Georgia State Archives to Move from the Secretary of State’s Office to the Board of Regents Office July 1, 2013

According to an AP article, the University System of Georgia will take over the Archives collections and the a funding increase should allow an increase in service.

The archive, housed in Morrow, Georgia, hold over 80,000 cubic feet of state records, including many of interest to genealogists.

Increased archives access as well as an increase in staffing is expected. The archives has only been open to the public on Fridays and Saturday. The changes will allow opening of two more days a week – Wednesdays and Thursdays – from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning July 31, 2013.

See the Georgia State Archives website.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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