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Genealogy

We offer free access to Ancestry.com (from within our library branches only) and Heritage Quest Online. The GALILEO password is required for both of these resources - this is a password that changes every three months. Please call us with your library card number or stop in your closest library to get the current password.

The Headquarters Branch has a small collection of genealogy research materials including:

• Census microfilm for Georgia, up to 1920.
• Histories of Georgia counties and towns.
• Family histories.
• Specialized periodicals relating to genealogical records and procedures.
• Periodicals specific to the history of Georgia and other states.
• Historical materials particular to Georgia, including indexes to collections of deeds, wills,marriage and death records.
• A newspaper clipping file of obituaries published in the Clayton News-Daily. Although dates vary from 1979-1992, most obituaries are from 1980s.*

Most of the material in the collection relate to Georgia and the southeast. For information about holdings of specific titles please call (770) 473-3850.

*Note that the Clayton County Library System does not keep an archive of the Clayton News-Daily. The Main Library at the University of Georgia has a microfilm archive of the paper, as well as other local historic newspapers.

Please our guide to Genealogy Research for more information.