Gordon County, Georgia Genealogy

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Parent County
1850--Gordon County was created 13 February 1850 from Cass (named changed to Bartow County 6 Dec. 1861) andFloyd Counties. County seat:  Calhoun

Record Loss
1888 -- Courthouse damaged by Storm. For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartow
 * Cherokee
 * Floyd
 * Gilmer
 * Murray
 * Pickens
 * Walker
 * Whitfield

Cemeteries
Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery (incomplete);

Local Histories

 * Pitts, Lulie. History of Gordon County, Georgia. Calhoun, Ga.: Press of the Calhoun Times, c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Newspapers

 * Bartow Press - 900 issues spanning 1983-2006 freely available via Google News Archive

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Gordon County GAGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Gordon County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Gordon County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)