 The Chestatee Regional Library System has resources to help you discover your roots.Here you will find links to useful resources that will aid you in your family and local history research. Additional online genealogical resources include:  | 
to access Heritage please go through Galileo |
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Dawson County Library has several special collections available for researchers: Dawson County Library's genealogy and Georgia history collection is housed in the Fannie Reagan Room. The room is named for veteran county librarian and Dawson County Historical and Genealogical Society officer, Fannie Hardin Reagan. The collection is primarily regional in scope. The majority of resources concentrate on Dawson County, its predecessor counties pre-dating 1858, and ethnic and regional materials that provide background information related to early settlers. The Rebekah Slaton Wilson Collection comprises the majority of family histories, and is supplemented with researcher contributions. Family files are in book, paper and microfilm formats and are arranged by surname. The files comprise family group sheets, ancestor charts, news clippings, correspondence, transcriptions and other materials. MicrofilmOther Resources |
Lumpkin County Library has several special collections available for researchers:Madeleine K. Anthony Collection (1828-1988) contains information on Lumpkin County, many local families, mines, tourism and its development, schools, the Civil War, Gold Rush Days Festival, the Georgia State Capitol (as it relates to Lumpkin County), civic organizations and other Lumpkin County history topics. The Digital Library of Georgia presents parts of this collection online, and presents a finding aid for the entire collection with links to the items available online. Magdalene Christian Crowell Collection contains genealogy materials about Magdalene's Christian and allied families. These materials include correspondence, notes, copies of partial indexes and entries from publications pertaining to specific families, copies and some original documents (including marriage records, deeds, wills, and store ledgers) and photographs. Ruth Rogers Williams Collection contains research procedures and notes on the genealogy of the Loughridge, Rogers, and allied families. Lumpkin County Heritage Collection contains original government documents (bound in ledgers and loose) of the Lumpkin County Office of the Supervisor of Elections and Registrar and the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office. It also contains various correspondence, proceedings, minutes, constitutions and bylaws, photographs and other materials from non-government community organizations.
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