Dougherty County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Dougherty County

County Courthouse
Dougherty County Courthouse 222 Pine Avenue Albany, GA 31703-5301 Phone: 770.920.7252 Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records

Parent County
1853--Dougherty County was created 15 December 1853 from Baker County. County seat: Albany

Neighboring Counties

 * Baker
 * Calhoun
 * Lee
 * Mitchell
 * Terrell
 * Worth

Local Histories

 * History and Reminiscences of Dougherty County, Georgia. Albany, Ga.: Herald Pub. Co., 1924. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Newspapers

 * Albany Herald - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1973-2009
 * Albany Sunday Herald - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1977-1992

Probate

 * Wills 1854-1866 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills, Vol. 1, 1854-1925 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers 1849-1917 Georgia Pioneers

Death Record Substitutes

 * 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).


 * Dougherty County, Georgia Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Collected from funeral homes in the Albany, Bridgeboro, Putney, and the Southwestern Georgia area.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Albany Georgia Family History Center

Web Sites

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