Georgia Genealogy & Family Trees

Georgia Vital Records - Births, Marriages & Deaths
Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in Georgia, and how to obtain Georgia birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to Georgia birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.

1895 Atlas of Georgia
Select a Georgia location from this alphabetical listing, to access Georgia maps for the state, county, and towns.

Books We Own - Georgia Genealogy
Part of the worldwide Books We Own project, this Georgia genealogy page contains listing of Georgia genealogy and history books with volunteers willing to provide free lookups.

Documenting Family History in Georgia
A wonderful guide from the Georgia Department of Archives and History.

Family History Centers in Georgia
Family History Centers, outreaches of the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City,  are located throughout the world to help individuals search the records of their ancestors.

Genealogical Computer Society of Georgia
The Genealogical Computer Society of Georgia (GCSGA) is dedicated to fostering the merger of computer technology and genealogical research.  Their monthly newsletters are online!

GenForum Georgia
A free message board devoted to Georgia queries.

Georgia Census Online
Find links to free online census records for Georgia from Mark E. Reed

Georgia County Courthouses
Information on the 159 County Courthouses in the State of Georgia including photos, historic county maps, and county formation and historical information.

Georgia Department of Archives and History
An excellent resource Web site with a general description of the archive's holdings and collections, as well as a large number of online guides to the genealogical records of Georgia.

Georgia Genealogical & Historical Societies
Society Hill offers another good listing of genealogical and historical societies in Georgia with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites (when available).

Georgia Genealogical Society
The Georgia Genealogical Society, a nonprofit volunteer organization, was founded as a Friend of the Georgia Department of Archives and History in 1964.

Georgia Genealogy Research Outline - FamilySearch
Learn how to research your Georgia ancestors with this free compilation of Georgia genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.

Georgia GenWeb Archives
Transcriptions of original source material from the state of Georgia, arranged by county.

Georgia GenWeb
State & county resources on this huge volunteer Web site include census, vital records, queries, surname listings, publications, associations and libraries, lookup volunteers, and more!

Georgia Land Lotteries
Discusses land lotteries in Georgia in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1832.

Georgia Migrations Project
View or submit information on your ancestors' journey into or from the state of Georgia. Learn about the most common migration routes used by Georgia settlers.

Georgia Virtual Vault
Search for your Georgia ancestors in this free online collecton of many of the historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives.

Mailing Lists for Georgia
John Fuller and Christine Gaunt maintain a wonderful list of genealogy mailing lists for Georgia and its counties, plus information on how to subscribe to each.

Online Census Project
Online census data transcribed by hard-working volunteers of this USGenWeb project. Some years and counties are not yet available.  Consider signing up to help!

This Day in Georgia History
A neat look into the history and people of Georgia on a day-by-day basis. 

Tombstone Transcription Project
A registry, by state and county of transcribed cemeteries and of individuals and groups who plan to record cemetery data for the state of Georgia - a special project of USGenWeb.

Vital Records Information
A guide to obtaining copies of Georgia vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.