Welcome to the Cobb County Genealogical Society
The purpose of the Cobb County Genealogical Society is to provide information about our society and to encourage the exchange of genealogical information and research techniques.
The Society's primary interest is Cobb County, Georgia. However, since many of our members are from other parts of the state and the country, we also have an interest in other areas as well.
We are interested in genealogy no matter where
are ancestors lived!
When and Where We Meet
General Meetings are held at 7 PM on the fourth
Tuesday of the every month, except December and as otherwise published
in the Calendar of Events, at the First Presbyterian Church,189 Church Street, Marietta, Georgia. In addition to the main
parking lot, FPC has 2 additional lots nearby. Click here to locate the other parking lots. (Note:
Please direct inquiries to our Society address.)
Board of Directors meetings are held at 7 PM on the first
Tuesday of each month or as otherwise noted, except December.
E-mail our Society at ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org.
All visitors are welcome!
Genealogy Scavenger Hunt (Members Only)
The Cobb County Genealogical Society (CCGS) would like to try something different and fun. We are offering our members a chance to compete in a genealogical scavenger hunt. Two winners will be selected and each will win a free 1-year subscription to Family Tree Magazine. We will have a drawing if needed to resolve any ties. We will kick it off in the first half of July for six weeks.
Sign into the Members Only area to find out 'What is a genealogy scavenger hunt?' and how to participate. NOT A MEMBER, join now and be able to participate in the hunt!
About Our Meeting - August 2021 (Register HERE)
Our August meeting will be a presentation by Pamela S. Downs on 'Introduction to Land and Tax Records'. Land and tax records are often overlooked goldmines for the family historian. Family relationships, birth and death dates and spouse names that cannot be proven any other way, can sometimes be proven by land and tax records. With the increased availability of digitized land and tax records, this type of research is accessible to everyone. This presentation will give an introduction to these records and then give several examples of how they are used to prove facts about ancestors.In 2017, Pam successfully completed the ProGen Study Program. Her article proving her Tatum family lineage to a Jamestown ancestor was published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 101, No. 4, December 2013. Pam has also completed all three of the week long courses on land records offered by IGHR and SLIG.
Pam served for many years on the Cobb County Genealogical Society Board. She served the Georgia Genealogical Society on the 2017 Steering Committee for the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR). Pam is a member of the Fielding Lewis Chapter of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, is on the State Application Team, and is a DAR Genealogy Consultant.
Genealogy Links
We are experiencing an unprecedented event where we are engaging in social distancing and our favorite research locations are closed. For genealogists, this is hard to do because be like to be in libraries, courthouses, cemeteries, and other places doing research with fellow genealogists. Here are some ideas to help you with your genealogy research or projects while you are inside. Many of these links are also on our Links webpage.
Ancestry Library Edition:
This is being made available for access outside of your library system
until further notice. For Cobb County residents, go to the Georgia
Room website: http://www.cobbcat.org/research/local-history/ and
then scroll down to Online Databases. Click on Ancestry Library
Edition. You may have to enter your library card number and pin
number.
Ancestry.com (free edition)
Digital Library of America
Digital Library of Georgia
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884 - 1941
- Albany, Georgia City Directories
FamilySearch.org: Research by State and County.
Click here for Georgia.
An account on FamilySearch is free if you do not
already have one established.
Galileo: You will need your library's password
to fully access.
Galileo COVID-19 Vendor Updates
Google:
Kenan Research Search Center
Library of Congress
Midwest Genealogy Center
National Archives
Newberry Library (Digital Collections for the
Classroom)
St. Louis County Library (online genealogy
resources)
St. Louis County Library Holdings & Collections
(home of the National Genealogical Society collection)
State Archives: Google the state you are researching
to see if they have a virtual archive.
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Other sites / articles:
Abundant Genealogy (You can join Thomas
MacEntee's daily list of freebies or discounts.)
Eastman's
Online Genealogy Newsletter (blog by Dick Eastman)
Family History Activities from FamilySearch
Family Tree Magazine
Free Germanic Alphabet Chart
Georgia Genealogical Society
Legacy Family Tree webinars (includes links to
register for free webinars)
Legacy Family Tree (genealogical to-do list)
Legal Genealogist (blog by Judy Russell)
Memberships and Other Associations
Federation
of Genealogical Societies
Georgia Archives
Cobb County Library System's Georgia Room, Marietta, Georgia
Georgia
Genealogical Society
Georgia Historical Society, Affiliate Chapter
Program
National
Genealogical Society