Train-the-trainer session to help patrons, whether at the desk or in a class, find information, images, and primary sources on their city or county history through Georgia history and genealogy resources in GALILEO. Presented at GaCOMO12 by Courtney McGough.
Local History: Researching Your Community with GALILEO
1. Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Georgia Council of Media Organizations
2012
2. Georgia History resources
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
GeorgiaInfo
Genealogy resources
HeritageQuest Online
Ancestry Library Edition
Outline map from Ed Jackson, GeorgiaInfo: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/pdf/gacount1.pdf
3. Express Link:
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ngen
Authoritative resource on people, places,
events, history, and other topics about the state
of Georgia
New website redesign in early 2013
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http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1
Gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in
digitized books, manuscripts, photographs,
government documents, newspapers, maps, audio,
video, and other resources
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http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gnfo
An online almanac of Georgia containing current and
historical information
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http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zuhq
A genealogy research tool that includes searchable
census records, local histories, government records
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http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zual
A genealogy research tool with a wide variety of
collections including census records; birth, marriage,
and death records; military records; immigration
records; images; and much more
http://proquest.libguides.com/ancestrylibraryedition
Browse to Cities and Counties to find your county or city
Search for a topicEach article has links to related articles and a suggested reading list at the endMany articles also have link to images or other related multimedia on the right
Browse by County brings up collections with items from that county
Accessing collections through Browse by County automatically limits searches to that county
Can also search for topics and narrow to collectionsIn this example, Vanishing Georgia resultsNote that a search for Macon is different than a search for Bibb County
Can also search for topics and narrow to collectionsIn this example, Oral Histories results
Can also search for topics and narrow to collectionsIn this example, WSB-TV newsfilm clips
Can also search for topics and narrow to collectionsIn this example, Georgia historical books
Can also browse collections in the Digital Library of Georgia by media typeIn this example, historical newspapers
Choose state (note that the state of Georgia doesn’t appear until 1820)Note the View State Map link, which provides a historical map of that state for that year with existing and future county lines drawn