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Coffee County Addresses
Coffee County Courthouse
101 South Peterson Ave.
Douglas, GA 31533
(912)384-4799

Coffee County Probate Court
101 South Peterson Ave.
Douglas, GA 31533
(912)384-5213
Judge Troy Paul
Clerk: Sylvia Stone



Douglas Family History Center
200 North Chester Avenue
Douglas, Ga 31533
912-384-0607
Please call ahead to make sure they are open.
Another "must visit". This Family History
 Center is staffed by volunteers who are
willing to help anyway they can; however
they will not be able to do research for you.
 The Collection includes the Edith Wall
 Collection which includes 2200
surname folders containing family
data collected by Edith Wall during the
past 60 years, mostly in southeast Georgia.

Satilla Regional Library
201 S. Coffee Avenue
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-6450
Monday-Thursday 9:00-6:00
Friday 9:00-4:00
Closed for lunch 1:00-2:00
Emory Smith, Director
This is a wonderful library. It is a "must
visit" if you are related to any of the
older Coffee County families. The
library has a special genealogy room
and they have a growing number of
family files for you to peruse, besides
the usual Georgia resources. Please
be sure and call ahead to make sure
there is a Librarian on duty.

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
Coffee County Health Department
1111 W. Baker Hwy
Douglas, Ga. 31533
912-389-4450
Dougherty County Public Library
Genealogy Room
300 Pine Ave.
Albany, Ga. 31701
229-420-3218
http://www.docolib.org

Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society
covers Coffee County
meets in Dougherty County Public Library
P.O.Box 4672
Albany, Georgia 31706
www.swggs.org


Coffee County Mailing List
to join send an email to
GACOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com
with the word subscribe in the message body
To send a query to the list send the
message to
GACOFFEE@rootsweb.com

Georgia Department of Human Resources
Vital Records Unit (404) 679-4701
2600 Skyland Drive, NE
Fax: (404) 524-4278

Atlanta, GA 30319-3640
Email: GDPHINFO@dhr.state.ga.us
Web: http://vitalrec.com/ga.html
Birth & Death records can be obtained here.

   COFFEE COUNTY FUNERAL HOMES
Here is a listing of the Coffee County Funeral Homes. Because
Douglas is
still a fairly small town and because it is still a part of the
"Deep South", the Funeral Home business is to this ay pretty much
segregated. Therefore, I have listed the Funeral Homes
according to Race.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN

Harrell's Funeral Home
400 E. Cherry St.
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-2251

McIver's Funeral Home
1200 Railroad St.
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-7013

McLean-Litman Funeral Service Inc.
303 E. Cherry St.
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-1822
CAUCASIAN

Ricketson Funeral Home
305 W. Ward. St.
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-1155

Sim's Funeral Home
201 N. Peterson Ave.
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-1234
Submitted by Melody Moore McCook <mmccook@bellsouth.net>


County Seat:  Douglas

Georgia County Historical Maps, Courthouses, County sites, etc!
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/county.htm


University of Georgia's Newspaper Project
(Most available through inter library loan)
http://www.libs.uga.edu/gnp/index.html

National Historical Register of Places, Georgia
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/GA/state.html


Other Useful Addresses

Atlanta Historical Society
3101 Andrews Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30366
******
Atlanta History Center
 http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/


Atlanta Public Library
1 Margaret Mitchell Square
Atlanta, GA 30303
http://www.afpls.org


National Archives—Southeast Region
1557 St. Joseph Avenue
East Point, GA 30344
Email: atlanta.center@nara.gov
Web: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/index.html


African-American Family History Association
P.O. Box 115268
Atlanta, Georgia 30310

Georgia Department of Archives and History
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260
http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/

Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 38066
Atlanta, GA 30334
http://www.gagensociety.org/


Georgia Historical Society and Library
501 Whittaker Street
Savannah, GA 31499
http://www.georgiahistory.com/

Library of Congress and Annex
1st-2nd Streets, S.E.
Washington, DC 20504
The Library of Congress has extensive
holdings on local and family history
http://www.loc.gov/library/


National Genealogical Society
4527 Seventeenth Street North
Arlington, VA 22207
Phone: (703) 525-0050
Toll Free:(800) 473-0060
Fax: (703) 525-0052
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M
Email: mail:ngs@ngsgenealogy.org
Web: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution Library
1776 D Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-628-1776
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:45 AM - 4:00 PM  
Sunday from 1:00 - 5:00 PM
CLOSED Saturdays & Holidays
http://www.dar.org/


The Afro-American Historical
and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 73086,
Washington, D.C. 20056
http://www.aahgs.org/

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