Visiting the Georgia Archives? Plan Accordingly

Link to September 21 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, "Budget cuts force Georgia Archives to limit its hours".

Excerpt: The Georgia Archives has announced that effective this week it will be open to the public only from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Enlarge photo Johnny Crawford/jcrawford@ajc.com A photo of John L. Pinson from the Civil War period is part of the Georgia Archives collection.
Lunch and Learn programs, normally held on Tuesdays, will be rescheduled for Thursdays.

This change is due to budget cuts that have affected all state agencies and hopefully will be temporary, returning to the five-days-a-week schedule once the budget recovers.

So if you are going to do research at the Georgia Archives, be sure to plan ahead and let others know as well.

If you are going to research out of state, be sure to always check online for any changes for any archives or library you may be visiting.

The Georgia Archives, which began in 1918, has a large amount of material online. Check its website at http://www.georgiaarchives.org/. There you can find plats, death certificates, photos from the archives' Vanishing Georgia collection, a catalog of its library volumes, and various research guidelines. There is also a link to the State Capitol Museum.