Free Online Georgia Digital Archives

The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• and Yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below, preceded by Archives that are available for the region or the country:

Multistate Archives

• A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America
• Documenting the American South
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library

Georgia Archives

• Athens-Clarke County Library
• Atlanta History Center
• Augusta State University Digital Collections
• Berry College Digital Collections
• Clark Atlanta University Digital Collections
• Columbus State University Digital Collections
• Coweta County Genealogical Society
• Dalton State College Digital Collections
• DeKalb History Center Collections
• Digital Library of Georgia
• Emory University Digital Collections
• FamilySearch – Georgia Online Genealogy Records
• Fulton County Library – Special Collections – Genealogy
• Georgia Archives
• Georgia College & State University Digital Collections
• Georgia Historic Books
• Georgia Historical Society
• Georgia Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• Georgia Southern University Digital Collections
• Georgia State University Digital Collections
• Georgia’s Virtual Vault
• Huxford – Spear Genealogical Library
• Kennesaw State University Digital Collections
• Mercer University Digital Collections
• Middle Georgia Regional Library
• Morehouse College Digital Collections
• National Archives at Atlanta
• Oglethorpe University Digital Collections
• Savannah State University Digital Collections
• Spelman College Digital Collections
• The New Georgia Encyclopedia
• University of Georgia Digital Collections
• University of North Georgia Digital Collections
• University of West Georgia Digital Collections
• Valdosta State University Digital Collections