I think the address you gave for the Archives is no longer valid. They have moved to Morrow, Georgia. I don't have the street number at hand, although I know it is located at the entrance to Clayton State University on Jonesboro Road. Lanelle > > From: Terry Jackson <[email protected]> > Date: 2006/10/01 Sun PM 11:01:02 EDT > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [GEORGIA] 1867 Voter's List > > Wallace College at Hanceville, AL has both GA & AL 1867 Voter's Lists. > > Be aware there are Register Books and Oath Books. Wallace only has the > microfilm for the register books. > Robert Davis tells me the Oath books basically have the same information > as the Register books, just on a prettier page. > > I copied this from the beginning of the microfilm: > > Secretary of State > Dept. of Archives & History > 330 Capitol Ave. S.E. > Atlanta, GA 30334 > > Microfilm Lab > > Georgia Executive Dept. > General Executive Records > Returns of Qualified Voters Under the Reconstructive Act > > These volumes list the voters who qualified to participate in the > election to select delegates to the constitutional convention of 1867 > that would allow the state of Georgia to return to the Federal Union. > > The following information ws intended for each voter: 1) Number: 2) Date > of registry: 3) Name: 4) Number and Page Number of the County's > Registration Oath Book where the voter's Oath of Allegiance can be found > (See REcord Group 1, Sub-group 1, Series 107): 5) Race: 6) Length of > Time a Resident in the State, County, and Precinct within the past year: > 7) Nativity by State or County; 8) When, How, and Where Naturalized: and > 9) Remarks. As with any record, the completeness of information varies > with the official who recorded the data. > > In many instances the columns designated "Naturalized" and "Remarks" > were left blank. These columns have not been filmed if they do not bear > information. Otherwise, the columns "Naturalized" and "Remarks" appear > as a separate image following that which bears the corresponding names. > > The columes containing the county returns of qualified voters are > arranged numerically by districts. Each county retained a copy of its > volume and forwarded a duplicate to the managers of the state Board of > Registration. Whereever two copies are extant, both have been > microfilmed, allowing for any omissions and the comparison of spelling > and handwriting. > > An alphabetical index of counties and the numbered district in which > each was located follows this target sheet (transcriber did not copy) > In Possession of > Georgia Dept. of Archives & History > 330 Capitol Ave., SE > Atlanta, GA 30334 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >