Baldwin County, Georgia Genealogy


 * This article is about a central Georgia county. For other uses, see Baldwin.

United States   Georgia    Baldwin County

County Courthouse
Probate Court has birth and death records from 1930, marriage and probate records from 1875; Clerk Superior Court has land, divorce and court records

Parent County
1803--Baldwin County was created 11 May 1803 from the Creek Indian Lands. County seat: Milledgeville

Record Loss
1861-- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Hancock
 * Jones
 * Putman
 * Washington
 * Wilkinson

Local Histories

 * Cook, Anna Maria Green. History of Baldwin County, Georgia. Anderson, S.C.: Keys-Hearn Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Beeson, Leola Selman. History Stories of Milledgeville and Baldwin County. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1943. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Wills

 * 1806-1864 - Baldwin County, Georgia Index of Wills at GAGenWeb - free.


 * 1806-1829 - Abstracts of Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1829-1918 - Baldwin County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-B) at SamPubCo - free.


 * 1829-1854 - Abstracts of Baldwin County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1829-1868 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book B at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1868-1936 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book C at Georgia Pioneers ($).

Additional Probate Records

 * 1813-1820 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1820-1824 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book B at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1824-1831 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book C at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1831-1842 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book D at Georgia Pioneers ($).


 * 1839-1856 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book E at Georgia Pioneers ($).

Death

 * 1849-50, 1869-70 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

Web Sites

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