Carol Scott pottsella@aol.com On Feb 9, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Lynn Cunningham wrote: > Lisa, > > There are nice motels and dining establishments close by in Griffin. > (Because of its close proximity to the Atlanta Motor Speedway you have a > larger choice of motels/prices.) And most of the major eating places are > there. > http://hotelguides.com/georgia/griffin-ga-hotels.html > > The Pike County courthouse has many records, including marriage, wills, > civil war records, delayed birth certificates, etc., located in the probate > court. (Note: the probate court closes everyday from 12:00 - 1:00 for > lunch.) The Pike County library has some records but most important, it has > microfilm of Pike newspapers (1888 to 19?? - I forget how far they go 50's, > 60's, 70's ?) > > The Thomaston/Upson County archives in Thomaston has a section on Pike > County, so you may want to visit there. > http://home.windstream.net/tuarch/ > > The old Spalding newspapers are in the courthouse in Griffin, but I am not > familiar with their location there. The Spalding/Griffin Library has an > extensive genealogy library. > http://doc.frrls.net/ > > The Georgia State Archives are nearby in Morrow, Georgia. Know that they are > only open Thursday through Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. > > And if you are in Macon, the Washington Memorial Library has one of the > greatest genealocigal sections in this part of the state that includes all > Georgia counties. > http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/library/GH.htm > > Lynn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa" <mysticvisions@tampabay.rr.com> > To: "'GAGenWeb Archives'" <archives@poppet.org>; <gapike@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 7:01 AM > Subject: [GAPIKE] Location of genealogical records > > >> Can anyone tell me where the best genealogical records (besides census) >> are >> for the Pike county/Spalding county. The time frame would be from about >> 1840-1900. >> Also, are there any hotels in the area? Without driving back and forth to >> Macon? >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GAPIKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAPIKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message