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Georgia Genealogy

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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED

1733

STATEHOOD

1788

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)

State census,1798-1879 (1790, 1800 and 1810 lost); tax and property records, 1790, 1800 and 1810; land lottery, 1805

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS

1820

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE

State

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN

1919

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN

1952

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS

Georgia Department of
Public Health
Vital Records
2600 Skyland Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
(404) 679-4702

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Colonial Genealogy Resources

Connecticut, Delaware, Early American, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia

Were your ancestors some of the earliest Americans? Use this list, organized by state, of some colonial genealogy resources for you to use in your research.

Tracking Down Southern Ancestors After the Civil War

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Did your Southern ancestors vanish in the social and economic upheaval that followed the Civil War? We’ll show you the best records to track them down.

Southerners’ Migrations: Where Did They Go?

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Looking for Southern US ancestors who disappeared after the Civil War? Start your search in these common destinations of Southerners who left the South post...

Georgia Records Details and Resources

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Where to find Georgia census records, immigration records, land records, maps, vital records and more.

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