Effingham County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Effingham County

Effingham County Courthouse 901 N Pine Street Springfield, GA 31329 Phone: 912.754.2101 Probate Court has birth and death recors from 1927, marriage and probate records from 1790; Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1777

Parent County
1777--Effingham County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Matthew and St. Philip Parishes. County seat: Springfield

Neighboring Counties

 * Bryan
 * Bulloch
 * Chatham
 * Hampton County, South Carolina
 * Jasper County, South Carolina
 * Screven

Church

 * Ebenezer Record Book: Containing Early Records of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Effingham, Ga., More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church. Savannah, Ga.: C.A. Linn, 1929. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1756-1787 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Georgia Saltburger Society, 1734-1925 Georgia Pioneers

Land
.Effingham County - Probate Court - Land Warrants, 1783-1787 | Georgia Archives

Marriages

 * Saltzburgher Marriages 1754-1769; 1769-1778, New Jerusalem Church (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Probate
The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Effingham County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book 3: 1829-1859
 * 2) Will Book 4: 1866-1898


 * Wills 1826-1845 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills, Vol. 3, 1829-1858 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills, Vol. 4, 1866-1898 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Inventories and Appraisements, Vol. 3, 1827-1865 Georgia Pioneers

Marriage

 *  Lane, Jane Warren Hollingsworth, b. 1883.

Death

 * 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Effingham County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Effingham County Georgia (USGenNet)
 * Effingham County, Georgia History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (My Georgia Genealogy)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers