DeKalb, Georgia, Compiled Records from DeKalb History Center

This database consists of various records that were provided by the DeKalb History Center in DeKalb, Georgia.

Within this database appears:

• Various documents from the City of Decatur
• The DeKalb County, Georgia Voter's Books
• The DeKalb Inferior Court Register of Free Persons of Color
• Images from the Guy Hayes Collection
• Wheat Williams Realty Contracts
• The Sylvester Cemetery Database
• The Atlanta Area Oath of Voter Records

Information that you may find on an ancestor in these records may include:

• Full Name
• Age
• Occupation
• Residence place or address
• Physical description
• Spouse Information

This database also contains images from the Guy Hayes Collection. These images are a small selection of black and white photographs by Guy Hayes, a professional freelance photographer from Georgia. The photographs provide a view of food, clothing, work, religion, and recreation in Georgia during the 1950s and 1960s.

Now what?

Once you find your ancestors in this collection, use what you learn to find them in other sources, such as censuses, probate records, church records, naturalization records, and land records.