The books are filed by the Dewey Decimal System, making a search through the computer card catalog necessary when attempting to locate a specific volume. Books on various counties of Georgia and federal census indexes for 1820-1870 for Georgia are available. Interesting maps include the land grant maps for Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and Union Counties in South Carolina with index and a 1903 land lot map of Pickens County. Although there is no copying machine in the Darnell Room, there is one near the circulation desk. Sheets that are 11x17 cost 25 cents each.
Payment is made at the circulation desk.
Census records for some Georgia counties are available, but there is no Soundex. A box on top of the microfilm cabinet contains the LDS Family Registry Index, which gives names and addresses of persons who have submitted information to the church. Copies are 10 cents per page. The Georgia Marble Festival is held in Jasper the first weekend in October in the park adjacent to the Chamber of Commerce Building. Marble sculpture and fine arts are exhibited, and marble quarry tours are available.