The Georgia Archives will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas Holiday. The Archives will also be closed Wednesday, January 1 for the New Years’ Day Holiday.
Choose one of the following and begin your search of our collections and associated collections housed elsewhere.
Georgia Archives records available online
Virtual Vault - This is your portal to some of Georgia’s most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present. The Virtual Vault provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives. Use Advanced Search to search each collection.
Vanishing Georgia - The Vanishing Georgia Photographic Collection of almost 18,000 images is the result of a Georgia Archives project begun in the mid-1970s to locate and copy historically significant photographs held by individuals throughout Georgia. A National Endowment for the Humanities grant supported an expansion of the project from 1977-1979, and images continued to be added to the collection until 1996.
FamilySearch.org - Search Places by Georgia county for probate, land and court records, Georgia for land grant records, death certificates, marriage records, Freedman’s Bureau records, and more. Create free registration to view images.
Georgia Historic Newspapers - Search historic regional newspapers for legal notices, obituaries, election results, legislative news, and more.
Georgia Official and Statistical Register - Published biennially from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives, covers basic reference data on the state’s executive, legislative and judicial branches, on counties, and biographical data on elected and appointed state officials.
Georgia Code – Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.). The current laws of Georgia.
Georgia Government Publications – A comprehensive digital repository of state government publications from 1994 to present. This site is actively adding pre‐1994 publications.
Digital Library of Georgia – Online library that includes some government records and historic Georgia newspaper collections.
These finding aids point to records (documents, books, manuscripts, and microfilm) that you can see by visiting the Georgia Archives.
Book Catalog (GIL) – This database includes records of books, periodicals, manuscript collections, and selected microfilm, all of it available for use in our Reference Room.
Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives – This database includes lists and descriptions of original records, many of them not available online but available for use in our Reference Room.
General Name File – Card index of personal names in state, local and personal records housed in the Georgia Archives.
Georgia Supreme Court Cases, 1846-1917 - Index to cases appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court from 1846 to 1917, case files are housed at the Georgia Archives.
Georgia Colonial and Headright Plat Index – Database of the 1859 index to Georgia’s recorded Colonial and Headright Plats.
