Hall County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Hall County

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

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

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