Augusta-Richmond County
- Chatham County (Savannah)
- Chattahoochee Valley Libraries (Greater Columbus area –Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart) About
- Dougherty County (Albany)
Georgia Research Sources
- “Georgia’s Treasures”
- Georgia Archives African American Resources
- Georgia Historic African American Resources
- Georgia Historical Society
- Georgia Regional Research Map (“Finding Your Georgia Ancestors” by GGS)
- Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Morgan County African American Museum
Virtual Repositories
- African American Funeral Programs
- Georgia Historic Newspapers
- Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home Archives
On Our Members Only Page
- Chapter Meeting Recordings and Handouts
- Chapter Member Surname Research List
- Databases: Enslavement, NC WWI Black Military, Sundown Towns & more
- Links to Historical and Research Videos
- Deep-dive References
- Our Chapter’s Forerunner: “African American Family History Association” (AAFHA) 1977-1997
National Databases
Museums Nationwide
- International African American Museum (Home Page) (Charleston, SC)
- International African American Museum Center for Family History (Charleston, SC)
- The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration (Montgomery, AL)
- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Montgomery, AL)
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
- Freedmen’s Bureau Research Portal (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
Selected Key Organizations
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS)
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) YouTube Channel
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
- Coming To The Table
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) — Fulton County Remembrance Coalition
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) — Community Remembrance Project
- Georgia Genealogical Society (GGS)
- National Genealogical Society (NGS)
- Sons and Daughters of the U. S. Middle Passage
- Society of the First African Families of English America
Other Sources
- Genealogy Quick Start TV (hosted by Shamele Jordon)
- How to Write an Obituary
- Discoveries about Phillis Wheatley Peters
- National Archives’ “Confederate Slave Payrolls”
- Enslaved Women of the Confederate Nitre Works
- Finding Ben Reeves at the National Archives
- Collection of Louisiana funeral programs
- World’s oldest soul food restaurant
- Preserving the house from the case which struck down racial covenants