SURVEY OF LOCAL HISTORY AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES IN GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARIES
SURVEY DATA COMPILATION & INTERPRETATION
ASSEMBLED BY EDWARD A. JOHNSON, HomePLACE DIRECTOR DECEMBER, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
INTERPRETATION OF SURVEY DATA
INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY INTERPRETATION
Interpretive chart 1: Types of Materials currently held
Interpretive chart 2: Types of Materials actively collected
Interpretive chart 3: What patrons ask for
Interpretive chart 4: Librarians' highest priorities
COMPILATION OF SURVEY DATA
INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY DATA COMPILATION
RESPONDENTS
Data spreadsheet #1: Respondents in order received
Data spreadsheet #2: Respondents sorted alphabetically by library name
CHECKLIST DATA: NON-GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS
Data spreadsheet #3: Letters, memos, correspondence
Data spreadsheet #4: Diaries, journals
Data spreadsheet #5: Newspapers
Data spreadsheet #6: Newspaper indexes
Data spreadsheet #7: Newspaper clippings
Data spreadsheet #8: Other local publications
Data spreadsheet #9: Records of local societies/organizations
Data spreadsheet #10: Business records
Data spreadsheet #11: Church records/histories
Data spreadsheet #12: Family Bibles
Data spreadsheet #13: Cemetery gravestone or plat information
Data spreadsheet #14: Transportation records
Data spreadsheet #15: Industrial records
Data spreadsheet #16: Maps
Data spreadsheet #17: Records of craftsmen, artisans, builders
Data spreadsheet #18: Artworks
Data spreadsheet #19: Local/family histories or ancestry charts
Data spreadsheet #20: Vertical files of local/family history materials
Data spreadsheet #21: Scrapbooks
Data spreadsheet #22: Oral histories
CHECKLIST DATA: GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS
Data spreadsheet #23: Marriages
Data spreadsheet #24: Estate records
Data spreadsheet #25: Deeds
Data spreadsheet #26: Criminal case files
Data spreadsheet #27: Civil case files
Data spreadsheet #28: Property tax digests
Data spreadsheet #29: Voter registration lists
Data spreadsheet #30: Registers of professionals
NARRATIVE DATA
Data spreadsheet #31: Other (for materials not mentioned in checklist section of survey)
Data spreadsheet #32: Items which should have highest priority
Data spreadsheet #33: What library patrons ask for most often
Data spreadsheet #34: How already digitized items are made accessible
Data spreadsheet #35: The unique item (or collection) that you would like to have digitized
Data spreadsheet #36: Nearby historical, genealogical, or similar organizations
Data spreadsheet #37: Other not related to Georgia, but access is important
Data spreadsheet #38: Comments
APPENDIX: Survey form
