Rabun County Library

Genealogy and Local History Collection

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The following materials are available for in-house use:
 
Local Newspapers (Original issues, on microfilm, or in bound volumes)
  • The Clayton Tribune - all extant issues from 1899 - present
  • The Advertiser, 1882
  • The Clarkesville Advertiser, 1882-1911
  • The Tri-County Advertiser, 1913-1925
  • Northeast Georgian - 1857
  • North Georgia Weekly Press - issues from the 1950s
  • Miscellaneous early Georgia newspapers, including extant issues of The Clayton Argus

Local History, including:

  • Sketches of Rabun Co. History - Andrew Jackson Ritchie
  • Rabun Co. Ga. & its People, Vol. 1
  • Genealogy Extracted from Forest Service Court Cases in Rabun Co. - Susan Lewis Koyle
  • A Pictorial History of Rabun Co. - Cuba S. McKay
  • Foxfire Magazine
  • Scrapbooks from Rabun Maternity Hospital, the Music Club, and others
  • Yearbooks from Rabun Co. High School, among others
  • Plus a host of other books on surrounding counties...

 

Rabun Co. Records, including:

  • A select group of cemetery surveys
  • Surviving U.S. population schedules for Rabun Co.
  • Select 19th century tax & court records
  • Copies of the original land lot & district maps

Family history books and folders, including the families of:

  • Beck, Chastain, Dillard, Eller, Gragg, Hamby, Turpen/Turpin, Whitmire & many more

We also have a growing number of essential reference books on specific aspects of genealogical research, such as The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs, & Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources by Alice Eichholz.

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