SOURCE  BOOK  I

A copy of Source Book I is located on each table in the Library  (purchase a copy).   This book contains a list of all the Family Histories in the Library, including a cross index of surnames found in other family histories.   Source Book I also contains a list by surname of the Huxford Handwritten Notes, Surname Files and Correspondence Files.  

Please ask the Library staff for these files by surname one at a time.

Huxford Handwritten Notes  -  The Huxford Handwritten Notes are index sized cards that contain the late Judge Folks Huxford data on over 5,000 individual families compiled from his research and interviews.  Some of these cards have documentation while others do not.    In fact, they are worksheets which he added to as new information surfaced.  Data from complete cards was used in compiling the Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia volumes.  A copy of these cards can be found in alphabetical order in the Family History Section.

Surname Files  -  The Surname Files have been made from information contributed by the membership over the past 34 years.  They contain material such as Bible records, census records, courthouse data, family group sheets, etc.

Correspondence Files  -  The Correspondence Files contain genealogical correspondence to and from the late Judge Folks Huxford.  These files are very valuable and contain information that might not be found anywhere else.  They began in the 1920s and continued until his death in 1981.  Someone named Smith may have written about Jones, so a cross-index has been compiled making it easier to use these files.  The cross-index is located in the back of the Library (next to the USA section) in the small cabinet.

SOURCE  BOOK  II

 A copy of Source Book II is also located on each table in the Library  (purchase a copy).   The numbering system of the Library and the compilation of this book is by former Huxford Society Board Member Charles Tyson of Waycross, Georgia for which we are eternally grateful. 

This book is an index of everything in the Library that is not listed in Source Book I.  Source Book II is broken down by Nations, America, USA and then in alphabetical order by each state.  After each state is an alphabetical list of the counties.  It is very important to use this book because if you go directly to the county or state that you are researching in, you will miss valuable information that may be found in another publication.  These are called PIS (Publications in Series) in the Source Book.  The PIS books are not located in the state or county section, but are on the shelf under the overhead screen beside the kitchen door.  Source Book II will also tell you what year each county was created, the county or counties it was organized from, the count seat, and if the courthouse records are intact or when and how the records were lost. 

The Library staff will give you an overview of Source Book I and II
 when you first visit the Library.

LOCATION  of  STATE  and  COUNTIES  in  the  LIBRARY

This is a list of how the books are shelved in the Huxford Library, beginning from the entrance, taking a right and following the shelves all the way around the room.

Georgia Counties in Alphabetical Order

Georgia State Section which includes:  state census, land records, marriages, deaths, newspapers, Civil War roster and pension index, church records, etc.

Florida state and counties in alphabetical order

Alabama state and counties in alphabetical order

Arkansas, Connecticut and Delaware

United States of America

Nations

Family Histories

GAS  (Getting a Start)

The North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee state records

PIS  (Publications in Series) - Examples: Huxford Genealogical Society Magazine, Georgia Genealogical Society Magazine, Jacksonville Genealogical Society Magazine, etc.

America

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Other States including:  New Jersey, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New York, Ohio, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Mississippi, Minnesota are found on the shelves beside the Virginia section.

Next to the copy machine on the cabinet is the Library's twelve volumes of "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Finding List and Additions and Corrections for Volumes I-XI

COMPUTER  INFORMATION

The computer located next to the copy machine is free to use and has Ancestry.com and other Internet programs such as FamilySearch.org.  Ancestry.com has all the censuses that are available for viewing.  Ancestry.com also has immigration records and old newspapers for viewing as well as many other databases.  The computer is also connected to the copy machine.  The computer is limited to one hour per person, if someone is waiting to use it.

MICROFILM  and  MICROFICHE

Many valuable records are available using these films.  Some of theses records are Georgia Civil War Pension Applications filed in Georgia;  Georgia censuses from 1820-1930;  Alabama censuses from 1850 - 1880;  Indiana War Soldiers Index;  Clinch County's newspapers from 1895 - 1996 and scattered issues from the Jesup, Georgia newspapers from 1875 - 1923.  Georgia and Florida death indexes are also on microfiche.  The valuable Western European Parish records starting in the 1400s are available on microfiche.  They include the British Isle, Scotland, Wales, England, Canada, etc.

MAPS

There are many old and valuable maps available in the cabinet located beside the copy machine.

Please contact the Library Staff for assistance concerning the location of any of the materials located in Huxford Genealogical Society Library.