Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Georgia Fulton County

What is in the Collection?
This collection consists of records from Fulton County for the years 1827 to 1955. The collection includes:
 * Census and Voter Registration for Atlanta, Georgia.
 * Garrett's Necrology (This collection includes extracts from obituaries for Atlanta and vicinity.)
 * Death extracts from Atlanta
 * Cemetery records from Atlanta and vicinity
 * Westview Cemetery Sexton Records

Coverage Table
The coverage table shows the types of records and time periods covered. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table; however, the collection may have a few records from before or after the time period.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The content varies between record types and individual records. You may find any of the following:


 * Name of primary person or persons
 * Names of spouse, children, other relatives, or friends
 * Names of witnesses
 * Dates the documents were written and recorded
 * Ages
 * Residences
 * Relationships
 * Birth, marriage or death dates
 * Birth, marriage or death places
 * Occupation

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate age of your ancestor
 * The date an event occurred.
 * The type of record where your ancestor may be listed.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒ Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page ⇒ Select the “Record Category” ⇒ Select the “Record Type, Volume, and Year Range” which will take you to the images.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor in the records, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I Was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use death information to locate an actual death record.
 * Use the death information to search for an obituary.
 * Use the information found to search for the family in census records.
 * Use the information found to search for the family in church records.
 * Use the information found to search for the family in additional state and county records.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the surnames.
 * Look for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.

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Citing this Collection
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