Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library

United States Georgia Colquitt Archives and Libraries Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library

Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Insert building images here.jpg Contact Information E-mail:  mccls@mccls.org Address: Street address:  Moultrie-Colquitt County Library 204 5th Street, Southeast Moultrie, Georgia 31768 USA Mailing address:  Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library P.O. Box 2828 Moultrie, GA 31776 USA Telephone:  229-985-6540 Hours and Holidays:  8:30am-5:30pm Monday-Saturday. Closed major holidays. Map, Directions, and Public transportation Map:  Google map: Moultrie-Colquitt County Library Directions:  Directions to the Library Public transportation:  Internet sites and databases: Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library clans and families, collections, databases, indexes, blogs, online resources, and veteran's history project. Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library brochure. Georgia Pines Catalog for 275 Georgia libraries including the Odom Genealogical Library. Arranged by keyword, author, title, subject, or series. Also available in WorldCat. Collection Description The Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library in the south wing of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection. Their collection is an archives for more than 130 Scottish clan organizations, houses many rare books including an original edition of Scottish Peerage, and the Emmett Lucas Collection about the southeastern United States, the Civil War and migration routes west. They have a good collection of newspapers. The Odom Genealogy Library is considered one of the three "crown jewels" of genealogy repositories in the Georgia public library system. Tips {Optional} Guides {Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories { List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a source at the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection} such as: NARA I NARA II National Archives at _____ State Archives State Library Similar Collections National Personnel Records Center LC FHL Neighboring Collections County Vital Records Office City Vital Records Office County Archives County Orphan's Court County Probate Court County Recorder County Coroner U.S. District Court County and local historical societies County and local genealogical societies Public Libraries Museums and heritage societies Repositories in surrounding counties: Brooks, Cook, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift, and Worth. State Vital Records Office State Historical Society State Genealogical Society University Libraries Church archives Repositories in surrounding states: Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Sources

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