Georgia, United States Genealogy


 * This article is about the southern U.S. state. For the Eurasian country, see Georgia (country).

United States   Georgia Welcome to the Georgia page, the Peach StateMost unique genealogical features:
 * Trustees sent 5000 British colonists
 * In 1734 Salzburgers, central European Protestants, settled Effingham Co.
 * From 1805-1832 GA held eight land lotteries to give away Indian lands

Counties
There are 159 counties in Georgia:

Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct or Renamed Counties: Campbell | Cass | Kinchafoonee | Milton

Extinct Parishes: Christ Church | St. Andrew | St. David | St. George | St. James | St. John | St. Mary | St. Matthew | St. Patrick | St. Paul | St. Phillip | St. Thomas

Major Repositories
Georgia State Archives· Georgia Genealogical Society· Georgia Historical Society· Atlanta History Center· Atlanta Public Library· Salzburger Society· National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)· Dallas Public Central Library

Migration Routes
Savannah River· Augusta and Cherokee Trail· Augusta-St. Augustine Trail· Augusta-Savannah Trail· Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail· Charleston-Savannah Trail· Cisca and St. Augustine Trail (or Nickajack Trail)· Coosa-Tugaloo Indian Warpath· Fall Line Road (or Southern Road)· Federal Horse Path· Ft. Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path· Fort Moore-Charleston Trail· Georgia Road (or Federal Road)· Great Valley Road· King's Highway· Lower Cherokee Traders' Path· Lower Creek Trading Path· Macon and Montgomery Trail· Middle Creek Trading Path· Occaneechi Path· Old Cherokee Path· Old Trading Path· Savannah-Jacksonville Trail· Tugaloo-Apalachee Bay Trail· Unicoi Trail· Upper Road

Research Tools

 * The Georgia GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.

Wiki articles descibing online collections are found at:

Georgia Death Records, 1914-1927 (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Georgia Death Records,1928-1930 (FamiySearch Historical Records)

Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Georgia Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Did You Know?

 * Civil War soldiers from Georgia served in both the Union and the Confederate Armies. Indexes and the compiled military service records are available at the Family History Library and the National Archives.
 * The Georgia Department of Archives and History has many volumes of Bible records that have been collected by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
 * Georgia Blacksheep Ancestors has many indexes to help you locate infamous Georgia ancestors.
 * Atlanta Historical Tidbits



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