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The Statesboro Regional Library has large collection of materials for those interested in researching a family’s history. There are approximately 7,000 books, magazines, bound periodicals, which includes an oral history collection, census records, family histories, court records, marriages, land records, will abstracts, Civil War records, and cemetery records to search. Included you will find county histories of the area and many church histories. Researchers interested in Statesboro and Bulloch county histoy will be interested in consulting the following books: Statesboro 1866-1966: A Century of Progress, Bulloch County Spirit of a People, and Life in Old Bulloch. The obituary file has the more recent death notices of the area, beginning in the early 1970’s and the older ones that appeared in the local newspapers are abstracted and indexed in book form. The collection also contains old yearbooks, city directories, and a map file.


Local Genealogy Resources

The Family File is a project that we think greatly enhances our local genealogy material. This is a large surname file of information gathered from individuals, genealogists research, and many other sources. We took as much information as we could locate on a local family name (i.e. from family histories, DAR grandparent forms, DAR Bible Records, family histories compiled by Bulloch County Historical Society members, etc.) and combined it all in an envelope. In this way, a person interested in a family name has in one envelope much of the information we have on that family.


Microforms Room

Microfilm Reader
Microfilm Reader

The Microform room has internet stations designated for genealogy research online and computers for viewing the CD-ROM collection which consists of Church of the Latter Day Saints, Family Tree Maker, Automated Archives disks as well as some others. There are numerous reels of microfilmed newspapers, census records, some Confederate service records, Bulloch County Court records and machines for viewing/printing.


Vertical File Materials

The Bulloch Vertical File is a collection of files containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, articles, photographs and other material pertaining to Bulloch County, Georgia. Some of the newspaper clippings date back to the early 20th century. The Vertical File includes files on local landmarks, buildings, businesses, people, schools, railroads, and other subjects of local interest. All libraries in the system collect materials unique to their area and communities. For more information about each county’s holdings contact the individual library in the county.


Online Resources: Ancestry Plus

Ancestry Library Edition

Another resource available to Statesboro Regional Library patrons is AncestryPlus which provides instant access to 1 billion names, an extensive collection of databases, records, and advice on genealogical research. Important tools like the Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Periodical Source Index, Civil War Research Database, American Genealogical Biographic Index, and Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage may also be searched. Researchers will be interested in Gale's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, featuring published lists of 2.8 million passengers who arrived in 17th, 18th, and 19th century America. Additionally, 450 million indexed census records from the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930 are available online. Other features are the more than 700 historical maps from all over the world, marriage and baptism indexes from Pallot's Index, city directories, and the 3,500 slave narratives collected over a 10 year period.