The Genealogy Society of Cobb County is a ‘Friend of the Georgia Room’. Our mission statement with the Cobb County Public Library Georgia Room is:

Promote genealogical and local history research and enhance Georgia Room resources and services through collaboration between the Cobb County Public Library System’s Georgia Room and Cobb County Genealogical Society.

The Georgia Room, located in the Charles Switzer Library, is a genealogical and historical reference collection and does not circulate books and materials.The Charles Switzer Library is located at 266 Roswell Street, Marietta, Georgia.

Georgia Room References

  • Atlases & Maps
  • Bound Periodicals
  • Census Indexes
  • City Directories

  • Cobb and Georgia Vertical Files
  • Civil War

  • Civil War Official Records

  • Civil War Periodicals

  • Family History and Pedigree Charts
  • Foreign Lands
  • Genealogical Biographical Index
  • General Periodicals

  • Georgia Census Microfilm
  • Georgia Genealogy

  • Georgia History

  • Georgia and National Periodicals

  • Georgia Newspapers including Atlanta Journal Constitution & Marietta Daily Journal microfilm

  • Georgia Room Fiction/Non-Fiction

  • Immigration

  • Military

  • Miscellaneous Census Microfilm and Microfiche
  • Native Americans
  • New York Times
  • Oral History
  • Periodicals – Other States
  • State & Regional Information: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, New England, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

  • Vanishing Georgia