Georgia Genealogy – Georgia Genealogy

This website contains information and records for Georgia ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, we provide sources for Georgia birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. We also provide historical details about different times and people in Georgia history, which adds substance and understanding to your Georgia genealogy.

New Georgia Genealogy

Wiregrass Genealogies

Extended genealogies of the early Georgia Wiregrass families who resided in the counties of Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Bulloch, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Thomas, Tift, and Ware.

New Georgia Bible Records

William and John Holloway Family Bible
This written copy of the William and John Holloway Bible is found at the DAR, Washington, DC in the files of John and William Holloway. On the copy of the front page there is no publisher or date of publication however the 2nd page states that “The Holloway Family Bible Bought in Savannah City May 1826.” Any date occurring before 1826 then should be considered added after the fact.

New Georgia Biographies

Biography of Prof. William Green Avera
Prof. William Green Avera (b. 1855, Clinch Co., GA) descended from a line of Georgia pioneers. His great-grandfather, Moore Avera, of Welsh ancestry, migrated from Robeson Co., NC, to Wilkinson Co., GA, where he farmed and raised livestock. His grandfather, Daniel Avera, moved to Lowndes Co. in 1845, later settling in Clinch Co. near the Okefenokee Swamp. Prof. Avera’s father, Stephen Willis Avera (b. 1836), served in the Confederate Army before resuming farming. His mother, Martha Elizabeth Aikins, was the daughter of William Green and Winnie Ann (Moore) Aikins. Through two marriages, Avera’s lineage extended through multiple generations of educators and farmers in Berrien Co. and beyond.

Atkinson County GA Cemeteries

Union Hill Cemetery, Axson
A 1937-1938 transcription of Union Hill Cemetery in Axson County, Georgia. This is an important transcription as several of the gravestones existing now, were either replaced or added since then, even though the person had died earlier.

Bulloch County GA Wills and Probate Records

Bulloch County Wills and Estates Index, 1816-1835
FamilySearch has released digital images of Bulloch County, Georgia’s Court of Ordinary records from 1816-1927. While not yet included in their Probate Records database, a personal index of 1816-1835 records has been created by me. Records include wills, estate documents, and guardianship records, with detailed image numbers and record types provided for user ease.

Dawson County GA Cemeteries

Haralson County GA Resources

Troup County GA Resources

Post-Civil War Black Marriages in Troup County Georgia
This database of marriage collected by C. W. Barnum for the Troup County GA AHGP comes from the official marriage books of Troup County GA. These are marriages which occurred between black individuals after the Civil War through 1902.

New Georgia History

Federal Writers Project:

An Air-Minded Family – Mrs. Omie Williams Epps
Bargain House – J. Buford Dudley
Dee, The Washwoman -Sarah Hill

History:

1782 Georgia Amercement Bill – Effingham County
This act amerced certain people who had been amenable to British control in Georgia but who were not named in the 1782 confiscation and banishment act. The bill identifies two classes of offenders: one class would have their citizenship rights restored, while the other had to pay financial penalties before having their rights restored. This information is significant for genealogists, as it confirms an ancestor’s presence in Effingham County by July 1872 and probably indicates that they did not serve in the Revolutionary War.
Georgia Land Lottery Act of 1825
Sectional Aspect of the Seminole War
Indian Treaties with Georgia
Formation of Georgia

History Stories – Youth

Military

Roster of the 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company I
Compiled Service Records of Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers
Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Served in the American Army in Georgia Military Operations 1775-1783.
Georgia Citizens and Patriots
A list of names of petitioners in Georgia who wrote protesting the appointment of Lachlan McIntosh to Brigadier General in the Army of the United States.
Volunteers in the War with Mexico

Help Pages

Cemeteries in Georgia