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Links to Friends and Neighbors on the Web
Bartow County Homepage: A good site for historical, governmental, business, and organizational information.
City of Cartersville: The county seat of Bartow.
Main Street Cartersville: Enhancing the prosperity and heritage of Cartersville by coordinating the process of downtown development.
Euharlee: Home of the Euharlee Covered Bridge, the oldest of ten covered bridges in existence in the state of Georgia.
Sons of Confederate Veterans Stiles-Akin Camp #670: A community service oriented organization dedicated to the preservation of Bartow County's rich Confederate Heritage. The website offers some Bartow County census records, Confederate regiments and rosters, and information recorded on Bartow County's roadside historical markers. Look ups are available.
Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau: Planning a research trip to Bartow County? Contact the CVB for information about local attractions, where to stay and where to eat.
Bartow County Library System: Offers an online catalog and interlibrary loan, a program schedule, and Genealogy Resource Room.
Roselawn Museum: This beautifully restored Victorian mansion, now owned by Bartow County and operated as a house museum, was once the home of evangelist Sam Jones, and offers tours, lectures, and special events throughout the year.
William Weinman Mineral Museum: An earth science museum with an emphasis on minerals, rocks, and fossils from the state of Georgia. The Weinman also offers workshops and special events.
The Center for Regional History & Culture: The Center conducts and encourages research on the history and culture of Northwest Georgia; gathers historical materials; provides outreach programs; and sponsors an annual lecture series open to the public.
David Parker's Page in History: Kennesaw State University historian and author of Alias Bill Arp: Charles Henry Smith and the South's Goodly Heritage, Dr. Parker offers many Bill Arp stories and Sam Jones history on his KSU page.

 
Links to Georgia History Resources
Georgia Historical Society: A private, non-profit organization that serves as the historical society for the people of Georgia. Headquartered in Savannah, the Society also publishes The Georgia Historical Quarterly.
Georgia Department of Archives and History: The Archives collects, manages, preserves, and makes available the official records of Georgia from 1732 to the present, and collects private manuscripts and photographs which complement existing archival holdings.
Georgia History: Part of the University of Georgia's "Georgia Info" project, featuring links to articles about Georgia history from prehistoric to modern times, and the popular "This day in Georgia History."
National Records and Archives Administration: Prepare for your visit to NARA with an online visit to get acquainted with their many resources and procedures.
The Freedman's Bureau Online: The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing, and medicine, and also assumed custody of confiscated lands or property in the former Confederate States, border states, District of Columbia, and Indian Territory.

 
Links to Online Preservation Agencies and Resources
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation: Committed to preserving and enhancing Georgia's communities and their diverse historic resources for the education and enjoyment of all, the Georgia Trust is the country's largest statewide non-profit preservation organization, with more than 9,000 members.
National Register of Historic Places: Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. It is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Chartered by Congress in 1949, the Trust is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable, and which fights to save historic buildings and the neighborhoods and landscapes they anchor.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: An independent Federal agency created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), and the major policy advisor to the Government in the field of historic preservation.
Protecting Cultural Landscapes: Planning, treatment and management of historic landscapes from Old House Web.

 
Links to Online Genealogy Resources
Bartow County Genealogy: The official home of the Bartow County Georgia GenWeb.
Georgia Genealogical Society: Links to Georgia historical and genealogical resources and Georgia county historical societies on the web.
Northwest Georgia Genealogical Society: Covering Bartow/Cass, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield counties.
The Georgia Tombstone Transcription Project: A Rootsweb list of resources for cemeteries and tombstone transcriptions listed by county.

 
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