Hall County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Hall County

Guide to Hall County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1900 and land records from 1819; Probate Court has marriage and probate records

Parent County
1818--Hall County was created 15 December 1818 from Cherokee Indian Lands. County seat: Gainesville

Record Loss
1851 and 1882 -- 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

 * Banks
 * Barrow
 * Dawson
 * Forsyth
 * Gwinnett
 * Habersham
 * Jackson
 * Lumpkin
 * White

African American

 * 1866-1895 - Hall County Colored Marriage Index 1866-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Local Histories

 * Chicopee, Georgia. New York: Doyle, Kitchen &amp; McCormick, Inc., 1927. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages
1819-1850 Georgia Pioneers

Probate

 * Wills 1837-1867 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Miscellaneous Estates, Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Annual Returns, Vouchers, Book A, 1819-1838 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills, Book A, 1837-1867 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills, Book R, 1868-1890 Georgia Pioneers

Marriage

 * 1819-1870 - Hall County Marriage Book A Index 1819-1870. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1881 - Hall County Marriage Book B Index 1869-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1891 - Hall County Marriage Book C Index 1874-1891. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1891-1895 - Hall County Marriage Index 1891-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * 1869-70, 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.
 * Hall County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers