Georgia, United States Genealogy

United States Georgia

Guide to Georgia (state) genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records


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

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

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

Major Repositories
Georgia Archives· Georgia Historical Society· Georgia Genealogical Society· Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room· Atlanta History Center· Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library· Coweta County Genealogical Society Research Library· DeKalb History Center· Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library· Georgia Salzburger Society· Gilbert H. Gragg Library· Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library· Ladson Genealogical Library· Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library· University of Georgia Main Library· Washington Memorial Library·National Archives at Atlanta· Dallas Public Central Library

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

Research Tools

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Georgia Genealogy - Guide to Ancestry information on ordering vital records, city and government links, history and facts of counties, printable genealogy forms, list of archives and societies, terminology of genealogical terms, and lookup volunteers
 * 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.
 * Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps and Atlases
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Digital Library of Georgia is a repository of digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources about Georgia.
 * American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
 * The American Civil War
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers has a searchable collection of digitized newspapers, some dating from the early 1800s. A great source for legal notices about estate administrations, public land sales and some deaths and marriages, as well as contemporaneous reporting on the events of a particular time.
 * Georgia Virtual Vault is a "portal to some of Georgia's most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present," a treasure trove that includes Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, Wilkes County Court Records, Marriage Records from Microfilm, Colonial Wills, Chatham County Deeds, General Name File index cards and Historial Maps, to name just a few.
 * Georgia Historical Counties is an interactive map that allows you to see where county lines were located on a specific date, beginning in 1765.
 * Georgia Genealogy extensive directory of Georgia genealogy records

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Georgia, Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Georgia Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * 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



Obtain additional help

 * Call or chat with an experienced researcher
 * Join a Facebook Group
 * Consult a Professional Genealogist

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