Are all Georgia government records at the Georgia Archives?
If your family kept every bill, e-mail, card, letter, and note you received, wouldnt your house be overflowing with paper? People look through their records and decide which ones to throw away, which ones to keep for a little while, and which ones they want to save forever. This is true for government offices and organizations as well. The Georgia Archives helps offices and organizations decide how long to keep records. Some government records that will be kept forever cant be brought to the Archives right now because they are still being used by the people in the office who made or collected them. This is also true for some of the organizations who will give their records to the Georgia Archives someday. When this happens, we give the offices and organizations advice about keeping their records in good order. When these records finally come to the Archives, they are clean and tidy for the researchers who come to use them. Where does the Georgia Archives keep the records? Important rec
