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Georgia Baptist History Portal

A guide to conducting Baptist research in Mercer University's Archives

Welcome to the Georgia Baptist History Portal

Use the pages on the left and the links below to begin your research on the history of Baptists in Georgia. 

Digitized Resources

Digitized Baptist collections are available in our online repository.

Print Resources about Baptist Churches

Consult this guide for a list of Baptist church records and histories in our holdings:

The Archives also has extensive vertical files of miscellaneous information on Georgia Baptist churches, and these may prove useful if no records are available. Please contact us via email at archives@mercer.edu for assistance searching these files. 

If you have been unable to locate the records of or information on a specific church, it may be possible to find general information on the church in the minutes of the local association where that church was a member; this information could include the pastor's name, clerk's name, number of members, number of baptisms, amount of offerings, names of messengers to the association, and potentially more. 

Print Resources about Baptist Associations

The Archives is home to hundreds of association records and histories from a variety of Baptist traditions both in print and on microfilm. Below is an alphabetical list of these holdings. Microfilm records may be requested through inter-library loan via your local library.

The Archives also has extensive vertical files of miscellaneous information on Georgia Baptist associations, and these may prove useful if no records are available.  Please contact us via email at archives@mercer.edu for assistance searching these files. 


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