The Thomasville Genealogical, History & Fine Arts Library

Thomasville, Georgia

A Major Repository of Materials for Family Research

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Call (229) 226-9640 to learn how to participate in our program to acquire Confederate microfilm records by donation.

A COMMUNITY is more than a collection of streets and buildings. It is a living, breathing entity with a specific personality - a personality which has as its foundation carefully preserved history.

It is the Mission of the Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library - a resource center for books on genealogy, history and fine arts - to be a place where the scattered fragments of our documented past can be assembled and maintained for posterity.

The Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library was founded in 1988, and has become a major repository of materials for family research with a major emphasis on the southern states, including Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Kentucky are available, as well as Mid-Atlantic and New England holdings.

It provides a safe depository for individuals who wish to share documented family histories and records with present and future generations.

LIBRARY RESOURCES
     · General reference works
     · Family histories
     · Emigration/immigration records
     · Marriage and death records
     · Internet Access
     · Family Tree Maker CD Roms
     · Census records on microfilm:
          Georgia 1820-1880, 1900-1930 
          Georgia Soundex 1880, 1900-1930
          Virginia 1810-1840
          North Carolina, South Carolina 1800 - 1850
          Florida 1830-1860
          Alabama 1830-1860
          1860 and 1870 Georgia Agriculture Schedules
     · Printed Census Indexes for many states
     · State and county histories
     · Georgia County Guides and Abstracts
     · Other records on microfilm:
          Early Thomas County probate, marriage and land records
          Thomas County Confederate pension records
          2,800 rolls of U.S. Revolutionary War pension applications
          Early Thomasville and Thomas County newspapers
          1809 - 1869 Georgia Journal newspaper
          1786 - 1823 Augusta Chronicle newspaper
     · International Genealogical Index, United States
     · Leon S. Hollingsworth Genealogical Card File microfilm consisting of information 
          on individuals from throughout the Southeast
     · Leonardo Andrea Genealogical Collection microfilm with emphasis on South Carolina
          research
     · National Society Colonial Dames of America Register of Ancestors 
     · Fine Arts books including the Encyclopedia of World Art, museum catalogs, and 
          other periodicals         

ALSO AVAILABLE

The Hopkins Collection, assembled by Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, one of the most comprehensive collections of work on Thomas County and its families. It includes family records, obituaries and church histories.
The Singletary Collection of Yvonne Miller Brunton includes Bladcn County, North Carolina records, correspondence, and family records collected during her research for the Singletary Family History, 1585 - 1989.
A collection of rare and out-of-print books.
Library equipment includes microfilm readers and reader/printers, microfiche reader, computers and copy machine.
The Library publishes Origins, a quarterly covering portions of Southwest Georgia. Origins is included with annual membership.