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Georgia Area Key to Genealogical Records
Introduction
One of the necessary tasks for all family history researcher is to learn about the
history and the records for the States and Counties where their ancestors lived.
My mother called this developing an "Area Key". In other words you need to know
the territory. This page represents what I have located for an Area Key for Georgia
so far.
Area Keys
need to contain a little history, how the area began to be settled and
organized, beginning dates of counties and parent
counties, maps, a list of towns,
information about the state records including when various types of records such
as vital records began to be kept, a list of repositories
such as archives, libraries, and internet sources that contain records,
publications and databases for the state and how we can gain access to them, and
other statewide collections such as for church organizations and lineage
societies.
If you have ancestors in Georgia, you would be wise to
make this make this Area Key one of your favorites so you can come back often. I
hope you will find these pages helpful in locating your ancestors.
Sincerely, Donna K. Clark
Georgia
Statewide Genealogy Publications
Georgia became a state in 1788.
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Georgia
Biographies
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1700s-1800s
Name index of persons mentioned in the Historical collections of Georgia, by the Rev. George White, M.A.
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
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1820 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1830 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1835
Census records and Cherokee muster rolls for Southern States of Alabama
1835, Georgia 1835, North Carolina 1835, Tennessee, and Mississippi 1834
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1840 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1870 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 U. S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
- online at Ancestry.com |
Georgia Church
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Pub. 1867
An apology for African Methodism
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1733-1740
The Salzburg Lutheran Expulsion and Its Impact
(on CD titled Germans, Volume 1) - CD by Heritage Books |
Georgia
Family History
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pub. 1886
Genealogical notes relating to the families of Hon. Lyman Hall, of Georgia,
Hon. Samuel Holden Parsons Hall of Binghamton, NY and Hon. Nathan Kelsey Hall , of Buffalo, NY
- online at Ancestry.com |
Georgia
History
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pub. 1878
HB: The Dead Towns of Georgia, by Charles C. Jones, Jr. - CD by Heritage Books |
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pub. 1883
HB: History of Georgia: Volumes 1 and 2 by Charles C. Jones, Jr. - CD by Heritage Books
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Georgia
Indexes
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| Pub. 1969
Name Index of Persons Mentioned in the Historical Collections of Georgia, by the Rev. George White, M.A.
- online at Ancestry.com |
Georgia
Land
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1775-1865
The Cherokee land lottery
- online at Ancestry.com |
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World-wide
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
U.S. statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Georgia. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
World-wide
Georgia State Database
- online at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com began gathering, indexing, and placing
genealogical records on the internet in the 1990's. Their collection not
includes thousands of genealogical records and publications. Compared to
how much they have and what you pay, the cost is reasonable. It is a great
pleasure to find your ancestors in their databases. And now with their
Free Family Tree that you
can establish on their site, their search engine can and will Search Billions of Names at Ancestry.com.
All you have to do is enter a few names and a few dates and your on your
way to discovering your ancestors. It is so easy, it is just plain fun. |
Georgia
Maps
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1895
U.S. Atlas (Georgia State Map) - free online at Ancestry.com |
2000
Georgia State Map Collection - free online at geology.com
This page shows county outlines, elevations, rivers
with names, a political map showing 159 counties with county names, and a
road map with the numbers of major highways. |
Georgia
Military
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1917-1918
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Can search by given
name, even middle name)
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 2004
Revolutionary Records of Georgia Volumes 1-3 by Allen D. Chandler - CD by Heritage Books |
Georgia
Obituaries
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1867-1878
Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-78
- online at Ancestry.com |
Georgia
Vital
Records
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1699-1944
Georgia Marriages,1699-1944
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Early to 1850
Georgia Marriages to 1850
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1851-1900
Georgia Marriages 1851-1900
- online at Ancestry.com |
1775-1900
Georgia Vital Records: Marriages 1775-1900 (Selected Counties)
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CD by Ancestry |
1937-present
United States Social Security Death Index
- free online at RootsWeb |
Towns and
Cities in Georgia
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A B
C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Athens, Clarke, Georgia,
USA
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia,
USA
C
Cockspur Island,
Chatham, Georgia, USA
Columbus, Muscogee,
Georgia, USA
D
Darien, McIntosh,
Georgia, USA
M
Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA
N
Newnan, Coweta, Georgia, USA
R
Roberta, Crawford, Georgia, USA
Rome, Floyd, Georgia, USA
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