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CENSUSLook this term up in the glossary.


FederalLook this term up in the glossary.

Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal archives. The United States Research Outline provides detailed information on these records.

The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses for Georgia from 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. The 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses have been lost, and there is no 1820 report for the counties of Franklin, Rabun, and Twiggs, and part of Columbia. The 1890 census was destroyed, except for some returns for the city of Columbus.

In addition to published tax lists, some substitutes for the early missing censuses include:

Coulter, E. Merton, and Albert B. Saye. A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1949. (FHL book 975.8 W2L; film 007092.) This is for the period 1733 to 1747. It is updated by the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 19 (1983): 111-131. (FHL book 975.8 B2ga.)

De Lamar, Marie, and Elizabeth Rothstein. The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia. 1976. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. (FHL book 975.8 X2L.)

Wood, Virginia S., and Ralph V. Wood. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. Cambridge, Mass.: The Greenwood Press, 1964. (FHL book 975.8 R21w.)

Printed and microfiche statewide census indexesLook this term up in the glossary. are available at the Family History Library for the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 censuses. Microfilm soundexLook this term up in the glossary. (phonetic) indexes exist for the 1880 (partial index), 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses. The 1910 index is in two parts. The first part indexes the cities of Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah, and the second indexes the remainder of the state.

Mortality schedulesLook this term up in the glossary. exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Copies of the schedules (FHL films 422413-18) and indexes are at the Family History Library.


StateLook this term up in the glossary.

State censuses taken in various years from 1786 to 1890 have survived for a few Georgia counties. These are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Some county censuses for the years 1827 to 1890 are also at the Family History Library.

Most of the available state censuses are indexed in:

Townsend, Brigid S. Indexes to Seven State Census Reports for Counties in Georgia, 1838-1845. Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1975. (FHL book 975.8 X2pt.)

Censuses for Georgia Counties: Taliferro 1827, Lumpkin 1838, Chatham 1845. Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1979. (FHL book 975.8 X2c.)


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CHURCH RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Georgia were the Baptists and Methodists. The largest collection of Georgia church records can be found at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The archives borrowed pre-1940 church records from many local congregations and preserved them on microfilm. The collection is continually growing but is not complete.

The Family History Library has some Georgia church records, including records for Baptist, Methodist, EpiscopalLook this term up in the glossary., and PresbyterianLook this term up in the glossary. congregations. Most are from the Georgia Department of Archives and History. You may also want to use the library's histories of the Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and others.

Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located.


BaptistLook this term up in the glossary.

Georgia Baptist Historical Collection
Eugene W. Stetson Memorial Library
Mercer University
Macon, Ga 31207
The Family History Library has microfilmed some research materials at Mercer University. For example, FHL film 204489 includes ten histories of various Baptist associations. There are also histories and inventories such as the following:
Inventory of the Church Archives of Georgia: Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches. Atlanta: Georgia Historical Records Survey, 1941. (FHL book 975.8 K2hb; film 1425645 item 3.)
Campbell, Jesse H. Georgia Baptists: Historical and Biographical. Macon, Ga: J.W. Burke & Co., 1874. (FHL book 975.8 K2c; film 1033617 item 3; 1847 edition on film 206288 item 2.)
History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. Atlanta: J.P. Harrison & Co., 1881. (FHL film 896565.)

MethodistLook this term up in the glossary.

United Methodist Museum
P.O. Box 408
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
For a history of the Methodist Church, see Harold Lawrence, Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900 (Tignall, Ga.: Boyd Pub., 1984; FHL book 975.8 K2L).

Roman CatholicLook this term up in the glossary.

Archdiocese of Atlanta
680 W. Peachtree St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Archdiocese of Savannah
P.O. Box 8789
Savannah, GA 31412

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