Fulton County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Fulton County

Parent County
1853--Fulton County was created 20 December 1853 from DeKalb, Campbell and Milton (became part of Fulton County in 1932) Counties. County seat: Atlanta

Neighboring Counties

 * Cherokee
 * Clayton
 * Cobb
 * Coweta
 * DeKalb
 * Douglas
 * Fayette
 * Forsyth
 * Gwinnett

Cemeteries

 * Grizzle, R. L. Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1999. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Westview Cemetery, Atlanta BillionGraves

Baptist

 * Semi-centennial History of the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia, November 27-30, 1904. Atlanta: Foote &amp; Davies Co., Printers, Binders, 1904?. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Nancy Creek Minutes and Memberships 1824-1833 Georgia Pioneers
 * First Baptist church of Atlanta
 * Druid Hills Baptist Church of Atlanta
 * Trinity Methodist Church of Atlanta

LDS
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Atlanta
 * East Point

Directories

 * 1867 - Barnwell, V. T. Barnwell's Atlanta City Directory, and Strangers' Guide: Also, A General Firemen's, Church, Masonic, and Odd-fellows' Record. Atlanta: Intelligencer Book and Job Office, 1867. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1889 - Atlanta City Directory, 1889. Atlanta, GA: R. L. Polk and Co., 1889. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1890 - Atlanta City Directory, 1890. Atlanta, GA: R. L. Polk and Co., 1890. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Local Histories

 * Allen, Ivan. Atlanta from the Ashes. Atlanta, Ga.: Ruralist Press, 1929. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Allen, Ivan. The Atlanta Spirit: Altitude + Attitude. Atlanta, Ga.: I. Allen-Marshall Co., 1948. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Atlanta, A City of the Modern South. New York: Smith &amp; Durrell, c1942. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Atlanta Centennial Year Book: 1837-1937. Atlanta?: G. Murphy, 1937. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Clarke, Edward Young. Atlanta Illustrated: Containing Glances at Its Population, Business, Manufactures, Industries, Institutions, Society, Healthfulness, Architecture, and Advantages Generally, with 150 Ullustrations and a Lithographic Map of the City. Atlanta, Ga.: J.P. Harrison &amp; Co., 1881. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Cooper, Walter G. Official History of Fulton County. Atlanta: W.W. Brown Pub. Co., c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Hand Book of the City of Atlanta: A Comprehensive Review of the City's Commercial, Industrial and Residential Conditions. Atlanta, Ga.: Southern Industrial Pub. Co., 1898. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Hornady, John R. Atlanta, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. unknown: American Cities Book Co., 1922. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * History of Atlanta, Georgia: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason &amp; Co., 1889. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Ivey, John E. Building Atlanta's Future: by John E. Ivey, Jr., Nicholas J. Demerath, Woodrow W. Breland. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c1948. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Martin, Thomas H. Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South. Atlanta: Century Memorial Pub. Co., 1902. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta: 1833-1902. Atlanta, Ga.: Pioneer Citizens' Society of Atlanta, 1902. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages
Marriages from old newspapers (1869-1906) Georgia Pioneers

Military
Rosters of Confederate Soldiers from Fulton County Georgia Pioneers

Newspapers

 * 1868, 1875-1876, 1895 - The Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.). Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1870-1924 - The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.). Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1876-1879 - The Daily Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.). Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1904-1928 - Atlanta Independent - an African-American newspaper; full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1904-1928.

Probate

 * Wills 1854-1882 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Will Book A, 1854-1882; Will Book B, 1882-1894 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Annual Returns, Book A, 1854-1861 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Annual Returns, Book B, 1861-1865 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Annua Returns, Book C, 1866-1888 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countyfulton.html Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Inventories and Appraisements, Book A, 1854-1866 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Inventories and Appraisements, Book B, 1866-1883 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Miscellaneous Estates 1870-1935 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Indentures of Apprenticeship 1899-1913 Georgia Pioneers

Birth
Atlanta Births 1886-1889; 1905-1910 Georgia Pioneers

Death

 * 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

Yearbooks

 * Oglethorpe University: 1920 - 2008

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Atlanta Georgia Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Fulton County, GAGenWeb - part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Fulton County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers