Hall County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Dr. Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Georgia as both colony and state. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Hall County Courthouse 116 Spring Street East Gainesville, Ga 30501-3765 Phone: 770-531-7025 Hall County Website

Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1900 and land records from 1819. Probate Court has marriage and probate records.

Populated Places
Hall County comprises the Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans


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

Funeral Homes

 * Crowell Brothers Funeral Home in Buford
 * Dexter T. Sims Mortuary in Gainesville
 * Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford
 * Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel and Gardens in Buford
 * Hillside, Chapel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Gainesville
 * Little and Davenport Funeral Home in Gainesville
 * Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Flowery Branch and Gainesville
 * Ward's Funeral Home in Gainesville
 * Wimberly Funeral Home in Gainesville
 * W R Strickland and Sons Funeral Home in Clermont
 * Young's Funeral Home in Gainesville Facebook

Land and Property Records

 * 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
 * 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images organized by county and district
 * 1842 - 1847 Deeds - Index to Deed Book F, 1842-1847 Georgia Pioneers.com ($)
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index

Local Histories

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

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1866 - 1935 County Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Military Records

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Civil War

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service branch and regiment
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Application Supplements - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
 * 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * - 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies G and I
 * - 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 35th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies F and K
 * - 55th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D


 * Dorsey, James Edward. 1991. The History of Hall County, Georgia. Gainesville, Ga: Magnolia Press. (Vol 1 page 55; Vol. 2 page 33-34)
 * McRay, Sybil Wood. 1990. This 'n That: History of Hall County, Georgia; history, genealogy, personalities, Bible records. Gainesville, Georgia: Chestatee Regional Library. (page 106)
 * Jones, Patricia K. 2003. Confederate Veterans of Hall County, Georgia. Oakwood, Ga. (P.O. Box 953, Oakwood 30566): P.K. Jones. (entire book page 1-220)

Spanish-American War
 * 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit

World War I World War II
 * 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia

Other Records
Voting Records


 * 1867-1868 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1856-1909 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1742–1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1742-1990 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1819-1838 - Index to Miscellaneous Estates, Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Annual Returns, Vouchers, Book A, 1819-1838 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1819-1937, 1819-1966 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Hall County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1819-1978 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Hall County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1819-1978 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Hall County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1837-1867 - Index to Wills, Book A, 1837-1867 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1837-1867 - Wills 1837-1867 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1868-1890 - Index to Wills, Book R, 1868-1890 Georgia Pioneers $
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1870 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1560-1993 - Georgia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1699 - 1944 - Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry.com— index $
 * 1754 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1785 - 1950 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1787 - 1962 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1808 - 1967 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1828 - 1978 - Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1819 - 1850 - Georgia Pioneers $
 * 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.
 * 1950-2005 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images

Death

 * 1869-70, 1879-80 - Hall County, Georgia Genealogy Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
 * 1870 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index, and some images
 * 1914 - 1927 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1919 - 1998 - Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index and images
 * 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1928 - 1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1933 - 1998 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Voter Records

 * 1856-1941 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Family History Centers

 * Gainesville Georgia Family History Center

Societies
Hall County Historical Society 380 Green Street, NE Gainesville, GA 30501 Phone: 770-503-1319 Fax: 770-536-7072 Email: [mailto:hchsgeorgia@gmail.com hchsgeorgia@gmail.com] Hall County Historical Society

Lula Historic Society Lula Historic Society

Northeast Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society PO Box 907085 Gainesville 30501 Northeast Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society

Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society Northeast Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society

Southern Appalachian Genealogy Email: [mailto:genealogicalme@gmail.com genealogicalme@gmail.com] Southern Appalachian Genealogy Facebook

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Hall County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Hall County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records